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  • 71Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace       The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …

    Universalium

  • 72Asia Minor — • The peninsular mass that the Asiatic continent projects westward of an imaginary line running from the Gulf of Alexandretta (Issus) on the Mediterranean to the vicinity of Trebizond (Trapezus) on the Black Sea Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 73Andrew's, St. —    1) ANDREW S, ST., a city, the seat of a university, and anciently the metropolitan see of Scotland, in the district of St. Andrew s, county of Fife, 39 miles (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Boarhills, Grange,… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 74Dunfermline —    DUNFERMLINE, a royal burgh, and parish, in the district of Dunfermline, county of Fife; including the villages of Charlestown, Crossford, Halbeath, Limekilns, Mastertown, Patiemuir, North Queensferry, and part of Crossgates; and containing… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 75Kilmonivaig —    KILMONIVAIG, or Kilmanivaig, a parish, in the county of Inverness, 10 miles (N. N. E.) from Fort William; containing 2791 inhabitants. This place is situated towards the western extremity of the county, in the district of Lochaber, and was the …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 76Leith —    LEITH, a burgh and sea port town, in the county of Edinburgh, 1½ mile (N. by E.) from Edinburgh, and 392 (N. N. W.) from London; containing, with the parishes of North and South Leith, 28,268 inhabitants. This place, which is of considerable… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 77Lyne and Megget —    LYNE and MEGGET, a parish, in the county of Peebles, 5 miles (W.) from Peebles; containing 175 inhabitants. The district of Lyne, though consisting only of two farms, is, from being the site of the parochial church and manse, regarded as the… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 78Mull, Isle —    MULL, ISLE of, in the district of Mull, county of Argyll; containing 10,064 inhabitants. This forms one of the Hebrides, or Western Islands, of which it ranks as the third in extent. It originally constituted part of the dominions of the… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 79Tiree and Coll —    TIREE and COLL, a parish, in the division of Mull, county of Argyll, the one district 30 miles (W.) and the other 20 (W. by N.) from Tobermory; containing 5833 inhabitants, of whom 1442 are in the island of Coll. Tiree is supposed to have… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 80EDUCATION, JEWISH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline. Bibliography at the end of a section is indicated by (†). in the biblical period the nature of the sources historical survey the patriarchal period and the settlement the kingdom the… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism