Abbott, Grace

ABBOTT, Grace (1878-1939), American social worker, born in Grand Island, Nebr., and educated at the universit...

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Abbott, Sir John Joseph Caldwell

ABBOTT, Sir John Joseph Caldwell (1821-93), Canadian lawyer, educator, and statesman, who served briefly as p...

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS, letter or group of letters used in writing, printing, and speech to represent a w...

ABC POWERS, early 20th-century term for Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Beginning in 1899, these nations, striv...

ABD AL-HAMID I (1725-89), Ottoman sultan of Turkey (1774-89), son of Ahmed III (1673-1736). He succeeded to t...

ABD AL-HAMID II (1842-1918), Ottoman sultan of Turkey (1876-1909), son of Abd al-Madjid I (1823-61). He succe...

ABD-AR-RAHMAN (d. 732), Arab soldier and emir of Spain (731-32). He became governor of southern France in 721...

ABD-AR-RAHMAN I (731-88), first Umayyad emir of Spain (756-88). Having narrowly escaped the massacre (750) of...

ABD-AR-RAHMAN III (889-961), eighth Umayyad ruler of Spain (912-61). Succeeding to an emirate diminished by p...

ABD-EL-KRIM (1880?-1963), leader of the Riffians, an Arab tribe of Morocco. In 1921 he led his tribe against ...