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Douglas, James, 2d duke of Queensbury
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, James, 1662–1711: see Queensberry, James Douglas, 2d duke of. ...Douglas, James, 4th duke of Hamilton
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, James, 1658–1712: see Hamilton, James Douglas, 4th duke of. ...Douglas, John Sholto
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, John Sholto: see Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, 8th marquess of. ...Douglas, James, 4th earl of Morton
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, James, d. 1581: see Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of. ...Douglas-Home, Sir Alec
(Encyclopedia)Douglas-Home, Sir Alec: Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel. ...Douglas, George
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, George, pseud. of George Douglas Brown, 1869–1902, English novelist, b. Scotland. His reputation rests on his single novel, The House with the Green Shutters (1901), a somber story of Scott...Douglas, Donald Wills
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Donald Wills, 1892–1981, aviation pioneer and aerospace executive, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1914. He helped design the first wind tunnel (1914–15) an...Norfolk, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia)Norfolk [1,] [2] nôrˈfək; [2] nôrˈfôkˌ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,476), Madison co., NE Nebr., on the Elkhorn River; inc. 1881. A trade and railroad center in a fertile farming region, it has ...United States Military Academy
(Encyclopedia)United States Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. army; founded and opened in 1802. The original act provided that the Corps of Engineers...Douglas, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia)Douglas. 1 City (2020 pop. 16,534), Cochise co., SE Ariz., at the Mexican border; inc. 1905. The mining and smelting of copper have been ...Browse by Subject
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