Golan
Golan , in the Bible, refuge city, located in the tribal territory of Manasseh E of the Jordan; it was also a levitical city. Golan gives its name to the rocky plateau known as the Golan Heights .
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John Arbuthnot Fisher Fisher, 1st Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Arbuthnot Fisher Fisher, 1st Baron , 1841-1920, British admiral. Entering the navy in 1854...officers. Returning to the admiralty as first sea lord (1904), Fisher redistributed British naval forces to meet the newly recognized...
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