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Gilbert, Sir Humphrey
(Encyclopedia) Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 1537?–1583, English soldier, navigator, and explorer; half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. Knighted (1570) for his service in the campaigns in Ireland, he later (…Walton, Sir William Turner
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sir William Turner, 1902–83, English composer, b. Oldham. Walton studied at Oxford. One of his earliest works was a piano quartet (1918–19). In 1923, Façade, satirical poems by…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant James A. Garfield Rutherford B. Hayes Inaugural Address Monday, March 5, 1877 Fellow-Citizens: WE have assembled to repeat the public ceremonial, begun by…Howe, Elias
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Elias, 1819–67, American inventor, b. Spencer, Mass. He was apprenticed in 1838 to an instrument maker and watchmaker in Boston at whose suggestion he turned his attention to…Aramburu, Pedro Eugenio
(Encyclopedia) Aramburu, Pedro EugenioAramburu, Pedro Eugeniopāˈthrō ā&oomacr;hāˈnyō ärämb&oomacr;ˈr&oomacr; [key], 1903–70, president of Argentina (1955–58). An army general, he…de Larrocha, Alicia
(Encyclopedia) de Larrocha, Alicia (Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle), 1923–2009, Spanish pianist, b. Barcelona. One of the outstanding pianists of the 20th cent., she gave her first recital when she…Duran
(Encyclopedia) Duran,&sp;DurandDuran,both: düräNˈ [key], or DuranteDuran,düräNtˈ [key], Jewish family of scholars. Profiat Isaac ben Moshe ha-Levi Duran, 1350–1414, called Efodi, was born…George, Lake
(Encyclopedia) George, Lake, glacial lake, 33 mi (53 km) long and 1 to 3 mi (1.6–5 km) wide, in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts., NE N.Y.; it drains NE via rapids and waterfalls into Lake…Whiston, William
(Encyclopedia) Whiston, William, 1667–1752, English clergyman and mathematician. He won favor through his New Theory of the Earth (1696) and in 1701 was made deputy to Sir Isaac Newton, whom he…Gilded Age
(Encyclopedia) Gilded Age, a term used to describe a period in United States history—from roughly 1870 to 1900—when the wealthy elite consisted of…Trending
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