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(Encyclopedia) Albany, Robert Stuart or Stewart, 1st duke of: see Stuart, Robert, 1st duke of Albany. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, James, 1st earl of Murray: see Murray, James Stuart, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Frances Teresa, duchess of Richmond and Lennox: see Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Auckland Islands, small uninhabited group (234 sq mi/606 sq km), S Pacific, c.300 mi (480 km) S of Stewart Island, New Zealand, to which they belong. There is a nature preserve for birds and sea mamma...

(Encyclopedia) Bridgeton. 1 City (2020 pop. 11,458), St. Louis co., E Mo., on the Missouri River; settled c.1765, inc. 1843. Consumer goods and metal products ...

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Esmé, 1st duke of Lennox ĕzˈmē [key], 1542?–1583, Scottish nobleman; cousin to James VI of Scotland (later James I of England). Born and reared in France, he succeeded his fat...

(Encyclopedia) Fabian Society, British socialist society. An outgrowth of the Fellowship of the New Life (founded 1883 under the influence of Thomas Davidson), the society was developed the following year by Frank P...

(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850–1928, English classical scholar. She applied archaeological discoveries in the interpretation of Greek religion. Her works include Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religi...

(Encyclopedia) Booth, Charles, 1840–1916, English social investigator, pioneer in developing the social survey method. Aided by the notable social scientist Beatrice Potter Webb, he made an exhaustive statistical ...

(Encyclopedia) Amarillo ămərĭlˈō, –ˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 200,393), seat of Potter co., N Tex.; inc. 1899. The commercial and industrial center of the Texas Panhandle, Amaril...