1) Palmer Land. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Palmer Land, part of the Antarctic Peninsula, W Antarctica. Named by Americans after Nathaniel Palmer, who explored the area in 1820, Palmer Land (or Palmer Peninsula)... 2) palmer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...palmer, see pilgrim.... 3) Palmer, Nathaniel Brown. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Palmer, Nathaniel Brown, 1799-1877, American sea captain and antarctic explorer, b. Stonington, Conn. While on a whaling voyage (1820-21) in the South Shetlands,... 4) Palmer, Samuel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Palmer, Samuel, 1805-81, English landscape watercolorist, etcher, and mystic. Under the influence of William Blake he produced in sepia a series of remarkable visionary... 5) Palmer, Alexander Mitchell. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Palmer, Alexander Mitchell, (paŽmr) (KEY) , 1872-1936, American politician, b. Moosehead, Pa. Admitted (1893) to the bar, he built up a large law practice, became... 6) Palmer, Alice Freeman. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902, American educator, b. Broome co., N.Y., grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1876. She was one of the leading early proponents of higher education... 7) Palmer, Arnold. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Palmer, Arnold, 1929-, American golfer, b. Latrobe, Pa. The son of a professional golfer, he won three regional titles in his youth. Turning professional after winning... 8) Palmer, Ray. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Palmer, Ray, 1808-87, American Congregational clergyman and hymn writer, b. Little Compton, R.I., grad. Yale, 1830. He held pastorates in Bath, Maine (1835-50), and... 9) Palmer, Frederick. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Palmer, Frederick, 1873-1958, American writer and war correspondent, b. Pleasantville, Pa. He began war reporting in the Greco-Turkish War (1896-97), reaching the... 10) Selborne, Roundell Palmer, 1st earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001 ...Selborne, Roundell Palmer, 1st earl of, (selŽborn) (KEY) , 1812-95, British jurist and statesman. Called to the bar in 1837, he entered Parliament in 1847 as a nominal... |