• James of Palestrina (Latin scholar)

    Italy: The war in northern Italy: …appointed the strongly anti-imperial Cardinal James of Palestrina as his new legate in northern Italy and blocked Frederick’s planned diet. In his propaganda Frederick portrayed himself as the champion of orthodoxy working to prevent the spread of heresy in Lombardy, thus building on the theme of the cooperation between him…

  • James of Venice (Latin scholar)

    Aristotelianism: The discovery of Aristotle’s works in the Latin West: …and first of these was James of Venice, who was in Constantinople and translated the Posterior Analytics, Physics, De Anima (On the Soul), Metaphysics, and several minor texts before or about 1150; other scholars translated anew or for the first time works on ethics, natural philosophy, and logic before 1200.…

  • James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life (memoir by Patterson)

    James Patterson: The memoir James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life was published in 2022.

  • James Powell & Sons (factory, London, United Kingdom)

    glassware: Great Britain: …at the London glassworks of James Powell & Sons. From about 1880 this glassworks was under the control of Harry J. Powell who, working until World War I, developed a simple, dignified style of handmade blown glass, which was subsequently continued in designs by Barnaby Powell, James Hogan, and others.

  • James R. Record Aquarium (aquarium, Fort Worth, Texas, United States)

    Fort Worth Zoological Park: The James R. Record Aquarium was opened in 1954 as an extension of the zoo; it closed in 2002, and a new herpetarium was slated for the site.

  • James R. Thompson Center (building, Chicago, Illinois, United States)

    Helmut Jahn: …Illinois Center (1985; renamed the James R. Thompson Center in 1993 to honour the former Illinois governor who commissioned the building) in Chicago. Its plan refers to the American tradition of centrally planned domed state capitols. At the same time, its dramatic blue-and-pink glass-and-steel appearance and spectacular (if noisy and…

  • James Range (region, Northern Territory, Australia)

    planation surface: …bevels sandstone cuestas in the James Range in central Australia. Clearly an erosive process cut across rocks of varying resistance. The rock structure would never have developed such a flat surface unless a lateral erosive process had been at work in the past at a particular base level. Where many…

  • James River (river, North Dakota-South Dakota, United States)

    James River, river rising in Wells county, central North Dakota, U.S., and flowing in a generally south-southeasterly direction across South Dakota, to join the Missouri River about 5 miles (8 km) below Yankton after a course of 710 miles (1,140 km). Major cities along the river are Jamestown,

  • James River (river, Virginia, United States)

    James River, river in central Virginia, U.S., formed by the junction of the Jackson and Cowpasture rivers and cutting across the Great Appalachian Valley in northern Botetourt county. It flows in an easterly direction, crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains through a series of gorges near Lynchburg and

  • James the Conqueror (king of Aragon)

    James I was the most renowned of the medieval kings of Aragon (1213–76), who added the Balearic Islands and Valencia to his realm and thus initiated the Catalan-Aragonese expansion in the Mediterranean that was to reach its zenith in the last decades of the 14th century. James was the son of Peter

  • James the Greater (apostle, son of Zebedee)

    St. James ; Roman Catholic feast day July 25; Eastern Orthodox feast day April 30) was one of the Twelve Apostles, distinguished as being in Jesus’ innermost circle and being the only apostle whose martyrdom is recorded in the New Testament (Acts 12:2). In Roman Catholicism, St. James is the patron

  • James the Just (king of Aragon and Sicily)

    James II was the king of Aragon from 1295 to 1327 and king of Sicily (as James I) from 1285 to 1295. At the death of his father, Peter III, on Nov. 11, 1285, James inherited Sicily, and his elder brother became Alfonso III of Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia. When his brother died (1291) he

  • James the Just, Saint (apostle, the Lord’s brother)

    Saint James ; Western feast day May 3) was a Christian apostle, according to St. Paul, although not one of the original Twelve Apostles. He was leader of the Jerusalem Christians, who with Saints Peter and John the Evangelist is one of “the pillars of the church.” Confusion has arisen over his

  • James the Less, St. (apostle, son of Alphaeus)

    St. James the Less ; Western feast day May 3; Eastern feast day October 9) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. James may be he whose mother, Mary (not the mother of Jesus), is mentioned among the women at Jesus’ crucifixion and tomb (Mark 15:40, 16:1; Matthew 27:56). He is not to be confused

  • James the Younger, Saint (apostle, son of Alphaeus)

    St. James the Less ; Western feast day May 3; Eastern feast day October 9) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. James may be he whose mother, Mary (not the mother of Jesus), is mentioned among the women at Jesus’ crucifixion and tomb (Mark 15:40, 16:1; Matthew 27:56). He is not to be confused

  • James Towne (English colony, North America)

    Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of

  • James V (king of Scotland)

    James V was the king of Scotland from 1513 to 1542. During the period of his minority, which lasted throughout the first half of his reign, James was a pawn in the struggle between pro-French and pro-English factions; after he assumed personal control of the government, he upheld Roman Catholicism

  • James VI (king of England and Scotland)

    James I was the king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625, who styled himself “king of Great Britain.” James was a strong advocate of royal absolutism, and his conflicts with an increasingly self-assertive Parliament set the stage for the

  • James Watt on the steam engine

    Among the pleasures to be derived from venturing through the early editions of Britannica is the one we think of as “being present at the creation.” Steam engines had been around as novelties for centuries, but the first practical ones were invented by the Englishmen Thomas Savery in 1698 and

  • James Webb Space Telescope (satellite observatory)

    James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), U.S.–European Space Agency–Canadian satellite observatory designed as the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and launched by an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, on December 25, 2021. The JWST has a mirror 6.5 metres (21.3 feet) in diameter,

  • James’s flamingo (bird)

    flamingo: …andinus) and the puna, or James’s, flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi). The former has a pink band on each of its yellow legs, and the latter was thought extinct until a remote population was discovered in 1956.

  • James’s galleta (plant)

    curly mesquite: …curly mesquite (Hilaria belangeri) and James’s galleta (H. jamesii) are particularly palatable to livestock when fresh and green.

  • James, Alexander Franklin (American outlaw)

    Jesse James and Frank James: …a Missouri farm, Jesse and Frank shared their family’s sympathy with the Southern cause when the American Civil War broke out in 1861. Frank joined William C. Quantrill’s Confederate guerrillas, becoming friends with Cole Younger, a fellow member. Jesse followed suit by joining “Bloody” Bill Anderson’s guerrilla band. At the…

  • James, Anthony T. (British scientist)

    A.J.P. Martin: In 1953 Martin and A.T. James helped perfect gas chromatography, the separation of chemical vapours by differential absorption on a porous solid.

  • James, Bill (American baseball historian and statistician)

    sabermetrics: Bill James and the advent of sabermetrics: The first of those amateurs to make a real name for himself was a young Kansan named Bill James. In 1977 James self-published his first Baseball Abstract, which was filled with original studies based on information James had…

  • James, C.L.R. (West Indian-born writer and activist)

    C.L.R. James was a West Indian-born cultural historian, cricket writer, and political activist who was a leading figure in the Pan-African movement. James was certified as a teacher at Queen’s Royal College in Port of Spain, Trinidad (1918). In 1932 he moved to England, where he published The Life

  • James, Cyril Lionel Robert (West Indian-born writer and activist)

    C.L.R. James was a West Indian-born cultural historian, cricket writer, and political activist who was a leading figure in the Pan-African movement. James was certified as a teacher at Queen’s Royal College in Port of Spain, Trinidad (1918). In 1932 he moved to England, where he published The Life

  • James, E.L. (British author)

    E.L. James is a British author best known for the Fifty Shades series of erotic novels. James is the daughter of a Chilean mother and a Scottish father. She studied history at the University of Kent before taking a job as a studio manager’s assistant at the National Film and Television School in

  • James, Elmore (American musician)

    Elmore James was an American blues singer-guitarist noted for the urgent intensity of his singing and guitar playing. Known as the “King of the Slide Guitar,” he was a significant influence on the development of rock music. Born into a sharecropping family, James played guitar in his teens and

  • James, Etta (American singer)

    Etta James was a popular American rhythm-and-blues entertainer who in time became a successful ballad singer. James was reared by foster parents until her mother (who was 14 when James was born) took her 12-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There James formed a girl doo-wop trio called the

  • James, Frank (American outlaw)

    Jesse James and Frank James: …a Missouri farm, Jesse and Frank shared their family’s sympathy with the Southern cause when the American Civil War broke out in 1861. Frank joined William C. Quantrill’s Confederate guerrillas, becoming friends with Cole Younger, a fellow member. Jesse followed suit by joining “Bloody” Bill Anderson’s guerrilla band. At the…

  • James, Fred (American comedian)

    Fred Allen was an American humorist whose laconic style, dry wit, and superb timing influenced a generation of radio and television performers. While working as a stack boy in the Boston Public Library, the young Sullivan came across a book on juggling from which he picked up that craft. He began

  • James, Harry (American musician)

    Harry James was an American jazz musician and bandleader, and one of the most popular and dynamic trumpet players of the big band era. The son of circus performers, James learned to play drums at age 4 and the trumpet at 8; when he was 12 he led one of the circus bands. As a young man he played

  • James, Harry Haag (American musician)

    Harry James was an American jazz musician and bandleader, and one of the most popular and dynamic trumpet players of the big band era. The son of circus performers, James learned to play drums at age 4 and the trumpet at 8; when he was 12 he led one of the circus bands. As a young man he played

  • James, Henry (American theologian)

    Henry James was an American philosophical theologian, the father of the novelist Henry James and the philosopher William James. A graduate of Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. (1830), James worked in business and law and then studied at Princeton Theological Seminary (1835–37). Although he was

  • James, Henry (American writer)

    Henry James was an American novelist and, as a naturalized English citizen from 1915, a great figure in the transatlantic culture. His fundamental theme was the innocence and exuberance of the New World in clash with the corruption and wisdom of the Old, as illustrated in such works as Daisy Miller

  • James, Jesse (American outlaw)

    Jesse James and Frank James: Reared on a Missouri farm, Jesse and Frank shared their family’s sympathy with the Southern cause when the American Civil War broke out in 1861. Frank joined William C. Quantrill’s Confederate guerrillas, becoming friends with Cole Younger, a fellow member. Jesse followed suit by joining “Bloody” Bill Anderson’s guerrilla band.…

  • James, Jesse Woodson (American outlaw)

    Jesse James and Frank James: Reared on a Missouri farm, Jesse and Frank shared their family’s sympathy with the Southern cause when the American Civil War broke out in 1861. Frank joined William C. Quantrill’s Confederate guerrillas, becoming friends with Cole Younger, a fellow member. Jesse followed suit by joining “Bloody” Bill Anderson’s guerrilla band.…

  • James, Jesse; and James, Frank (American outlaws)

    Jesse James and Frank James were two brothers who were among the most notorious outlaws of the American West, engaging in robberies that came to typify the hazards of the 19th-century frontier as it has been portrayed in motion-picture westerns. Reared on a Missouri farm, Jesse and Frank shared

  • James, Kevin (American comedian and actor)

    Kevin James is an American comedian and actor best known for playing affable working-class characters, most notably Doug Heffernan in the CBS sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and the title character in the box-office hit movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop and its sequel (2009 and 2015). James’s real

  • James, LeBron (American basketball player)

    LeBron James is an American professional basketball player who is widely considered one of the greatest all-around players of all time and who won National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Miami Heat (2012 and 2013), the Cleveland Cavaliers (2016), and the Los Angeles Lakers

  • James, LeBron Raymone (American basketball player)

    LeBron James is an American professional basketball player who is widely considered one of the greatest all-around players of all time and who won National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Miami Heat (2012 and 2013), the Cleveland Cavaliers (2016), and the Los Angeles Lakers

  • James, Letitia (American attorney and politician)

    Letitia Ann James grew up in Brooklyn and is one of eight children, born to a mother who worked as a cleaner and in customer service and a father who was a building superintendent. She was a self-described tomboy who liked to read fairy tales. That she would grow up to be the state’s first Black

  • James, Letitia Ann (American attorney and politician)

    Letitia Ann James grew up in Brooklyn and is one of eight children, born to a mother who worked as a cleaner and in customer service and a father who was a building superintendent. She was a self-described tomboy who liked to read fairy tales. That she would grow up to be the state’s first Black

  • James, Letter of (New Testament)

    Letter of James, New Testament writing addressed to the early Christian churches (“to the twelve tribes in the dispersion”) and attributed to James, a Christian Jew, whose identity is disputed. There is also wide disagreement as to the date of composition, though many scholars hold that it was

  • James, Lily (English actress)

    Lily James is an English screen and stage actress whose supporting role (2012–15) in the television series Downton Abbey launched her career. She was soon garnering lead parts in such big-screen movies as Disney’s live-action Cinderella (2015) as well as the Jane Austen parody Pride and Prejudice

  • James, Liturgy of St (Christianity)

    Liturgy of St. James, a eucharistic service based on the Antiochene Liturgy, said to be the most ancient Christian liturgy. Modified forms of the Liturgy of St. James are used by Catholic Syrians, Miaphysite Syrians (Jacobites), Maronites, and the Orthodox of Zakynthos and Jerusalem. In most

  • James, Marlon (Jamaican writer)

    12 Contemporary Black Authors You Must Read: Marlon James: In 2015 James became the first writer from Jamaica to win Britain’s prestigious Man Booker Prize. He won for his novel

  • James, P.D. (British novelist)

    P.D. James was a British mystery novelist best known for her fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard. The daughter of a middle-grade civil servant, James grew up in the university town of Cambridge. Her formal education, however, ended at age 16 because of lack of funds, and she was

  • James, Preston E. (American geographer)

    geography: Geography in the United States: …published major texts, such as Preston E. James in his renowned Latin America (1942). Many introductory texts, such as James’s An Outline of Geography (1935), used regional divisions of the world as organizing templates, though the regions were usually defined at much larger scales than the Vidalian pays.

  • James, Rick (American musician and singer)

    Dave Chappelle: …of anecdotes about outlandish musician Rick James, in which Chappelle reenacted the events as James while the real James provided occasional commentary. The first season of the show was released on DVD in 2004 and quickly became the best-selling television program in that format’s history. That year Chappelle also released…

  • James, Saint (apostle, the Lord’s brother)

    Saint James ; Western feast day May 3) was a Christian apostle, according to St. Paul, although not one of the original Twelve Apostles. He was leader of the Jerusalem Christians, who with Saints Peter and John the Evangelist is one of “the pillars of the church.” Confusion has arisen over his

  • James, son of Alphaeus (apostle, son of Alphaeus)

    St. James the Less ; Western feast day May 3; Eastern feast day October 9) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. James may be he whose mother, Mary (not the mother of Jesus), is mentioned among the women at Jesus’ crucifixion and tomb (Mark 15:40, 16:1; Matthew 27:56). He is not to be confused

  • James, son of Zebedee (apostle, son of Zebedee)

    St. James ; Roman Catholic feast day July 25; Eastern Orthodox feast day April 30) was one of the Twelve Apostles, distinguished as being in Jesus’ innermost circle and being the only apostle whose martyrdom is recorded in the New Testament (Acts 12:2). In Roman Catholicism, St. James is the patron

  • James, St (apostle, son of Zebedee)

    St. James ; Roman Catholic feast day July 25; Eastern Orthodox feast day April 30) was one of the Twelve Apostles, distinguished as being in Jesus’ innermost circle and being the only apostle whose martyrdom is recorded in the New Testament (Acts 12:2). In Roman Catholicism, St. James is the patron

  • James, the Lord’s Brother (apostle, the Lord’s brother)

    Saint James ; Western feast day May 3) was a Christian apostle, according to St. Paul, although not one of the original Twelve Apostles. He was leader of the Jerusalem Christians, who with Saints Peter and John the Evangelist is one of “the pillars of the church.” Confusion has arisen over his

  • James, Tish (American attorney and politician)

    Letitia Ann James grew up in Brooklyn and is one of eight children, born to a mother who worked as a cleaner and in customer service and a father who was a building superintendent. She was a self-described tomboy who liked to read fairy tales. That she would grow up to be the state’s first Black

  • James, Will (American author)

    children’s literature: Peaks and plateaus (1865–1940): …the best of them are Will James, with his horse story Smoky (1926); Rachel Field, whose Hitty (1929) is one of the best doll stories in the language; Elizabeth Coatsworth, with her fine New England tale Away Goes Sally (1934); and the well-loved story of a New York tomboy in…

  • James, Will R. (American author)

    children’s literature: Peaks and plateaus (1865–1940): …the best of them are Will James, with his horse story Smoky (1926); Rachel Field, whose Hitty (1929) is one of the best doll stories in the language; Elizabeth Coatsworth, with her fine New England tale Away Goes Sally (1934); and the well-loved story of a New York tomboy in…

  • James, William (American psychologist and philosopher)

    William James was an American philosopher and psychologist, a leader of the philosophical movement of pragmatism and a founder of the psychological movement of functionalism. James was the eldest son of Henry James, an idiosyncratic and voluble man whose philosophical interests attracted him to the

  • James, William Roderick (American author)

    children’s literature: Peaks and plateaus (1865–1940): …the best of them are Will James, with his horse story Smoky (1926); Rachel Field, whose Hitty (1929) is one of the best doll stories in the language; Elizabeth Coatsworth, with her fine New England tale Away Goes Sally (1934); and the well-loved story of a New York tomboy in…

  • James-Lange theory (psychology)

    motivation: The James-Lange theory: A second biological approach to the study of human motivation has been the study of mechanisms that change the arousal level of the organism. Early research on this topic emphasized the essential equivalency of changes in arousal, changes in emotion, and changes in…

  • Jameson Raid (British and South African history)

    Jameson Raid, unsuccessful attempt by British officials and mining industry leaders to overthrow the government of the Transvaal—more formally known as the South African Republic (SAR)—that began on December 29, 1895, and ended in a stunning collapse on January 2, 1896. Considered to be the

  • Jameson’s mamba (snake)

    mamba: …of East and South Africa, Jameson’s mamba (D. jamesoni) of Central Africa, and the West African green mamba (D. viridis) are all more timid than the black mamba and have not been reported to attack humans. Like the black mamba, they will flatten their necks into a narrow hood as…

  • Jameson, Anna Brownell (Irish writer)

    Canada: …expressed by the Dublin-born writer Anna Brownell Jameson, who explored central Ontario in 1837 and remarked exultantly on “the seemingly interminable line of trees before you; the boundless wilderness around you; the mysterious depths amid the multitudinous foliage, where foot of man hath never penetrated…the solitude in which we proceeded…

  • Jameson, Betty (American golfer)

    golf: The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA): …including Patty Berg, Louise Suggs, Betty Jameson, and, especially, the multisport legend Mildred (“Babe”) Didrikson Zaharias. Even Zaharias’s popularity, however, could not ensure success for the WPGA, which folded in 1949. Nevertheless, it proved within its brief existence the need for a professional women’s organization.

  • Jameson, Elizabeth May (American golfer)

    golf: The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA): …including Patty Berg, Louise Suggs, Betty Jameson, and, especially, the multisport legend Mildred (“Babe”) Didrikson Zaharias. Even Zaharias’s popularity, however, could not ensure success for the WPGA, which folded in 1949. Nevertheless, it proved within its brief existence the need for a professional women’s organization.

  • Jameson, Robert (British geologist)

    Ami Boué: …of the noted Scottish geologist Robert Jameson. Boué studied the volcanic rocks in various parts of Scotland and the Hebrides and later published his findings in Essai géologique sur l’Écosse (1820; “Geological Essay on Scotland”).

  • Jameson, Sir Leander Starr, Baronet (prime minister of the Cape Colony)

    Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Baronet was a Southern African statesman who, as a friend and collaborator of Cecil Rhodes, was notorious for his abortive raid into the Transvaal (also known as the South African Republic) to overthrow the Boer government of Paul Kruger in 1895; the failed incursion

  • Jamesonia (plant genus)

    Pteridaceae: Pteridoid clade: …Eriosorus are now placed in Jamesonia. They occur at high elevations, such as the Andean paramos, and some of the species have leaves that drape over other vegetation and continue to uncurl from an indeterminate apex. Anopteris, Ochropteris, and Neurocallis each have a single species and highly restricted distributions in…

  • Jamestown (New York, United States)

    Jamestown, city, Chautauqua county, southwestern New York, U.S. It lies at the south end of Chautauqua Lake, 70 miles (113 km) southwest of Buffalo. It was named for James Prendergast, a settler from Pittstown, who in 1811 purchased 1,000 acres (400 hectares) of land there and built a mill; a

  • Jamestown (Virginia, United States)

    United States: Classic patterns of siting and growth: … New Amsterdam (New York City); Jamestown, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; and Philadelphia were founded at the same time as the colonies they served. Like nearly all other North American colonial towns of consequence, they were ocean ports. Until at least the beginning of the 20th century the historical geography of…

  • Jamestown (English colony, North America)

    Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of

  • Jamestown (Saint Helena)

    Jamestown, seaport town and capital of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. The town was founded in 1659, when the British East India Company built a fort and established a garrison at the site on James Bay, naming it for the duke of York (later James II).

  • Jamestown (North Dakota, United States)

    Jamestown, city, seat (1874) of Stutsman county, southeast-central North Dakota, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the James River and Pipestem Creek, halfway between Bismarck (west) and Fargo (east). The site was settled in 1871 by construction crews of the Northern Pacific Railway. The garrison

  • Jamestown Colony (English colony, North America)

    Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of

  • Jamestown Rediscovery Project (American archaeological project)

    William Kelso: …American archaeologist who directed the Jamestown Rediscovery Project, an organized effort to uncover and preserve artifacts from the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America.

  • Jamgarh, Mt. (mountain, Azad Kashmir)

    Azad Kashmir: …of the Himalayas rising to Jamgarh Peak (15,531 feet [4,734 metres]); south of this are the northwestern reaches of the Pir Panjal Range, which has an average crest line of 12,500 feet (3,800 metres). The region is in the subduction zone at the most northerly extension of the Indian-Australian tectonic…

  • Jamharat al-lughah (work by Ibn Durayd)

    Ibn Durayd: …wrote a large Arabic dictionary, Jamharat al-lughah (“Collection of Language”).

  • Jamharat al-nasab (work by Hishām ibn al-Kalbī)

    Hishām ibn al-Kalbī: …horses and poems on horses; Jamharat al-nasab (“Genealogical Collection”), a work of great importance about the politics, religion, and literature of the pre-Islamic and early Muslim Arabs; and Kitāb al-aṣnām (The Book of Idols), in which he discusses the gods of the pre-Islamic Arabs. The discussions in Kitāb al-aṣnām are…

  • Jamhuri Day (Kenyan holiday)

    Jamhuri Day, one of the most important national holidays in Kenya, observed on December 12. The holiday formally marks the date of the country’s admittance in 1964 into the Commonwealth as a republic and takes its name from the Swahili word jamhuri (“republic”); December 12 is also the date when

  • Jamhuri Ya Kenya

    Kenya, country in East Africa famed for its scenic landscapes and vast wildlife preserves. Its Indian Ocean coast provided historically important ports by which goods from Arabian and Asian traders have entered the continent for many centuries. Along that coast, which holds some of the finest

  • Jamhuri ya Mwungano wa Tanzania

    Tanzania, East African country situated just south of the Equator. Tanzania was formed as a sovereign state in 1964 through the union of the theretofore separate states of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Mainland Tanganyika covers more than 99 percent of the combined territories’ total area. Mafia Island

  • Jamhuri ya Uganda

    Uganda, landlocked country in east-central Africa. About the size of Great Britain, Uganda is populated by dozens of ethnic groups. The English language and Christianity help unite these diverse peoples, who come together in the cosmopolitan capital of Kampala, a verdant city whose plan includes

  • Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga Soomaaliya

    Somalia, easternmost country of Africa, on the Horn of Africa. It extends from just south of the Equator northward to the Gulf of Aden and occupies an important geopolitical position between sub-Saharan Africa and the countries of Arabia and southwestern Asia. The capital, Mogadishu, is located

  • Jāmī (Persian poet and scholar)

    Jāmī was a Persian scholar, mystic, and poet who is often regarded as the last great mystical poet of Iran. Jāmī spent his life in Herāt, except for two brief pilgrimages to Meshed (Iran) and the Hejaz. During his lifetime his fame as a scholar resulted in numerous offers of patronage by many of

  • Jami Masjid (mosque, Āgra, India)

    Agra: The Jāmiʿ Masjid, or Great Mosque, and the elegant tomb of Iʿtimād al-Dawlah (1628), of white marble, are located near the Taj Mahal. To the northwest, at Sikandra, is the tomb of Akbar.

  • Jamia Millia Islamia (university, Delhi, India)

    Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari: …of the Foundation Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia, a prominent Islamic university established in 1920 in Delhi. The institution’s formation, in which Ansari was heavily involved, was based on nationalist rejection of British colonial rule.

  • Jamia Punjab (university, Lahore, Pakistan)

    University of the Punjab, residential and affiliating university located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab was founded in 1882 to take on some of the colleges then affiliated with the University of Calcutta (Kolkata), whose jurisdiction included most of northern India and parts of Burma (Myanmar). After

  • Jamie Dimon (American businessman)

    James “Jamie” Dimon (born March 13, 1956, New York City, U.S.) is a billionaire businessman and the chair and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM). He has been called one of the most powerful leaders in corporate America. One of three children to parents Theodore and Themis Dimon,

  • Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (television program)

    Jamie Oliver: Three years later Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution aired in the United States. The six-episode program, which chronicled his efforts to improve the eating habits of people in Huntington, West Virginia, won an Emmy Award for outstanding reality program. The show returned for a second season in 2011, set…

  • Jamieson, John (Scottish philologist)

    dictionary: Since 1828: …1808 in the work of John Jamieson on the language of Scotland. Because he did not need to consider the “classical purity” of the language, he included quotations of humble origin; in his Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, his use of “mean” sources marked a turning point in the…

  • Jamieson, Penelope (New Zealand bishop)

    Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia: …1990 in Dunedin, New Zealand, Penelope Jamieson became the first female Anglican bishop to head a diocese. The seat of the primate is in Christchurch.

  • Jamīl al-ʿUdhri (Arabian poet)

    Islamic arts: Umayyad dynasty: …its invention is attributed to Jamīl (died 701), of the tribe ʿUdhrah, “whose members die when they love.” The names of some of these “martyrs of love,” together with the names of their beloveds, were preserved and eventually became proverbial expressions of the tremendous force of true love. Such was…

  • Jamīla (Arab singer)

    Islamic arts: The beginning of Islam and the first four caliphs: …famed were the female musician Jamīlah, around whom clustered musicians, poets, and dignitaries; the male musician Ṭuways, who imitated the melodies he heard from captive Persians; and Ṣāʾib Khāthir, a Persian merchant. Songs were generally accompanied by the lute (ʿūd), the frame drum (duff), or the percussion stick (qaḍīb).

  • Jamiroquai (British musical group)

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