American film comedian and director, the "Great Stone Face" of the silent screen, known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy.
English Romantic lyric poet who devoted his short life to the perfection of a poetry marked by vivid imagery, great sensuous appeal, and an attempt to express a philosophy through classical legend.
state, northwestern Nigeria. It was created in 1991 from the southwestern half of Sokoto (q.v.) state. Kebbi borders the nations of Niger to the west and Benin to the southwest, and it borders the Nigerian states of Sokoto to the ...
body of police commissioners who constituted the only effective military force during Japan's Heian period (AD 794-1185). The Kebiishi was the backbone of the administration during this time, and its decline about 1000 marked the beginning of the disintegration of ...
Anglican priest, theologian, and poet who originated and helped lead the Oxford Movement (q.v.), which sought to revive in Anglicanism the High Church ideals of the later 17th-century church.
mountain range in the lan (county) of Norrbotten, northern Sweden. It lies 25 miles (40 km) from the Norwegian border and about 103 miles (166 km) north of the Arctic Circle. The name is a Sami word meaning "kettle top." ...
astronomical observatory located near the 4,200-metre (13,800-foot) summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on north-central Hawaii Island, Hawaii, U.S. Keck's twin 10-metre (394-inch) telescopes, housed in separate domes, constitute the largest optical telescope system of the burgeoning multi-observatory science ...
town and seat, Bacs-Kiskun megye (county), central Hungary. Long established as a centre for handicrafts and cattle raising, it has also grown in importance for its viticulture, vegetables, and fruit. It is surrounded by flat sandy farmland, often referred to ...
city, Jawa Timur provinsi (province), eastern Java, Indonesia. It is situated on the Brantas River, at the foot of Mount Wilis, 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Surabaya. It is the centre of a sugar industry and ...
traditional region of eastern Java, Indonesia. From the 11th to the early 13th century, Kediri was the dominant kingdom in eastern Java, renowned for its naval and commercial strength and for its achievements in literature. It was absorbed into the ...
in shipbuilding, the main structural member and backbone of a ship or boat, running longitudinally along the centre of the bottom of the hull from stem to stern. It may be made of timber, metal, or other strong, stiff material. ...
American professional baseball player nicknamed because his height was only 5 feet 412 inches (about 1.6 metres), whose place-hitting ability ("Hit 'em where they ain't") made up for his lack of power.
city, seat of Cheshire county, southwestern New Hampshire, U.S., on the Ashuelot River. The original site (Upper Ashuelot), one of the Massachusetts grants of 1733, was abandoned (1746-50) because of hostile Indians. Resettled and named for Sir Benjamin Keene (1697-1757), ...
English artist and illustrator who was associated with the periodical Punch from 1851 until 1890. His brief and uncluttered illustrations feature gently satirized characters drawn from lower- and middle-class life.
breed of dog long kept on Dutch barges as a guard and companion. Originally a dog kept by working-class people, the keeshond was the symbol of the 18th-century Dutch Patriots Party. It derived its present name from a dog, Kees, ...
town, southeastern Namibia. The town lies about 285 miles (460 km) south of Windhoek, the national capital, with which it is connected by road. Keetmanshoop was established in 1866 as a Rhenish (German Lutheran) mission station for the local Nama ...
region, southwestern Nunavut territory, Canada. Keewatin, formerly part of the Keewatin and eastern Mackenzie districts, was created a region of the Northwest Territories in the early 1970s. In April 1999 it became part of the newly created territory of Nunavut. ...
city, west-central Israel, in the southern Plain of Sharon. The locality is not mentioned in the Bible but is referred to in the Talmud. Although the name appears in the Antiquities of the Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (written about AD ...
town, western Plateau state, central Nigeria. It was founded about 1800 by Abdu Zanga (Abdullahi), a Fulani warrior from the north who made it the seat of a vassal emirate subject to the emir of Zaria (a town 153 miles ...
town, west-central Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Kegalle lies at the bottom of a steep rock face and is the site of a junior technical college. The surrounding region produces graphite, precious stones, rubber, and agricultural products, including rice. Nearby is the ...
Buddhist philosophical tradition introduced into Japan from China during the Nara period (710-784). Although the Kegon school can no longer be considered an active faith teaching a separate doctrine, it continues to administer the famous Todai Temple monastery at Nara.
American reformer who worked to improve the living and working conditions of mid-19th-century workingwomen in Boston, especially through labour union participation.
Japanese association of business organizations that was established in 1946 for the purpose of mediating differences between member industries and advising the government on economic policy and related matters. It is considered one of the most powerful organizations in Japan.
town, Bradford metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, historic county of Yorkshire, England. It lies along the River Worth near its confluence with the Aire, in a deep valley below gritstone Pennine moors that supply an abundance of soft ...
private institution of higher learning located in Tokyo. The university is part of a larger organization, Keio Gijuku, that includes elementary and secondary schools in its system. Keio was founded as a private school in 1858 by the liberal educator ...
leading early composer of German opera. His works bridged the Baroque style of the late 17th century and the Rococo style galant of the early 18th century.
Malian football (soccer) player and the first recipient of the African Player of the Year award in 1970. Keita symbolized independent Africa's football passion and prowess.
field marshal and head of the German Armed Forces High Command during World War II. One of Adolf Hitler's most loyal and trusted lieutenants, he became chief of the Fuhrer's personal military staff and helped direct most of the Third ...
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).
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
original name Friedrich August Kekule chemist who laid the groundwork for the modern structural theory in organic chemistry. Intending to be an architect, he entered the University of Giessen but came under the influence of Justus von Liebig and switched ...
