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(Encyclopedia) Gannett, Henry gănˈət [key], 1846–1914, American geographer, b. Bath, Maine, grad. Harvard (B.S., 1869; M.E., 1870). His first work as a topographer was on the Hayden Survey. After 1882 he was ch...

(Encyclopedia) Shovell, Sir Clowdisley, or Sir Cloudesley Shovel kloudzˈlē shŭvˈəl [key], 1650–1707, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he burned enemy ships at the battle of La Hogue in 1692 a...

(Encyclopedia) Lyndsay, Sir David: see Lindsay, Sir David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lyttelton, Sir Thomas: see Littleton, Sir Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sherley, Sir Anthony: see Shirley, Sir Anthony. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sydney, Sir Philip: see Sidney, Sir Philip. ...

(Encyclopedia) Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas: see Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Urchard, Sir Thomas: see Urquhart, Sir Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) MacCracken, Henry Mitchell, 1840–1918, American educator, b. Oxford, Ohio, grad. Miami Univ. (Ohio), 1857. After a brief teaching career MacCracken entered the Presbyterian ministry in 1863. From 18...

(Encyclopedia) Henry of Burgundy, d. 1112, count of Portugal. One of a group of French nobles called by Alfonso VI of León to assist in the fight against the Moors, he arrived in Spain c.1095. He was assigned a por...