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1931–78, American religious leader, b. Lynn, Indiana. An influential Indianapolis preacher since the 1950s, Jones formed the People’s Temple (1955...
1858–1927, British explorer and colonial official. His early interest in the natural sciences was combined with his concern for the political proble...
1798–1858, last president of the Texas republic (1844–46), b. Seekonk section of Great Barrington, Mass. He studied medicine and after an itineran...
(y hän´ bär´tôlt yông´k nt) (KEY) , 1819–91, Dutch landscape painter and etcher. He studied in Paris with Isabey. Jongkind’s work was a tra...
(j ´l t´´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 76,836), seat of Will co., NE Ill., on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1857. It is a river port and an industrial s...
(Chief Joseph), c.1840–1904, chief of a group of Nez Percé. On his father’s death in 1871, Joseph became leader of one of the groups that refused...