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Pilgrims
Pilgrims in American history, the group of separatists and other individuals who were the founders of Plymouth Colony . The name Pilgrim Fathers is given to those members who made the first crossing on the Mayflower.
Origins
The nucleus of the group came into being in the meetings ...
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John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn 1838-1923, English statesman and man of letters. Educated at Oxford, he made his reputation as a journalist in London and served (1867-82) as editor of the liberal Fortnightly Review. He was elected to Parliament in 1883 as a strong supporter of Willi...
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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3d marquess of
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3d marquess of , 1830-1903, British statesman. He entered Parliament in 1853 as a Conservative and devoted himself for 50 years to a program of cautious imperialism and resourceful resistance to sweeping parliamentary and franchise reforms. He became (1...
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mule
mule hybrid offspring of a male donkey (see ass ) and a female horse , bred as a work animal. The name is also sometimes applied to the hinny, the offspring of a male horse and female donkey; hinnies are considered inferior to mules. The mule has many donkey characteristics—long ears, a tuf...
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Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace 1823-1913, English naturalist. From his study of comparative biology in Brazil and in the East Indies, he evolved a concept of evolution similar to that of Charles Darwin . Like Darwin, he was greatly influenced by the writings of Malthus and Lyell and based his theories ...
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Restoration
Restoration in English history, the reestablishment of the monarchy on the accession (1660) of Charles II after the collapse of the Commonwealth (see under commonwealth ) and the Protectorate . The term is often used to refer to the entire period from 1660 to the fall of James II in 1688, and...
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia , Czech Československo , former federal republic, 49,370 sq mi (127,869 sq km), in central Europe. On Jan. 1, 1993, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic (see Slovakia ) became independent states and Czechoslovakia ceased to exist. (For history prior to 1918 as well as g...
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Charles Robert Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin 1809-82, English naturalist, b. Shrewsbury; grandson of Erasmus Darwin and of Josiah Wedgwood . He firmly established the theory of organic evolution known as Darwinism . He studied medicine at Edinburgh and for the ministry at Cambridge but lost interest in both profess...
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Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By 1907, however, the Congress had split into a moderate group led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale , who sought dominion sta...
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Lebanon
Lebanon , officially Lebanese Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,826,000), 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km), SW Asia. The country is bordered on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, on the north and east by Syria and on the south by Israel. The capital is Beirut .
Land and People
Much of the te...
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