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Charles M. Andrews Charles M. Andrews
Charles McLean Andrews The American historian Charles McLean Andrews (1863-1943) originated the version of colonial history that places the English settlements in America within the larger context of the British Empire. Charles McLean Andrews was born in Wethersfield, Conn., on Feb. 22,... Read more
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Robert Maxwell Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell (Ian Robert Maxwell), 1923-91, British business executive, b. Czechoslovakia as Jan Ludwik Hoch. He grew up in a tight-knit Jewish community. After fleeing the Nazis in 1939, Maxwell fought with the British during World War II. In 1951, he purchased Pergamon Press, a publisher of... Read more
Robert Edwin Peary Robert Edwin Peary
Robert Edwin Peary , 1856-1920, American arctic explorer, b. Cresson, Pa. In 1881 he entered the U.S. navy as a civil engineer and for several years served in Nicaragua, where he was engaged in making surveys for the Nicaragua Canal. He became interested in arctic exploration and made a trip to the... Read more
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FILIPINO AMERICANS by H. Brett Melendy Overview The Philippine Islands, off the east coast of Asia, are part of the Pacific Ocean's fiery volcanic rim. The Philippine archipelago, consisting of about 7,100 islands, lies along a north-south arc of 1,152 miles. From east to west, its... Read more
Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-94, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist, b. Edinburgh. Handicapped from youth by delicate health, he struggled all his life against tuberculosis. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1875, but he never practiced. At an early age he had begun to write, and... Read more
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censor , title of two magistrates of ancient Rome (from c.443 BC to the time of Domitian). They took the census (by which they assessed taxation, voting, and military service) and supervised public behavior. They also had charge of public works and filled vacancies among the senators and knights.... Read more
Owen Wilson Owen Wilson
WILSON, Owen 1968–(Owen C. Wilson) PERSONAL Full name, Owen Cunningham Wilson; born November 18, 1968, in Dallas, TX; son of Robert (an advertising executive and operator of a public television station) and Laura (a photographer) Wilson; brother of Andrew Wilson (an actor) and... Read more
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BAB AL-MANDAB The narrow waterway separating Asia and Africa. Because of its place on the sea-lanes between Europe and the Indian Ocean and points east, the Bab al-Mandab straits have been assigned considerable strategic importance over the centuries, particularly with the building of the... Read more
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