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1851–1912, American Presbyterian clergyman and encyclopedist, b. New York City. He was associate editor in the preparation of the original Schaff-He...
1936–, English actress and politician. Jackson’s first starring role was as Charlotte Corday in Marat/Sade (1966) for the Royal Shakespeare Compan...
or Djakarta (both: j kär´t , jäkär´tä) (KEY) , city and special district (1990 pop. 8,227,746), capital and largest city of Indonesia, NW Java, ...
(y b´´ t n´sk ) (KEY) , 1880–1940, Jewish Zionist leader, b. Russia. A fiery orator and an accomplished writer in several languages, he was a mil...
(hä´kä) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 10,874), Huesca prov., NE Spain, in Aragón, in the Pyrenees (alt. c.2,700 ft/820 m), near the French border on the...
1855–1907, American educator, b. Mechanicstown, Ohio, grad. Harvard, 1884. Jackman was a leader of the nature study movement in elementary schools. ...