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(Encyclopedia) Montmagny, town (1991 pop. 11,861), SE Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. Manufactures include textiles, furniture, and household appliances. ...

(Encyclopedia) Knight, Gwendolyn: see Lawrence, Jacob. ...

(Encyclopedia) McMillan, Edwin Mattison, 1907–91, American physicist, b. Redondo Beach, Calif., grad. California Institute of Technology, 1928, Ph.D. Princeton, 1932. On the faculty of the Univ. of California from...

(Encyclopedia) Trois Rivières trwä rēvyĕrˈ [key] or Three Rivers, city (1991 pop. 49,426), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Maurice rivers. It is a port and an industrial center. Th...

(Encyclopedia) Durrell, Gerald, see under Durrell, Lawrence. ...

(Encyclopedia) Herblock: see Block, Herbert Lawrence. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tadema, Alma: see Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mount Hopkins Observatory: see Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. ...

(Encyclopedia) Aldington, Richard ôlˈdĭngtən [key], 1892–1962, English poet and novelist. While studying at the Univ. of London, he became acquainted with Ezra Pound and H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), whom he marrie...

(Encyclopedia) Souris East, town (1991 pop. 1,333), NE Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Settled in 1748 by Acadians, it is a fishing port. ...