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A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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John of Gaunt

DUKE OF LAN- CASTER, 3rd son of Edward III.; born arrival of the English fleet with troops June 24, 1340, in Ghent. In 1359 he married Blanche, heiress of the duchy of. Lancaster, and himself was created duke in 1362. Three years after her death he married in 1372 Constance, to her aid compelled the enemy to raise a fruitless siege. JOHN VI., who, for the aid he afforded the English in their expedition under Henry V., was attacked by the Duke of Penthièvre, who drew him into an ambuscade, and making him daughter of Pedro the Cruel of Castile, a prisoner, kept him in confinement for five years. His government, after he regained his liberty, was marked by weakness and indecision. He died in 1442. JOHN, KNIGHTS OF. See HOSPI- TALLERS.

JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY, a coeducational institution in De Land, Fla.; founded in 1883 under the auspices of the Baptist Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 32; students, 649; president, Lincoln Hulley, Ph. D.

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