(Encyclopedia) Vane, Sir Henry, 1589–1655, English courtier; father of the Puritan leader Sir Henry Vane, the younger. He gained the favor of James I, was knighted in 1611, and acquired wealth by the…
(Encyclopedia) George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George), 1895–1952, king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936–52), second son of George V; successor of his elder brother, Edward VIII. He…
(Encyclopedia) Huai or HwaiHuaiboth: hwī [key], river, c.680 mi (1,090 km) long, rising in the Tongbai Mts., Henan prov., E China, and flowing E across Anhui prov., through Hongze Lake, to the East…
(Encyclopedia) Wang WeiWang Weiwäng wā [key], 699–759, Chinese poet. He was an extremely versatile man, being a musician and painter as well as a poet. He wrote quatrains almost exclusively; these…
National League 1953—Boston Braves move to Milwaukee; 1958—Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles and New York Giants move to San Francisco; 1965—Houston Colt .45s renamed Astros; 1966—…
(Encyclopedia) Peng Dehuai or P'eng Teh-huaiP'eng Teh-huaiboth: pŭngˈ dŭˈhwīˈ [key], 1898–1974, Communist Chinese general and political leader. He held various command positions in the Red Army, and…
(Encyclopedia) composition, in ancient and medieval law, a sum of money paid by a guilty party as satisfaction to the family of the person who was injured or killed. Failure to make the payment might…
(Encyclopedia) Wu P'ei-fuWu P'ei-fuw&oomacr; pāˈ-f&oomacr; [key], 1874–1939, Chinese general and political leader. He had a distinguished military career under the Ch'ing dynasty and was an…
(Encyclopedia) XikangXikangshēˈkängˈ [key] or SikangXikangshēˈkängˈ, sēˈ– [key], former province, SW China. Kangding was the capital before 1950 and Ya'an from 1950 to 1955. It is largely a region of…
