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(Encyclopedia) Dalrymple, John: see Stair, John Dalrymple, 1st earl of, and Stair, John Dalrymple, 2d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Donne, John dŭn, dŏn [key], 1572–1631, English poet and divine. He is considered the greatest of the metaphysical poets. All of Donne's verse—his love sonnets and his religious and philosophic...

(Encyclopedia) Cumming, John. For persons thus named, use Comyn, John.

(Encyclopedia) Opie, John, 1761–1807, English portrait and historical painter. Opie showed a remarkable talent as a young man. He became the protégé of the poet John Wolcot, and enjoyed a brief popularity as a f...

(Encyclopedia) St. John, John Pierce, 1833–1916, American political reformer, b. Brookville, Ind. He traveled in the West and in South America, fought in the Union army in the Civil War, and after 1869 practiced l...

(Encyclopedia) Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Sabatier, Paul, 1854–1941, French organic chemist, D.Sc. Collège de France, 1880. He joined the faculty at the Univ. of Toulouse in 1882 and taught there until he retired in 1930. Sabatier was a co...

(Encyclopedia) Lesley, John: see Leslie, John.

(Encyclopedia) Leyland, John: see Leland, John.