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Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of

(Encyclopedia) Warwick, Richard Neville, earl ofWarwick, Richard Neville, earl ofnĕvˈəl [key]Warwick, Richard Neville, earl of, wŏrˈĭk [key], 1428–71, English nobleman, called the Kingmaker. Through…

Saint George's

(Encyclopedia) Saint George's or Saint George, town (1991 pop. 4,439), capital of Grenada, in the West Indies. A port town on a deep and beautiful harbor, it is the administrative headquarters of the…

Frederick Louis

(Encyclopedia) Frederick Louis, 1707–51, prince of Wales, eldest son of George II of England. By his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, he had several children, the eldest of whom became George…

creole

(Encyclopedia) creolecreolecrēˈōl [key], Span. criollocreolecrēōlˈyō [key] [probably from crío=child], term originally applied in West Indies to the native-born descendants of the Spanish conquerors…

Mount Vernon, estate, United States

(Encyclopedia) Mount Vernon, NE Va., overlooking the Potomac River near Alexandria, S of Washington, D.C.; home of George Washington from 1747 until his death in 1799. The land was patented in 1674,…

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593–1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of…

The Life and Death of King John

ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IAct IIScene IAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVAct IVScene IScene IIScene IIIAct VScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIScene VII

The Tragedy of King Richard the Second

ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVAct IIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVAct IVScene IAct VScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene…

Ron King 2000 Deaths

Ron KingAge: 74 former professional cyclist who died minutes after completing his leg of the Olympic torch relay in his hometown northwest of Sydney; of a heart attackDied: Muswellbrook,…