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(Encyclopedia) William of Champeaux shămpōˈ, shäNpōˈ [key], c.1070–1121, French scholastic philosopher. William studied and taught in Paris. In 1109 he founded the monastic school of St. Victor, which later ...
(Encyclopedia) Brandywine, battle of, in the American Revolution, fought Sept. 11, 1777, along Brandywine Creek. The creek, formed by two small branches in SE Pennsylvania, flows southeast to join, near Wilmington, ...
(Encyclopedia) Champeaux, William of: see William of Champeaux.
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(Encyclopedia) Occam, William of: see William of Occam.
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(Encyclopedia) Ockham, William of: see William of Occam.
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(Encyclopedia) Wykeham, William of: see William of Wykeham.
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(Encyclopedia) Wickham, William of: see William of Wykeham.
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(Encyclopedia) William of Longchamp: see Longchamp, William of.
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(Encyclopedia) Oskaloosa ŏskəlo͞oˈ sə [key], city (1990 pop. 10,632), seat of Mahaska co., SE Iowa, on the North and South Skunk rivers; inc. 1852. It is the trade and processing center of a rich farm and lives...
(Encyclopedia) Longchamp, William of lôngˈshămp, lôNshäNˈ [key], d. 1197, chancellor and justiciar of England, bishop of Ely. After service with Geoffrey, duke of Brittany, he joined Richard (later Richard I) ...