1) Derby, Elias Hasket. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Richard Derby (1712-83), also of Salem, had acquired in trade with Spain and the West Indies previous to the American Revolution. In the Revolution, Elias increased...
2) Saint Elias, Mount. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Canadian border between SW Yukon Territory and SE Alaska; fourth highest peak of North America. It was first seen by Danish explorer Vitus Bering on July 16, 1741;...
3) Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve. The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001
...Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, at the convergence of the Chugach, Wrangell, and St. Elias mts., SW Alaska. The park (8,323,618 acres/3,369,856 hectares)...
4) Lonnrot, Elias. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Finnish philologist, compiler of the Kalevala. Although he was trained as a physician, he spent his life, after 1828, traveling through Finland, Lapland, and NW Russia,...
5) Saint Elias Mountains. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Saint Elias Mountains, section of the Coast Ranges, SW Yukon Territory, Canada, and SE Alaska, rising to 19,850 ft (6,050 m) at Mt. Logan, Canada's highest peak....
6) Ashmole, Elias. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...English archaeologist and antiquary. He made exhaustive antiquarian studies, especially The Institution, Laws and Ceremonies of the Order of the Garter (1672) and...
7) Canetti, Elias. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...English novelist and essayist, b. Ruschuk, Bulgaria. He came from a Sephardic Jewish background, spent most of his early years in Vienna, and, fleeing Nazism, emigrated...
8) Boudinot, Elias. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., he took an active part in anti-British activities and was a member of the Continental Congress both before and after the adoption...
9) Corey, Elias James. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Elias James, 1928-, American organic chemist and educator, b. Methuen, Mass., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. 1948, Ph.D. 1951). He has taught at...
10) Fries, Elias Magnus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Fries originated the modern classification of fungi and lichens. His works include Systema mycologicum (3 vol., 1821-32) and Icones selectae Hymenomycetum (2 vol.,...
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