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Evans, Mary Ann

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Mary Ann or Marian: see Eliot, George.

Evans, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Mount, peak, 14,260 ft (4,346 m) high, N central Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts. At its summit is the Inter-University High Altitude Laboratory.

Evans, Oliver

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Oliver, 1755–1819, American inventor, b. near Newport, Del. He joined his brothers in a flour-milling business in Wilmington, and after studying similar earlier devices, he…

Knossos

(Encyclopedia) Knossos or CnossusCnossusboth: nŏsˈəs [key], ancient city of Crete, on the north coast, near modern Iráklion. The site was occupied long before 3000 b.c., and it was the center of an…

Ray Evans Biography

songwriterDied: Feb. 15, 2007 (Los Angeles) Best Known as: songwriter Evans, who won three Oscars, collaborated with Jay Livingston to write a number of…

Donald Evans Biography

Donald EvansGeorge W. Bush's secretary of Commerce, first termBorn: 7/26/1946Birthplace: Houston, Tex. President Bush's best friend, this was Evans's first position in government. The…

Evans, Donald L.

ex-secretary of CommerceBirthplace: Houston, Tex.Born: 7/27/46

Dale Evans Biography

Dale Evansborn Lucille Wood Smith but raised as Frances Octavia Smithsinger, actressBorn: 10/31/1912Birthplace: Uvalde, Tex actress, songwriter, and writer who starred with her husband, Roy Rogers,…

Minoan civilization

(Encyclopedia) Minoan civilizationMinoan civilizationmĭnōˈən [key], ancient Cretan culture representing a stage in the development of the Aegean civilization. It was named for the legendary King…

Evans, Sir John

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Sir John, 1823–1908, English archaeologist, geologist, and numismatist. A president of the Royal Numismatic Society and of the Society of Antiquaries, he was active also in…