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(Encyclopedia) Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 5th earl of, 1530–73, Scottish statesman. He and Lord James Stuart (later earl of Murray) became followers of John Knox in 1556 and led the troops of the Scottish Protest...
(Encyclopedia) John, Saint, one of the Twelve Apostles, traditional author of the fourth Gospel, three letters, and the Book of Revelation (see John, Gospel according to Saint; John, letters; Revelation); it is high...
(Encyclopedia) Volta Redonda vôlˈtä rĕdôNˈdä [key], city (1996 pop. 228,939), Rio de Janeiro state, E Brazil, on the Paraíba River. Its proximity to sources of hydroelectricity and basic raw materials and to...
(Encyclopedia) Hopewell.
<1> City (2020 pop. 1,922), Mercer co., central N.J.; inc.
1891. The area was settled in the early 1700s. One early resident, mill
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(Encyclopedia) Beverly, city (2020 pop. 42,670),
Essex co., NE Mass., on Massachusetts Bay; inc. as a city 1894. Its chief
manufactures are electronic and scientific e...
(Encyclopedia) Fontana, city (2020 pop. 208,393),
San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc.
1952. Fabricated metal products, construct...
(Encyclopedia) Gregg, William, 1800–1867, American industrialist, known as the “father of Southern cotton manufacture,” b. Monongalia co., Va. (now W.Va.). He devoted his life to building up Southern industry....
(Encyclopedia) Woodlawn, uninc. town (1990 pop. 32,907 including Woodmoor), Baltimore co., N Md., a residential suburb of Baltimore. Called Powhattan in 1856 after the company name for a local mill, the site was ren...
(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. His son was granted fiefs ...
(Encyclopedia) Cantacuzene, John: see John VI, Byzantine emperor.
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