Italic title Compton s Encyclopedia and Fact Index is a home and school encyclopedia first published in 1922 as Compton s Pictured Encyclopedia . The word Pictured was removed from the title with the 1968 edition. ref name EB Encyclop dia Britannica, 1988. ref The encyclopedia is now advertised as Compton s by Britannica . Compton s Multimedia Encyclopedia CD ROM 1989 was the first multimedia CD ROM encyclopedia. ref name Kister Kenneth Kister Kister s Best Encyclopedias ,1994 ref Grolier s earlier CD ROM encyclopedia was not multimedia. The encyclopedia was founded by F. E. Compton Frank E. Compton in 1922. Publishing rights to the F.E. Compton & Company products were acquired by Encyclop dia Britannica, Inc. in 1961. ref name EB Encyclop dia Britannica, Inc. initially owned Compton s Encyclopedia ... to the Tribune Company in 1993, and for a time Compton s Encyclopedia was a product of The Learning ... an exclusive license to publish and distribute Compton s Encyclopedia in print and CD ROM from Broderbund ... release wlogo.html Compton s Encyclopedia Returns to Britannica , news release, Encyclop dia Britannica, March 20, 2002 ref Print Editions Compton s Encyclopedia, 8 volumes, 1922 10 volumes, 1924, 1926 ..., 1957, 1958, 1962 Compton s Encyclopedia and Fact Index , 24 volumes 1969 1971 22 volumes, 1972 ... ROM Editions Compton s Multimedia Encyclopedia , CDROM, 1989, the first multimedia CD ROM ref name Kister Compton s Family Encyclopedia , CDROM, 1991, a stripped down version of Compton s Multimedia Encyclopedia ref name Kister Compton s Interactive Encyclopedia , CDROM, 93, 95 99 then 2000 and 2001. The CD ROM versions of Compton s Interactive Encyclopedia were produced annually from 1995 to 2001. Britannica s 1989 Compton s Multimedia Encyclopedia was the first multimedia CD ROM encyclopedia ... Kister Variants of Compton s CD ROM encyclopedias were Compton s Concise Encyclopedia , Compton s Family Encyclopedia , and Compton s Interactive Encyclopedia . ref name Kister See also List of encyclopedias ... more details
Compton may refer to TOCright Places Canada Compton, Quebec Compton County, Quebec Compton provincial electoral district , a former Quebec provincial electoral district now part of M gantic ComptonCompton electoral district , a former Quebec federal electoral district England Cassey Compton , Gloucestershire Compton, Yorkshire Compton, Derbyshire Compton, South Staffordshire Compton, Wolverhampton , West Midlands Compton, Test Valley , Hampshire Compton End , Hampshire Compton, Isle of Wight Compton, Berkshire Compton, West Sussex Compton, Guildford , Surrey Compton, Waverley , Surrey Compton, Plymouth , Devon Compton, South Hams , Devon United States Compton, Arkansas Compton, California , a city south southeast of downtown Los Angeles Compton, Illinois Compton, Maryland Compton Trappe, Maryland , a home on the National Register of Historic Places Other uses Compton surname Compton crater , a lunar crater Compton Petroleum , a petroleum exploration company based in Calgary, Alberta Compton s Encyclopedia See also Compton and Shawford , Hampshire Compton Abbas , Dorset Compton Abdale , Gloucestershire Compton Bassett , Wiltshire Compton Beauchamp , Berkshire now Oxfordshire Compton Bishop , Somerset Compton Chamberlain , Wiltshire Compton Common , Somerset Compton Dando , Somerset Compton Dundon , Somerset Compton Durville , Somerset Compton Green , Gloucestershire Compton Greenfield , Gloucestershire Compton Martin , Somerset Compton Pauncefoot , Somerset Compton Valence , Dorset Nether Compton , Dorset Over Compton , Dorset West Compton, Dorset West Compton, California Little Compton, Rhode Island Compton Bassett Upper Marlboro, Maryland , a home on the National Register of Historic Places Compton scattering or the Compton effect, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons disambig geo bg de Compton fa fr Compton it Compton nl Compton ja pl Compton pt Compton sl Compton fi Compton t smennyssivu sv Compton vo Compton ... more details
in 1902 An encyclopedia also spelled encyclopaedia or encyclop dia is a type of reference work ... e title Encyclopedia. archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070803182506 http library.rcc.edu riverside ..., 2010 quote ref Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionary dictionaries ... linguistic information about word s, encyclopedia articles focus on factual information to cover ... In contrast with linguistic information, encyclopedia material is more concerned with the description ... wMC&printsec frontcover&q accessdate August 17, 2010 quote An encyclopedia encyclopaedia usually ... . The modern encyclopedia evolved out of dictionaries around the 17th century. Historically, some ... or complete knowledge . quote Indeed, the purpose of an encyclopedia is to collect knowledge ... Procurator there a few years before he compiled the encyclopedia. Although many of the mining methods ... encyclopedias. It consists in a complete encyclopedia of classical erudition. It firstly introduced ... , followed by many successive works along the Middle Ages . The first Christian encyclopedia were ... as being the author of the first known encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, the Etymologiae or Origines ... ancient and modern. The encyclopedia has 448 chapters in 20 volumes, and is valuable because of the quotes ... diffused encyclopedia at the beginning of High Middle Ages was the Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor ... widely read and quoted encyclopedia in the High Middle Ages ref name dotma See Encyclopedia in Dictionary ... encyclopedia in the late medieval period at over 3 million words. ref name dotma Byzantine Empire ... 9th century . The Suda or Souda Greek is a massive 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient ... Ideas ref were engaged in their Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity . Notable works include Al Razi Abu Bakr al Razi s encyclopedia of science, the Mutazilite Al Kindi s prolific output of 270 books, and Ibn Sina s medical encyclopedia, which was a standard reference work for centuries ... more details
The Compton N v is an icefield in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia , Canada , located east of the Homathko Icefield and Mount Gilbert British Columbia Mount Gilbert and to the south of the Bishop River . ref BCGNIS 37991 Compton N v ref It lies west of the Lillooet Icecap and is connected to it by the Ring Glacier , which sits astride Ring Pass , the divide between the Lillooet River Lillooet and Bishop River s, and has an area of convert 714 km2 sqmi abbr on . ref http www.bivouac.com ArxPg.asp?ArxId 1313 Compton Neve in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia ref References reflist coord 50 49 00 N 124 11 00 W display title Pacific Ranges DEFAULTSORT Compton Neve Category Glaciers of British Columbia Category Pacific Ranges Category Ice fields BritishColumbiaCoast geo stub ... more details
West Compton can refer to West Compton, California , USA West Compton, Dorset , England West Compton, Somerset , England geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages nl West Compton ... more details
Compton White may refer to Compton I. White 1877 1956 , US Representative from Idaho Compton I. White, Jr. 1920 1998 , US Representative from Idaho hndis White, Compton de Compton White ... more details
Compton House may refer to The Arthur H. Compton House in Chicago, Illinois Compton House, a mansion in Over Compton , Dorset Compton Verney House , a mansion in Compton Verney, Warwickshire Compton Beauchamp House , a mansion in Compton Beauchamp , Oxfordshire Compton House Surrey Compton House , in Wentworth Estate Wentworth , Virginia Water , Surrey Where Prajadhipok , King of Thailand Siam lived, and died in 1941. geodis ... more details
Compton is a surname of England English origin, and may refer to Ann Compton , journalist Arthur Compton , physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect , brother of Karl Taylor Compton and Wilson Martindale Compton, below Barnes Compton , Maryland congressman and state officeholder Christian Compton , Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia Cliff Compton born 1979 , American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Domino David G. Compton D.G. Compton , science fiction author Denis Compton , England cricketer and footballer F. E. Compton , publisher Fay Compton , actress Henry Brooks Adams Frances Snow Compton , a pseudonym used by Henry Adams Henry Compton bishop Henry Compton , Bishop of London Henry Compton actor , English actor Ivy Compton Burnett , English novelist John Compton , leader of Saint Lucia United Workers Party Saint Lucia UWP John Compton organ builder John Compton , London pipe & electronic organ maker Karl Taylor Compton , physicist, one time president of MIT , brother of Arthur Compton, above, Wilson Martindale Compton, below Katie Compton , American bicycle racer Leslie Compton , English footballer and cricketer Lynn Compton , lead prosecutor in the Sirhan Sirhan trial and 101st Airborne WWII veteran O Neal Compton , American film and television actor Richard G. Compton , chemist Robert Harold Compton , botanist Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington William Compton courtier , lover of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII s notorious mistress, Anne Stafford the two were prosecuted for adultery Wilson Martindale Compton , fifth president of Washington State University , brother of Arthur Compton and Karl Taylor Compton, above See also Compton Mackenzie , Scottish novelist brother of Fay Compton surname Compton It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname ... more details
Mike Compton may refer to Mike Compton catcher , played for the Philadelphia Phillies Mike Compton American football , NFL guard Mike Compton musician , bluegrass mandolin player hndis name Compton, Mike DEFAULTSORT Compton, Mike ... more details
Edward Compton may refer to Edward Theodore Compton , usually referred to as E. T. Compton, 1849 1921 , English born, German artist Edward Harrison Compton , artist See also Ned Crompton Compton surname hndis Compton, Edward ... more details
Alwyne Compton may refer to Lord Alwyne Compton bishop 1825 1906 , Bishop of Ely Lord Alwyne Compton politician 1855 1911 , British politician, nephew of the above hndis name Compton, Alwyne ... more details
William Compton may refer to William Compton courtier , courtier to Henry VIII c. 1482 1528 William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton died 1630 William Compton army officer , Royalist army officer 1625 1663 William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton 1885 1978 Bill Compton , a mental health advocate 1945 2007 Bill Compton vampire , a love interest of Sookie Stackhouse in the Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris Several Compton Baronets were called William Compton See also Compton surname hndis Compton, William ... more details
File Telegraph House, Telegraph Hill geograph.org.uk 228096.jpg right thumb Telegraph House at Telegraph Hill Compton Compton Down is an extent of high ground near Compton, West Sussex where there was an Admiralty semaphore station. The semaphore station was built at Compton Down in 1821 and it operated on the semaphore line from London to Portsmouth between 1822 and 1847. The hill to the east of Compton on which the semaphore was built is now known as Telegraph Hill. The high ground to the west of Compton retains the name of Compton Down. Both hills rise to above convert 500 ft m . ref http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 41710 Compton , A History of the County of Sussex Volume 4 The Rape of Chichester 1953 , pp. 91 94. Date accessed 30 June 2010 ref References Reflist Geochain box Geochain Admiralty Semaphore line 1822 type station upwards Harting Beacon Hill downwards Camp Down, Portsdown Hill Category West Sussex ... more details
Spencer Compton may refer to Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton 1601 1643 Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington 1674 1743 , Prime Minister of Great Britain Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton 1790 1851 Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton born 1946 hndis Compton, Spencer fr Spencer Compton ja sv Spencer Compton olika betydelser th ... more details
Infobox musical artist name The Compton Brothers image caption image size landscape background group or band origin St. Louis, Missouri genre Country music Country years active 1966 1975 label Dot Records Dot associated acts The Coasters past members Bill Compton Br Harry Compton The Compton Brothers was an American country music duo composed of brothers Bill and Harry Compton, who were both vocalists and guitarists. The duo won a talent contest in 1965 sponsored by Columbia Records . ref name whitburn cite book last Whitburn first Joel title Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008 publisher Record Research, Inc date 2008 page 101 isbn 0 89820 177 2 ref Between 1966 and 1975, they recorded for Dot Records , charting in the top 20 of the Hot Country Songs charts with Haunted House and a cover of The Coasters Charlie Brown song Charlie Brown . The duo released three albums for Dot. ref cite book last Larkin first Colin title The encyclopedia of popular music url http books.google.com books?id 8gkKAQAAMAAJ&q 22on top of the compton brothers 22&dq 22on top of the compton brothers 22&hl en&ei znLmTvzMHeT50gHF26XXBQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CDAQ6AEwAA year 2000 page 507 ref Discography Albums class wikitable plainrowheaders style text align center rowspan 2 style width 18em Title rowspan 2 style width 15em Album details colspan 1 Peak positions style font size smaller width 65 Top Country Albums US Country scope row On Top of the Compton Brothers Release date 1968 Label Dot Records Format LP scope row Haunted House Charlie Brown Release date 1970 Label Dot Records Format LP 28 scope row Yellow River Release date 1972 Label Dot Records Format LP Singles class wikitable plainrowheaders style text align center rowspan 2 Year rowspan 2 style width 29em Single colspan 2 Peak ... 4n7visnijrg0i1664mbr21gm34&q1 compton brothers&q2 &interval 20 title Search results for Compton Brothers ... Cat s in the Cradle 97 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Compton Brothers Category American country music ... more details
George Compton may refer to George Compton Canadian politician 1872 1950 , politician in Manitoba, Canada George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton 1664 1727 , British peer George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton 1692 1758 , British peer and Member of Parliament hndis Compton, George ... more details
Infobox settlement official name City of Compton settlement type City nickname CPT, The Hub City, The Shopping City motto Birthing a New Compton image skyline Compton martin luther king monument.jpg imagesize image caption The Martin Luther King Monument in front of the Compton City Hall and the Superior ... seal size image map LA County Incorporated Areas Compton highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location of Compton in Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County , California image ... GNIS feature ID blank1 info 1652689 footnotes Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California ... accessdate 2010 08 29 ref southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California . The city of Compton is one ... 01000US 7C04000US06 7C16000US0615044& street & county compton 2C california& cityTown compton 2C california ... population 0&ds name null& ci nbr null&qr name null® null 3Anull& keyword & industry title Compton .... ref name city Neighborhoods in Compton include Sunny Cove, Leland, Downtown Compton, and Richland Farms. History Image Comption 1914.jpg thumb left Compton, 1914 In 1784, the Spain Spanish Crown deeded ... Rancho San Pedro . Dominguez s name was later applied to the Dominguez Hills community south of Compton ... immigrants acquired most of the rancho lands after 1848. In 1867, Griffith Dickenson Compton ... was shortened to Compton. ref name city Compton s earliest settlers were faced with terrible hardships ... a week. Many in the Compton party wanted to relocate to a friendlier climate and settle down. But there were ... D. Compton donated his land to incorporate and create the city of Compton in 1889, but he did ... supporting the incorporation of Compton to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, who in turn forwarded the petition to the State Legislature. On May 11, 1888 the city of Compton was incorporated ... their home away from home in this small community. Compton couldn t support large scale agricultural ... and for the welfare of the new community. ref name Comp The 1920s saw the opening of the Compton Airport ... more details
Henry Compton may refer to Henry Compton bishop 1632 1713 , English bishop and nobleman Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton 1538 1589 , English peer Henry Combe Compton 1789 1866 , British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament MP for South Hampshire 1835 1857 Henry Compton actor real name Charles Mackenzie 1805 1877 , English actor hndis Compton, Henry ... more details
The Compton Baronetcy , of Hartbury in the County of Gloucester, was a title in the Baronetage of England . It was created on 6 May 1686 for William Compton. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1773. Compton Baronets, of Hartbury 1686 Sir William Compton, 1st Baronet d. c. 1698 Sir William Compton, 2nd Baronet d. 1731 Sir William Compton, 3rd Baronet d. 1758 Sir William Compton, 4th Baronet d. 1760 Sir Walter Abingdon Compton, 5th Baronet d. 1773 References rayment b DEFAULTSORT Compton Category Baronetcies Category Extinct baronetcies ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The title Baron Compton was created in the Peerage of England for the Tudor period Tudor politician, Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton Sir Henry Compton . In 1618, his son was created Earl of Northampton . The titles remained united until the fifth earl died without any male heirs in 1754 and the title passed to his only daughter, Charlotte Townshend, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley Charlotte , who had already inherited the title of Baroness Ferrers of Chartley from her mother in 1740. Charlotte was the wife of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend Hon. George Townshend , who became Viscount Townshend in 1764 and was created Marquess Townshend after her death in 1770. The title then remained with the marquessate until her grandson, the third marquess, died childless in 1855 and both baronies became abeyant between his sisters and their descendants. Barons Compton 1572 Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton 1538 1589 William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton, 2nd Baron Compton d. 1630 Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, 3rd Baron Compton 1601 1643 James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, 4th Baron Compton 1622 1681 George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, 5th Baron Compton 1664 1727 James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton, 6th Baron Compton 1687 1754 Charlotte Townshend, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley Charlotte Townshend, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley, 7th Baroness Compton d. 1770 George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, 8th Baron Compton 1753 1811 George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend, 9th Baron Compton 1778 1855 Co heirs of today Category Baronies Compton, Baron Category Abeyant peerages Compton, Baron ... more details
Compton, Surrey could refer to Compton, Guildford , a village and civil parish in the Guildford district of Surrey, England Compton, Waverley , a hamlet near Farnham in the Waverley district of Surrey, England geodis ... more details
Charles Compton may refer to Charles Compton c. 1624 1661 , English MP for Northampton 1661 1662 Charles Compton MP 1698 1755 , British MP for Northampton 1754 1755 and List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Portugal Envoy to Portugal Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton 1737 1763 , his son, British Ambassador to Venice Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1760 1828 , British MP for Northampton 1784 1796, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire Charles Douglas Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton 1816 1877 , born Charles Compton, British peer hndis Compton, Charles ... more details
Image Over compton church.jpg thumb left Over Compton Church Over Compton is a village in north west Dorset , England , situated in the River Yeo South Somerset Yeo valley 2 miles east of Yeovil . The village has a population of 158 As of 2001 . Compton House, formerly the home of the Goodden family, lies outside the village. St Michael s Church is on the estate. Cecil Goodden was born in Compton House. External links Commons category Over Compton http www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk LIVING FACTS Census2001.nsf 6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece 391a38f167e7fe7380256ec80052c27a?OpenDocument Census data Dorset OPC http www.opcdorset.org Compton Nether OverCompton.htm Nether and Over Compton Dorset geo stub coord 50 57 N 2 35 W region GB type city display title Category Villages in Dorset nl Over Compton pl Over Compton ... more details
Compton Domvile may refer to Sir Compton Domvile, 2nd Baronet c. 1650 1721 , Irish politician, MP for Dublin County Parliament of Ireland constituency County Dublin Sir Compton Domvile, 1st Baronet c. 1775 1857 , British politian, great nephew of the above, MP for Okehampton UK Parliament constituency and Plympton Erle UK Parliament constituency Compton Domvile Royal Navy officer 1842 1924 , British naval commander Sir Compton Meade Domvile, 4th Baronet 1857 1935 of the Domvile Baronets See also Domvile surname hndis Domvile, Compton ... more details
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