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Cambridge Encyclopedia
Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 2
(Michael) Vincent O'Brien - Biography
(Millie) Vincent (Jr) Youmans - Broadway musicals with music by Vincent Youmans, Movies with music by Vincent Youmans
(Milton) Lorenz Hart - Biography, Selected list of works
(Mohammed) Ahmed Ben Bella - Before independence, Algerian independence, Recent activities
(Mohammed) Hosni (Said) Mubarak - Biography, Egypt under Mubarak, Egypt's return to the Arab League, Mubarak and corruption
(Mohammed) Siad Barr - Early life, Head of state, Death
(Monica) Elizabeth (Knight) Jolley - Early life, Literature career, Literary Style, Literary Works
(Montague Francis) Ashley Montagu - Books by Montagu, Quotes, Footage of Ashley Montagu
(Myra) Belle Starr - Early life, After the Civil War, Marriage to Sam Starr, Belle Starr's unsolved murder
(Nathaniel Rogers) Fitz Hugh Lane
(Ndugu) Ali Hassan Mwinyi
(Nelle) Harper Lee - Career, After To Kill a Mockingbird, Fictional portrayals
(Newton) Booth Tarkington
(Nicholas) Vachel Lindsay - Early years, Beginnings as a poet, "The Congo", Later years
(Norman) Graham Hill - Complete Formula One results, Indy 500 results
(Patricio) Lafcadio (Tessima Carlos) Hearn - Biography, Legacy, Trivia, Books written by Hearn on Japanese subjects, Further reading, See Also
(Patrick) Ryan O'Neal - Filmography
(Paul Marie Th - Life, Works, Further reading
(Paul) Jackson Pollock - Early life, Early work, The Springs period and the unique technique, The 1950s and beyond
(Pearl) Polly Adler
(Peter Paul) Rubens
(Peter) Alexander Goehr - Early works, Later works
(Peter) Paul von Mauser
(Philip) Quincy Wright
(Pier) Francesco Cavalli - Music and influence, Works list, References and further reading
(Pierre Eug
(Pierre) Albert Marquet - Life and work, Legacy, Reference
(Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti - Life, Scarlatti's music
(Rachel) Rose Schneiderman
(Rand) Aldo Leopold - Life and work, Conservation
(Ren - Life, Locations of Rodin sculpture
(Richard Horatio) Edgar Wallace - Parents and Birth, Childhood and Early Career
(Richard) Norman Shaw - Reference
(Robert) Erskine Childers
(Robert) Francis Kilvert - Professional Life, Kilvert's Diary, Kilvert adapted to film
(Robert) Howard Spring
(Robert) Laurence Binyon - For the Fallen, Music, Post-war life, Bibliography of key works
(Robert) Oliver Reed - Early life, Career
(Robert) Peter Fleming - Biography, Travels, Family, Other connections, Legacy, Quotes, Bibliography, Sources
(Roberta) Brooke Astor - Early life, First marriage, Second marriage, Third marriage, Philanthropy, Books by Astor, Elder abuse controversy
(Ronald) Gordon Honeycombe - Appearances, Works
(Rudolph) John (Frederick) Lehmann - Poets in Poems from New Writing 1936-1946 (1946)
(Samuel) Dashiell Hammett - Early life, Hammett's Strengths, Hammett's Weaknesses, Later years, Works, Quotes
(Sarah) Margaret Fuller
(Sarah) Virginia Wade - Grand Slam record, Singles titles (55), Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
(Schack) August (Steenberg) Krogh
(Serge) Alexandre Stavisky
(Sharon) Christa McAuliffe - Early life, Career as an educator, Member of the Teacher in Space Program
(Solomon) Washington Gladden - Early years, Early Career 1860-1882, Columbus Years 1882-1918, Partial bibliography
(Stella Maria Sarah) Miles Franklin - Books written by Miles Franklin, Selected works
(Stephen) Grover Cleveland - Youth and early political career, First term as President (1885-1889)
(Stuart) Oliver Knussen
(Susan) Jocelyn Bell Burnell
(Sven) Olof Palme - Early life and education, Political career, Radicalism, Assassination, Memorials
(Taisto) Kalevi Sorsa - Valco scandal
(Thaddeus) John Szarkowski - Key works:, Interviews
(Theobald) Wolfe Tone - Early years, Society of the United Irishmen, Revolutionary in exile
(Theodore) Wilson Harris - Further reading
(Thomas) Godfrey Evans
(Thomas) James Northcote
(Thomas) Malcolm Muggeridge - Biography, Works
(Thomas) Michael Bond - Bibliographics
(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson - Early life, education and family, Physical Appearance, Law Practice, Political writings and academic career
(Vagn) Walfrid Ekman
(Vere) Gordon Childe
(Vernon) James Taylor - Awards and recognition, Discography, Videography, Further reading
(Victor) Hugo Benioff
(Walter Richard) Rudolf Hess - Early life, Hitler's deputy, Flight to Britain, Trial and life imprisonment, Wunsiedel
(Walter) Jack Palance - Academy Award and nominations, Select filmography
(Walter) Maynard Ferguson - Biography, Discography
(Wesley) Branch Rickey - Early life, The Farm System, Breaking the Color Barrier, Death, Legacy
(Wiles) Robert Hunter
(Wilhelm Heinrich) Walter Baade - Honors, Books
(Wilhelm) Richard Wagner - Biography, Works, Wagner's influence and legacy, Controversies, Media
(William) Clark Gable - Early life, Most Famous Roles, Marriage to Carole Lombard and World War II, Death, Filmography, Trivia
(William) Clyde Fitch - Trivia, Publications
(William) Denis Johnston - Works
(William) Dennis Weaver - Early life, Career, Private life, Death
(William) Havergal Brian
(William) Hervey (Jr) Allen - Bibliography, Sources
(William) Holman Hunt - Literary references
(William) John Charles - Ability
(William) John Edrich
(William) Maurice Ewing - Awards and honors
(William) Merric Boyd
(William) Robertson Davies - Biography, Bibliography, Trivia
(William) Wilkie Collins - Life, Bibliography
(Willie) Wilson Goode
(Wing) Grace Slick - Early life, Career, Multiple arrests, Retired life, Artistic Accomplishments
Academy of the
Crusca
Turks Fruit
- Origin, In Popular Culture, Recipe
Wessobrunner Gebet
- Origins, Adaptations
A(bbott) Lawrence Lowell - Criticism
A(bram) N(icholas) Pritzker
A(lbert) A(braham) Michelson - Life, Speed of light, Astronomical interferometry, Michelson in popular culture, Tribute, Electronic books
A(lexander) Stirling Calder - Selected Architectural Sculpture, Selected Other Works, Images, Sources & resources
A(lfred) N(ewton) Richards
A(lfred) N(orth) Whitehead - Life, Process philosophy, Bibliography
A(lpheus) B(eede) Stickney - Youth and education, Legacy
A(ndrew) B(arton) Paterson - Biography, Works, Legacy, A Selected List of Banjo Paterson's Works, Sources
A(ndrew) C(ecil) Bradley - Biography, Works
A(rcher) J(ohn) P(orter) Martin
A(rchie) R(andolph) Ammons - Life, Works, Awards, Bibliography, Secondary Sources
A(rthur) J(effrey) Dempster - Research
Aachen - Sister cities, Name in different languages, Sources
Aachen Cathedral
Aage (Niels) Bohr
aardvark - Behavior, Habitat
aardwolf - Physical characteristics
River Aare - Course, List of Tributaries, History
Aaron - Becomes priest of Israel, Rebellion of Korah, Death, Moses and Aaron compared, Death of Aaron, Genetics
Aaron Arrowsmith - Maps published
Aaron Burr - Early life, Military service, Marriage, Legal and early political career, Vice Presidency, The Duel
Aaron Ciechanover
Aaron Copland - Biography, Selected works, Films
Aaron Montgomery Ward
Aaron Siskind
Aaron Spelling - Early life, Hollywood career and life, Notable productions, Illness, lawsuit, and death
abacus - Origins, Babylonian abacus, Roman abacus
Abadan - Etymology, History, Places of interest, Trivia
abalone
Abba - History, After ABBA, Legacy, ABBA's success in the United States
Abba (Solomon) Eban - Bibliography
Abba Hillel Silver
Abbas - People with the surname Abbas
abbey - Benedictine monasteries, Westminster Abbey, York, English Cluniac houses, Cistercian abbeys, Austin Canons, Premonstratensians, Carthusian, Clermont
Abbey Lincoln - Discography
Abbey Theatre - Before the Abbey, Foundation of the Abbey, The early years, The Abbey after Yeats
Abbeyleix - History, Amenities
Abbie Hoffman - Biography, Personal life, Quotes, Bibliography, Discography
Abbots Langley
Abbott and Costello - Filmography, Listen to
abbreviation - Types of abbreviations, Style conventions, Measurement, History, Examples
Abby (Greene) Aldrich Rockefeller - Philanthropy
Abby Kelley - Early life, Radicalization, Anti-Slavery activity, Women's Rights, Marriage and family
Abd-ar-Rahman III - Bibliography
abdication - List
Abdim's stork
abdomen - Vertebrates, Invertebrates
Abdou Diouf - Biography
Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdus Salam - Speech at Nobel Prize Banquet, See Also
Abe Fortas
Abe Saperstein
Abel (Tendekayi) Muzorewa
Abel Bonnard - Bibliography
Abel Gance
Aberdare - Education, Twin cities/towns, Trivia
Aberdeen - History, Present-day Aberdeen, Population, Climate, Coat of Arms and Motto, Architecture and built environment
Aberfan - Aberfan disaster
Aberystwyth - Brief information, History, Transport, Music, In fiction
Abidjan - Administration, Geography and neighbourhoods, History, Places of interest, Security
Abigail Adams - Marriage to John Adams, As "First Lady", and after, Further reading
Abigail Fillmore - Reference
Abigail Jane Duniway - Places, People
Abigail Van Buren
Abilene
Abner Doubleday - Early years, Military career, Postbellum career, Legacy and baseball
Abner Kneeland - Biography, Religious and social views
abnormal psychology
Abomey
abortion - Definitions, Incidence, Forms of abortion, Health effects, History of abortion, Social issues, Abortion debate, Abortion law
Abraham (Harold) Maslow - Life, Work
Abraham Adrian Albert
Abraham Cahan
Abraham Cowley
Abraham de Moivre
Abraham Flexner - Biography, Honors
Abraham Gottlob Werner - Werner's theory, Theory's criticism, Legacy
Abraham Jacobi
Abraham Joshua Heschel - Works, Selected bibliography
Abraham Kuyper - Life, Views, Legacy, Bibliography
Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln to 1854, Republican politics 1854–1860, Civil War, Presidential appointments, Major presidential acts, Legacy and memorials
Abraham Rattner
Abraham Robinson
Abram (Joseph) Chayes - Personal life, Writings
Abram Bergson - Literary works
Absalom
abscess - Treatment, Perianal abscess
absolute zero - History of absolute zero, Kinetic theory and motion, Record cold temperatures approaching absolute zero
absolution - Roman Catholic Church, Eastern traditions, Lutheranism, The Reformed tradition, Anglicanism
absolutism
abstract art - History, Gallery, Bibliography
absurdism - Søren Kierkegaard, The meaning of life, Examples
Abu al-Faraj
Abu Simbel - History, Temples
Abuja - History, Weather and climate, Vegetation, Abuja Districts, Transportation
abuse of process
academy - The original Academy, The revived Neoplatonic Academy of Late Antiquity, Modern use of the term academy
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Original 36 founders of the Academy, Presidents of the Academy, Current administration of the Academy
Acadia - Early history, The great upheaval, Origin of the name, Contemporary Acadia
acanthus
Acapulco - Geography, History, Acapulco as a holiday resort, Nightclubs in Acapulco
ACAS
acceleration - Definition of Acceleration, Explanation
acceleration due to gravity - Explanation, Variations of Earth's gravity, Calculated value of g, Usage of the unit
accelerometer - Types of accelerometer, In biology, Other uses
accent (prominence)
accent (regional)
accentor
access
access time
accomplice
accordion - Physical description, History, Musical genres, Button accordions, Stradella bass system, Free bass systems, Audio samples
accountancy - History, Accountancy qualifications and regulation, Accounting scholarship, The "Big Four" accountancy firms
Accra - History of Accra, Attractions in Accra, Education
Accrington - Transport, History, Tiffany Glass, The Accrington Pals, Accrington's football teams, Famous sons and daughters
acculturation - Group foreign-origin acculturation, Transculturation, Native-origin acculturation, History of Acculturation, Cultural appropriation
accumulator
acetaldehyde - Applications in organic synthesis, Biological aspects, Other occurences, Safety
acetic acid - Chemical properties, Biochemistry, Production, Applications, Safety
acetone
acetyl
acetylcholine - Chemistry, Release sites, Pharmacology, Neuromodulatory Effects
acetylene - Preparation, Safety and handling, Reactions, Uses, Other meanings
Achaeans (Homer)
Achaeans (of Achaea)
achene
Acheron
Achille Campanile - Works
Achille Lauro - The hijacking
Achille Occhetto
Achille Starace - Early life and career, 1943-1945
Achilles - Birth, Achilles in the Trojan War, The cult of Achilles in antiquity, The name of Achilles
achondroplasia - Incidence/Prevalence, Clinical features, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment
acid - Definitions of acids and bases, Properties, Nomenclature, Chemical characteristics, Acidification
acid rain - Emissions of chemicals leading to acidification, Aerosol formation, Acid deposition, Adverse effects, Prevention methods, Further reading
Acker Bilk
acne
acorn - Nutrition, Cultural aspects
acoustic coupler
acoustics
ACP countries - Africa, Caribbean, Pacific, Special Designations
Acre - International acre, United States survey acre, Equivalence to other units of area, Use of the acre
acridine - Sources, Physical properties, Chemical properties, Cancer link
acromegaly - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, Pituitary gigantism in children, Notable sufferers
The Acropolis
acrylic acid
Act of Congress - Other uses
act of God
Act of Parliament - Procedure, UK Details, Numbering
Actaeon - The plot, Actaeon in art, Sources and references
actinomycosis - Causative organism
action
action painting - Background, Historical context, The unconscious act, Notable action painters, References and notes
action potential - Overview, Underlying mechanism, Phases, Threshold and initiation, Circuit model, Propagation, Refractory period, Evolutionary purpose
activated complex - Overview
active optics
Acts of the Apostles - Content, Summary, Themes and style, Authorship, Sources, Historical, Structure, Date, Place, Manuscripts
actuary - History, Responsibilities, Credentialing and exams, Notable actuaries, Fictional actuaries
actuator - Examples and applications
acupressure - Scientific research, Criticism of TCM theory
acupuncture - History, Traditional theory, Legal and political status, Scientific theories and mechanisms of action
acyl
Ada
ADA
Ada Cambridge - Bibliography, Reference
Ada Louise Huxtable
Ada Negri
Ada Rehan - Roles, Publications, Categories
Adad - Trivia
Adah Isaacs Menken - Sources
Adalbert
Adalbert Stifter - Works
Adam (Bernard) Mickiewicz - Biography, Works, Nationality, Related reading:
Adam and Eve - Textual analysis, Later Abrahamic traditions, Historicity, Cultural influence
Adam de la Halle
Adam Elsheimer - Life and Work, Venice, Rome, Influence, Galleries
Adam Ferguson - Life, Thought, Main works by Adam Ferguson
Adam Forepaugh - Life history, Unsavory business dealings, Innovations, The famous "sucker" quote
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Adam Mars-Jones
Adam of Bremen - Background, Gesta, Sources
Adam Sedgwick
Adam Smith - Biography, Works, The "Adam Smith-Problem", Major works, Works on Smith
Adam's Peak - Geography, Nomenclature, The Sacred Mountain, Other information
Adams - Places, Other uses of Adams, People with the surname Adams
Adana (city) - Location, Etymology, History, Features of Adana today, Festivals, Education, Transportation, Sports and Athletics
Adana (province) - Location, Etymology, History, Features of Adana today, Festivals, Education, Transportation, Sports and Athletics
adaptation (biology)
adaptation (literature)
adaptation (literature)
adaptive optics - Introduction, Uses of adaptive optics, Beam stabilization
adaptive radiation
adaptogen
addax
adder - "Adders", Etymology
Addison's disease - Characteristics, Medical procedures, Life activities
addition reaction
Adel Sellimi
Adelaide - History, Geography, Governance, Demographics, Economy, Education, Culture, Infrastructure
Adelaide Crapsey
Adelbert Ames - Early life and Civil War, Mississippi politics, U.S. Senate, Later life
Adelbert von Chamisso
Adelina Patti - Development, Financial Success, Personal life, Bibliography
adenine
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) - Chemical properties, ATP synthesis, Regulation of ATP production, ATP use in cells, ATP in protein structure
Adi Granth - Structure of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Using the Gurmukhi Bir and the English Translation
adiabatic process - Adiabatic heating and cooling, Ideal gas, Graphing adiabats
Adin Ballou - Background and Family, Religious & Social Issues, The Hopedale Community
