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(Encyclopedia) Quitman, John Anthony, 1798–1858, American general and politician, b. Rhinebeck, N.Y. He settled in Natchez, Miss., where he practiced law and held a series of political offices, serving in the stat...

(Encyclopedia) Ross, Sir John, 1777–1856, British arctic explorer and rear admiral. In 1818 he went in search of the Northwest Passage but turned back after exploring Baffin Bay. Financed by Sir Felix Booth, he co...

(Encyclopedia) Goode, John Paul go͝od [key], 1862–1932, American geographer and cartographer, b. Stewartville, Minn., grad. Univ. of Minnesota, 1889, Ph.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1901. He taught geography at the ...

(Encyclopedia) Haldane, John Scott, 1860–1936, British scientist, b. Edinburgh; father of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane. He made many important contributions to mine safety, investigating principally the action of...

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, John Pierpont: see Morgan, family. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kemble, John Philip: see under Kemble, Roger. ...

(Encyclopedia) Marciano, John Bemelmans: see under Bemelmans, Ludwig. ...

(Encyclopedia) John XXIII, antipope: see Cossa, Baldassare. ...

(Encyclopedia) John of Hollywood: see Sacrobosco, Johannes de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint John, Lake, Canada: see Saguenay, river. ...