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(Encyclopedia) Alatna Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) John Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kobuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles IV, 1748–1819, king of Spain (1788–1808), second son of Charles III, whom he succeeded in place of his imbecile older brother. Unlike his father, Charles IV was an ineffective ruler and in...

(Encyclopedia) Lea, Henry Charles lē [key], 1825–1909, U.S. historian, b. Philadelphia. He was associated with the family publishing business for many years, but his real interest was in historical work. Working ...

(Encyclopedia) Mayo, Charles Horace māˈō [key], 1865–1939, American surgeon, b. Rochester, Minn., M.D. Northwestern Univ., 1888. He specialized in goiter and cataract operations. His brother, William James Mayo...

(Encyclopedia) Moley, Raymond Charles mōˈlē [key], 1886–1975, American political economist, b. Berea, Ohio, grad. Baldwin-Wallace College, 1906, Ph.D. Columbia, 1918. He taught at Western Reserve Univ. (1916–...

(Encyclopedia) Coughlin, Charles Edward kŏgˈlĭn [key], 1891–1979, Roman Catholic priest in the United States, b. Ontario, Canada, grad. Univ. of Toronto, 1916. After study at St. Michael's College, Toronto, he ...

(Encyclopedia) Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe Schulz), 1922–2000, American cartoonist, b. Minneapolis, Minn. Creator of the syndicated comic strip Peanuts (1950–2000), one of the world's most popular example...