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Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd (Carlisle Sessions Floyd, Jr.), 1926-, American composer, b. Latta, S.C., grad. Syracuse Univ. (B.A., 1946; M.A., 1949). His reputation rests on his operas, for which he writes both music and libretto. Best known is his award-winning Susannah (1955), a dramatic folk opera with prof...
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Charles Howard Carlisle, 1st earl of
Charles Howard Carlisle, 1st earl of , 1629-85, English statesman. A member of the prominent Howard family, he held various offices under Oliver Cromwell and remained in favor after the Restoration (1660) of Charles II. He was created earl in 1661 and served on several diplomatic missions. From 16...
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Eden
Eden name of several rivers in England and Scotland. The principal one rises in Cumbria, N England, and flows 65 mi (105 km) NW past Carlisle , into Solway Firth. The Vale of Eden is a rich farming region.
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John Armstrong
John Armstrong 1717?-1795, American pioneer, known as the "hero of Kittanning," b. Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. He laid out the town of Carlisle, Pa. In 1756 he led the expedition that destroyed Kittanning, a town of the Delaware on the Allegheny. Later he was a major general in the American Revolut...
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Cumbria
Cumbria county (1991 pop. 486,900), 2,635 sq mi (6,826 sq km), extreme NW England. The county stretches from the Morecambe Bay to Soloway Firth along the Irish Sea coast. It includes the Lake District , comprised of a series of volcanic rock and slate mountain peaks and lake-filled valleys. It als...
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William Paley
William Paley 1743-1805, English theologian. Ordained in 1767, he lectured on moral philosophy at Christ's College, Cambridge. Made a prebendary of the cathedral church of Carlisle (1780), he became archdeacon of the diocese (1782), and chancellor (1785), the year he published Principles of Moral ...
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William Irvine
William Irvine , 1741-1804, American soldier, b. Ireland. He studied medicine in Ireland and after 1764 practiced in Carlisle, Pa. He was called to service as colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment and later as brigadier general in the Continental Army in the Revolution. In 1781 he was given command of ...
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John Armstrong
John Armstrong 1758-1843, American army officer, U.S. Secretary of War (1813-14), b. Carlisle, Pa.; son of John Armstrong, "hero of Kittanning." In the American Revolution he was on the staff of Horatio Gates. In 1783, Armstrong wrote the "Newburgh Addresses," or "Newburgh Letters" ; the...
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Frederick Funston
Frederick Funston 1865-1917, U.S. general, b. New Carlisle, Ohio. He was a newspaper reporter and a field agent (1888-95) of the Dept. of Agriculture, exploring Death Valley and the Yukon. Love of adventure led him to enlist in the army of Máximo Gómez y Báez to help win Cuban ...
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Archibald Campbell Tait
Archibald Campbell Tait 1811-82, British churchman, archbishop of Canterbury, b. Edinburgh. He grew up a Presbyterian, but he early decided to enter the ministry of the Church of England. In 1834 he was elected a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford; in 1836 he was ordained an Anglican priest. The Ox...
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