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(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Charles William, pseud. Ralph Connor, 1860–1937, Canadian clergyman and novelist. His popular stories were based on his experience as a Presbyterian missionary in the lumber and mining camps...

(Encyclopedia) De Langlade, Charles Michel: see Langlade. ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles I, Frankish king: see Charlemagne. ...

(Encyclopedia) La Condamine, Charles Marie de shärl märēˈ də lä kôNdämēnˈ [key], 1701–74, French traveler and mathematical geographer. He was one of a group sent to Peru in 1735 to measure the length of ...

(Encyclopedia) Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph shärl zhôzĕfˈ trävyĕsˈ də vēlĕrˈ [key], 1804–59, French caricaturist and painter, b. Switzerland. He founded and was a prolific contributor to the popu...

(Encyclopedia) Durand, Charles Auguste Émile: see Carolus-Duran. ...

(Encyclopedia) Brooke, Sir Charles Vyner: see Brooke, Sir James. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles: see Phoenix Park murders. ...

(Encyclopedia) Koch, Charles de Ganahl: see under Koch, family. ...

(Encyclopedia) Barry, Sir Charles, 1795–1860, English architect. A leader in the revival of the Renaissance style of architecture in England (also called Anglo-Italian), he designed the Travellers Club and the Ref...