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Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim
(Encyclopedia)Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim: see Caro, Joseph ben Ephraim. ...Philippe Égalité
(Encyclopedia)Philippe Égalité: see Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'. ...Égalité, Philippe
(Encyclopedia)Égalité, Philippe: see Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'. ...Gall, Sioux war chief
(Encyclopedia)Gall gôl [key], c.1840–1894, war chief of the Sioux, b. South Dakota. He refused to accept the treaty of 1868 (by which he would have been confined to a reservation), joined Sitting Bull and other ...Saguenay
(Encyclopedia)Saguenay săgˈənā, săgˌənāˈ [key], river, c.125 mi (200 km) long, S Que., Canada. It issues from Lac Saint Jean, or Lake Saint John (c.375 sq mi/970 sq km), in two channels, the Grande Déchar...Bronfman, Edgar Miles, Sr.
(Encyclopedia)Bronfman, Edgar Miles, Sr. 1929–2013, Canadian-American business executive and philanthropist, b. Montreal, grad. McGill Univ. (1951). He was the eldest son of Samuel Bronfman, 1889–1971, an East ...Franz Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Franz Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hungary: see Francis Joseph. ...De Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte
(Encyclopedia)De Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte: see Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte de. ...Pendergast, Thomas Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Pendergast, Thomas Joseph, 1872–1945, American political boss, b. St. Joseph, Mo. After holding minor political offices (1899–1910) in Kansas City, Mo., he became the acknowledged Democratic leade...Amyot, Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Amyot or Amiot, Joseph ämyōˈ [key], 1718–1794?, French Roman Catholic missionary in China, a Jesuit. He wrote a long treatise on the history, sciences, and customs of the Chinese (15 vol., 1776...Browse by Subject
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