The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 144
... official of the Boy Scout movement and during World War II he headed the Swedish Red Cross , secur- ing the exchange of many prisoners of war and being credited with saving some 20,000 inmates of German concentration camps . His ...
... official of the Boy Scout movement and during World War II he headed the Swedish Red Cross , secur- ing the exchange of many prisoners of war and being credited with saving some 20,000 inmates of German concentration camps . His ...
Page 418
... official Salon . Al- though his beach scenes sold well , he received Boudinot , Elias ( b . May 2 , 1740 , Philadel- phia - d . Oct. 24 , 1821 , Burlington , N.J. , U.S. ) , American lawyer and public official who was involved in the ...
... official Salon . Al- though his beach scenes sold well , he received Boudinot , Elias ( b . May 2 , 1740 , Philadel- phia - d . Oct. 24 , 1821 , Burlington , N.J. , U.S. ) , American lawyer and public official who was involved in the ...
Page 977
... official political life . Development of political ideals . His mili- tary career began in the engineers . He was first stationed in Turin , then in various fron- tier posts , where fortifications were being constructed ; yet , wherever ...
... official political life . Development of political ideals . His mili- tary career began in the engineers . He was first stationed in Turin , then in various fron- tier posts , where fortifications were being constructed ; yet , wherever ...
Contents
Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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