1) Pembroke, town, Wales. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pembroke, town, Wales, (pemībrook) (KEY) , Welsh Penfro, town (1991 pop. 7,049), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, on an inlet of the Milford Haven estuary. The town is an...
2) Pembroke Welsh corgi. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pembroke Welsh corgi, breed of short-legged, hardy working dog thought to have been introduced into South Wales by Flemish immigrants in the early 12th cent. It stands...
3) Pembroke College. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pembroke College, Providence, R.I.: see Brown University....
4) Pembroke Pines. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pembroke Pines, city (1990 pop. 65,452), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb of the Hollywood area; inc. 1961. The suburb has grown rapidly in terms of population...
5) Aymer of Valence, earl of Pembroke. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Aymer of Valence, earl of Pembroke, see Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl of....
6) Pembroke, town, Canada. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pembroke, town, Canada, (pemībrok) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 13,997), SE Ont., Canada, NW of Ottawa, on the Ottawa River. It is a lumbering center and also has steel...
7) Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Pembroke, Aymer de Valence, earl of, (pemībrook) (KEY) , d. 1324, English nobleman; nephew of Aymer of Valence, bishop of Winchester. He succeeded his father, William,...
8) Pembroke, William Marshal, 1st earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Pembroke, William Marshal, 1st earl of, d. 1219, English nobleman. He became (1170) a guardian of Prince Henry, eldest son of Henry II, and supported him in his abortive...
9) Pembroke, William Herbert, 3d earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Pembroke, William Herbert, 3d earl of, 1580-1630, English courtier and patron of letters. Son of Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke, and nephew of Sir Philip Sidney,...
10) Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of, 1561-1621; sister of Sir Philip Sidney. His Arcadia was written for her, and after his death she prepared it and his other works...
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