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Saint Damasus I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...84), a Spaniard; successor of Liberius. His election was opposed by the Arian Ursinus (antipope 366-67). The Roman emperor Valentinian I had Ursinus exiled and decreed that all religious cases must come before the pope. Damasus ruled...
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Salinger, J. D.
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...composing the words to the school's anthem. Published author In 1938 Salinger enrolled in Ursinus College at Collegeville, Pennsylvania. While at Ursinus he resumed his literary pursuits, contributing a humorous column to the school's weekly...
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Edelman, Gerald M.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...attending public schools in New York City through high school, Edelman went to Collegeville, Pennsylvania, to study chemistry at Ursinus College. He graduated magna cum laude in 1950 and then headed off to the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania...
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wombat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...gait), and a very short tail. It is about 3 ft (91.5 cm) long. Its snout is either naked, as in the species Vombatus ursinus, or furred, as in Lasiorhinus latifrons. Its incisors, the only teeth, grow continually, like those of rodents. Wombats...
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bear
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and is fond of honey; it is sometimes called honey bear (a name also applied to the kinkajou ). The sloth bear, Melursus ursinus, is a medium-sized bear of the forests of S India and Sri Lanka. The North American brown bears, including the Kodiak...
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Wombats
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Bight. The hairy-nosed wombats have fine white hairs on a fairly large nose, while the nose of the common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) isleathery and bare. The common wombat lives in forests on mountainsides, and has characteristic, rounded ears. Wombats...
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John Mauchly
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...began thinking about the possibilities of automating functions. In 1933, Mauchly was hired to head the physics department at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. While this was not a prestigious position for Mauchly, it was the height of the Great...
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Mammals, Sea
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...porpoises, Phocena; narwhals, Monodon nanuk; sea lions, Eumentiapias jubata and Otaria jubata; and fur seals, Callorhinus ursinus alsacensis and Arctocephalus australis. Seals, walrus, polar bears, bearded seals, sea lions, fur seals, and porpoise...
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Popes of the Roman Catholic Church
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Marcus, 336 St. Julius I , 337-52 Liberius, 352-66 antipope: Felix , 355-65 St. Damasus I , 366-84 antipope: Ursinus, 366-67 St. Siricius, 384-99 St. Anastasius I, 399-401 St. Innocent I , 401-17 St. Zosimus, 417-18 St. Boniface...
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bramble
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and boysenberries, with tart purplish fruits, are thought to be strains of either a variety of the Pacific dewberry ( R. ursinus ) or a hybrid between it and the red raspberry; the original plant appeared in the California orchard of Judge J. H. Logan...
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