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(Encyclopedia) Fredericksburg. 1 Town (2020 pop. 10,875), Gillespie co., S central Texas, in the Texas Hill Country near the Pedernales River; inc. 1928. Located in an...

(Encyclopedia) Elliott, George Augustus: see Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar. ...

(Encyclopedia) District of Columbia, federal district (2020 pop. 689,545), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Wa...

(Encyclopedia) Dance, George, the elder, 1695–1768, English architect. Among his public buildings in London, the most important is the Mansion House (1739–52), an example of the neo-Palladian style. He built the...

(Encyclopedia) Clymer, George klīˈ mər [key], 1739–1813, American political leader, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Philadelphia. A prosperous merchant, he ardently supported the colonial cause be...

(Encyclopedia)  Maciunas, George : see FLUXUS .

(Encyclopedia) Castriota, George: see Scanderbeg. ...

(Encyclopedia) Guess, George: see Sequoyah.

(Encyclopedia)  Harrison, George : see Beatles, The. ...

(Encyclopedia) George V Coast, region: see Antarctica. ...