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(Encyclopedia) Hogan, Ben hōˈgən [key], 1912–97, American golfer, b. Dublin, Tex. A former caddie, Hogan began his professional playing career in 1937. One of the game's great money winners, he won the Professi...

(Encyclopedia) Macdui, Ben, or Ben Macdhui, peak: see Ben Macdui, Scotland. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ben, in the Bible, Levite porter under David.

(Encyclopedia) Ben Macdui or Ben Macdhui măkdo͞oˈē [key], Gaelic Beinn Muic Duibhe, peak, 4,296 ft (1,309 m) high, Moray, Scotland, in the Cairngorm Mts.; second highest peak in Scotland. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nelson, Byron (John Byron Nelson, Jr.), 1912–2006, American golfer, b. Fort Worth, Tex. In 1926 he began playing golf as a caddie, and in 1932 he entered upon his professional career. Noted for the ...

(Encyclopedia) Ben Nevis nēˈvĭs, nĕvˈĭs [key], peak, 4,411 ft (1,345 m) high, Highland, W Scotland, overlooking Glen Nevis; highest peak of Great Britain. Ben Nevis is the remnant of a geologically ancient vol...

(Encyclopedia) Nevis, Ben, peak: see Ben Nevis, Scotland. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ben-hail bēn-hāˈĭl [key], in the Bible, one of Jehoshaphat's princes. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ben-ammi bĕn-ămˈī [key], in the Bible, son of Lot by his younger daughter; eponym of the Ammonites. ...