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(Encyclopedia) Monk, George: see Monck, George, 1st duke of Albemarle. ...

(Encyclopedia) Brandon, Charles: see Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Churchill, John: see Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Talbot, Richard: see Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, duke and earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, John Hope, 1915–2009, the dean of 20th-century African-American historians, b. Rentiesville, Okla., grad. Fisk Univ. (A.B., 1935), Harvard (M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1941). Franklin served on the...

(Encyclopedia) William IV, 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1830–37), third son of George III. He went to sea in 1779, served under Admiral George Rodney in action off Cape St. Vincent (1780), and b...

(Encyclopedia) John of Gaunt [Mid. Eng. Gaunt=Ghent, his birthplace], 1340–99, duke of Lancaster; fourth son of Edward III of England. He married (1359) Blanche, heiress of Lancaster, and through her became earl (...

(Encyclopedia) Magdiel măgˈdēĕl [key], in the Bible, duke or chief of Edom. ...

(Encyclopedia) Alençon, François, duc d': see Francis, duke of Alençon and Anjou. ...

(Encyclopedia) Warwick, John Dudley, earl of: see Northumberland, John Dudley, duke of. ...