(Encyclopedia) Abu Qir or AbukirAbukirboth: ăˌb&oomacr;kērˈ, əb&oomacr;ˈkər [key], village, N Egypt, on a promontory in the Nile River delta. Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory over the French…
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(Encyclopedia) Macomb, AlexanderMacomb, Alexanderməkōmˈ [key], 1782–1841, American army officer, b. Detroit, Mich. He entered the army in 1799. In the War of 1812, as brigadier general in command at…
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(Encyclopedia) Murray, Albert Lee, 1916–2013, American essayist, novelist, and critic, b. Nokomis, Ala., grad. Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee Univ.; B.S., 1939) and New York Univ. (M.A., 1948).…
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(Encyclopedia) Ticknor, William Davis, 1810–64, American publisher. John Reed and James T. Fields became Ticknor's partners in Boston, and their firm is best known as Ticknor and Fields. They…
Author:George S. SchuylerPublisher:Modern Library When everyone around him was lauding the Harlem Renaissance's achievements, black outsider intellectual George Schuyler penned a notoriously…
(Encyclopedia) Blass, Bill (William Ralph Blass), 1922–2002, American fashion designer, b. Fort Wayne, Ind. Active for three decades, he was most noted for high-quality, high-priced, and…
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