Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong-born Chinese stuntman, actor, and director whose perilous acrobatic stunts and engaging physical humour made him an action-film star in Asia and helped to bring kung fu movies into the mainstream of American cinema. Chan was born to impoverished parents in Hong Kong. The

Margaret Chan is a Hong Kong-born Chinese civil servant who served as director general (2007–17) of the World Health Organization (WHO). Chan attended Northcote College of Education in Hong Kong before moving to Canada, where she earned B.A. (1973) and M.D. (1977) degrees from the University of

Patrick Chan is a Canadian figure skater who was known for his elegance and artistry and for his ability to land quadruple jumps. He won three Olympic medals, including one gold, as well as three world championships (2011–13). (Read Scott Hamilton’s Britannica entry on figure skating.) Chan was the

Patrick Chan is a Canadian figure skater who was known for his elegance and artistry and for his ability to land quadruple jumps. He won three Olympic medals, including one gold, as well as three world championships (2011–13). (Read Scott Hamilton’s Britannica entry on figure skating.) Chan was the

Paul Chan is a Hong Kong-born American artist and activist whose informed interrogative approach to material, imagery, and concept is central to all his endeavours, which include documentary videos, animations, book publishing, and font design. Chan moved with his family from Hong Kong in 1981 to

Papua New Guinea: National politics in the 1990s: …in Parliament by one vote; Sir Julius Chan served as his deputy and finance minister. The third Wingti government took steps to disempower the elected provincial governments, which culminated in the passage of controversial legislative reforms in 1995, after Wingti left office. The reforms had the effect of removing directly…

Zhanjiang, city and major port, southwestern Guangdong sheng (province), China. It is located on Zhanjiang Bay on the eastern side of the Leizhou Peninsula, where it is protected by Naozhou and Donghai islands. Originally Zhanjiang was a minor fishing port in the area dominated by the city of

Warring States, (475–221 bce), designation for seven or more small feuding Chinese kingdoms whose careers collectively constitute an era in Chinese history. The Warring States period was one of the most fertile and influential in Chinese history. It not only saw the rise of many of the great

Prayuth Chan-ocha is a Thai military leader who, after leading a successful coup, became prime minister of Thailand (2014–23). Few details are known about Prayuth’s pre-army life. He began his military career in the prestigious 21st Infantry, which was also known as the Queen’s Guard. He rose

Barrackpore, city, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India. It lies just east of the Hugli (Hooghly) River and is part of the Kolkata (Calcutta) urban agglomeration, lying 15 miles (24 km) north of Kolkata. The name Barrackpore is probably derived from there having been troops stationed

Winston Churchill: During World War I: …a small British force at Chanak (now Çanakkale). Churchill was foremost in urging a firm stand against them, but the handling of the issue by the cabinet gave the public impression that a major war was being risked for an inadequate cause and on insufficient consideration. A political debacle ensued…

Treaty of Çanak, (Jan. 5, 1809), pact signed between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain at Çanak (now Çanakkale, Tur.) that affirmed the principle that no warships of any power should enter the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus. The treaty anticipated the London Straits Convention of

Chanakya was a Hindu statesman and philosopher who wrote a classic treatise on polity, Artha-shastra (“The Science of Material Gain”), a compilation of almost everything that had been written in India up to his time regarding artha (property, economics, or material success). He was born into a

Samson Chanba was an Abkhazian educator, poet, and dramatist, best known for his contribution to the development of Abkhazian drama. Chanba trained as a teacher in Abkhazia. He taught for several decades in Abkhazian villages and later in Sokhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, before his first major

Samson Chanba was an Abkhazian educator, poet, and dramatist, best known for his contribution to the development of Abkhazian drama. Chanba trained as a teacher in Abkhazia. He taught for several decades in Abkhazian villages and later in Sokhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, before his first major

Samson Chanba was an Abkhazian educator, poet, and dramatist, best known for his contribution to the development of Abkhazian drama. Chanba trained as a teacher in Abkhazia. He taught for several decades in Abkhazian villages and later in Sokhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, before his first major

pre-Columbian civilizations: The beginnings of external expansion: …century a group called the Chanca was emerging as a political power in the area west of the Inca territory. Presumably, they too may have been feeling the effects of diminishing food resources and were trying to maintain their standard of living by acquiring land outside their home territory. They…

Native American art: Peru and highland Bolivia: The Chancay people are not known for great artworks; their pottery, produced from 1000 to 1500 ce, is a simple black-on-white ware, usually painted in soft colours, simply defined, and frequently crude in appearance. Their one outstanding quality is humour; many Chancay vessels show a lively…

Joseph Conrad: Writing career: notable works, themes, and style of Joseph Conrad: His novel Chance was successfully serialized in the New York Herald in 1912, and his novel Victory, published in 1915, was no less successful. Though hampered by rheumatism, Conrad continued to write for the remaining years of his life. In April 1924 he refused an offer of…

likelihood, In mathematics, a subjective assessment of possibility that, when assigned a numerical value on a scale between impossibility (0) and absolute certainty (1), becomes a probability (see probability theory). Thus, the numerical assignment of a probability depends on the notion of

Hugh Laurie: … and a starring turn on Chance (2016–17), in which he played a forensic neuropsychiatrist. In Avenue 5 (2020– ), he played the captain of an intergalactic cruise ship. He also provided the voice for characters in numerous television and movie cartoons. Laurie later played an ambitious but flawed British politician…

Yogi Berra: …games (148), and most consecutive chances handled (950). (A chance constitutes any play in which a player can make a putout, an assist, or an error; when a chance is “handled,” either a putout or an assist is the result.)

Jacques Monod: …Hasard et la nécessité (1970; Chance and Necessity) argued that the origin of life and the process of evolution are the result of chance. Monod joined the staff of the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1945 and became its director in 1971.

industrial glass: Optical glass: …in the 1850s, however, the Chance Brothers factory in England successfully produced a variety of optical glasses using a melt-stirring process. Indeed, one of the highlights of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was a disk of very homogeneous dense flint, 29 inches in diameter and 2.25 inches thick, made by…

Georges de Porto-Riche: …came to public notice when La Chance de Françoise became the first of his plays to be produced at the Théâtre-Libre, in 1888. His subsequent works were acute psychological studies of what he considered to be the inevitable conflict between the sexes. His theme was sensual love, which he studied…

Jackson Mac Low: …artist known for his “chance method” style of poetry writing.

aleatory music, (aleatory from Latin alea, “dice”), 20th-century music in which chance or indeterminate elements are left for the performer to realize. The term is a loose one, describing compositions with strictly demarcated areas for improvisation according to specific directions and also

Chance the Rapper is an American rap and hip-hop singer and songwriter who burst on the music scene in the early 2010s and is especially known for his poetic lyrics. Although he has refused to sign with a major record label, his music has reached a mainstream audience through digital downloads and

United Technologies Corporation: …Aircraft, Avion (later Northrop Aircraft), Chance Vought (aircraft), Hamilton (propellers and aircraft), and Pratt & Whitney (engines). In another two years it consolidated four smaller airlines into United Airlines and made it a subsidiary. In response to legislation prohibiting the affiliation of airlines with aviation manufacturers, United Aircraft and Transport…

chancel, portion of a church that contains the choir, often at the eastern end. Before modern changes in church practice, only clergy and choir members were permitted in the chancel. The name derives from the Latin word for “lattice,” describing the screen that during some eras of church history

match: Jean Chancel discovered in Paris in 1805 that splints tipped with potassium chlorate, sugar, and gum could be ignited by dipping them into sulfuric acid. Later workers refined this method, which culminated in the “promethean match” patented in 1828 by Samuel Jones of London. This…

Chancelade skeleton, fossil remains of a human (genus Homo) discovered in 1888 in a rock shelter at Chancelade, southwestern France. The 17,000-year-old skeleton was found in a curled posture—an indication of a deliberate burial—below the floor of the shelter. The Chancelade skull was studied by

chancellor, in western Europe, the title of holders of numerous offices of varying importance, mainly secretarial, legal, administrative, and ultimately political in nature. The Roman cancellarii, minor legal officials who stood by the cancellus, or bar, separating the tribune from the public, were

Zomba: …the establishment in 1974 of Chancellor College, a constituent campus of the University of Malawi, Zomba changed in character from a government centre to a university town. The town is the centre for the tobacco and dairy farms of the surrounding area, which also produces rice, corn (maize), fish, and…

government budget: The United Kingdom: …submitted to Parliament by the chancellor of the Exchequer, who is responsible for its preparation. The emphasis of the chancellor’s budget speech is on taxation and the state of the economy, rather than on the detail of expenditures; public discussion is devoted mainly to the chancellor’s tax proposals. The estimates…

lord chancellor, British officer of state who is custodian of the great seal and a cabinet minister. The lord chancellor traditionally served as head of the judiciary and speaker of the House of Lords. In 2006, however, the post’s role was redefined following the implementation of several

Olive Chancellor, fictional character, a feminist social reformer in The Bostonians (1886) by Henry James. Chancellor, a woman of discrimination, taste, and intelligence, gets caught up in the cause of woman suffrage and is subsequently consumed by her desire for political change. She is much taken

Richard Chancellor was a British seaman whose visit to Moscow in 1553–54 laid the foundations for English trade with Russia. In 1553 Chancellor was appointed pilot general of Sir Hugh Willoughby’s expedition in search of a northeast passage from England to China. The three-vessel fleet was to

Battle of Chancellorsville, (April 30–May 5, 1863), in the American Civil War, bloody assault by the Union army in Virginia that failed to encircle and destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Following the “horror of Fredericksburg” (December 13, 1862), the Confederate army of Gen.

chancery, in public administration, an office of public records or a public archives—so called because from medieval times the chancellor, the principal advisor to the sovereign, was the caretaker of public deeds, contracts, and other documents relating to the crown and realm. The chancery was an

cancellaresca corsiva, in calligraphy, script that in the 16th century became the vehicle of the New Learning throughout Christendom. It developed during the preceding century out of the antica corsiva, which had been perfected by the scribes of the papal chancery. As written by the calligrapher

Chancery Division, in England and Wales, one of three divisions of the High Court of Justice, the others being the Queen’s Bench Division and the Family Division. Presided over by the chancellor of the High Court in that judge’s capacity as president of the Chancery Division, it hears cases

lishu, in Chinese calligraphy, a style that may have originated in the brush writing of the later Zhou and Qin dynasties (c. 300–200 bc); it represents a more informal tradition than the zhuanshu (“seal script”), which was more suitable for inscriptions cast in the ritual bronzes. While examples of

Chancery Division, in England and Wales, one of three divisions of the High Court of Justice, the others being the Queen’s Bench Division and the Family Division. Presided over by the chancellor of the High Court in that judge’s capacity as president of the Chancery Division, it hears cases

Inns of Court: …of their knowledge through an Inn of Chancery, an institution for training in the framing of writs and other legal documents used in the courts of chancery.

Jackie Collins: Her next book, Chances (1981), cut between New York City and Las Vegas and featured mobster’s daughter Lucky Santangelo. Though lacquered with Collins’s proprietary blend of sex and glamour, the plot was bolstered by its steely heroine and gritty depictions of organized crime. The formula struck a chord…

Johnny Mathis: …to Say” (1957) and “Chances Are” (1957) further highlighted his smooth and precisely controlled tenor. Mathis found additional success with the albums Johnny’s Greatest Hits (1958)—believed to be the first-ever compilation of an artist’s previously released hit singles—and the holiday-themed Merry Christmas (1958), both of which sold steadily for…

Montserrat: Land: Chances Peak, in the Soufrière Hills, was, at 3,000 feet (915 metres), the highest point on the island until the mid-1990s, when the first volcanic eruptions in Montserratian history dramatically changed the landscape. In July 1995 a series of eruptions began in which volcanic domes…

Andes Mountains: Physiography of the Central Andes: …altitude of 19,000 feet in Mount Chanchani (about latitude 16° S) and declines to about 15,000 feet in Cordillera Blanca and to 13,000 feet on Mount Huascarán. Permanent snow is less common north of 8° S, the puna grasslands end, and the so-called humid puna, or jalca, begins. Mountains become…

audiencia: …to a higher court, the chancillería.

Latin American dance: Cuba: …dances, such as conga and chancletas (“sandals”), which originated in the colonial period. Conga is an upbeat walking dance that accents the fourth beat of the measure as the dancers (solo or in groups) wind through the streets. In formal parade units, simple conga choreographies give form and shape to…

periodic table: History of the periodic law: …arithmetic function, and in 1862 A.-E.-B. de Chancourtois proposed a classification of the elements based on the new values of atomic weights given by Stanislao Cannizzaro’s system of 1858. De Chancourtois plotted the atomic weights on the surface of a cylinder with a circumference of 16 units, corresponding to the…

chancre, typical skin lesion of the primary stage of infectious syphilis, usually appearing on the penis, labia, cervix, or anorectal region. (Because in women the chancre often occurs internally, it may go unnoticed.) The lesion often occurs in combination with a painless swelling of the regional

chancroid, acute, localized, chiefly sexually transmitted disease, usually of the genital area, caused by the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi. It is characterized by the appearance, 3–5 days after exposure, of a painful, shallow ulcer at the site of infection. Such an ulcer is termed a soft chancre,

South Asian arts: Hindi: …epic poem Pṛthvīrāj Rāsau, by Chand Bardaī of Lahore, which recounts the feats of Pṛthvīrāj, the last Hindu king of Delhi before the Islāmic invasions. The work evolved from the bardic tradition maintained at the courts of the Rājputs. Noteworthy also is the poetry of the Persian poet Amīr Khosrow,…

Rajasthan: Literature: …tradition, Chand Bardai’s epic poem Prithviraj Raso (or Chand Raisa), the earliest manuscript of which dates to the 12th century, is particularly notable.

Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player who was considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. Chand is most remembered for his goal-scoring feats and for his three Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, and 1936) in field hockey, while India was dominant in the sport. He joined the

Nek Chand was an Indian self-taught artist best known for transforming trash and debris into the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an assemblage of thousands of sculptures in a forest on the outskirts of Chandigarh, India. As an adolescent, Chand left home to live with an uncle and attend high school.

glassfish: The genus Chanda includes most of the glassfishes. Three are familiar to home aquarists: C. ranga (or C. lala), sometimes called Indian glassfish, a popular Asian species 5 cm (2 inches) long with blue-edged fins; C. buruensis, a 5-centimetre Indonesian species; and C. nama, a 10-centimetre fish…

Chandrapur, city, eastern Maharashtra state, western India. It is situated along the Wardha River. The city’s name means “village of the Moon.” Chandrapur was the capital of the Gond dynasty from the 12th to the 18th century, and it was later conquered by the Maratha Bhonsles from Nagpur. It formed

glassfish: …inches) long with blue-edged fins; C. buruensis, a 5-centimetre Indonesian species; and C. nama, a 10-centimetre fish of India and Asia. The name glassfish is also given to certain other unrelated, semitransparent fishes, including the icicle fish (q.v.).

glassfish: lala), sometimes called Indian glassfish, a popular Asian species 5 cm (2 inches) long with blue-edged fins; C. buruensis, a 5-centimetre Indonesian species; and C. nama, a 10-centimetre fish of India and Asia. The name glassfish is also given to certain other unrelated, semitransparent fishes, including the icicle…

glassfish: … a 5-centimetre Indonesian species; and C. nama, a 10-centimetre fish of India and Asia. The name glassfish is also given to certain other unrelated, semitransparent fishes, including the icicle fish (q.v.).

glassfish: lala), sometimes called Indian glassfish, a popular Asian species 5 cm (2 inches) long with blue-edged fins; C. buruensis, a 5-centimetre Indonesian species; and C. nama, a 10-centimetre fish of India and Asia. The name glassfish is also given to certain other unrelated, semitransparent fishes, including the icicle…

Robert Clive: First years in India: In 1751 Chanda Sahib, an ally of the French, was besieging his British-connected rival, Muḥammad ʿAlī, in the fortress of Trichinopoly (now Tiruchchirappalli). Clive offered to lead a diversion against Chanda’s base at Arcot. With 200 Europeans and 300 Indians, he seized Arcot on August 31 and…

Chanthakuman was the ruler of the Lao kingdom of Luang Prabang who was confronted by increasingly serious local, regional, and international threats to his state’s survival. Chanthakuman was the second son of King Mangthaturat, and succeeded his elder brother Suk Soem (Souka-Seum) in 1852 as a

caṇḍāla, class of people in India generally considered to be outcastes and untouchables. According to the ancient law code the Manu-smṛti, the class originated from the union of a Brahmin (the highest class within the varṇa, or four-class system) woman and a Śūdra (the lowest class) man. The term

Vadodara, city, east-central Gujarat state, west-central India. It is located on the Vishvamitra River about 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Ahmadabad. The earliest record of the city is in a grant or charter of 812 ce that mentions it as Vadapadraka, a hamlet attached to the town of Ankottaka. In

Chandannagar, city, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just west of the Hugli (Hooghly) River and part of the Kolkata (Calcutta) urban agglomeration. It is connected by road and rail with Kolkata and Burdwan. Settled in 1673 by the French and expanded commercially, it was captured

Hinduism: The Vedangas: …four of which are extant—(2) chandas (metre), of which there remains only one late representative, (3) vyakarana (analysis and derivation), in which the language is grammatically described—Panni’s grammar (c. 400 bce) and the pratishakhyas are the oldest examples of this discipline—(4) nirukta (lexicon), which discusses and defines difficult words, represented…

Chandela, Rajput clan that for some centuries ruled Bundelkhand (Jejakabhukti during the Chandela rule) in what is now Madhya Pradesh state, north-central India. In the post-Harsha (emperor who ruled some of India’s northern areas in the 7th century ce) period, many Rajput clans claiming Kshatriya

Chandela, Rajput clan that for some centuries ruled Bundelkhand (Jejakabhukti during the Chandela rule) in what is now Madhya Pradesh state, north-central India. In the post-Harsha (emperor who ruled some of India’s northern areas in the 7th century ce) period, many Rajput clans claiming Kshatriya

Chandela, Rajput clan that for some centuries ruled Bundelkhand (Jejakabhukti during the Chandela rule) in what is now Madhya Pradesh state, north-central India. In the post-Harsha (emperor who ruled some of India’s northern areas in the 7th century ce) period, many Rajput clans claiming Kshatriya

chandelier, a branched candleholder—or, in modern times, electric-light holder—suspended from the ceiling. Hanging candleholders made of wood or iron and simply shaped were used in Anglo-Saxon churches before the Norman Conquest (1066). In the 12th and 13th centuries huge openwork hoops of iron or

pandanus: Major species and uses: The candelabrum tree (P. candelabrum) is grown as an outdoor ornamental in warm regions and may indicate the presence of diamond-bearing kimberlite in its native Africa.

Chandannagar, city, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just west of the Hugli (Hooghly) River and part of the Kolkata (Calcutta) urban agglomeration. It is connected by road and rail with Kolkata and Burdwan. Settled in 1673 by the French and expanded commercially, it was captured

Chandi, demon-destroying form of the Hindu goddess Shakti, particularly popular in eastern India. She is known by various names, such as Mahamaya (“Great Magic”) or Abhaya (“She Who Is Without Fear”). Her representation is similar to that of Durga, another form of Shakti. She is shown with either 8

glassfish, any of about 24 small Indo-Pacific fishes of the family Chandidae (or Ambassidae, order Perciformes), most with more or less transparent bodies. Sometimes placed with the snooks and Nile perch in the family Centropomidae, glassfishes are found in freshwater and in the sea along coasts

Chandidas was a poet whose love songs addressed to the washerwoman Rami were popular in the medieval period and were a source of inspiration to the Vaishnava-Sahajiya religious movement that explored parallels between human and divine love. The popularity of Chandidas’s songs inspired much

Chandigarh: union territory of India. Located about 165 miles (265 km) north of New Delhi, the territory is bounded by the state of Haryana on the east and by the state of Punjab on all other sides. It is situated on the Indo-Gangetic Plain a short…

Chandigarh, city and union territory of India. Located about 165 miles (265 km) north of New Delhi, the territory is bounded by the state of Haryana on the east and by the state of Punjab on all other sides. It is situated on the Indo-Gangetic Plain a short distance southwest of the Siwalik Range

Chandi, demon-destroying form of the Hindu goddess Shakti, particularly popular in eastern India. She is known by various names, such as Mahamaya (“Great Magic”) or Abhaya (“She Who Is Without Fear”). Her representation is similar to that of Durga, another form of Shakti. She is shown with either 8

Chandler, city, Maricopa county, south-central Arizona, U.S. Founded in the 1890s, the city was named for veterinarian and real-estate developer A.J. Chandler, who built an extensive agricultural canal system in the area. Chandler is a winter resort in a cotton, alfalfa, citrus fruit, pecan, sugar

Seth Carlo Chandler: …his discovery (1884–85) of the Chandler Wobble, a movement in Earth’s axis of rotation that causes latitude to vary with a period of about 433 days. A wandering of the rotation axis had been predicted by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1765. Chandler’s detection of this effect was facilitated by…

Seth Carlo Chandler: …his discovery (1884–85) of the Chandler Wobble, a movement in Earth’s axis of rotation that causes latitude to vary with a period of about 433 days. A wandering of the rotation axis had been predicted by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1765. Chandler’s detection of this effect was facilitated by…

Happy Chandler was an American politician and baseball executive who served in the U.S. Senate (1939–45) and as governor of Kentucky (1935–39, 1955–59) and who brought major changes to baseball as its commissioner (1945–51), notably overseeing the integration of the sport. Chandler attended

Happy Chandler was an American politician and baseball executive who served in the U.S. Senate (1939–45) and as governor of Kentucky (1935–39, 1955–59) and who brought major changes to baseball as its commissioner (1945–51), notably overseeing the integration of the sport. Chandler attended

the Animals: January 29, 2021), Chas Chandler (byname of Bryan Chandler; b. December 18, 1938, Heaton, Tyne and Wear—d. July 17, 1996), and John Steel (b. February 4, 1941, Gateshead, Durham).

the Animals: January 29, 2021), Chas Chandler (byname of Bryan Chandler; b. December 18, 1938, Heaton, Tyne and Wear—d. July 17, 1996), and John Steel (b. February 4, 1941, Gateshead, Durham).

Atlanta Falcons: …a balanced team starring quarterback Chris Chandler and running back Jamal Anderson on offense and linebacker Jessie Tuggle on defense. The Falcons upset a 15–1 Minnesota Vikings team in the NFC championship game to earn their first Super Bowl berth, a loss to the Denver Broncos. The season after their…

Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton was an American writer, critic, and hostess of the late 19th century, particularly influential through her literary salons in Boston and London. Louise Chandler was educated from 1854 to 1855 at Emma Willard’s Troy (New York) Female Seminary. In 1854 she published

Happy Chandler was an American politician and baseball executive who served in the U.S. Senate (1939–45) and as governor of Kentucky (1935–39, 1955–59) and who brought major changes to baseball as its commissioner (1945–51), notably overseeing the integration of the sport. Chandler attended

Los Angeles Times: …the Chandler family, beginning when Harry Chandler succeeded his father-in-law, Otis, as publisher in 1917. Norman Chandler took over from his father in 1944, and in 1948 he introduced an afternoon tabloid, the Los Angeles Mirror, which was discontinued in 1962. When Norman resigned as publisher in 1960 to devote…

beast tale: Joel Chandler Harris’s Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (1880) derived many episodes from beast tales carried to the United States by African slaves. Animal Farm (1945), an anti-utopian satire by George Orwell, is a modern adaptation of the beast tale.

Norman Chandler was an American newspaper publisher who helped change the Los Angeles Times from a conservative regional journal to one of the largest and most influential newspapers in the world. After attending Stanford University, Norman Chandler joined the Los Angeles Times in 1922 as secretary

Raymond Chandler was an American author of detective fiction, the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe, whom he characterized as a poor but honest upholder of ideals in an opportunistic and sometimes brutal society in Los Angeles. From 1896 to 1912 Chandler lived in England with his

Raymond Chandler was an American author of detective fiction, the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe, whom he characterized as a poor but honest upholder of ideals in an opportunistic and sometimes brutal society in Los Angeles. From 1896 to 1912 Chandler lived in England with his

Seth Carlo Chandler was an American astronomer best known for his discovery (1884–85) of the Chandler Wobble, a movement in Earth’s axis of rotation that causes latitude to vary with a period of about 433 days. A wandering of the rotation axis had been predicted by Swiss mathematician Leonhard

William Eaton Chandler was an American politician and Republican Party official who played a major role in swinging the disputed 1876 presidential election to Rutherford B. Hayes. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1854, Chandler began a dual career in law and journalism. In 1863 he was

Zachariah Chandler was an American politician, one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. After a public school education in Bedford, N.H., Chandler in 1833 moved to Detroit, Mich. There, starting first with a general store and later going into