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Cameron, Simon

(Encyclopedia) Cameron, SimonCameron, Simonkămˈərən [key], 1799–1889, American politician and financier, b. Lancaster co., Pa. From humble beginnings he rose to be a newspaper publisher and with…

Bolívar, Simón

(Encyclopedia) Bolívar, SimónBolívar, Simónsēmōnˈ bōlēˈvär [key], 1783–1830, South American revolutionary who led independence wars in the present nations of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador,…

Bradstreet, Simon

(Encyclopedia) Bradstreet, Simon, 1603–97, colonial governor of Massachusetts, b. Lincolnshire, England. He emigrated to New England in 1630 and was assistant in the Massachusetts Bay Company for 49…

Burnaby

(Encyclopedia) Burnaby Burnaby bûrˈnəbē [key], city, eastern suburb of Vancouver, SW B.C., Canada. A…

MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice de

(Encyclopedia) MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice deMacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice demärēˈ ĕdmāˈ pätrēsˈ də mäkmäōNˈ [key], 1808–93, president of the French republic (1873–79), marshal of France. MacMahon,…

Works on the Upanishads

Works on the UpanishadsAnquetil Duperron, Oupnek'hat, 1801, 1802. See page clii.Rammohun Roy, Translation of Several Principal Books, Passages, and Texts of the Veds. Second edition. London,…

Olmedo, José Joaquin

(Encyclopedia) Olmedo, José JoaquinOlmedo, José Joaquinhōsāˈ wäkēnˈ ōlmāˈᵺō [key], 1780–1847, Ecuadorian statesman and poet. An ambassador to Paris and London after Ecuador's independence, Olmedo…

Louis XVII, titular king of France

(Encyclopedia) Louis XVII (Louis Charles), 1785–1795?, titular king of France (1793–95), known in popular legend as the “lost dauphin.” The second son of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, he…

Ahad Ha-am

(Encyclopedia) Ahad Ha-amAhad Ha-amäkhädˈ hä-äm [key] [Heb.,=One of the People], 1856–1927, Jewish thinker and Zionist leader, b. Ukraine. Originally named Asher Ginzberg, he adopted his pen name…

Simon CAMERON, Congress, PA (1799-1889)

Senate Years of Service: 1845-1849; 1857-1861; 1867-1877 Party: Democrat; Republican; Republican CAMERON Simon , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., March 8, 1799;…