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111Kyoto — /kee oh toh/; Japn. /kyaw taw/, n. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: the capital of Japan A.D. 794 1868. 1,472,993. Also, Kioto. * * * City (pop., 2000 prelim.: 1,467,705), west central Honshu, Japan. It is situated northeast of Ōsaka. The… …
112Voltaire — Voltairean, Voltairian, adj., n. /vohl tair , vol /; Fr. /vawl terdd /, n. (François Marie Arouet) 1694 1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist. * * * orig. François Marie Arouet born Nov. 21, 1694, Paris, France… …
113Nkrumah, Kwame — born September 1909, Nkroful, Gold Coast died April 27, 1972, Bucharest, Rom. Nationalist leader and president of Ghana (1960–66). Nkrumah worked as a teacher before going to the U.S. to study literature and socialism (1935–45). In 1949 he formed …
114Christian Brothers — • A society of male religious approved by the Church, but not taking Holy orders, and having for its object the personal sanctification of its members and the Christian education of youth, especially of the children of artisans and the poor… …
115Conrad Celtes — Conrad Celtes † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Conrad Celtes (Properly CONRAD PICKEL, or MEISEL; called also in Lat. PROTUSIUS). A German Humanist, b. at Wipfeld in Lower Franconia, 1 February, 1459; d. at Vienna, 4 February, 1508. He… …
116Jean-Baptiste Massillon — Jean Baptiste Massillon † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jean Baptiste Massillon A celebrated French preacher and bishop; born 24 June, 1663; died 28 September, 1742. The son of François Massillon, a notary of Hyères in Provence, he began… …
117St. Gregory of Tours — St. Gregory of Tours † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Gregory of Tours Born in 538 or 539 at Arverni, the modern Clermont Ferrand; died at Tours, 17 Nov., in 593 or 594. He was descended from a distinguished Gallo Roman family, and was… …
118CLARKE, Henry Lowther (1850-1926) — fourth bishop and first Anglican archbishop of Melbourne son of the Rev. W. Clarke, of Firbank, Westmorland, England, was born on 23 November 1850. He was educated at Sedbergh school, and, winning a scholarship which took him to St John s College …
119COOK, James (1728-1779) — discoverer of eastern Australia, captain in the navy was born at Marton, Yorkshire, England, the second son of James and Grace Cook, on 27 October 1728. His father was a farm labourer at the time, but improved his position by becoming bailiff of… …
120WAKEFIELD, Edward Gibbon (1796-1862) — colonizer was born on 20 March 1796 at London. He came of a family of some distinction and his father, Edward Wakefield, who had married Susanna Crash, a farmer s daughter, when he was 17, was well known as a writer and educationist. His Account… …
