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(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Charles Edward Poulett: see Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley: see Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 Prince Edward Island, province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S. The Mi'kmaq lived on the island before Europeans arrived. Jacques Cartier wrote ent...

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Edward, 1499?–1547, English chronicler. He wrote The Union of the Noble and Ilustre Famelies of Lancastre and York (1548), usually called Hall's Chronicle. A glorification of the Tudors, it is...

(Encyclopedia) Usher, James: see Ussher, James.

(Encyclopedia) Bellamy, Edward bĕlˈəmē [key], 1850–98, American author, b. Chicopee Falls (now part of Chicopee), Mass. After being admitted to the bar he tried his hand at journalism and contributed short sto...

(Encyclopedia) Burnett, James: see Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord. ...

(Encyclopedia) Craig, James: see Craigavon, James Craig, 1st Viscount. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stanley, James: see Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dalrymple, James: see Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount. ...