These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Andrew, Andrew, Andrews.
the first disciple, and one of the apostles of Jesus. His career after the Master's death is unknown. The anniversary of St. Andrew falls on Nov. 30. About 740, St. Andrew became the patron saint of Scotland and he is held in veneration in Russia, as the apostle who, according to tradition, first preached the Gospel in that country.
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A (BRAM) PIATT, JR., an American publicist, born in Laporte, Ind., in 1873, and graduated from Princeton University in 1885. He took post-graduate courses in several universities in Europe and became assistant professor of economics at Harvard University in 1900. From 1908 to 1911 he was expert assistant and editor of the publications of the National Monetary Commission, and from 1909 to 1910 was director director of the United States Mint. From 1910 to 1912 he was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and during the same period served as treasurer of the American Red Cross. He acted as inspector-general in the American Field Service in France and organized the American Volunteer Ambulance and Transport Service. For his services he was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Government and received other honors. He wrote much on financial and commercial subjects and published "Banking System and Currency Reform" (1910); "Purpose and Origin of the Proposed Banking Legislation" (1911), etc.
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King of Naples, son of Charobert, King of Hungary, was assassinated with the connivance of his queen in 1345. ANDREW I., King of Hungary, in 1046-1049; compelled his subjects to embrace Christianity; he was killed in battle in 1058. ANDREW II., King of Hungary, 1205- 1235. He was in the crusades, and displayed great valor in battle; he attempted to ameliorate the condition of his subjects, and died in 1235. ANDREW III., King of Hungary 1290-1301. He was opposed in his claims to the throne, and involved in a civil war during his reign; he died in 1301.
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Saint, one of the twelve apostles. He was noted for good sense and a meditative disposition. The principal allusions to Andrew are John i: 40; John vi: 8; John xii: 22; Mark xiii: 3. Tradition has it that he preached the gospel in the countries north of Greece, and that he suffered martyrdom on the cross. The Russians consider him the founder of their church. St. Andrew is the tutelary saint of Scotland, as are St. George for England and St. Patrick for Ireland. Saint Andrew's day, November 30, is observed in the Roman, Greek, and Anglican churches. The silver cross of St. Andrew, carried by the Scots to battle, had the form of the letter X on a blue ground. Saint Andrews, a city in Fifeshire, is noted as the seat of a Scottish university and as a center of the manufacture of golf clubs and balls. See Scotland 2026 Editor's Note: St Andrew's diagonal cross — the white saltire on blue — is the flag of Scotland and, folded into the Union Jack, flies over the United Kingdom and beyond. The town bearing his name, St Andrews, is also revered worldwide as the 'home of golf.' (Ed: BR 2026-07-14)
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ELISHA BENJAMIN, an American educator, born in Hinsdale, N. H., Jan. 10, 1844; he was graduated at Brown University, 1870, and Newton Theological Seminary, 1874; President of Brown University in 1889-1898; became Superintendent of Public Schools in Chicago in 1898, and Chancellor of the University of Nebraska in 1900; author of a "History of the United States," "An Honest Dollar: a Plea for Bimetallism," etc. He died in 1917.
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IRENE OSGOOD (Mrs John B. Andrews), an American social worker, born in Big Rapids, Mich., in 1879. She studied at the University of Wisconsin and at the New York School of Philanthropy, carried on social work in Minneapolis, and was special agent for relief work for the American Red Cross in San Francisco in 1906. In the same year she became factory inspector for Wisconsin and was ap appointed head resident of the Northwestern University Settlement. She was a member of many economic societies and wrote "Minimum Wage Legislation," "Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britain," etc. She lectured extensively on labor and economic topics.
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LEONID, a Russian author, born at Oryol, Russia, 1871. He received his education at the gymnasium at Oryol and St. Petersburg University. LEONID ANDREYEV He early turned his attention to literature and speedily achieved an international reputation. His writing was brilliant, but marked by the morbidity characteristic of the Russian school. Among his wellknown works may be mentioned "Red Laughter," "Life of Man," and "Anathema." He died suddenly in Finland in February, 1919, from excitement, caused by a Bolshevist raid in the vicinity of his residence.
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Androdamas resembles the diamond, and is said Angels to be found in the sands of the Red Sea, in squares or dies. Its name denotes the virtue belonging to it, namely, to restrain anger, mitigate lunacy, and lessen the gravity of the body.
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A man made by other means than the natural mode of reproduction. The automaton attributed to Albertus Magnus , which St. Thomas destroyed with his stick because its answers to his questions puzzled him, was such an android. Some have attempted to humanize a root called the mandrake, which bears a fantastic resemblance to a human being. (See Mandragora.) 66 " 66
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an island of the Greek Archipelago, the most northern of the Cyclades, separated from Eubœa by a channel, the Doro Channel, 6 miles broad. The island is 25 miles long, and about 10 miles in its greatest breadth, the area being 156 square miles. The soil is remarkably fertile, and wine, silk, olives, and lemons are produced. The chief town, Andros, is situated on a bay of the eastern coast. Pop. (1917) 18,035.
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a group of islands belonging to the Bahamas, lying between lat. 23° 41' and 25° 10' N.; long. 77° 30' and 78° 32' W. The principal island, Andros, is about 70 miles long by 10 broad, at its broadest part. The interior of the largest of these islands is composed of extensive salt marshes and fresh water swamps, in which are islands valuable for their timber; consisting mostly of cedar of superior quality. Pop. about 8,000. ANDROS, SIR EDMUND, an English provincial governor, born in 1637; was Governor of New York in 1674-1682, and of New England, with New York in- 1686-1689. His harsh excluded, in in ecution of the orders of the Duke of York caused him to be generally execrated, and, after his attempt to deprive Connecticut of its royal charter, he was seized by the people of Boston and sent to England under charges. He was also Governor of Virginia in 1692-1698, and of the Island of Jersey in 1704- 1706. He died in 1714.
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