1) Jordan, country, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Jordan, country, Asia, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (1993 est. pop. 4,150,000), 37,737 sq mi (97,740 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel in the... 2) Jordan, Michael. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Jordan, Michael, (Michael Jeffrey Jordan), 1963-, American basketball player, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a freshman at the Univ. of North Carolina, he made the shot that... 3) Trans-Jordan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Trans-Jordan, or Transjordania: see Jordan.... 4) Jordan, river, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Jordan, river, Asia, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, Palestine, formed in the Hula basin, N Israel, by the confluence of three headwater streams and meandering S through... 5) Jordan, Camille. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Jordan, Camille, (kame´y zhordaN´) (KEY) , 1771-1821, French writer and political figure. A moderate supporter of the French Revolution, he fled France during the... 6) Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan, 1813-94, American politician, b. Harford co., Md. Moving to Ohio in 1835, he served (1845-49) as prosecuting attorney for Richland co. and... 7) Gatling, Richard Jordan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Gatling, Richard Jordan, 1818-1903, American inventor, b. Winton, N.C. He invented agricultural implements, which he manufactured in St. Louis, and then studied medicine... 8) Crittenden, John Jordan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863, U.S. public official, b. Woodford co., Ky. A Kentucky legislator (1811-17), Crittenden entered the U.S. Senate (1817-19) but resigned... 9) Kirkpatrick, Jeane Duane Jordan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001 ...Kirkpatrick, Jeane Duane Jordan, (kurkpa´trik, kurpa´-) (KEY) , 1926-, U.S. public official, b. Duncan, Okla. Originally a Democrat, she was professor of political... 10) Jordan, David Starr. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931, American scientist and educator, b. Gainesville, N.Y., M.S. Cornell, 1872, M.D. Indiana Medical College, 1875, and studied under Louis... |