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81Gartons Agricultural Plant Breeders — Gartons= This is a short history of the United Kingdom s first agricultural plant breeding business. Dr John Garton, of the firm of Garton Brothers of Newton le Willows in the United Kingdom was the Originator of Scientific Farm Plant Breeding.… …
82Northern Ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 1,537,200; 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Cap.: Belfast. * * * Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion …
83Sicily — Sicilian /si sil yeuhn, sil ee euhn/, adj., n. /sis euh lee/, n. an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean.… …
84Sweden — /sweed n/, n. a kingdom in N Europe, in the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 8,946,193; 173,732 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Cap.: Stockholm. Swedish, Sverige. * * * Sweden Introduction Sweden Background: A military power during the 17th… …
85García Márquez, Gabriel — ▪ Colombian author Introduction born March 6, 1928, Aracataca, Colombia Colombian novelist and one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 (see Nobel Lecture: “The Solitude of Latin… …
86German literature — Introduction German literature comprises the written works of the German speaking peoples of central Europe. It has shared the fate of German politics and history: fragmentation and discontinuity. Germany did not become a modern nation… …
87Bohemian Brethren — • Bohemian Brethren and Moravian Brethren are the current popular designation of the Unitas Fratrum founded in Bohemia in 1457, renewed by Count Zinzendorf in 1722 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bohemian Brethren …
88Archdiocese of Mechline — Mechlin † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mechlin (Lat. MECHLINIA; Fr. MALINES; MECHLINIENSIS). Archdiocese comprising the two Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant. This diocese derives its present configuration from the French… …
89The Aberdeen Breviary — The Aberdeen Breviary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Aberdeen Breviary This breviary may be described as the Sarum Office in a Scottish form. The use of the ancient Church of Salisbury was generally adopted in Scotland and Ireland… …
90Icelandic cuisine — A fisherman s hut in Reykjavík in 1835 with fish hung outside for drying. Wind dried fish remains popular in Iceland Important parts of Icelandic cuisine are lamb, dairy, and fish, due to Iceland s proximity to the ocean. Popular foods in Iceland …
