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- Saint John's University
Saint John's University, main campus at Jamaica, New York City; Roman Catholic; coeducational; established 1870 as St. John's College. Its present name was adopted in 1954. It is the largest C...
- Mĕstrović, Ivan
Mĕstrović, Ivan, 1883–1962, Croatian-American sculptor, b. Vrpolje, Croatia (then in Austria-Hungary). He was a shepherd and then an apprentice to a marble cutter, and at 17 he begam attending...
- Grenoble
Grenoble, city (1990 pop. 153,973), capital of Isère dept., SE France, on the Isère River at the foot of the Alps. It is the hydroelectric center of France and has an important nuclear-researc...
- Lausanne
Lausanne, city (1990 pop. 117,600), capital of Vaud canton, W Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. An important rail junction and lake port (see Ouchy), it is the trade and commercial center of...
- Abelard, Peter
Abelard, Peter, Fr. Pierre Abélard, 1079–1142, French philosopher and teacher, b. Le Pallet, near Nantes. Abelard went (c.1100) to Paris to study under William of Champeaux at the school of No...
- Rouen
Rouen, city (1990 pop. 105,470), capital of Seine-Maritime dept., N France. Situated on the Seine near its mouth at the English Channel, Rouen functions as the port of Paris, handling an enorm...
- Luxembourg, city, Luxembourg
Luxembourg or Luxemburg, city (1991 pop. 75,377), capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, S Luxembourg, at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers. It is a commercial, banking, ind...
