(Encyclopedia) MaimonidesMaimonidesmīmŏnˈĭdēz [key] or Moses ben MaimonMoses ben Maimonmīˈmən [key], 1135–1204, Jewish scholar, physician, and philosopher, the most influential Jewish thinker of the…
Ben hill county georgia dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population 16 years and over13,216100.0 In labor force7,89159.…
(Encyclopedia) Frémont, John Charles, 1813–90, American explorer, soldier, and political leader, b. Savannah, Ga. He taught mathematics to U.S. naval cadets, then became an assistant on a surveying…
(Encyclopedia) Binney, Horace, 1780–1875, American lawyer, b. Philadelphia. A leading lawyer in Pennsylvania, Binney was appointed in 1808 a director of the First Bank of the United States. He served…
26, professional golfer, stunned the world in July when he won the British Open. Curtis's win ranks as one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Curtis had played in only 14 other PGA…
(g soft). King of the Ginns or Genii, and founder of the Pyramids. He was overthrown by Azazil or Lucifer. (Arab superstitions.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…
The Old Man of the Mountain, founder of the sect of the Assassins. In Rymer's Foedera are two letters by this sheik. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(Encyclopedia) Duran,&sp;DurandDuran,both: düräNˈ [key], or DuranteDuran,düräNtˈ [key], Jewish family of scholars. Profiat Isaac ben Moshe ha-Levi Duran, 1350–1414, called Efodi, was born…
