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(Encyclopedia)Brown Deer, village (2020 pop. 12,507), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1955. It is a residential suburb N of Milwaukee; consumer g...brown hematite
(Encyclopedia)brown hematite: see limonite.brown thrush
(Encyclopedia)brown thrush: see mimic thrush.Phaeophyta
(Encyclopedia)Phaeophyta fēŏfˈətə [key], phylum (division) of the kingdom Protista consisting of those organisms commonly called brown algae. Many of the world's familiar seaweeds are members of Phaeophyta. Th...John Carter Brown Library
(Encyclopedia)John Carter Brown Library: see Brown, John Carter. ...Séquard, Charles Édouard Brown-
(Encyclopedia)Séquard, Charles Édouard Brown-: see Brown-Séquard, Charles Édouard. ...Shawnee, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia)Shawnee [1] shôˈnēˌ, shôˌnēˈ; [2] shôˌnēˈ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,993), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; founded 1857, inc. 1922. Consumer goods, lumber, hon...Woodward, C. Vann
(Encyclopedia)Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann Woodward), 1908–99, American historian, b. Vanndale, Ark. He graduated from Emory Univ. (1930), received his Ph.D. in history from the Univ. of North Carolina (1937), a...Brown, Michael Stuart
(Encyclopedia)Brown, Michael Stuart, 1941–, American molecular geneticist, b. New York City, M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1966. He worked (1968–71) as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health before goi...Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald
(Encyclopedia)Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald, 1881–1955, British anthropologist. He did fieldwork in the Andaman Islands and in Australia. Radcliffe-Brown fostered the development of social anthropology as a sc...Browse by Subject
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