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(Encyclopedia) Conway of Allington, William Martin Conway, 1st Baron, 1856–1937, English explorer, art historian, and writer. Conway filled several university positions and in 1918–31 represented the combined En...
(Encyclopedia) Duncan, city (2020 pop. 22,692), seat
of Stephens co., SW Okla., in an oil, farm, and cattle area; inc. 1892.
There is an oil industry, and electronics,...
(Encyclopedia) Sugar Land, city (2000 pop. 63,328), Fort Bend co., SE Texas, on the Brazos River and Oyster Creek, a W suburb of Houston; inc. 1959. The city, which now has a diversified economy, began as a pre–Ci...
(Encyclopedia) Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831–1908, American educator, first president of Johns Hopkins Univ., b. Norwich, Conn., grad. Yale, 1852. After serving as attaché (1853–55) of the American legation at St. ...
(Encyclopedia) Mills, Charles W.,
1951–2021, philosopher and political theorist, b. London, Ph.D.
University of Toronto, 1985. Born in the U.K. and raised in Jamaica...
(Encyclopedia) Pembroke, William Herbert, 3d earl of, 1580–1630, English courtier and patron of letters. Son of Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke, and nephew of Sir Philip Sidney, he was tutored by the poet Samue...
(Encyclopedia) William, (William
Arthur Philip Louis), 1982–, Prince of Wales of Great Britian, eldest
son of King Charles
III and Diana ...
(Encyclopedia) Houston, city (2020 pop. 2,304,580),
seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel;
inc. 1837.
Harrisburg (now part of Hou...
(Encyclopedia) Temple, city (1990 pop. 46,109), Bell co., central Tex.; inc. 1882. In a rich blackland region, Temple has grain and textile mills, railroad shops, and plants that make computer printers and terminals...
(Encyclopedia) Nacogdoches năkˌədōˈchĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 30,872), seat of Nacogdoches co., E Tex., in a pine and hardwood forest area; settled 1779. Industries in the city include lumbering, livestock an...