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(Encyclopedia) Morton, John, 1420?–1500, English prelate and statesman, archbishop of Canterbury (1486–1500). He studied law at Oxford and practiced in the London ecclesiastical courts. A supporter of the Lancas...
(Encyclopedia) Morton, John, c.1724–1777, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Chester co., Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania assembly (1756–66, 1769�...
(Encyclopedia) Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone)
mədŏnˈə,
chĭkōˈnē
[key], 1958–, American p...
(Encyclopedia) jam: see jelly and jam.
(Encyclopedia) pectin, any of a group of white, amorphous, complex carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruits and certain vegetables. Fruits rich in pectin are the peach, apple, currant, and plum. Protopectin, present ...
(Encyclopedia) Stanley, Sir Henry Morton, 1841–1904, Anglo-American journalist, explorer, and empire builder, b. Denbigh, Wales. He grew up in poverty and came to America as a worker on a ship, which he jumped (18...
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, city (2020 pop. 19,079),
Hennepin co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis; inc. as West Minneapolis
1893, name changed 1928. The city manufactur...
(Encyclopedia) Domino, Fats (Antoine Dominique
Domino, Jr.), 1928–2017, American rhythm-and-blues singer, pianist,
and songwriter of Creole descent, b. New Orleans, ...
(Encyclopedia) petrolatum pĕtrəlāˈtəm [key], colorless to yellowish-white hydrocarbon mixture obtained by fractional distillation of petroleum. In its jellylike semisolid form (known as petroleum jelly and also...
(Encyclopedia) Merry Mount: see Morton, Thomas.