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(Encyclopedia) Lane, Sir Ralph, c.1530–1603, leader of the first attempted English settlement in America, on Roanoke Island, N.C. Sent by Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition of over 100 colonists left England in Ap...

(Encyclopedia) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. The FBI has j...

(Encyclopedia) Jukes: see Dugdale, Richard Louis. ...

(Encyclopedia) Garnett, David: see Garnett, Richard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Garnett, Edward: see Garnett, Richard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sheridan, Frances: see Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ingoldsby, Thomas: see Barham, Richard Harris. ...

(Encyclopedia) Garnett, Constance (Black): see Garnett, Richard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Neutral Nation, group of Native North American tribes of the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 17th cent. they occupied the territory ...

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Maria, 1818–89, American astronomer and educator, b. Nantucket, Mass. Mitchell taught school in Nantucket, and later became a librarian. On Oct. 1, 1847, Mitchell discovered a comet (1847 ...