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( brän´t sh) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 5,975), Santarém dist., W central Portugal, in Ribatejo, on the Tagus River. It is the commercial center of a ...
1949–, British author, b. London; studied Clare College, Cambridge (M.A., 1971) and Yale Univ. A literary journalist, he wrote for the Spectator (19...
( ´br mz) (KEY) , 1914–74, U.S. military officer, b. Springfield, Mass. After graduating (1936) from West Point, he served with distinction during ...
1736?–1811, Neapolitan statesman of British origin, b. Besançon, France. Called upon by Queen Marie Caroline and King Ferdinand IV of Naples (later...
( k ´ ) (KEY) , region of ancient Greece, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus on the Gulf of Corinth. It lay between Sicyon and Elis. There the ...
(fränts kärl äkh´ärt) (KEY) , 1753–1821, German chemist. He made pioneer use of the discovery by his countryman Andreas Marggraf of sugar in be...