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Grafton, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Grafton, Richard, d. c.1572, London publisher and printer. In 1539 with Edward Whitchurch he printed the Great Bible in black letter (see type). He printed the first edition of the…

Sue, Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Sue, EugèneSue, Eugèneözhĕnˈ sü [key], 1804–57, French novelist, whose name was originally Marie-Joseph Sue. A surgeon in the French navy, he went into exile when Napoleon III came to…

Grafton

(Encyclopedia) Grafton. <1> Town (2020 pop. 19,664), Worcester co., S central Mass.; built on the site of a Native American village; est. by…

Tyrannosaurus Sue

The prehistoric giant stands again Sue is a sensation. It's not just that she's 42 ft long and 65 million years old. She's the world's most complete, best preserved, and largest Tyrannosaurus…

no-fault insurance

(Encyclopedia) no-fault insurance, type of indemnity plan, usually applied to automobile coverage, in which those injured in an accident receive direct payment from the company with which they…

Tygart

(Encyclopedia) TygartTygarttīˈgərt [key], river, c.160 mi (260 km) long, rising in E West Virginia and flowing north to join the West Fork and form the Monongahela at Fairmont. Tygart River Dam (…

Illinois, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important…

Summit, Pat

(Encyclopedia) Summit, Pat (Patricia Sue Summit), 1952–2016, American basketball player and coach, b. Clarksville, Tenn., as Patricia Sue Head. She played basketball at the Univ. of Tennessee at…

Thomas, Robert Bailey

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Robert Bailey, 1766–1846, American journalist, b. Grafton, Mass. He was the founder and long-time editor (1792–1846) of The Farmer's Almanac[k] (later The Old Farmer's Almanac[…

Illinois Waterway

(Encyclopedia) Illinois Waterway, 336 mi (541 km) long, linking Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River, N Ill.; an important part of the waterway connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico…