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Caryl Churchill Caryl Churchill
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Churchill Churchill
Churchill 1 River, c.600 mi (970 km) long, issuing as the Ashuanipi River from Ashuanipi Lake, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada, and flowing in an arc north, then southeast through a series of lakes to Churchill Falls and McLean Canyon. It then runs NE past Goose Bay and through Melville Lake and... Read more
Roscius Roscius
Roscius (d. 62 bc), a phenomenally successful comic actor, he later became identified with all that was considered best in acting. A number of famous English actors from the 16th century onwards, notably David Garrick, were nicknamed Roscius in reference to his great skill.In 1761, the English... Read more
Simon Kenton Simon Kenton
Kenton, Simon (1755–1836), Kentucky and Ohio frontiersman, Indian fighter, and scout under Boone, served in Clark's expedition to Kaskaskia and Vincennes. Although captured at Detroit by the British, he escaped (1779), served in attacks on the Indians in Kentucky, was a major under Wayne... Read more
Churchill Falls Churchill Falls
Churchill Falls spectacular waterfalls of the upper Churchill River, 245 ft (75 m) high, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada; known as Grand Falls until renamed (1965) in honor of Sir Winston Churchill. The falls were first explored (1839) by John McLean, a trader of the Hudson Bay Company. Four miles (6.4... Read more
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill 1849-95, English statesman; son of the 7th duke of Marlborough. A sincere Tory and a founder (1883) of the Primrose League, dedicated to upholding national institutions, he was nonetheless opposed to the traditional structure of Conservative rule. On entering... Read more
Winston Winston
Winston ♂ Although there was an Old English personal name, Wynnstan, from wynn ‘joy’ + stān ‘stone’, which would have had this form if it had survived, the modern given name is a transferred use of the surname, a local name from Winston in Gloucestershire.... Read more
fall of Singapore fall of Singapore
Singapore, fall of. This British colony, an island base at the tip of the Malayan peninsula, commanded vital sea routes through the Orient and Netherlands East Indies, and also guarded India from the east and Australia from the north. The construction of the base between the wars was slow, and in... Read more
Charles Churchill Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill , 1731-64, English poet and satirist. Upon his family's insistence he took religious orders in 1756, but life as a London dandy suited him more, and he resigned his curacy. His first poem and perhaps his best work, The Rosciad (1761), a satire on the leading actresses and actors... Read more
Blenheim palace Blenheim palace
Blenheim palace (Oxon.). Home of the dukes of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Situated in Woodstock, close to Oxford, Blenheim palace was given to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, in gratitude for his victory in 1704 over the French at the battle of Blenheim during... Read more

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