Confederate general in the American Civil War (1861-65) who was often described as a "born military genius"; his rule of action, "Get there first with the most men," became one of the most often quoted statements of the war. A ...
also called (1918) Baron Forrest Of Bunbury explorer and statesman who led pioneer expeditions into Australia's western interior. As Western Australia's first premier (1890-1901), he sponsored public works construction and negotiated the state's entry into the Australian Commonwealth in 1901.
first U.S. secretary of defense (1947-49); earlier, in the Navy Department, he directed the huge naval expansion and procurement programs of World War II.
U.S. electrical engineer and management expert who invented the random-access magnetic core memory, the information-storage device employed in most digital computers.
German surgeon who shared with Andre F. Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956. A pioneer in heart research, Forssmann contributed to the development of cardiac catheterization, a procedure in which a tube ...
town, eastern New South Wales, Australia, on Cape Hawke south of the entrance to Lake Wallis, a 30-sq-mi (80-sq-km) coastal lagoon. Founded in 1862 and named after William Forster, secretary for lands (1868-70), it was proclaimed a town in 1961. ...
British novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic. His fame rests largely on his novels Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) and on a large body of criticism.
writer and journalist, a notable figure in mid-19th-century literary London who, through his friendship with the influential editor Leigh Hunt, became adviser, agent, and proofreader to many leading writers of the day. A close friend of Charles Dickens, he wrote ...
British statesman noted for his Education Act of 1870, which established in Great Britain the elements of a primary school system, and for his term (1880-82) as chief secretary for Ireland, where his repression of the radical Land League won ...
the most important minerals in the olivine family and possibly the most important constituents of the Earth's mantle. Included in the series are the following varieties:
Scottish Presbyterian minister and inventor who between 1805 and 1807 produced a percussion lock for firearms that would explode a priming compound with a sharp blow, thereby avoiding the priming powder and free, exposed sparks of the flintlock system.
British author of best-selling thriller novels noted for their journalistic style and their fast-paced plots based on international political affairs and personalities.
any member of a genus (Forsythia) of plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), containing seven species of ornamental shrubs native to eastern Europe and East Asia. In some species the yellow flowers borne along the stems appear before the leaves ...
city, seat (1865) of Chouteau county, north-central Montana, U.S., on the Missouri River. A well-known American Fur Company outpost, it was founded (1846) as Fort Lewis by Major Alexander Culbertson and was renamed in 1850 for Senator Thomas Hart Benton ...
city, seat (1868) of Larimer county, northern Colorado, U.S. It lies along the Cache la Poudre River (the state's "Trout Route"), in the eastern foothills of the Front Range, at an elevation of 5,004 feet (1,525 metres), 55 miles (89 ...
city, seat (1856) of Webster county, north-central Iowa, U.S. It is situated on both sides of the Des Moines River at its juncture with Lizard Creek, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Des Moines. It originated around Fort Clarke, ...
American Civil War battle that collapsed Southern defenses in the Mid-South and forced the evacuations of Columbus, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, as well as a general Confederate retreat in Kentucky.
town, regional municipality of Niagara, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies along Lake Erie and the Niagara River and is linked to Buffalo, N.Y., by the International Railway and Peace bridges. The fort, built by the British in 1764, was captured ...
town, centre of the Rainy River district, western Ontario, Canada. It lies on the north bank of Rainy River (the Canada-U.S. boundary), opposite International Falls, Minn. Originating as a fur-trading post, Fort-Saint-Pierre, built near the present townsite in 1731, it ...
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Hays, Kan., U.S. It is part of the Kansas Regents System. The university consists of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Health and Life Sciences, and a graduate school. In ...
town, Aroostook county, northern Maine, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the St. John and Fish rivers, 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of Presque Isle, and includes the communities of Fort Kent and Fort Kent Mills. The town is ...
city, seat (1915) of Broward county, southeastern Florida, U.S. It lies along the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the New River, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Miami.
borough (town), Bergen county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies mainly along the Palisades on the west bank of the Hudson River at the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge opposite upper Manhattan, New York City. The community developed ...
town, southwestern Alberta, Canada. It lies along the Oldman River, 32 miles (52 km) west of Lethbridge. The fort, established there in 1874 by Colonel James F. Macleod, was the first headquarters of the North West Mounted Police (now the ...
site of a Spanish fort, on the northeastern coast of Florida, U.S., 14 miles (23 km) south of St. Augustine. The national monument, established in 1924, occupies about 230 acres (93 hectares) on two islands-the southern tip of Anastasia Island ...
site of the star-shaped fort that successfully defended Baltimore, Md., U.S., from a British attack during the War of 1812. This event was the inspiration for Francis Scott Key's poem "The Star-Spangled Banner."
city, northeastern Alberta, Canada, at the confluence of the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers. It originated as a North West Company fur-trading post (1790) known as Fort of the Forks, which was taken over by the Hudson's Bay Company (1821). Rebuilt ...
city, seat (1889) of Morgan county, northeastern Colorado, U.S., on a low plateau overlooking the South Platte River, 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Denver at an elevation of 4,240 feet (1,292 metres). The site, on the Overland Trail, was ...
city, seat (1887) of Lee county, southwestern Florida, U.S. It lies on the broad estuary of the Caloosahatchee River, about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Tampa. The city of Cape Coral is situated to the southwest on the opposite ...
city, seat (1876) of DeKalb county, northeastern Alabama, U.S. It is situated in Big Wills Valley between Lookout and Sand mountains, about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Huntsville. In the 1770s the area was known as Wills Town. Sequoyah ...
dam on the Missouri River, northeastern Montana, U.S. The dam is situated some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Glasgow. A Public Works Administration project begun in 1933 and completed in 1940, it provides flood control, improved navigation, and hydroelectric ...
city, seat (1905) of St. Lucie county, east-central Florida, U.S. It is situated on the Indian River (a lagoon connected to the Atlantic Ocean by inlets), about 55 miles (90 km) north of West Palm Beach. The fort (1838-42), built ...
(April 12, 1864), in the American Civil War, Confederate slaughter of black Federal troops stationed at Fort Pillow, Tenn. The action stemmed from Southern outrage at the North's use of black soldiers. From the beginning of hostilities, the Confederate leadership ...
town, western Uganda, situated at an elevation of about 5,000 feet (1,500 m) and overlooking the mountains of the Ruwenzori Range and the Mufumbiro volcanoes. Roads link it with Rubona, Kyenjojo, and Kyegegwa. It is an important market and processing ...
town, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, on The Fishing Lakes of the Qu'Appelle River, surrounded by Indian reservations, 45 miles (72 km) east-northeast of Regina. It originated in 1864 as a Hudson's Bay Company fur-trading post, and an 1874 treaty whereby the ...
village, south-central Zimbabwe. It was founded as a British military post in 1896 during the Ndebele uprisings near the site of the Dhlo-Dhlo ruins. Prominent in local tradition, the ruins appear to be of 17th- or 18th-century origin, yielding Portuguese, ...
village, central British Columbia, Canada, on the southeastern shore of Stuart Lake at the confluence of the Stuart and Necoslie rivers, 70 miles (113 km) northwest of Prince George. One of the province's oldest communities, it originated as a trading ...
city, northeastern British Columbia, Canada, just north of the Peace River, 45 miles (73 km) northwest of Dawson Creek. It originated with the building of a North West Company fort on the river's north bank in 1805. The Hudson's Bay ...
city, seat (1855) of Bourbon county, southeastern Kansas, U.S. It lies on the Marmaton River near the Missouri border. The community grew up around a military outpost (1842) named for General Winfield Scott. After the garrison was abandoned in 1853, ...
southwestern region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Formerly part of MacKenzie district, Fort Smith region was created in the early1970s by the territorial government. The region extends northward from the Alberta border to encompass Great Slave Lake and the eastern ...
town, southern Fort Smith region, Northwest Territories, Canada, on the Slave River, at the Alberta border. It lies below the rapids, midway between Lake Athabasca and Great Slave Lake. The settlement originated in 1874 as a Hudson's Bay Company post ...
city, northern district seat (1852) of Sebastian county, western Arkansas, U.S., on the Arkansas River at the Oklahoma state line. An army fort named for General Thomas A. Smith was established on the site (known as Belle Point to early ...
