CORNELIUS AMBROSIUS LOGAN
\kɔːnˈiːlɪəs ambɹˈə͡ʊsɪəs lˈə͡ʊɡən], \kɔːnˈiːlɪəs ambɹˈəʊsɪəs lˈəʊɡən], \k_ɔː_n_ˈiː_l_ɪ__ə_s a_m_b_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ__ə_s l_ˈəʊ_ɡ_ə_n]\
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An American dramatist; born in Baltimore, Md., 1806; died near Wheeling, Va., 1853. He made a vigorous reply to Lyman Beecher's attack upon the stage from the pulpit. He wrote successful plays: "Yankee Land" (1834); "A Hundred Years Hence", a burlesque. He also wrote tales and poems.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.