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Bury Bury
Bury , city (1991 pop. 60,785) and metropolitan district, NE England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Irwell River and linked by canal with Bolton and Manchester. A textile city since the time of Edward III, when wool weaving was introduced by the Flemings, Bury has factories for... Read more
Richard de Bury Richard de Bury
Richard de Bury , 1287-1345, English bibliophile and bishop of Durham. His name was Aungerville, but he was called Bury from his birthplace, Bury St. Edmunds. Under Edward III he served as treasurer and as chancellor and went on numerous diplomatic missions. He founded a library in Durham College,... Read more
Atuona Atuona
Atuona or Atuana , town, in the Marquesas Islands , South Pacific, in French Polynesia . Situated on the southern coast of the island of Hiva Oa , Atuona overlooks the Bay of Traitors. Gauguin lived in Atuona Valley and is buried there.... Read more
Queen consort of Henry VII Elizabeth of York Queen consort of Henry VII Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth of York (1466–1503), queen of Henry VII. Henry set the seal on his great victory at Bosworth in August 1485 by his marriage in January 1486 to Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Edward IV, thus uniting the houses of York and Lancaster. She had spent the first year of Richard ... Read more
John Alcock John Alcock
Alcock, John (1430–1500). Ecclesiastical statesman. Born in Beverley, Alcock attended the University of Cambridge and rose rapidly in the church. From 1472 to 1476 he was bishop of Rochester, transferring to Worcester in 1476, and to Ely in 1486. He was in high favour with Edward IV,... Read more
Abelard Abelard
Abelard and Héloïse a type of doomed lovers. Peter Abelard (1079–1142), a French scholar, theologian, and philosopher, was noted for an independence of mind which led to his being twice condemned for heresy. His academic career was cut short in 1118 by his tragic love affair with... Read more
Prince of Wales Arthur Prince of Wales Arthur
Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486–1502), was the eldest son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York and the elder brother of Henry VIII. At the age of 15 he was married to Catherine of Aragon and set up court at Ludlow. Five months later he was dead of consumption and buried in Worcester... Read more
Northampton (United States) Northampton (United States)
Northampton , city (1990 pop. 29,289), seat of Hampshire co., W Mass., on the Connecticut River; inc. as a town 1656, as a city 1883. Brushes, wire, optical devices, and plastic products are made in Northampton. It is the seat of Smith College and Clarke School for the Deaf. President Calvin... Read more
Saint-Germain-des-Pres Saint-Germain-des-Pres
Saint-Germain-des-Prés , historic abbey and church of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. It was founded (6th cent.) by Childebert I; several Merovingian kings were buried there. Both church and abbey were several times destroyed; the present church, in Romanesque style, dates from the... Read more
cenotaph cenotaph
cenotaph a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war; the Cenotaph is the name of the war memorial in Whitehall, London, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and erected in 1919–20. The word is recorded from the early 17th century and comes... Read more

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