(Encyclopedia) Albert Lea
Albert Lea
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[key], city (2020 pop. 18,492), seat of Freeborn co., S Minn., near the Iowa line; inc.
1878. It is a manufacturing and marketing…
(Encyclopedia) Lea, Henry CharlesLea, Henry Charleslē [key], 1825–1909, U.S. historian, b. Philadelphia. He was associated with the family publishing business for many years, but his real interest…
One of the “daughters of men,” beloved by one of the “sons of God.” The angel who loved her ranked with the least of the spirits of light, whose post around the throne was in the uttermost…
(Encyclopedia) Rowe, NicholasRowe, Nicholasrō [key], 1674–1718, English dramatist. An ardent Whig, he was able to gain various government posts during the course of his life. In 1715 he became poet…
(Encyclopedia) Nicholas Brothers, African-American tap dance team consisting of Fayard Antonio Nicholas, 1914–2006, b. Mobile, Ala., and Harold Lloyd Nicholas, 1921–2000, b. Winston-Walem, N.C.…
(Encyclopedia) Grimald, Grimalde, or Grimoald, NicholasGrimald, Grimalde, or Grimoald, Nicholasall: grĭmˈôld [key], 1519?–1562?, English poet. He contributed 40 poems to the first edition (1557) of…
(Encyclopedia) Breton, NicholasBreton, Nicholasbrĕtˈən [key], 1551?–c.1623, English author, a prolific and versatile writer of verse and prose. His best work, written in a lyrical and pastoral vein,…
(Encyclopedia) Nicholas, Saint, patron of children and sailors, of Greece, Sicily, and Russia, and of many other places and persons. Little is known of him, but he is traditionally identified as a…
