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Calvert, Charles, 3d Baron Baltimore
(Encyclopedia)Calvert, Charles, 3d Baron Baltimore, 1637–1715, second proprietor of Maryland. He was sent over as deputy governor of that province in 1661 by his father, Cecilius Calvert, 2d Baron Baltimore, and ...Cetshwayo
(Encyclopedia)Cetshwayo, Ketchwayo sĕtĭwāˈō, –wīˈō, kĕ– [key], c.1836–1884, king of the Zulus. Cetshwayo gained ascendancy in 1856, when he defeated in battle and killed his younger brother, who was...Wallace, Henry Cantwell
(Encyclopedia)Wallace, Henry Cantwell, 1866–1924, American agricultural leader and cabinet officer, b. Rock Island, Ill., grad. Iowa State College of Agriculture (now Iowa State Univ.), 1892; son of Henry Wallace...Trudeau, Justin Pierre James
(Encyclopedia)Trudeau, Justin Pierre James tro͞odōˈ [key], 1971–, Canadian politician, b. Ottawa; grad. McGill Univ. (B.A., 1994), Univ. of British Columbia (B.Ed., 1998), son of Pierre Trudeau. He briefly tau...Imla
(Encyclopedia)Imla or Imlah both: ĭmˈlə [key], in the Bible, father of Micaiah the prophet. ...Mattan
(Encyclopedia)Mattan mătˈən [key], in the Bible. 1 Priest of Baal. 2 Father of Shephatiah. ...Abdeel
(Encyclopedia)Abdeel ăbˈdēĕl [key], in the Bible, father of the Shelemiah sent to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. ...Chenaanah
(Encyclopedia)Chenaanah kēnāˈānə, –nā-āˈ– [key]. In the Hebrew Bible, father of Zedekiah, Ahab's false prophet. ...Abda
(Encyclopedia)Abda ăbˈdə [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Solomon's officer Adoniram. 2 Levite. ...Carmi
(Encyclopedia)Carmi kärˈmī [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Achan. 2 Reuben's son. ...Browse by Subject
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