| Keith, Sir Arthur ... Kellogg, Frank B. |
| | - Keith, Sir Arthur
- Scottish anatomist and physical anthropologist who specialized in the study of fossil humans and who reconstructed early hominin forms, notably fossils from Europe and North Africa and important skeletal groups from Mount Carmel (now in Israel). [1 Related Articles]
- Keith, Sir William
- (from the article "Franklin, Benjamin") ...By the spring of 1724 he was enjoying the companionship of other young men with a taste for reading, and he was also being urged to set up in business for himself by the governor of Pennsylvania, Sir William Keith. ...
- Keith, William
- Scottish-born American painter known for his California landscapes.
- Keith-Albee United Bookings Office
- (from the article "Morris, William") Morris was hired by Klaw and Erlanger, heads of a legitimate theatre trust, to book vaudeville acts for their theatre chain. This position put him in conflict with the Keith-Albee United Bookings Office, which sought to monopolize variety talent. Though ...
- Keiyo Industrial Zone
- industrial region in east-central Japan that, along with the Keihin Industrial Zone, is part of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. Keiyo is neither an administrative nor a political entity. It occupies part of Chiba prefecture (ken) on the Boso Peninsula, along ...
- Keizan Jokin
- posthumous name Josai Daishi priest of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism, who founded the Soji Temple (now in Yokohama), one of the two head temples of the sect.
- Kek Lok Si Temple
- (from the article "George Town") ...exports include tin, rubber, and copra. The University of Science of Malaysia (founded 1969) is at Minden Barracks on the outskirts. Also on the outskirts is the city's most spectacular temple, the Kek Lok Si Temple, or, as it is ...
- Kekaya
- (from the article "India") The Kekayas, Madras, and Ushinaras, who had settled in the region between Gandhara and the Beas River, were described as descendants of the Anu tribe. The Matsyas occupied an area to the southwest of present-day Delhi. The Kuru-Pancala, still...
- Kekchi
- Mayan Indians of central Guatemala, living in damp highlands and lowlands of irregular terrain. The Kekchi raise corn and beans as staple crops. These are planted together in plots that are burned off and then worked with digging sticks. Sexual ... [1 Related Articles]
- Keke, Harold
- (from the article "Solomon Islands") ...fraud, corruption, and poor public-sector management; revenue-gathering systems had fallen into abeyance, and some government activities had not been audited for 20 years. In March militia leader Harold Keke and two associates were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for ...
- Kekes, Mount
- (from the article "Matra Mountains") the highest range in northern Hungary, and part of the region's central highland belt. The range's maximum elevation is reached at Mount Kekes (3,327 feet [1,014 m]). The Matra is a sharply defined volcanic mass consisting in large part of ...
- Kekkonen, Urho Kaleva
- Finnish prime minister (1950-53, 1954-56) and president (1956-81), noted for his Soviet-oriented neutrality. [1 Related Articles]
- keklap
- (from the article "commercial fishing") ...Africa, and the Aztecs made a similar product. In China a scum called lan, collected from ponds and freshwater lakes, provides sustenance for large numbers of people. A related scum, keklap, found in Java, is used chiefly as fish feed. ...
- Kekri
- in ancient Finnish religion, a feast day marking the end of the agricultural season that also coincided with the time when the cattle were taken in from pasture and settled for a winter's stay in the barn. Kekri originally fell ...
- Kekuaokalani
- (from the article "Kailua-Kona") ...home and council area of the king, who died in Kailua in 1819. After Kamehameha's death there was a battle between his successor, Kamehameha II, who had abandoned traditional Hawaiian religion, and Kekuaokalani, who led the forces supporting the ancient ...
- Kekule structure
- (from the article "chemical bonding") There is a VB wavefunction for each of these so-called Kekule structures. (They are so called after Friedrich August Kekule, who is commonly credited with having first proposed the hexagonal structure for benzene in 1865; however, a cyclic structure had ...
- Kekule von Stradonitz, August
- German chemist who established the foundation for the structural theory in organic chemistry. [10 Related Articles]
- Kelaa des Srarhna, el-
- (from the article "Kelaa des Srarhna, el-") El-Kelaa des Srarhna province is bounded by the provinces of Settat (north), Beni Mellal (northeast), Azilal (southeast), Marrakech (south), Safi (southwest), and el-Jadida (northwest). It embraces an area of 3,888 sq mi (10,070 sq km) and comprises the most arid ...
- Kelaa des Srarhna, el-
- town, provincial capital, and province (established 1973), Tensift region, western Morocco. The town, located about 47 mi (75 km) northeast of Marrakech, is a local market centre in the eastern part of the province; its name means the "Citadel of ...
- Kelabit
- (from the article "Malaysia") Smaller indigenous groups, such as the Orang Ulu-an ethnic category embracing the Kenyah, Kayan, Kelabit, Bisaya (Bisayah), Penan, and others-also contribute much to Sarawak's ethnic and cultural character. The Kenyah, Kayan, and Kelabit generally trace their origins to the southern ...
- Kelang
- (from the article "Kuala Lumpur") Kuala Lumpur lies in hilly country astride the confluence of the Kelang and Gombak rivers; its name in Malay means "Muddy Confluence." Malaysia's Main Range rises nearby to the north, east, and southeast. The climate is equatorial, with high temperatures ...
- Kell blood-group system
- (from the article "Major human blood group systems") Other blood groups were identified later, such as Kell, Diego, Lutheran, Duffy, and Kidd. The remaining blood group systems were first described after antibodies were identified in patients. Frequently, such discoveries resulted from the search for the explanation of an ...
- Kell, Vernon
- (from the article "MI5") ...of state to Elizabeth I. In the early 20th century it was realized that some form of centralized control of intelligence functions was necessary. MI5 was formed in 1909 under the leadership of Vernon Kell, then a captain in the ...
- Kellar, Harry
- first great magician native to the United States. Called the "dean of magic" and "the most beloved magician in history," he was the most popular magician from 1896 until 1908. [1 Related Articles]
- Kellas, Eliza
- American educator, best remembered for her strong and effective leadership of the Emma Willard School in Troy.
- kellegi
- (from the article "rug and carpet") ...kanarehs, which are mainly used for walking and which measure some 18 × 3 feet (5.5 × 1 metres). The principal rug, or kellegi, averaging 12 × 6 feet (3.7 × 1.8 metres), is placed at one ...
- Keller, Christoph
- (from the article "Europe, history of") ...medium aevum, as did the popular historical textbook The Nucleus of Middle History Between Ancient and Modern (1688), by the German historian Christoph Keller-although Keller observed that in naming the period he was simply following the terminology ...
- Keller, Ferdinand
- Swiss archaeologist and prehistorian who conducted the first systematic excavation of prehistoric Alpine lake dwellings, at Obermeilen on Lake Zurich. He thus initiated the study of similar remains elsewhere in Switzerland and Europe, from which much was learned about Late ... [1 Related Articles]
- Keller, Gottfried
- the greatest German-Swiss narrative writer of late 19th-century Poetischer Realismus ("Poetic Realism").
- Keller, Helen
- American author and educator who was blind and deaf. Her education and training represent an extraordinary accomplishment in the education of persons with these disabilities. [2 Related Articles]
- Keller, Louis
- (from the article "Social Register") The Social Register was founded in 1887 by Louis Keller, a former gossip-sheet publisher; it was priced at $1.75 and contained 3,600 names. Ownership stayed among three families related to Keller until 1976, when control reportedly passed to a business ...
- Keller, Rose
- (from the article "Sade, Marquis de") ...imprisoned, on orders of the king, in the fortress of Vincennes. Freed several weeks later, he resumed his life of debauchery and went deeply into debt. In 1768 the first public scandal erupted: the Rose Keller affair.
- Kellerman, Annette
- (from the article "physical culture") Although the Gibson Girl, and later the flapper, exemplified the independent spirit of the new woman, swimmer and vaudeville and movie star Annette Kellerman epitomized the physical culture ideal. In 1905 Kellerman swam from Dover to Ramsgate, England, a distance ...
- Kellermann, Bernhard
- German journalist and writer best known for his novel Der Tunnel (1913; The Tunnel, 1915), a sensational technical-utopian work about the construction of a tunnel between Europe and North America.
- Kellermann, Francois-Christophe, Duc De Valmy
- French general whose defeat of a Prussian army at Valmy in September 1792 halted an invasion that threatened the Revolutionary regime in France. [1 Related Articles]
- Kelley Barnes dam
- (from the article "Toccoa") ...Christian school. Toccoa (probably from Cherokee toccoa, "beautiful") Falls, a cascade 186 feet (57 metres) high on Toccoa Creek, is on the campus. In November 1977 the Kelley Barnes earthen dam on the creek burst after torrential rains and flooded ...
- Kelley Park
- (from the article "San Jose") There is an extensive system of municipal and regional parks. Kelley Park, along Coyote Creek, includes a zoo, a Japanese garden, and an outdoor historic museum of restored and replicated buildings from San Jose's early years. The 720-acre (290-hectare) Alum ...
- Kelley, Clarence Marion
- American law-enforcement official who in 1973 became the first permanent director of the FBI after the 49-year reign of J. Edgar Hoover; he served until 1978 and in that time brought modern techniques for crime fighting to the bureau and ...
- Kelley, David E.
- As creator of three different successful shows airing on three competing networks during the 1997-98 TV season, writer and producer David E. Kelley was unique in the world of television. He had begun this string of hits, each of which ...
- Kelley, DeForest
- American actor best identified by his role as Dr. Leonard ("Bones") McCoy on the popular science-fiction television series Star Trek (1966-69); he reprised the role in six Star Trek films; he also played supporting roles in such films as Gunfight ...
- Kelley, Florence
- social reformer who contributed to the development of state and federal labour and social welfare legislation in the United States. [3 Related Articles]
- Kelley, John Adelbert
- American marathoner (b. Sept. 6, 1907, West Medford, Mass.-d. Oct. 6, 2004, South Yarmouth, Mass.), ran the Boston Marathon a record 61 times. He ran his first Boston Marathon in 1928, won it in 1935 and 1945, and finished 18 ...
- Kelley, Oliver Hudson
- (from the article "Granger movement") The Granger movement began with a single individual, Oliver Hudson Kelley. Kelley was an employee of the Department of Agriculture in 1866 when he made a tour of the South. Shocked by the ignorance there of sound agricultural practices, Kelley ...
- Kelley, William
- (from the article "1985: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley, Pamela Wallace for WitnessAdapted Screenplay: Kurt Luedtke for Out of AfricaCinematography: David Watkin for Out of AfricaArt Direction: Stephen Grimes for Out of...
- Kellgren, Johan Henrik
- poet considered the greatest literary figure of the Swedish Enlightenment and once called Sweden's "national good sense." [2 Related Articles]
- Kelling, George L.
- (from the article "police") ...Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety, a groundbreaking article published in 1982, the American political commentator James Q. Wilson and the American criminologist George L. Kelling maintained that the incidence as well as the fear of crime is strongly ...
- Kellogg
- city, Shoshone county, northern Idaho, U.S. It is situated in the Coeur d'Alene mining district of the Bitterroot Range. Established as a prospecting camp in 1893 and originally called Milo, it was renamed (1894) to honour Noah S. Kellogg, discoverer ...
- Kellogg Company
- leading American producer of ready-to-eat cereals and other food products. Kellogg's Corn Flakes was one of the earliest and remains one of the most popular breakfast cereals in the United States. Headquarters are in Battle Creek, Mich.
- Kellogg, Brown & Root
- (from the article "Outsourcing War-The Surge in Private Military Firms") Despite these problems, PMFs are now called upon to deliver services previously considered the domain of military personnel. Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) runs the only permanent U.S. base in Africa (Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, at the mouth of the ...
- Kellogg, Clara Louise
- American opera singer, the first U.S.-born prima donna and the first American singer to achieve success in Europe.
- Kellogg, Frank B.
- U.S. secretary of state (1925-29) whose most important achievement was the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, a multilateral agreement designed to prohibit war as an instrument of national policy. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1929. [1 Related Articles]
|
|
|
