French literature: The legacy of the 19th century: …of childhood in Éloges (1911; Éloges, and Other Poems); and Rivière’s essays on painting, the Russian ballet, and contemporary writers showed an excellent critical mind seeking to hold together the aspirations and values of a society about to face one of its most serious challenges.

Elohim, (Hebrew: God), the God of Israel in the Old Testament. A plural of majesty, the term Elohim—though sometimes used for other deities, such as the Moabite god Chemosh, the Sidonian goddess Astarte, and also for other majestic beings such as angels, kings, judges (the Old Testament shofeṭim),

Elohist source, biblical source and one of four that, according to the documentary hypothesis, comprise the original literary constituents of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. It is so called because of its use of the Hebrew term Elohim for God, and hence labelled E, in contrast

Brugge: After it was evangelized by St. Eloi, bishop of Noyon-Tournai, the first counts of Flanders built their castle there (9th century) against Norman invaders. By the 13th century the town held a monopoly on English wool, was a leading emporium for the Hanseatic League, and, with the other “members from…

Alexander Pope: Early works: In another early poem,“Eloisa to Abelard,” Pope borrowed the form of Ovid’s “heroic epistle” (in which an abandoned lady addresses her lover) and showed imaginative skill in conveying the struggle between sexual passion and dedication to a life of celibacy.

Kay Thompson: …Thompson published her first book, Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown-ups. Illustrated by Hilary Knight, the children’s story told of the adventures of an ill-mannered, unattractive, but appealingly mischievous six-year-old who was the terror of the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The book reached the best-seller list in 1956,…

river: Classification of deltas: One type, known as elongate, is represented most clearly by the modern bird-foot delta of the Mississippi River. The other, called lobate, is exemplified by the older Holocene deltas of the Mississippi River system. Both of these high-constructive types have a large sediment supply relative to the marine processes…

turtle: Habitats: …the most widespread being the elongate tortoise (Indotestudo elongata), which is found in a variety of open woodland habitats. Although it is predominantly a herbivore, it consumes invertebrates and is not averse to eating carrion.

metallurgy: Testing mechanical properties: …mechanical properties are yield stress, elongation, hardness, and toughness. The first two are measured in a tensile test, where a sample is loaded until it begins to undergo plastic strain (i.e., strain that is not recovered when the sample is unloaded). This stress is called the yield stress. It is…

elongation, in astronomy, the angular distance in celestial longitude separating the Moon or a planet from the Sun. The greatest elongation possible for the two inferior planets (those closer than the Earth to the Sun) is about 48° in the case of Venus and about 28° in that of Mercury. Elongation

root: Morphology and growth: …them are added to the region of elongation, which lies just above the meristematic region. It is in the region of elongation that growth in length occurs. Above this elongation zone lies the region of maturation, where the primary tissues of the root mature, completing the process of cell differentiation…

Gamergate: Supreme Court ruled in Elonis v. United States that cyber harassment alone does not qualify as a punishable crime. Proof of intent to commit a crime is necessary. However, critics of Gamergate have called such anti-woman harassment campaigns a form of misogynistic terrorism and have argued that such threats…

Australian Aboriginal peoples: Kinship, marriage, and the family: …of contracting marriages, such as elopement, capture during feuding or fighting, and redistribution of widows through the levirate (compulsory marriage of a widow to her deceased husband’s brother). Elopement was often supported by love magic, which emphasized romantic love, as well as by the oblique or direct approval of extramarital…

elopiform: Annotated classification: Family Elopidae (ladyfish or tenpounder) Very generalized fish, the living forms having 32–35 branchiostegal rays and the swim bladder unmodified. Length to 0.9 metre (about 3 feet); weight to about 13 kg (28.5 pounds). 1 living genus (Elops) with 5 or 6 species; circumtropical. Numerous fossil…

elopiform, (order Elopiformes), any member of a group of archaic ray-finned fishes that includes the tarpons (Megalops) and the ladyfishes (Elops). Elopiforms live in marine and brackish water habitats. A few are prized game fishes, but only the Pacific tarpon (or oxeye) is of economic importance

elopiform, (order Elopiformes), any member of a group of archaic ray-finned fishes that includes the tarpons (Megalops) and the ladyfishes (Elops). Elopiforms live in marine and brackish water habitats. A few are prized game fishes, but only the Pacific tarpon (or oxeye) is of economic importance

elopiform: Annotated classification: Suborder Elopoidei Mouth terminal and snout unmodified; 2 supramaxillaries; many branchiostegal rays (23–35); teeth small; large gular plate between the lower jaws; 7 hypural bones. Family Elopidae (ladyfish or tenpounder) Very generalized fish, the living forms having 32–35 branchiostegal rays and the swim

fish: Annotated classification: Superorder Elopomorpha A diverse group including very primitive fishes and specialized fishes such as eels and therefore difficult to define. Some primitive members with a gular plate (absent in eels), ethmoid commissure present in some forms in a dermal rostral bone (absent in many eels); a…

elopiform: … (Megalops) and the ladyfishes (Elops). Elopiforms live in marine and brackish water habitats. A few are prized game fishes, but only the Pacific tarpon (or oxeye) is of economic importance as food; it supports a major fishery in Southeast Asia. As is usual with primitive groups, the elopiforms have…

ladyfish, (Elops saurus), primarily tropical coastal marine fish of the family Elopidae (order Elopiformes), related to the tarpon and bonefish. The ladyfish is slender and pikelike in form and covered with fine silver scales; there are grooves into which the dorsal and anal fins can be depressed.

Sandakan, city and port, eastern Sabah, East Malaysia, northeastern Borneo. It is located on an inlet of the Sulu Sea, near the mouth of the Kinabatangan River, on the heavily indented east coast. The capital of British North Borneo (now Sabah) until 1947, it is the commercial heart of the state.

history of Europe: Language and eloquence: …on to the attainment of eloquence. For Petrarch, as for Cicero, eloquence was not merely the possession of an elegant style, nor yet the power of persuasion, but the union of elegance and power together with virtue. One who studied language and rhetoric in the tradition of the great orators…

Sandy Saddler: …1956, when he knocked out Gabriel (“Flash”) Elorde of the Philippines in the 13th round. Saddler relinquished his world featherweight title and retired in January 1957 because of an eye injury that he sustained in an automobile accident. He had a 162-bout record of 144 wins (103 by knockouts), 16…

Sandy Saddler: …1956, when he knocked out Gabriel (“Flash”) Elorde of the Philippines in the 13th round. Saddler relinquished his world featherweight title and retired in January 1957 because of an eye injury that he sustained in an automobile accident. He had a 162-bout record of 144 wins (103 by knockouts), 16…

Jacob Elordi is an Australian actor who gained overnight fame for his work in the Netflix romantic comedy The Kissing Booth (2018) and cemented his stardom with the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019– ). While these roles established him as a teen heartthrob, Elordi sought to prove himself as a

Ezion-geber, seaport of Solomon and the later kings of Judah, located at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba in what is now Maʿān muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Jordan. The site was found independently by archaeologists Fritz Frank and Nelson Glueck. Glueck’s excavations (1938–40) proved that the site

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, British band known for its role in the development of art rock during the 1970s. The members were Keith Emerson (b. November 2, 1944, Todmorden, Lancashire [now in West Yorkshire], England—d. March 10/11, 2016, Santa Monica, California, U.S.), Greg Lake (b. November 10,

Saint Aelfheah ; feast day, April 19) was the archbishop of Canterbury who was venerated as a martyr after his murder by the Danes. Of noble birth, Aelfheah entered the Benedictine abbey of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, and later became a hermit at Bath, Somerset, where followers elected him abbot.

Saint Aelfheah ; feast day, April 19) was the archbishop of Canterbury who was venerated as a martyr after his murder by the Danes. Of noble birth, Aelfheah entered the Benedictine abbey of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, and later became a hermit at Bath, Somerset, where followers elected him abbot.

Saint Aelfheah ; feast day, April 19) was the archbishop of Canterbury who was venerated as a martyr after his murder by the Danes. Of noble birth, Aelfheah entered the Benedictine abbey of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, and later became a hermit at Bath, Somerset, where followers elected him abbot.

Mountstuart Elphinstone was a British official in India who did much to promote popular education and local administration of laws. Elphinstone entered the civil service in Calcutta (now Kolkata) with the British East India Company in 1795. A few years later he barely escaped death when followers

William Elphinstone was a Scottish bishop and statesman, and the founder of the University of Aberdeen. Elphinstone was probably the son of a priest and was educated at the University of Glasgow. He was ordained priest (c. 1456) and after four years as a country rector went abroad to the University

Phil Mickelson: PGA Tour: …Masters by one stroke over Ernie Els. His hot play continued through the rest of the season, and he finished in the top six in the remainder of the 2004 majors. Mickelson waited just one year for a second major win, the 2005 PGA Championship, which he followed with a…

Joy Adamson: …Animal Appeal (later renamed the Elsa Conservation Trust), an international group that financed conservation and education projects, in 1961. She was murdered by a disgruntled employee in 1980 at age 69. Adamson was cremated, and her ashes were buried in the graves of Elsa and Pippa in Meru National Park,…

Joy Adamson: …Animal Appeal (later renamed the Elsa Conservation Trust), an international group that financed conservation and education projects, in 1961. She was murdered by a disgruntled employee in 1980 at age 69. Adamson was cremated, and her ashes were buried in the graves of Elsa and Pippa in Meru National Park,…

Alsace, historical region and former région of France, incorporated since January 2016 into the région of Grand Est. As an administrative entity, it encompassed the départements of Haut-Rhin (“Upper Rhine”) and Bas-Rhin (“Lower Rhine”) and was bounded by the régions of Lorraine to the west and

Alsace-Lorraine, area comprising the present French départements of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle. Alsace-Lorraine was the name given to the 5,067 square miles (13,123 square km) of territory that was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-German War. This territory was retroceded

Walter M. Elsasser was a German-born American physicist notable for a variety of contributions to science. Elsasser received the Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1927, then accepted teaching appointments at Frankfurt, Paris, and the California Institute of Technology. He became a U.S.

Walter M. Elsasser was a German-born American physicist notable for a variety of contributions to science. Elsasser received the Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1927, then accepted teaching appointments at Frankfurt, Paris, and the California Institute of Technology. He became a U.S.

Ixelles, municipality, Brussels-Capital Region, central Belgium. A southeastern suburb of Brussels, it is one of the 19 municipalities that make up Greater Brussels. Factories in Ixelles process metals and make chemicals and textiles. The former Cistercian Abbey of La Cambre (founded 1201) now

Swiss Army knife: …produced in Germany, Swiss cutler Karl Elsener began making soldiers’ knives in 1891, equipping them with a blade, reamer, screwdriver, and can opener. The officer’s knife, with a second blade and corkscrew, appeared in 1897. The knives continue to be supplied by two Swiss manufacturers, Victorinox (Elsener’s firm) and Wenger,…

Elzevir Family, a family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers, 15 members of which were in business between 1587 and 1681. They were best known for their books or editions of the Greek New Testament and the classics. Louis (1540?–1617), son of a printer of Leuven, settled in Leiden as a

Adam Elsheimer was a German painter and printmaker, recognized as an important figure in the development of 17th-century landscape painting, noted especially for his atmospheric use of light. Elsheimer studied with Philipp Uffenbach in Frankfurt, where he learned the basic techniques of German

Martha Finley: …not particularly successful, but with Elsie Dinsmore (1867) she found a formula that would bring her fame and fortune.

Helsingør, city, northeastern Denmark. It lies on the northeast coast of Zealand (Sjælland), at the narrowest part of The Sound (Øresund), opposite Helsingborg, Sweden, with which it is connected by ferry. A toll for crossing The Sound was introduced in medieval times, and Helsingør, which had been

Max Elskamp was one of the outstanding Belgian Symbolist poets, whose material was the everyday life and folklore of his native city. He was a sincere Roman Catholic, and his poems often reflect his religious sentiments. Of a well-to-do family, Elskamp also was something of a dilettante and

gold processing: Cyanidation: …hydroxide, according to the so-called Elsner reaction:

gold processing: Cyanidation: …hydroxide, according to the so-called Elsner reaction:

Frédéric Chopin: Life: …directed by the Polish composer Joseph Elsner, with whom Chopin already had been studying musical theory.

Willem Elsschot was a Flemish novelist and poet, the author of a small but remarkable oeuvre, whose laconic style and ironic observation of middle-class urban life mark him as one of the outstanding Flemish novelists of the first half of the 20th century. Elsschot’s first work, Villa des roses

Fanny Elssler was an Austrian ballerina who introduced theatricalized folk dance (character dance) into ballet. She was celebrated for her spirited, spectacular dancing and for her technique, especially her point work. Daughter of a valet and copyist for the composer Franz Joseph Haydn, she studied

comet: The modern era: In 1996 European astronomers Eric Elst and Guido Pizarro found a new comet, which was designated 133P/Elst-Pizarro. But when the orbit of the comet was determined, it was found to lie in the outer asteroid belt with a semimajor axis of 3.16 AU, an eccentricity of 0.162, and an…

thermionic power converter: Development of thermionic devices: From 1882 to 1889, Julius Elster and Hans Geitel of Germany developed a sealed device containing two electrodes, one of which could be heated while the other one was cooled. They discovered that, at fairly low temperatures, electric current flows with little resistance if the hot electrode is positively…

Elsterian Glacial Stage, major division of Pleistocene deposits and time in northern Europe (the Pleistocene Epoch began about 2,600,000 years ago and ended about 11,700 years ago). The Elsterian followed the Cromerian Interglacial Stage and preceded the Holstein Interglacial Stage, both, in

history of Central Asia: Reunification: …and reunified under the khagan Elterish (683–692). Temporary setbacks notwithstanding, the Kök Türk empire was now centred on Mongolia, and it prospered under the rule of Kapghan (Mochuo; c. 692–716) and Bilge (Pijia; 716–734) but disintegrated soon afterward. In spite of the relatively short duration of their state, the historical…

Julian Eltinge was an American vaudeville star, often called the greatest female impersonator in theatrical history. Eltinge played his first female role at age 10. A graduate of Harvard, he entered vaudeville in 1904, soon commanding one of the highest salaries in show business. During a

Latin American literature: Post-boom writers: Chilean Diamela Eltit found a following mostly among academic critics for her highly experimental fiction. Her most discussed novel is Lumpérica (1983; E. Luminata); it is a text laden with stylistic games and a vague plot. With Puerto Ricans Ana Lydia Vega and Rosario Ferré, Eltit…

Ben Elton is a multifaceted comic actor, novelist, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist. A prominent figure in the 1980s British comedy scene, Elton is perhaps best known for cowriting the 1980s television sitcom The Young Ones (1982–84) and the final three of the four Blackadder series

Ben Elton is a multifaceted comic actor, novelist, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist. A prominent figure in the 1980s British comedy scene, Elton is perhaps best known for cowriting the 1980s television sitcom The Young Ones (1982–84) and the final three of the four Blackadder series

Charles Elton was an English biologist credited with framing the basic principles of modern animal ecology. Elton was educated first at Liverpool College and then at New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with first-class honours in zoology in 1922. Like many others, Elton rebelled against

Charles Elton was an English biologist credited with framing the basic principles of modern animal ecology. Elton was educated first at Liverpool College and then at New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with first-class honours in zoology in 1922. Like many others, Elton rebelled against

Lake Elton, highly saline lake, Volgograd oblast (province), Russia, near the Russian border with Kazakhstan. The lake occupies an area of 59 square miles (152 square km) and is only 1–2 feet (0.3–0.6 m) deep. It is 60 feet (18 m) below ocean level. Salt, extracted from the lake since the early

cow parsnip: Common hogweed, or eltrot (H. sphondylium), is native to Eurasia and has naturalized in eastern North America. Giant hogweed (H. mantegazzianum) is native to the Caucasus but is considered an invasive species in many areas outside its native range. That striking plant can attain a…

Günther: By the terms of the Treaty of Eltville (May 26, 1349), Günther, who was mortally ill, accepted 20,000 silver marks and amnesty for his supporters in exchange for relinquishing his claim to the German throne.

Paul Éluard was a French poet, one of the founders of the Surrealist movement and one of the important lyrical poets of the 20th century. In 1919 Éluard made the acquaintance of the Surrealist poets André Breton, Philippe Soupault, and Louis Aragon, with whom he remained in close association until

chromatography: Elution chromatography: …in the emerging mobile-phase stream—the eluate—and transduces the signal, most often to a voltage, which is registered as a peak on a strip-chart recorder. The recorder trace where solute is absent is the baseline. A plot of the solute concentration along the migration coordinate of development chromatograms yields a similar…

Jewish religious year: Months and notable days: During leap year, the Adar holidays are postponed to Second Adar.

Luli was a Phoenician king of the cities of Tyre and Sidon who rebelled against Assyrian rule following the death of the Assyrian king Sargon II. Concurrent with the insurrection of Babylon under Merodach-Baladan, Luli joined with Shabaka of Egypt and Hezekiah of Judah in a revolt against

Heilongjiang: People: Probably the Oroqen also came from north of the Amur River, later to settle in the Khingan ranges as farmers and hunters. They had domesticated the deer and were once known as the “deer riders.” The Oroqen were among the earliest inhabitants of the upper and middle…

Ellora Caves, a series of 34 magnificent rock-cut temples in northwest-central Maharashtra state, western India. They are located near the village of Ellora, 19 miles (30 km) northwest of Aurangabad and 50 miles (80 km) southwest of the Ajanta Caves. Spread over a distance of 1.2 miles (2 km), the

Eluru, city, northeast-central Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It is located on a low-lying plain at the junction of the canal systems of the Godavari and Krishna rivers. The name of the city was changed to its present form in 1949. Mainly a manufacturing city, Eluru produces textiles and

blood group: Adsorption, elution, and titration: …by a process known as elution. One simple way of eluting (dissociating) antibody from washed red cells is to heat them at 56 °C (133 °F) in a small volume of saline solution. Other methods include use of acid or ether. This technique is sometimes useful in the identification of…

chemical analysis: Chromatography: …form of chromatography, known as elution chromatography, the mobile phase is continuously added to the top of the column as solution flows from the bottom. The stationary phase must be continuously immersed in the mobile phase to prevent air bubbles from entering the column and impeding the mobile-phase flow. As…

separation and purification: Elutriation: In this method, the particles are placed in a vertical tube in which water (or another fluid) is flowing slowly upward. The particles fall through the water at speeds that vary with their size and density. If the flow rate of the water is…

South Asian arts: Period of the Tamil Cōḷa Empire (10th–13th century): …flowering in the 16th-century poet Eḻuttaccan (Father [or Leader] of Letters), who popularized the kiḷippāṭṭu (“parrot song”), a genre in which the narrator is a parrot, a bee, a swan, and so on. His outstanding works are Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇam, Bhāratam, and Bhāgavatam, all based on Sanskrit originals yet powerfully re-created…

placer deposit: Eluvial placers form on hillslopes from weathered deposits. They are not acted on by streams but by rainfall and wind, which carry away the light materials; thus they may be considered intermediate in the formation of stream placers. Examples include the earlier worked gold deposits…

eluviation, Removal of dissolved or suspended material from a layer or layers of the soil by the movement of water when rainfall exceeds evaporation. Such loss of material in solution is often referred to as leaching. The process of eluviation influences soil

aerospace industry: Space launchers: …space missions make use of expendable launch vehicles (ELVs).

Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope was an English politician and historian who was chiefly responsible for the founding of Britain’s National Portrait Gallery. Stanhope studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and entered Parliament in 1830. Although he made no special mark in politics, he was

James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope was a British soldier and statesman, the dominant minister during the first half (1714–21) of the reign of King George I. His policy of alliance with France secured the peace and minimized foreign support for the Jacobites, who sought to restore the Stuart monarchy

migration: Catadromous fish: …leptocephali are transformed into so-called elvers, which are bottom-dwelling, pigmented, and cylindrical in form. They arrive in coastal waters as glass eels and begin to swim upstream in freshwater streams in spring. Their migration upstream is spectacular, as the young fish gather by millions, forming a dense mass several miles…

elf, in Germanic folklore, originally, a spirit of any kind, later specialized into a diminutive creature, usually in tiny human form. In the Prose, or Younger, Edda, elves were classified as light elves (who were fair) and dark elves (who were darker than pitch); these classifications are roughly

Tore Ørjasæter: …is found in his collection Elvesong (1932; “Song of the River”), a cycle of poems about a drop of water on its way to the sea that symbolized the individual longing for freedom and human solidarity.

Switzerland, federated country of central Europe. Switzerland’s administrative capital is Bern, while Lausanne serves as its judicial centre. Switzerland’s small size—its total area is about half that of Scotland—and its modest population give little indication of its international significance. A

Elvira Madigan, three-movement concerto for piano and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the best known of his many piano concerti. It was completed on March 9, 1785. Its wide recognition is in large part due to the Swedish film Elvira Madigan (1967), in which its lyrical second movement was

Council of Elvira, the first known council of the Christian church in Spain, held early in the 4th century at Elvira, near modern Granada. It is the first council of which the canons have survived, and they provide the earliest reliable information on the Spanish church. The exact date is disputed,

Baz Luhrmann: …to the big screen with Elvis (2022), an energetic and visually stunning biopic about the legendary performer. In addition to helming the musical drama, he also cowrote it.

Tracy Letts: …John Finlator in the comedy Elvis & Nixon, about a 1970 meeting between U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon and musician Elvis Presley, and as a bloviating college dean in the adaptation of Philip Roth’s Indignation. That year he also began appearing in the comedy series Divorce. Film credits from 2017 included…

Priscilla Presley: Career and later life: …she published a best-selling memoir, Elvis and Me, which was adapted into a television movie in 1988. In 1987 she had a son, Navarone, with her longtime partner, screenwriter Marco Garibaldi. Her business ventures in the years to come included launching a fragrance line, followed by a collection of luxury…

Elvis Presley was an American popular singer widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll” and one of rock music’s dominant performers from the mid-1950s until his death. Presley grew up dirt-poor in Tupelo, Mississippi, moved to Memphis as a teenager, and, with his family, was off welfare for only a

Paul Elvstrøm was a Danish yachtsman who is considered the greatest sailor in Olympic history, dominating Finn-class sailing between 1948 and 1960. He won four consecutive gold medals in monotype (single-person) sailing—in the Firefly class in 1948 and thereafter in the new Finn class. He was the

Paul Elvstrøm was a Danish yachtsman who is considered the greatest sailor in Olympic history, dominating Finn-class sailing between 1948 and 1960. He won four consecutive gold medals in monotype (single-person) sailing—in the Firefly class in 1948 and thereafter in the new Finn class. He was the

John Elway is an American collegiate and professional gridiron football player who is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He led the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) to two Super Bowl championships (1998 and 1999). Elway excelled at football and baseball in

Rob Reiner: Success as a film director: …cast that included Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, and Billy Crystal into a world of adventure, romance, and arch, satirical exchanges. Reiner’s romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally… (1989), which paired Crystal and Meg Ryan as a set of platonic friends who fall in love, was credited with establishing the standard…

Elwood, city, Madison county, east-central Indiana, U.S., 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Indianapolis. Established in 1853 as Quincy, it was renamed for the son of one of its founders in 1869 because of the existence of another Quincy in Owen county. Local discovery of natural gas in 1887 resulted

Kentucky Derby: History: …times, beginning in 1904 with Elwood’s victory for owner Laska Durnell. Since then, prominent Derby-winning female owners have included Helen Hay Whitney, Elizabeth Arden Graham, Ethel V. Mars, and Penny Chenery (whose winning horses included Secretariat, in 1973). In 1990 Frances Genter became the oldest Derby-winning owner at the age…

Isaac Newton Kerlin: …Children (later known as the Elwyn Institute), located outside Philadelphia. He became its superintendent in 1863 and remained in the position for the following three decades, until his death. As superintendent, Kerlin developed new treatments and advocated for the wider establishment of specialized institutions to prevent developmentally disabled individuals from…

Elche, city, Alicante provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Valencia, southeastern Spain, situated on the Vinalopó River just south of Alicante city. Of Iberian origin, the site was inhabited by Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans (who named the town Ilici). Under

Ely, city, St. Louis county, northeastern Minnesota, U.S. It lies on Shagawa Lake, at the east end of the Vermilion Iron Range, about 110 miles (175 km) north of Duluth. Ojibwa Indians were living in the area when fur trappers arrived in the 18th century. Settled in the 1880s as Florence, it was

Ely, city, seat (1886) of White Pine county, east-central Nevada, U.S. It is adjacent to East Ely, near the Utah border. Established in 1868 as a gold-mining camp and probably named for John Ely, a mining promoter, the community expanded after 1907 with large-scale copper mining. Copper and other