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(Encyclopedia) Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron, 1856–1937, English explorer, art historian, and writer. Conway filled several university positions and in 1918–31 represented the combined En...
(Encyclopedia) Conway, Sir Martin: see Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron.
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(Encyclopedia) Conway Cabal, 1777, intrigue in the American Revolution to remove George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army. Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and Germantown, and Horati...
(Encyclopedia) Conway, Thomas, 1735–1800?, general in the Continental army in the American Revolution, b. Ireland. Educated in France, he was an officer in the French army before coming (1777) to America. He fough...
(Encyclopedia) Conway, city (2020 pop. 43,167), seat
of Faulkner co., central Ark., in a farm and cotton area; inc. 1873. It is a
trade and industrial center. Conway w...
(Encyclopedia) Conway, Moncure Daniel mŏnkyo͝orˈ, mŏnˈkyo͝or [key], 1832–1907, American author and preacher, b. Stafford co., Va. An ardent abolitionist, Conway lectured in England during the Civil War in th...
(Encyclopedia) Conway, town, Wales: see Conwy.
(Encyclopedia) Illimani ēyēmäˈnē [key], mountain, 21,184 ft (6,457 m) high, E Bolivia. One of the highest peaks of the Cordillera Real of the Bolivian Andes, it is permanently snowcapped. Illimani was first cli...
(Encyclopedia) Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721–95, English soldier and politician; nephew of Robert Walpole. Early in his life he entered upon concurrent and distinguished military and parliamentary careers. He fell i...
(Encyclopedia) Rowton, Montagu William Lowry Corry, 1st Baron rôtˈən, rouˈ– [key], 1838–1903, English philanthropist. He was called to the bar in 1863. From 1866 until 1881 he served as private secretary to ...