Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Francis Cabot, 1775–1817, pioneer American cotton manufacturer, b. Newburyport, Mass.; son of John Lowell (1743–1802). A merchant in Boston, he traveled (1810) to England, where he studied...

(Encyclopedia) Folger, Peter fōlˈjər [key], 1617–90, British settler on Nantucket. He was associated with Thomas Mayhew on Martha's Vineyard, becoming missionary, schoolmaster, and surveyor. He moved to Nantuck...

(Encyclopedia) Wolfenbüttel vôlˈfənbütˈəl [key], city (1994 pop. 53,812), Lower Saxony, N central Germany, on the Oker River, near the former East German border. It is an agricultural market and an industrial...

(Encyclopedia) Franklin Institute, in Philadelphia; chartered and opened 1824 “for the promotion of the mechanic arts,” the first of its kind in the country. It was named for Benjamin Franklin. Since the 19th ce...

(Encyclopedia) Ashbel ăshˈbĕl [key], in the Bible, son of Benjamin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nohah nōˈhä [key], in the Bible, son of Benjamin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ahiram əhīˈrəm [key], in the Bible, son of Benjamin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zemira zēmīˈrə [key], in the Bible, descendant of Benjamin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Rosh rŏsh [key], in the Bible, son of Benjamin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Shamsherai shămˌshērāˈī, shămˈshērī [key], in 1 Chronicles, descendant of Benjamin. ...