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(Encyclopedia) Foster, Norman Robert, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, 1935–, British architect, b. Manchester, grad. Manchester Univ. school of architecture (1961), Yale school of architecture (M.A., 1962). Foster an...
(Encyclopedia) McCormick, Joseph Medill: see under McCormick, Robert Sanderson.
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(Encyclopedia) Lynd, Helen Merrell: see under Lynd, Robert Staughton.
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(Encyclopedia) Clement VII, antipope (1378–94): see Robert of Geneva.
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(Encyclopedia) Triborough Bridge, New York City: see Robert F. Kennedy Bridge.
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(Encyclopedia) Custis-Lee Mansion, Va.: see Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.
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(Encyclopedia) Langdon, John, 1741–1819, American political leader, b. Portsmouth, N.H. A prosperous merchant, Langdon was active in pre-Revolutionary activities. In 1775 he became a delegate to the Continental Co...
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Sir James de, lord of Douglas, 1286?–1330, Scottish nobleman, called the Black Douglas and Douglas the Good; eldest son of William de Douglas, lord of Douglas. In the war of independence ag...
(Encyclopedia) Dumfries
dəmfrēsˈ
[key], town, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland, on the Nith River. The
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(Encyclopedia) Jenkins's Ear, War of, 1739–41, struggle between England and Spain. It grew out of the commercial rivalry of the two powers and led to involvement in the larger War of the Austrian Succession. The i...