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(Encyclopedia) Basingstoke bāˈzĭngstōk [key], city, Hampshire, S central England, on the North Downs. Formerly a ...

(Encyclopedia) Simon, Théodore: see Binet, Alfred. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fontanne, Lynn: see Lunt, Alfred, and Lynn Fontanne. ...

(Encyclopedia) Knopf, Blanche W.: see under Knopf, Alfred A. ...

(Encyclopedia) Athelstan or Æthelstan both: ăthˈəlstən, ăthˈĕlstän [key], d. 939, king of Wessex (924–39), son and successor of Edward the Elder. After coming to the throne, he vigorously built up his kin...

(Encyclopedia) Unser, Al (Alfred Unser, Sr.) ŭnˈsər [key] 1939–2021, American automobile racing driver, b. Albuquerque, ...

(Encyclopedia) Edward the Elder, d. 924, king of Wessex (899–924), son and successor of Alfred. He fought with his father against the Danes. At Alfred's death (899) Edward's succession was disputed by his cousin �...

(Encyclopedia) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: see Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel under Nobel Prize. ...

(Encyclopedia) Danelaw dānˈlôˌ [key], originally the body of law that prevailed in the part of England occupied by the Danes after the treaty of King Alfred with Guthrum in 886. It soon came to mean also the are...

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 CE6 Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left...