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(Encyclopedia) John Damascene, Saint: see John of Damascus, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Balliol, John de: see Baliol, John de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Pepusch, John Christopher pāˈpo͝osh [key], 1667–1752, German musician, who lived in London from 1700 until his death. As a theorist he became expert in Greek music and helped found (1710) the Aca...

(Encyclopedia) John Chrysostom, Saint krĭsˈəstəm, krĭsŏsˈ– [key] [Gr.,=golden-mouth], c.347–407, Doctor of the Church, one of the greatest of the Greek Fathers. He was born in Antioch and studied Greek cl...

(Encyclopedia) Ptolemy XV (Ptolemy Caesarion), 47–30 b.c., son of Cleopatra and (almost certainly) Julius Caesar. He became joint ruler with his mother, but played no role in the great and tragic events that broug...

(Encyclopedia) Muir, John, 1838–1914, American naturalist, b. Dunbar, Scotland, studied at the Univ. of Wisconsin. He came to the United States in 1849 and settled in California in 1868. In recognition of his effo...

(Encyclopedia) John Day, river, 281 mi (452 km) long, rising in several branches in the Strawberry Mts., NE Oreg., and flowing W, then N to the Columbia River. Unnavigable, the river is used to irrigate vegetable fa...

(Encyclopedia) Dresden drĕzˈdən [key], city, capital of Saxony, E central Germany, on the Elbe River. It ...

(Encyclopedia) Lambton, John George: see Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, John Sholto: see Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, 8th marquess of. ...