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Jean de Quen [SEP] date of death
Jean de Quen Jean de Quen (May in Amiens, France – 8 October 1659, in Quebec City) was a French Jesuit missionary, priest and historian. As head of Jesuit missions of New France, he founded the missions to Saguenay. In 1647, Jean de Quen was the first European to reach the shores of Piékouagami (Lac Saint-Jean). Early ...
canoe. Bringing two Montagnais with him as guides, Jean de Quen travelled up the Saguenay to Chicoutimi, and took the river of the same name as far as lakes Kenogami and Kénogamishish. The group then entered Lake Saint-Jean via Belle-Rivière. Upon seeing Lac St-Jean, Quen wrote in his journal: In 1651, Father Jean de ...
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Jean-Louis Lafosse [SEP] date of death
Jean-Louis Lafosse Jean-Louis Lafosse (15 March 1941 – 13 June 1981) was a French racing driver. He was most closely associated with the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, in which he finished second in 1975 and 1976. In the European Touring Car Championship, he won the 1974 500km of Vallelunga, and the four-hour race at Monza ...
1738 in France Events from the year 1738 in France Incumbents. - Monarch – Louis XV Births. - 31 May – Stanislas de Boufflers, statesman and writer (died 1815). Births Full date missing. - Philippe-Étienne Lafosse, veterinarian (died 1820) - Jacques Delille, poet and translator (died 1813) Deaths. Deaths Full date miss...
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Jens Edvard Kraft [SEP] date of death
Jens Edvard Kraft Jens Edvard Kraft (22 December 1784 – 21 July 1853) was a Norwegian government official, bibliographer, and author. His writings are a valuable source of knowledge about pre-industrial Norway. Jens Kraft was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He was the son of Even Jensen Kraft (1745-1814) and Marie Hielm ...
Carl Sophus Thomle Carl Sophus Thomle (18 June 1865 – 1 February 1952) was a Norwegian attorney. Personal life. He was born in Bygdøy as a son of Supreme Court Justice August Thomle (1816–1889) and Catharine Kraft (1826–1906). He was a brother of civil servant Jens Edvard Thomle and half-brother of archivist Erik Andre...
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Jens Rud Nielsen [SEP] date of death
Jens Rud Nielsen Jens Rud Nielsen (22 September 1894 – 20 April 1979) was born in Copenhagen and was a physicist at the University of Oklahoma. He immigrated to the United States in 1922. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1931. Scientific accomplishments. Nielsen entered the University of Copenhagen in the fa...
(1327- ) Matheus Jakobsen Taa - (1356-1376) Jens Nielsen Neb - ( - ) Henrik Jensen Neb - ( - ) Jens Genvæther - (1382- ) Hartvig Bryske - ( - ) Birgitte Bryske - ( - ) Herman v. Hahn - ( - ) Christen Rud - ( - ) Ulf Limbek - ( - ) Jens Poulsen - ( - ) Eskil Gøye - ( - ) Claus Bryske - ( - ) Navne Jensen Gyrsting - (144...
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Joel Fridlizius [SEP] date of death
Joel Fridlizius Joel Fridlizius (31 December 1869 – 6 January 1963) was a Swedish chess master. He took 2nd, behind Jorgen Moeller, at Gothenburg 1901 (the 3rd Nordic Chess Championship), won ahead of Gustaf Nyholm at Gothenburg 1909 (B tournament), and tied for 7-9th but won games from Alexander Alekhine and Rudolf Sp...
, 1814–1884) - Zenon Franco (Paraguay, born 1956) - Laurent Fressinet (France, born 1981) - Sergey von Freymann (Russia, Uzbekistan, 1882–1946) - Joel Fridlizius (Sweden, 1869–1963) - Daniel Fridman (Latvia, Germany, born 1976) - Frederic Friedel (Germany, born 1945) - Gunnar Friedemann (Estonia, 1909–1943) - David Fri...
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Johann Conrad Susemihl [SEP] date of death
Johann Conrad Susemihl Johann Conrad Susemihl (1767 , Oberhessen – 1847), was a German copperplate engraver and artist noted for his images of natural history, landscapes and architecture. Susemihl is acclaimed for his survey of the birds of Germany, ""Teutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands...
1800 in birding and ornithology - Georg Adolf Suckow, 1800-1801. - François Marie Daudin . (F.M. Daudin, ed.). , Paris, France - Johann Conrad Susemihl began a 22 part work on the birds of Germany, "" completed in 1817. - Jacques Labillardière published the very popular "Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse"...
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Johannes Hölz [SEP] date of death
Johannes Hölz Johannes Hölz (2 July 1906 – 29 April 1945) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Johannes Hölz was killed on 29 April 1945 during the retreat of 9. Armee during the Battle of Halbe. Awards and decorations...
and philologist - Max Kommerell (1902-1944), literary scholar and poet - Johannes Hölz (1906–1945) a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II - Rul Bückle (1925-2005), aviation pioneer, fighter pilot and founder of Südflug International - Friedrich Mildenberger (1929-2012), Evangelical Luthera...
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John Cutler alias Carwithan [SEP] date of death
John Cutler alias Carwithan John Cutler alias Carwithan (died 1467?) of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter in May 1421, 1425, 1429, 1433 and 1461. He was Mayor of Exeter in 1436–7, 1442–3, and 1448–9.
Scut - July 1414 to October 1415: John Lake - 1414–15, 1419–20, 1422–3, 1426–7: Thomas Eston - 1413–14, 1415–16:Peter Sturt - 1425-6: Robert Vessy - 1423–24, 1428–30, 1444–5, 1446–8: John Shillingford - 1436-7, 1442–3, 1448–9: John Cutler alias Carwithan - 1491: Stephen Ridgeway - 1502: John Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleig...
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John Daly Burk [SEP] date of death
John Daly Burk John Daly Burk (ca.1776–1808) was an Irish-born dramatist, historian and newspaperman in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He died fighting a duel in Virginia in 1808. Biography. Burk was probably born in Cork, Ireland circa 1772 and was raised Protestant. Burk attended Trinity...
reading About Burk. - Joseph Tinker Buckingham. Specimens of newspaper literature: with personal memoirs, anecdotes, and reminiscences, v.2. Boston: Little & Brown, 1850 - Charles Campbell. Some materials to serve for a brief memoir of John Daly Burk: author of a History of Virginia. With a sketch of the life and chara...
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John Jack [SEP] date of death
John Jack John Jack (9 March 1932 – 1988) was a Scottish footballer, who played for the Celtic and Greenock Morton football clubs.
for promoting entrepreneurship. References. - Reading Your Customers' Minds, "Forbes", Oct. 30, 2009 - Simulating The Brain: Baynote CEO Jack Jia, "Sramana Mitra", Oct. 13, 2009 - C-Suite Sit Down with Jack Jia, "Fox Business TV", Sep. 4, 2008 - A Conversation with Jack Jia, Founder and CEO of Baynote, "Dialogue360", S...
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John Just [SEP] date of death
John Just John Just (1797 – 14 October 1852) was an English archaeologist and botanist. Life. Just, eldest son of Jonathan Just, farmer, was born in the village of Natland, two miles from Kendal in Westmorland, on 3 Dec. 1797. After attending the village school he was employed on a farm, but, being of studious tastes, ...
4x4 Episode 4 --Air date Aug 19, 2015—After Rachel moved out she was clueless to the fact that Clare was to go from nightmare neighbour to murderer in just a few months. 4x5 Episode 5 --Air date Aug 26, 2015—The show features a couple of extreme stories of neighbours whose disputes have led to violent harassment and ul...
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John Muirhead Macfarlane [SEP] date of death
John Muirhead Macfarlane John Muirhead Macfarlane FRSE LLD (28 September 1855, Kirkcaldy, Fife – 16 September 1943, Lancaster) was a Scottish botanist. Life. He was born in Kirkcaldy in Fife on 28 September 1855. He was educated locally, then studied sciences at the University of Edinburgh, first graduating with a BSc...
John Sangster Macfarlane (1818–1880), 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand Others. - John Edward Macfarlane (born 1942), Canadian journalist - John Macfarlane (artist), Scottish artist and theatre designer, Prix Benois de la Danse winner (2015) - John Lisle Hall MacFarlane (1851–1874), Scottish ru...
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Johnny Cunningham [SEP] date of death
Johnny Cunningham Johnny Cunningham (27 August 1957 – 15 December 2003) was a Scottish folk musician and composer, instrumental in spreading interest in traditional Celtic music. Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh. Along with his brother, he was raised as a member of the Church of Jes...
position. It was soon revealed that the father of Ramona's child was Rachel's boyfriend Tim Cunningham (Richard Vette). Nonetheless the two remained friends and in 1995 Ramona gave birth to her daughter Lucy. She began to date Nick Harrison (Karl Burnett) but disaster struck at Christmas time when Nick misplaced Lucy. ...
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Josemaría Escrivá [SEP] date of death
Josemaría Escrivá Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and that ordinary life can result in sanctity. He was cano...
Canonization of Josemaría Escrivá Canonization of Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer discusses John Paul II's decision to canonize Josemaría Escrivá, founder of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, more commonly known as Opus Dei. History of the Cause of Canonization. According to the Vatican, here is the chronolog...
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Joseph Bernard Chambers [SEP] date of death
Joseph Bernard Chambers Joseph Bernard Chambers (12 March 1859–22 May 1931) was a New Zealand sheepfarmer, viticulturist and wine-maker. He was born in Te Mata, near Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand on 12 March 1859.
Joseph Chambers Joseph Chambers may refer to: - Joseph Chambers (minister) (born 1936), Pentecostal minister and writer - Joseph Chambers (politician) (1815–1884), Australian politician - Joseph B. Chambers (1833–1909), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient - Joseph Bernard Chambers (1859–1931), New Zealand she...
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Joseph Collett [SEP] date of death
Joseph Collett Joseph Collett (1673–1725) was a British administrator in service of the British East India Company. He served as the Governor of Bencoolen from 1712 to 1717 and as the President of Madras from 1717 to 1720. He constructed Hertford Castle in England and stood for election to the British Parliament. Early...
in 1682, by Giles and Joseph Knight, John Carver, John Hart, Richard Collett and their families, and others. Byberry was the birthplace of Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The township was established at a very early date after the coming of William Penn. It contained very few villages at the...
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José Barona [SEP] date of death
Independence of Mexico; then Governor José María de Echeandía nevertheless recommended that Barona not be deported when the law of December 20, 1827 (requiring the expulsion of all Spaniards younger than sixty years of age) took effect in California. José Barona remained at San Juan Capistrano, where he ministered to t...
José Barona Father José Barona, O.F.M. was Catholic a priest of the Franciscan Order, and a Spanish missionary in California during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Born in July, 1764 at Villa-Nueva del Conde, in the archdiocese of Burgos, Old Castile, Father Barona entered the Order of St. Francis at the Villa ...
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Juan de Celaya [SEP] date of death
Juan de Celaya Juan de Celaya (Valencia, c.1490 - 6 December 1558) was a Spanish mathematician, physicist, cosmologist, philosopher and theologian. He was a member of the so-called Calculators, using ideas from Merton College. He is known for his work on motion (in kinetics and dynamics) and in logic. Life. The son of ...
(11 Dec 1713 – death 10 March 1719) - Manuel Santa Maria Salazar (4 March 1720 – death 2 Sep 1734) - Cayetano Gil Taboada (26 Sep 1735 – 23 August 1745), next Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1745.08.23 – death 1751.05.12) - Juan Bautista Ferrer y Castro (23 Aug 1745 – 12 April 1748 Died) - Francisco Izquierdo y T...
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Juan de Navas [SEP] date of death
Juan de Navas Juan de Navas (ca. 1650–1719) was a Spanish baroque composer and harpist. As court harpist to Charles II of Spain he was sought as approver of Torres y Martínez Bravo's treatise on thoroughbass. Works, editions and recordings. - "villancicos" - "Angelicas escuadras" and others. - "tonos humanos" in the "G...
30 Sep 1830 Died) - Juan José Bonel y Orbe (28 Feb 1831 – 29 Jul 1833 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba) - José Gómez y Navas, T.O.R. (29 Jul 1833 – 26 Dec 1835 Died) - Salvador José Reyes y García de Lara (20 Jan 1848 – 5 Sep 1851 Confirmed, Archbishop of Granada) - Juan Nepomuceno Cascallana y Ordóñez (5 Sep 1851 – 26 Feb...
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Judith Drake [SEP] date of death
Judith Drake Judith Drake (fl. 1670s–1723) was an English intellectual and author who was active in the last decade of the 17th century. She was part of a circle of intellectuals, authors, and philosophers which included Mary Astell, Lady Mary Chudleigh, Elizabeth Thomas, Elizabeth Elstob, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an...
"A Basket of Wishes" (1995/Jul) - "Bed of Roses" (1996/May) - "Yonder Lies Heaven" (1997/Sep) - "Happily Forever After" (2015) - "A Prince to Call My Own" (2015) Bibliography Omnibus in collaboration. - "Under the Mistletoe" (1993) (with Shannon Drake, Judith E. French and Sara Orwig) - "Love Goddesses" (1996) (with Ca...
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Jules Gervais-Courtellemont [SEP] date of death
Jules Gervais-Courtellemont Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863–1931) was a French photographer who was famous for taking color autochromes during World War I. He was born in the province of Seine-et-Marne, near Paris, but grew up in Algeria, where he developed a passion for the pre-colonial Orient and devoted most of hi...
Jules Cobb, the main character of the US television series "Cougar Town" - Jules Feiffer, an American cartoonist - Jules Gervais-Courtellemont, French war photographer from World War I - Jules Jordan, American pornographic actor, director and producer - Jules "Skip" Kendall (born 1964), American professional golfer - J...
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K. P. Prabhakaran [SEP] date of death
K. P. Prabhakaran K. P. Prabhakaran (died 11 August 2009) was a communist politician and trade unionist from Kerala, India. He was a senior leader of the Communist Party of India, served as Health Minister of Kerala for one period. At the time of his death, he was the chairman of the State Control Commission of CPI. Ea...
K. P. Prabhakaran Nair K. P. Prabhakaran Nair is an Indian agronomist. He was formerly a senior fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and is the chairman of an independent committee of experts appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate Bt brinjal. Books. Nair's books include: - "The Agronomy and Economy o...
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Kate Bradbury Griffith [SEP] date of death
Kate Bradbury Griffith Kate Bradbury Griffith aka Kate Griffith (née Bradbury) (26 August 1854 – 2 March 1902) was a British Egyptologist who assisted in the early development of the Egypt Exploration Society and the Department of Egyptology at University College London (UCL). Biography. Bradbury was born in Ashton-und...
She had also provided the funding for the Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology to be established. The archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie was the first postholder. A former student of Petrie's, Francis Llewellyn Griffith came to UCL to teach ancient Egyptian language. Kate Bradbury continue...
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Kees Brusse [SEP] date of death
Kees Brusse Kees Brusse (; 26 February 1925 – 9 December 2013) was a Dutch actor, film director and screenwriter. A self-taught actor, he was remarkable for his natural acting style at a time when more theatrical performances were the norm in The Netherlands. One of the first Dutch actors who managed to combine a stage...
Brusse Brusse may refer to: - Ellen Brusse (born 1950), Dutch television hostess - Franklin Andrej Brusse (born 1951), lichenologist - Kees Brusse (born 1925–2013), Dutch actor, film director and screenwriter
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Komla Agbeli Gbedemah [SEP] date of death
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (17 June 191311 July 1998) was a Ghanaian politician and Minister for Finance in Ghana's Nkrumah government between 1954 and 1961. He was known popularly as "Afro Gbede". Early Life and education. Komla was born on 17 June,1913 in Warri,Nigeria of Ewe parentage. He was educa...
. Jonathan Emuss was made bankrupt on 26 June 2018 by the Isle of Man company, Greencroft International Limited - Peter Gbedemah's offshore investment company. Interestingly, Peter Gbedemah is also related to Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, the Ghanaian politician and a former Minister For Finance in the Ghanaian government of ...
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Konrad Boehmer [SEP] date of death
Konrad Boehmer Konrad Boehmer (24 May 1941 – 4 October 2014) was a German-Dutch composer, educator, and writer. Life. Boehmer was born in Berlin. A self-declared member of the Darmstadt School , he studied composition in Cologne with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Gottfried Michael Koenig, and philosophy, sociology, and mus...
immunologist - Hasso von Boehmer, (1904-1945), German Colonel who participated in the 20 July Plot against Hitler - Henning von Boehmer, (born 1943), German author, publisher, lawyer and journalist - Johann Friedrich Böhmer, German historian - Justus Henning Boehmer, German ecclesiastical jurist - Konrad Boehmer, Dutch...
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Konstantinos Damianos [SEP] date of death
Konstantinos Damianos Konstantinos Damianos (, 1853–1915) was a senior Greek Army officer who fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913. He was born in Athens in 1853, and graduated from the Greek Army Academy on 7 February 1878 as an Artillery Adjutant. He fought in the Epirus front of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 with ...
5th Infantry Regiment - 1st and 2nd squadrons of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment - 2nd Infantry Division (II Μεραρχία), under Maj Gen Konstantinos Kallaris - 1st Infantry Regiment - 3rd Infantry Regiment - 7th Infantry Regiment - 1st and 2nd squadrons of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment - 3rd Infantry Division (III Με...
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Lee Lawrence [SEP] date of death
Lee Lawrence Lee Lawrence (born Leon Siroto, 1920 – 26 February 1961) was a British singer who was popular in the 1950s. He was born in Salford. Both his parents sang with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, and at the age of 16 he went to Italy to study opera for three years. After returning to England, he enlisted in the Ro...
Macleane" (1999). The TV version of Georg Büchner's play "Danton's Death" (1978), inspired her to write her French historical novel. The painters that have inspired her include Vincent van Gogh, Cotman, J. M. W. Turner, Gustav Klimt, Rousseau, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and several pre-...
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Lili Novy [SEP] date of death
Lili Novy Lili Novy née Haumeder (24 December 1885 – 7 March 1958) was a Slovene poet and translator of poetry. She is considered the first Slovene female lyric poet as well as one of the most important Slovene female poets in general. She was born in Graz as Lili Haumeder to an ethnic German father and a Slovene mothe...
("The Dangerouse Memory"), which was published in French by a Parisian editing house and translated into several European languages, and "Spomini na Slovence" ("Memories of the Slovenes"), published shortly before his death, he explored his memory and gave a sometimes extremely critical accounts of his contemporaries. ...
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Lloyd Brevett [SEP] date of death
Lloyd Brevett Lloyd Brevett OD (1 August 1931 – 3 May 2012) was a Jamaican double bassist, songwriter, and a founding member of The Skatalites. He was a Rastafarian, and the uncle of The Melodians member, Tony Brevett. Biography. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Brevett was a founding member in 1964 of the ska band The Skata...
The Melodians The Melodians are a rocksteady band formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963, by Tony Brevett (born 1949, nephew of The Skatalites bassist, Lloyd Brevett), Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton. Renford Cogle assisted with writing and arranging material. Career. Trevor McNaughton had the...
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Louis de Beaufront [SEP] date of death
Louis de Beaufront Louis Chevreux (3 October 1855, Paris – 8 January 1935, Thézy-Glimont), commonly known as Louis de Beaufront, was a major influence in the development of Ido, an international auxiliary language. Beaufront was initially an advocate of Esperanto and was largely responsible for its early diffusion in w...
was later revealed to be Louis de Beaufront, acting in concert with Louis Couturat. Aftermath. The commission delivered an ultimatum to the Esperanto Language Committee, the nearest approximate to a governing body of the Esperanto movement at the time. A response was demanded in one month, but this was logistically imp...
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Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim [SEP] date of death
Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (; 22 June 1800 – 14 November 1873) was a German banker and a member of the prominent Bischoffsheim family. Early life. Louis-Raphaël was born on 22 June 1800 and was the eldest son of Nathan-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (1773–1814), who was considered the founder of the...
Raphaël Nathan Bischoffsheim (1773–1814), army contractor of the Electorate of Mainz - Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (1800–1873), banker, founder of Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt & Cie married to Amalie Goldschmidt (1804–1887), daughter of Hayum-Salomon Goldschmidt (1772–1843), banker - Raphaël Louis Bischoffsheim (1823–190...
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Luko Stulić [SEP] date of death
Luko Stulić Luko Stulić, also Luca Stulli, (1772–1828) was a scientist from the Republic of Ragusa (Republic of Dubrovnik) in today's southern Croatia who first made epidemiological studies of heritable skin disorders. His treatise of what became the Mljet disease (after the Adriatic island of Mljet) is a classic in de...
Joakim Stulić Joakim Stulić, also Joakim Stulli as styled by himself, (1730–1817) was a lexicographer from the Republic of Ragusa, the author of the biggest dictionary in the older Croatian lexicography. He was born in Dubrovnik, where he received his primary education and continued his studies in the Jesuit college an...
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Mansur Kamaletdinov [SEP] date of death
Mansur Kamaletdinov Mansur Kamaletdinov (Russian Мансур Фатхинурович Камалетдинов) (7 January 1926 – 19 April 2012) was a Russian-born ballet dancer, teacher, ballet master and choreographer of classical ballet and classical character dance. Kamaletdinov was born in Zlatoust, Russia and spent his early childhood in a v...
Indianapolis Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and many others. Kamaletdinov died of natural causes on April 19, 2012 at his home in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. External links. - Vaganova Master Classes and Summer School – Official website for Mansur Kamaletdinov
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Manthos Kaloudis [SEP] date of death
Manthos Kaloudis Manthos Kaloudis (1911–1990) was a Greek cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Greece at the 1948 Summer Olympics Greece competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 61 competitors, 60 men and 1 woman, took part in 44 events in 10 sports. Cycling. Three cyclists, all men, represented Greece in 1948. - Individual road race - M...
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Marc Antoine Auguste Gaudin [SEP] date of death
Marc Antoine Auguste Gaudin Marc Antoine Auguste Gaudin (1804–1880) was a French chemist. He was a pioneer in photography and contributed to the Avogadro's gas law by proposing that some elements form diatomic or polyatomic gas.
not consider this possibility. Curiously, Avogadro considers only molecules containing even numbers of atoms; he does not say why odd numbers are left out. In 1826, building on the work of Avogadro, the French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas states: In coordination with these concepts, in 1833 the French chemist Marc Antoi...
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Marcus Fernando [SEP] date of death
Marcus Fernando Sir Hilarian Marcus Fernando, FRCP (1864–1936) was a pre-independence Ceylonese statesmen, physician and banker. He was a member of both the Executive Council and Legislative Council as well as the Chairman of the State Mortgage Bank of Ceylon. Education. Fernando was educated at St Benedicts Academy (l...
I Menéndez (1181–1182) - Rodrigo II Menéndez (1182–1218) - Ordoño (1218–1226) - Miguel (1226–1270) - Fernando Arias (1270–1276), later Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1278–1285) - Juan Martínez (1277–1281) - Alonso Yáñez (1281–1284) - Arias Soga (1284–1286) - Fernando Arias Pérez de Páramo (1286–1294) - Arias Medín (1294 – deat...
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Margaret Young Taylor [SEP] date of death
Margaret Young Taylor Margaret Young Taylor (24 April 1837 – 3 May 1919) was a member of the inaugural general presidency of what is today the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887. She was one of the plural wives of John Taylor, a president of the LD...
another of Brigham Young's wives. Maria Young married William B. Dougall on June 1, 1868. She was at the foundational meeting of the LDS Church's Young Ladies' Department of the Cooperative Retrenchment Association in 1869. When Margaret Young Taylor, the first counselor in the Young Women organization, resigned her po...
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Maria Cotescu [SEP] date of death
Maria Cotescu Maria Cotescu (sometimes shown as Maria Cottescu or Marica Cottescu) (1896–1980) was one of the first female Romanian architects. She was most prolific in the period between the wars and was one of the few architects of the period whose theoretical design writings were parallel to her design implementatio...
- Prince Armand (1817–1890), later 4th Duc de Polignac; he has male-line descendants to date who bear the principal title. - Princess Seyna-Camille (1818–1833) After his first wife's death in 1819, he married in London, on 3 June 1824, to Charlotte, Comtesse de Choiseul, widow of Comte Cesar de Choiseul (d. 1821), "née...
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Mark Lovell [SEP] date of death
Mark Lovell Mark Lovell (27 March 1960 – 12 July 2003) was a British rally driver. He won the 1986 British Rally Championship in a Ford RS200 Group B, the 1987 and 1988 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, the 1988 International Dutch Rally Drivers' Championship and the 2001 SCCA ProRally Drivers' Championship in the Unite...
- 1987 to 1988 Ray Parker - 1988 to Jan-92 Hugh Stinson - Jan-92 to Mar-92 Andy Woolford (caretaker) - Mar-92 to Feb-95 John Ryan - Feb-95 to Sep-96 Steve Lovell - Sep-96 to Mar-99 Alan Walker - Mar-99 to Jan-01 Hugh Stinson - Jan-01 to Sep-01 John Roles - Oct-01 to Nov-04 Mark Beeney - Nov-04 to Mar-05 Steve Nolan - M...
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Mary Queeny [SEP] date of death
Mary Queeny Mary Queeny (; 1913–2003) was an Egyptian actress and film producer. She was born Mary Boutros Younis in 1913 to a Lebanese Christian family in Lebanon. Her mother's cousin was Asaad Dagher, a writer and journalist at the "Al-Ahram" newspaper. In 1923 she moved to Cairo with her aunt, actress and film produ...
- England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 1892 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Page 319; Mary Clare Absalom - England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1837-1983 1915 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Page 1171; Mary Clare Absalom & Lionel P. Mawhood - England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 1970 Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep Entry reads; "MAWHOOD Mary Clare b 17th Jy ...
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Matilda of Habsburg [SEP] date of death
Matilda of Habsburg Matilda of Habsburg or Melchilde (1253 in Rheinfelden – 23 December 1304 in Munich, Bavaria) was the eldest daughter of Rudolph I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenburg. She was regent of Bavaria in the minority of her son. Marriage. On 24 October 1273, Matilda married Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, in Aa...
death unknown), a nun in Marienburg abbey 2. Ludwig (13 September 1267 – 23 November 1290), killed at a tournament at Nuremberg. Anna's son, Ludwig would have probably become Duke of Bavaria, but died at a tournament and he died before his father. Anna herself died in 1271, she was in her late teens or early twenties, ...
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Miguel Boyer [SEP] date of death
Miguel Boyer Miguel Boyer Salvador (5 February 1939 – 29 September 2014) was a Spanish economist and politician, who served as minister of economy, treasury and commerce from 1982 to 1985. Early life and education. Boyer was born in St. Jean de Luz, France, on 5 February 1939. He was a graduate of the Universidad Compl...
) - Juan Montalbán Gómez, O.P. (13 Sep 1706 – 16 Sep 1720), next Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1720.09.16 – death 1720.11.12) - Felipe de los Tueros Huerta (3 Feb 1721 – 20 Jan 1734), next Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1734.01.20 – death 1751.09.12) - Francisco Salgado Quirago (24 March 1734 – death April 1744) - André...
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Miguel Venegas [SEP] date of death
Miguel Venegas Miguel Venegas (1680–1764) was a Jesuit administrator and historian. He is most known for his book "Noticia de la California", a standard geographical, historical, and ethnographic description of Baja California, Mexico—a region he never personally visited. Biography. Miguel Venegas was born in Puebla, N...
continued to be questioned though the matter did not affect his re-election prospects. James D. "Jim" Smiley (1958–1991), a Missouri native, Laredo businessman, and a Baptist deacon, Ruben Martinez, then twenty-one, and Daniel Duenez Capetillo, then fourteen, were murdered in Smiley's home by two teenagers wielding an ...
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Mochta [SEP] date of death
Mochta Saint Mochta, Mochtae, or Mahew (died 20 August 535, or A.D. 537), in Latin sources "Maucteus" or "Mauchteus", was the last surviving disciple of St. Patrick. Life. He was, like Patrick, a native of Britain. His name is British, and Adomnán's "Life of Columba" describes him as "a certain British stranger, a holy...
Bishop of Armagh, that is after Patrick's heir Benignus and the "Annals of Ulster" and "Innisfallen" record his death in the year 481. In the two Irish "Lives" of St Brendan, possibly of the 12th century, Iarlaithe is called a son of Lug, son of Trén, son of Fiacc, son of Mochta, and the First "Life" in the Book of Lis...
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Muhlis Tayfur [SEP] date of death
Muhlis Tayfur Muhlis Tayfur (1922–2008) was a Turkish sport wrestler, born in Erzurum. He won a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, middleweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
he founded Ferdifon Records in 1982 and also entered the construction sector in 2009. Life. Tayfur was born in Adana and his father Cumali Bey named him after his favorite voice actor Ferdi Tayfur. His father wanted his son to have a proper education, but after he was murdered when exiting a casino, Tayfur left school ...
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Murawwat Hussain [SEP] date of death
Murawwat Hussain Murawwat Hussain (8 August 1918 – 25 September 1984) was a Pakistani cricketer and umpire. A right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler, Murawwat Hussain played first-class cricket in India and Pakistan from 1935 to 1954, and toured Ceylon with the Pakistan team in 1948-49. In the second of the two ma...
Ceylon. Pakistan were captained by Mohammed Saeed and Ceylon by Derrick de Saram. The team. - Mohammed Saeed (captain) - Abdur Rehman - Alimuddin - Anwar Hussain - Aslam Khokhar - Usuf Chippa - Fazal Mahmood - Imtiaz Ahmed - Behram Irani - Khan Mohammad - Maqsood Ahmed - Mohammad Amin - Murawwat Hussain - Nazar Mohamma...
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Murchadh mac Maenach [SEP] date of death
Murchadh mac Maenach Murchadh mac Maenach (died 896) was King of Maigh Seóla. Biography. Murchadh is one of the earliest attested kings of his region. He is noteworthy as the person who gave his name to the Muintir Murchada, a dynasty whose leading family later took the surname Ó Flaithbertaigh (O'Flaherty). At this po...
Cléirchén mac Murchadh Cléirchén mac Murchadh (died 908) was King of Maigh Seóla. Biography. Cléirchén appears only in the annals, and is not listed in any extant genealogies, so it is unknown if he had any descendants. He was the first of two sons of Murchadh mac Maenach to rule the kingdom. His name does not appear a...
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Nat Farbman [SEP] date of death
Nat Farbman Nat Farbman (1907 in Poland – 1988 in USA) migrated to United States 1911, was a photographer for LIFE magazine from 1946–61. At the University of Santa Clara Farbman enrolled in electrical engineering. He became a photojournalist, commercial and fashion photographer He married Patsy (Pat) English, a model ...
, another from Bechuanaland by Nat Farbman and a rural family of the United States by Nina Leen, encouraged circulation to view double-sided prints and invited reflection on the universal nature of the family beyond cultural differences. Photos were chosen according to their capacity to communicate a story, or a feelin...
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Nikolaos Thon [SEP] date of death
Nikolaos Thon Nikolaos Thon (; 1850–1906) was a Greek courtier and businessman. He was born in Athens to a Bavarian who had come to Greece with King Otto, and his Greek wife Marigo Vogiatzi. The ownership of mines in the Cyclades helped him amass considerable fortune, and he acquired extensive properties in Attica. Amo...
- 1747 – Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1804) - 1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1823) - 1759 – Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1794) - 1768 – Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844) - 1794...
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Nina Andrycz [SEP] date of death
Nina Andrycz Nina Andrycz (11 November 1912 – 31 January 2014) was a Polish actress and the wife of Józef Cyrankiewicz. She studied law at the Wilno University. Selected filmography. - "Warsaw Premiere" (1951) - "Before Twilight" (2009) See also. - List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)
, 76, Cook Islands politician. - Nina Andrycz, 101, Polish actress and poet. - Sebastian Barker, 68, British poet, cardiac arrest. - Deborah Blackwell, 63, American cable network executive (SOAPnet) and talent agent, Pick's disease. - Gundi Busch, 78, German world champion and Olympic figure skater. - Emilio Del Giudic...
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Norberto Raffo [SEP] date of death
Norberto Raffo Norberto Raffo (27 April 1939 – 16 December 2008) was an Argentine football striker. He was born in the city of Avellaneda in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. He was the Copa Libertadores de América Topscorer in Copa Libertadores 1967 with 14 goals for eventual champions Racing Club, the second hi...
- Norberto Raffo (1939–2008), Argentine football striker - Norberto Ramírez (died 1856), Nicaraguan lawyer and politician - Norberto Rivera Carrera (born 1942), Mexican Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church - Norberto Romuáldez (1875–1941), Philippine writer, politician, jurist and statesman - Norberto Scoponi, former ...
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Olav Riégo [SEP] date of death
Olav Riégo Olav Riégo (21 April 1891 – 25 December 1956) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1923 and 1956. He starred in the film "Leva på 'Hoppet'", which won the Silver Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography. - "Her Little Majesty" (1925) - "Ch...
. - Alf Kjellin as Jan-Erik Widgren (student at "Ring IV L") - Stig Järrel as "Caligula", teacher of Latin language - Mai Zetterling as Bertha Olsson, clerk of the cigarette store - Olof Winnerstrand as The Principal - Gösta Cederlund as Pippi, teacher - Stig Olin as Sandman, student - Jan Molander as Pettersson, stude...
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Oliver Nicolls [SEP] date of death
Oliver Nicolls General Oliver Nicolls (c.1740 – 1829) was a British Army officer. Military career. Nicolls was commissioned into the 1st Regiment of Foot in November 1756. He became Quartermaster-General in the West Indies in 1794, in which capacity he subdued a rebellion in Grenada. He became Commander-in-chief of the...
restoration of Charles II in 1660. Charles gave his brother, the Duke of York (later to become King James II), rights to the colony of Nieuw Amsterdam when Richard Nicolls took it from the Dutch in 1667. Many English colonists did not like Nicolls because they thought Oliver Cromwell had been their savior. Career Gover...
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Oliver Whateley [SEP] date of death
Oliver Whateley Oliver Whateley (8 August 1861 – October 1926) was an English international footballer, who played as an inside forward. Career. Born in Birmingham, Whateley played for Aston Villa, and earned two caps for England in 1883.
its date is unknown with very little documentation existing regarding it The Newtons, a wealthy local family lived in the house even after buying the Barrells Hall estate in 1856, continuing to use Whateley Hall as the residence of the second son, William Newton III, vicar of Rotherham however it was sold in 1881 to th...
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Otto Fabricius [SEP] date of death
Otto Fabricius Otto Fabricius (6 March 1744 – 20 May 1822) was a Danish missionary, naturalist, ethnographer, and explorer of Greenland. Biography. Otto Fabricius was born in Rudkøbing on the island of Langeland, Denmark where his father was a rector. In his youth, he was largely educated at home by tutors. In 1762, he...
stations before his death. Work in Greenland was directed first by Hans Egede and then, after the death of his wife, his son Paul. It was administered in conjunction with the Moravian missions there and the various chartered companies, particularly the Royal Greenland Trading Department. Early on, the well-endowed coll...
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Otto Höfler [SEP] date of death
Otto Höfler Otto Höfler (10 May 1901 – 25 August 1987, in Vienna) was an Austrian scholar of German studies. He was a student of Rudolf Much, and adopted Much's "Germanic Continuity Theory," which argued for continuity of ancient Germanic culture into present-day German folklore. His contributions center on studies of ...
Höfler Höfler may refer to: - Konstantin von Höfler, German historian - Otto Höfler, Austrian scholar of German studies See also. - Hoefler (disambiguation)
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Otto Schott [SEP] date of death
Otto Schott Friedrich Otto Schott (17 December 1851 – 27 August 1935) was a German chemist, glass technologist, and the inventor of borosilicate glass. He was the son of a window glass maker, Simon Schott. From 1870 to 1873 Schott studied chemical technology at the technical college in Aachen and at the universities of...
sold their 1,000 microscope. In 1872 physicist Ernst Abbe joined Zeiss and along with Otto Schott designed greatly improved lenses for the optical instruments they were producing. After Carl Zeiss's death in 1888, the business was incorporated as the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung in 1889. By World War I, Zeiss was the world's la...
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Patrick Gowers [SEP] date of death
Patrick Gowers William Patrick Gowers (5 May 1936 – 30 December 2014) was an English composer, mainly known for his film scores. Born in Islington, Gowers was the son of Stella Gowers (née Pelly) and Richard Gowers, a solicitor. His great-grandfather was the neurologist Sir William Richard Gowers, and his grandfather w...
female badminton player from England - Ken Gowers (1936-2017), British rugby league footballer - Patrick Gowers (1936–2014), English composer known for his film and TV scores - Simon Gowers (born 1956), Professor of Psychiatry at Liverpool University - Timothy Gowers, FRS (born 1963), British mathematician - William Fr...
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Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg [SEP] date of death
Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (11 August 1584 in Langenburg – 29 January 1628 in Weikersheim), was Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and was the fourth son of Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1546–1610), who later became regent of the county of Weikershei...
Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 September 1625 in Langenburg – 2 June 1699 ibid) was the youngest child of Count Philip Ernest of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Countess Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde. He was head of the house of Hohenlohe-Langenburg a...
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Pieter Anton Tiele [SEP] date of death
Pieter Anton Tiele Pieter Anton Tiele (18 January 1834, Leiden - 22 January 1889, Utrecht) was for many years as the librarian of Utrecht University. Life. He was distinguished himself by his bibliographical studies, more especially by his several works on the history of colonization in Asia. Among these the most note...
He was also a fellow of at least fifteen learned societies in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States. Family. Pieter Anton Tiele was his brother. Bibliography (selection). - C.P. Tiele: "Comparative history of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian religions. History of the Egypti...
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Pope Sixtus I [SEP] date of death
Pope Sixtus I Pope Sixtus I (42 – 124, 125, 126 or 128), a Roman of Greek descent, was the Bishop of Rome from c. 115 to his death c. 124. He succeeded Pope Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Pope Telesphorus. His feast is celebrated on 6 April. Biography. The Holy See's "Annuario Pontificio" (2012) identifies hi...
Sebastián de Perea Sebastián de Perea or Sebastián de Pesca (died 20 Sep 1607) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville (1587–1607). Biography. On 27 Apr 1587, Sebastián de Perea was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Auxiliary Bishop of Seville and Titular Bishop of "Medaurus...
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René-Jean Caillette [SEP] date of death
René-Jean Caillette René-Jean Caillette (1919–2005) was a French decorative artist and designer, son of a cabinetmaker. His elegant and modernistic furniture designs were mass-produced after World War II (1939–45). His molded plywood Diamond chair is considered a classic. Life. René-Jean Caillette was born in 1919, the...
In the period after World War II (1939–45) there was increased interest in using new methods and materials for mass production of furniture. Manufacturers of materials such as formica, plywood, aluminum, and steel sponsored the salons. Designers who exhibited their experimental work in this period included Pierre Guari...
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Richard DeVore [SEP] date of death
Richard DeVore Richard DeVore (1933 - 25 June 2006) was an American ceramicist that was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933. He earned a B.Ed. degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received an M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957. In 1966 DeVore became head of the ceramics department ...
India Company. His mother Ann (nee Lennox) died in April 1813, and Richard was most likely sent to England to live with relatives shortly afterward. His father remarried and had two other children, but he also died in Calcutta in 1822. Name: Richard Alexander Pauling Gender: Male Marriage Date: 25 Sep 1831 Marriage Pla...
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Richard Empson [SEP] date of death
Richard Empson Sir Richard Empson (c. 1450 – 17 August 1510), minister of Henry VII, was a son of Peter Empson. Educated as a lawyer, he soon attained considerable success in his profession, and in 1491 was a Knight of the shire for Northamptonshire in Parliament, and Speaker of the House of Commons. Career. Richard Em...
, Edmund Dudley and Sir Richard Empson, were imprisoned. Though evidence was scarce, both were convicted of treason, attainted and executed in 1510. The downfall of the pair brought rejoicing in the streets. There is much controversy about the Council Learned in the Law because most existing sources date after 1509 whe...
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Richard Saul Ferguson [SEP] date of death
Richard Saul Ferguson Richard Saul Ferguson (28 July 1837, Carlisle – 3 March 1900, Carlisle) was an English antiquary, specialising in the local history of Cumberland and Westmorland. Life. Ferguson was born on 28 July 1837, the elder son of Joseph Ferguson (1794–1880) of Carlisle, by his wife Margaret (died 2 Novembe...
5 with a man named Jonathan (portrayed by Richard Chamberlain), who Saul said he loved despite the fact he might have been the one who infected him with HIV. Saul and Jonathan began to date in Season 5. Personal life Season 1. Saul and Nora are very close. He helped her when her husband died, and defended her from thei...
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Robert George Wardlaw-Ramsay [SEP] date of death
Robert George Wardlaw-Ramsay Colonel Robert George Wardlaw-Ramsay FLS, FZS (25 January 1852 – 22 April 1921) was an army officer and naturalist. His father was Robert Balfour Wardlaw-Ramsay while his mother Louisa was the third daughter of George, eighth Marquess of Tweeddale. He studied at Cheam and Harrow before join...
- Wall – Frank Wall (1868–1950) - Wallace – Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) - Wallengren – Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (1823–1894) - Walsh – Benjamin Dann Walsh (1808–1869) - Walsingham – Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (1843–1919) - Waltl – Joseph Waltl (1805–1888) - X.L. Wang, X.-L. Wang, X. Wang – Xiaolin Wa...
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Robert Millner Shackleton [SEP] date of death
Robert Millner Shackleton Robert Millner Shackleton FRS (30 December 1909 – 3 May 2001) was a British field geologist who developed an interest in the geology of East Africa. He initiated structural studies across orogenic belts in Tanzania-Zambia-Malawi (in the late 1960s), major studies across the Limpopo Belt and ad...
Millner Millner may refer to: Places. - Millner, Northern Territory, Australia - Electoral division of Millner, Northern Territory, Australia - T G Millner Field, Australia Other uses. - Millner (surname) See also. - Robert Millner Shackleton - Milner (disambiguation) - Millinery, the proper name for the maker of hats
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Robert Noble Jones [SEP] date of death
Robert Noble Jones Robert Noble Jones (1 August 1864–29 June 1942) was a New Zealand lawyer, public servant and land court judge. He was born in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland on 1 August 1864.
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious". - Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble". Publica...
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Roberto Curcio [SEP] date of death
Roberto Curcio Roberto Curcio (3 August 1912 – 1993) was an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
1818 - Ignazio Greco (4 Jun 1819 Confirmed – 4 Feb 1822 Died) - Francesco-Maria Coppola (19 Apr 1822 Confirmed – 11 Dec 1851 Died) - Michele Caputo, O.P. (27 Sep 1852 Confirmed – 27 Sep 1858 - Giuseppe Teta (20 Jun 1859 Confirmed – 11 Feb 1875 Died) - Antonio Maria Curcio (11 Feb 1875 Succeeded – 15 Jul 1898 Died) - Do...
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Robinson McIlvaine [SEP] date of death
Robinson McIlvaine Robinson McIlvaine (17 July 1913 – 24 June 2001) was a career US diplomat who was President of the African Wildlife Foundation from 1978 to 1982. Early years. McIlvaine was born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania in 1913. He graduated from Harvard College. McIlvaine served in the U.S. Navy in Panama prior ...
Sep 1750, Springton Manor was left to his brother Samuel Muckleduff. [Chester Co PA Wills & Mention in Wills 1713 - 1825]. It was the home of Congressman Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863). The property is administered as a park and agricultural history museum by Chester County. It was added to the National Registe...
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Roland Degg [SEP] date of death
Roland Degg Roland Degg (10 February 1909 – 2001) was a battalion commander during World War II. He was commissioned in the field and appointed second-in-command of his battalion when it formed part of Brigadier Michael Calvert's 77th Brigade—one of five brigades in the so-called "Special Force", which was committed to...
strength of two and a half line divisions, but, without supporting arms, it had the fighting strength of less than one. Michael Calvert, who was closest to Wingate, remained an absolute unquestioning defender of Wingate and his methods. The British Army's 77th Brigade, raised in 2015 to engage in upstream prevention fo...
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Roy Montrell [SEP] date of death
Roy Montrell Roy Montrell (27 February 1928 – 16 March 1979) was an American rhythm & blues guitarist who performed on hundreds of records produced in New Orleans. Born Raymond Eustis Montrell, in New Orleans, Louisiana, he performed as a session musician for many famous artists, as well as playing in Fats Domino's ban...
Kapoor, actor, producer and director. - 4 September – Kiran More, cricketer. Births Full date unknown. - Sucheta Dalal, finance journalist. - Madhavi, actress. Deaths. - 11 June – Chhabi Biswas, actor (b. 1900). - 1 July – Bidhan Chandra Roy, second Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1882). - 4 December – Annapurnanand,...
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Roy Waller [SEP] date of death
Roy Waller Roy Waller (17 September 1940 – 6 July 2010) was a regular radio presenter on BBC Radio Norfolk and was the main football match commentator for the station until 2007. He died in the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on 6 July 2010, after battling with liver illness. Waller's funeral service took place...
Kapoor, actor, producer and director. - 4 September – Kiran More, cricketer. Births Full date unknown. - Sucheta Dalal, finance journalist. - Madhavi, actress. Deaths. - 11 June – Chhabi Biswas, actor (b. 1900). - 1 July – Bidhan Chandra Roy, second Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1882). - 4 December – Annapurnanand,...
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Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh [SEP] date of death
Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh, or Momtaz ol Saltaneh (1869–26 March 1954) (in Persian : صمد خان ممتاز السطنه) was an Iranian diplomat of the Qajar and Pahlavi dynasty era. Early life. Samad Khan Momtaz was born in 1869 in Tabriz in an Azeri family. His father was Ali Akbar Mokrem os-Saltan...
position until March 1926. He never returned to Iran and chose to live in Paris. He was recognized by the French government as counsellor of the Iranian embassy in Paris from 25 March 1946 to 27 September 1951. Samad Khan Momtaz os-saltaneh, was the second Persian IOC (International Olympic Committee) Member. His date ...
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Samuel Gillott [SEP] date of death
Samuel Gillott Sir Samuel Gillott (29 October 1838 – 29 June 1913) was an Australian lawyer and politician, commonly known as a former Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Early life. Gillott was born in the city of Sheffield, in the county of South Yorkshire, England, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gillott. Educated in Sheffield...
Jacques Gillot (jurist) ("c." 1550–1619), French priest and jurist - Marie-Agnès Gillot (born 1974 or 1975), Parisian ballet dancer and choreographer Gillott. - Eric Gillott (born 1951), New Zealand cricketer - Jacky Gillott (1939–1980), English novelist and broadcaster - Joseph Gillott (1799–1873), English pen-maker a...
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Sancton Wood [SEP] date of death
Sancton Wood Sancton Wood (1815–1886) was an English architect, born in Hackney. He was the son of John Wood and Harriet Russell, a niece of the painter, Richard Smirke. Career. Sancton Wood obtained work in the office of his cousin, the architect Robert Smirke. He later worked for Robert's brother, Sydney Smirke. Wood...
Peter Bruff. Here he was responsible for several station buildings including Ipswich's first railway station at Stoke Hill (since demolished). Some well-regarded examples survive at Needham Market, Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds. During this period he also worked closely with Sancton Wood whom he had known when they wo...
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Sebastiano Serlio [SEP] date of death
Sebastiano Serlio Sebastiano Serlio (6 September 1475 – c. 1554) was an Italian Mannerist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the classical orders of architecture in his influential treatise variously known as "I sette libri dell'architettura" ("Seven...
Paul V and an allegory of Death. Collectors. In the first half of the sixteenth century Gabriele Vendramin was a notable patron of artists and the owner of one of the most significant collections in Venice. Sebastiano Serlio saluted him in print as an authority on ancient Roman buildings and the work of Vitruvius. He w...
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Sherwin Cody [SEP] date of death
Sherwin Cody Alpheus Sherwin Cody (November 30, 1868 – April 4, 1959) was an American writer and entrepreneur who developed a long-running home-study course in speaking and writing and a signature series of advertisements asking “Do You Make These Mistakes in English?” A critic of traditional English education, Cody ad...
As a business writer, he emphasized practical life goals such as sales, advertising and letter writing. Cody marketed his course on the English language from 1918 until his illness and death in the late 1950s, when it was sold to the US School of Music and later discontinued. The course was revised in the 1930s with a...
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Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet [SEP] date of death
Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet (1705 – 6 November 1768) was a British barrister and politician. He was the grandfather of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. Lamb was the son of Matthew Lamb, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, and nephew of Peniston Lamb. His brother was Robert...
from 1777 until his death in 1802, and was Custos Rotulorum and Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire over the same period. Marriages and issue. On 29 May 1766, he married the Hon. Charlotte Lamb, the daughter of Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet and sister of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne. Together they...
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Somerville Lindsay [SEP] date of death
Somerville Lindsay Thomas Somerville Lindsay (1854- 1933) was an Irish Anglican priest and author. Linney was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1879. After curacies in Enniscorthy and Bray he was Rector of Malahide with Portmarnock and St. Doulagh's Church, Fingal from 1899 and Archdeacon of Dublin fr...
of William Somerville of Kennox and Lilian Porterfield, on 28 March 1792. Charles and Janet had four children: Charles Somerville MacAlester (b. 15 Sep 1797, d. 1891), James McAlester of Chapeltown, Williamina McAlester and Jane McAlester. Death. He died on 7 October 1847 and was succeeded as Chief of Clan MacAlister b...
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Stanley Eveling [SEP] date of death
Stanley Eveling Stanley Eveling, or Harry Stanley Eveling (4 August 1925 in Newcastle upon Tyne – 24 December 2008 in Edinburgh) was an English playwright and academic, based in Scotland. Life. Eveling was educated at Rutherford College and Samuel King's School. After serving as an officer with the Durham Light Infantr...
Revenge" by Donald Campbell, (1995). - "The Albright Fellow" by Stanley Eveling, (1995-6). - "Nova" by Robert Forrest, (1996). - "Better Days, Better Knights" by Stanley Eveling, (no date).
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Susan Kodicek [SEP] date of death
Susan Kodicek Susan Kodicek (born Zuzana Oprsalova, 1948-2011), also known as Hannah Kodicek, was a Czechoslovakian actress active during the period 1977-90. Her most prominent role was as Irina in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". She went on to work in children's entertainment, including children's puppet performances suc...
Pullover Productions Pullover Productions Ltd was a television production company responsible for a number of UK children's programmes in the 1980s. The company specialised in puppetry using black light theatre techniques, particularly animating everyday objects such as umbrellas, dishcloths, balls or shoes. History. T...
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Theodosia of Tyre [SEP] date of death
Theodosia of Tyre Saint Theodosia of Tyre, according to the historian of the early Christian church Eusebius, was a seventeen-year-old girl who deliberately sought to be executed as a martyr to Christianity in the city of Caesarea in 307 AD. She was tortured, urged to reject Christianity, and, when she refused, thrown ...
Theodosia Theodosia can refer to: People. - Theodosia of Tyre, 3rd century Christian martyr - Theodosia of Constantinople, 7th–8th century Byzantine nun, martyr and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church - Theodosia, wife of Leo V (c. 775–c. 826), Empress consort of Leo V the Armenian - Theda Bara (1885–1955), stage name...
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Thomas Christie, Jr. [SEP] date of death
Thomas Christie Jr. Thomas Christie Jr. (1855 - 2 February 1934) was a pharmacist and federal politician in Quebec. Born in Lachute, Quebec in the Laurentians, the son of Thomas Christie and Catherine McMartin, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal MP representing Argenteuil in a 1902 by-elect...
Thomas Christie (disambiguation) Thomas Christie (1761–1796) was a Scottish political writer. Thomas Christie or Tom Christie may also refer to: - Thomas Christie (Canadian politician) (1834–1902), Canadian politician - Thomas Christie, Jr. (1855–1934), Canadian politician - Thomas Davidson Christie (1843–1931) America...
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Thomas Stirling Lee [SEP] date of death
Thomas Stirling Lee Thomas Stirling Lee (London 16 March 1857 – 29 June 1916 London) was an English sculptor, specialising in reliefs and portrait heads. Early life. Lee was born in Lambeth, London on 16 March 1857, the son of John Swanwick Lee, a surveyor. He was educated at Westminster School and then served as an ap...
church of All Souls, Haley Hill, Halifax, founded by Akroyd in 1856. His apprentices included Thomas Stirling Lee. Family. He married Frances Black in 1853. They had ten children, including a daughter, Beatrice (also called 'Beatrix' or 'Trixie'), who married James McNeill Whistler in 1888. Their daughter Ethel married...
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Thomas Wilcox [SEP] date of death
Thomas Wilcox Thomas Wilcox (c. 1549 – 1608) was a British Puritan clergyman and controversialist. Life. In 1571, with John Field he authored the "Admonition to the Parliament", that called for the removal of Bishops and ecclesiastical hierarchy. Wilcox and Field were imprisoned for one year for this. Wilcox and Field ...
When designer Thomas A. Tefft left the firm in 1851, Hartshorn continued his education with him. After Tefft's death, Hartshorn set out on his own. In 1873 he partnered with Charles F. Wilcox. Hartshorn & Wilcox lasted until the end of 1879, briefly before Hartshorn's death in 1880. In 1865 he was married to Helen Almi...
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Trần Cao Vân [SEP] date of death
Trần Cao Vân Trần Cao Vân (陳高雲, 1866–1916) was a mandarin of the Nguyễn Dynasty who was best known for his activities in attempting to expel the French colonial powers in Vietnam. He orchestrated an attempt to expel the French and install Emperor Duy Tân as the boy ruler of an independent Vietnam, but the uprising fail...
Trần Quang Đức Trần Quang Đức (, born 1985 in Haiphong) is a Vietnamese calligrapher, author and translator. Biography. Trần Quang Đức was born on 16 May 1985 in Haiphong city. He has courtesy names Nam Phong (南風), Tam Uyển (三碗), Thí Phổ (施普), pen names Nam Quốc Nhân (南國人), An Biên Bachelor (安邊學士), suite names Cao Trai...
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Uli Trepte [SEP] date of death
Uli Trepte Uli Trepte (born 27 September 1941, Konstanz, Germany — died 21 May 2009, Berlin) was a German musician best known for his collaborations with various influential Krautrock bands in the early 1970s. Early career. Uli Trepte began his musical career in 1966 on double bass as a free jazz player/founder member ...
- Uli Jon Roth (born 1954), German neoclassical metal guitarist - Uli Schmidt (born 1961), South African rugby union footballer - Uli Scholze, a member of the Red Army Faction - Uli Sigg (born 1946), Swiss businessman, diplomat, art collector - Uli Stein (born 1954), German football player - Uli Stielike (born 1954), G...
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Valentine Cary [SEP] date of death
Valentine Cary Valentine Cary (died 1626) ("alias" Carey, erroneously Carew), was an English clergyman, who became Bishop of Exeter. Origins. His origins are uncertain. He was born in about 1570 and is believed to have been an illegitimate son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526–1596), due to the known fact that he...
Gervase Elwes Gervase Henry Cary-Elwes, DL (15 November 1866 – 12 January 1921), better known as Gervase Elwes, was an English tenor of great distinction, who exercised a powerful influence over the development of English music from the early 1900s up until his death in 1921 due to a railroad accident in Boston at the ...
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Valeria Cappellotto [SEP] date of death
Valeria Cappellotto Valeria Cappellotto (28 January 1970 – 17 September 2015) was an Italian racing cyclist. She represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1992 and 2000. Alessandra Cappellotto was her sister. Cappellotto died on the morning of 17 September 2015 in Marano Vicentino from illness at the age o...
Cappellotto Cappellotto is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Alessandra Cappellotto (born 1968), Italian cyclist - Valeria Cappellotto (1970–2015), Italian cyclist
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Vincenzo Lancia [SEP] date of death
Vincenzo Lancia Vincenzo Lancia (24 August 1881 in Fobello, Piedmont – 15 February 1937 in Turin) was an Italian pilot, engineer and founder of Lancia. Vincenzo Lancia was born in the small village of Fobello on 24 August 1881, close to Turin. He was the youngest of four children (one sister and two brothers), his fath...
Lancia Lancia () is an Italian automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia as Lancia & C.. It became part of the Fiat Group in 1969; the current company, Lancia Automobiles, was established in 2007. The company has a strong rally heritage and is noted for using letters of the Greek alphabet for its model...
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Václav Vaško [SEP] date of death
Václav Vaško Václav Vaško (26 April 1921 – 20 May 2009) was a Czech diplomat, human rights activist, author of books dealing with the history of the Catholic Church during the Soviet occupation and communist dictatorship, and a former political prisoner of the communist regime. He was awarded the Medal of Merit by Pres...
-Rozsévač - Augustin Přeučil - Karel Čurda - Augustin Přeučil Victims of communist purges: - Milada Horáková - Zdenka Cecília Schelingová - Záviš Kalandra - Vladimír Clementis - Rudolf Margolius - Bedřich Reicin - Rudolf Slánský - Otto Šling - Štěpán Trochta - Bohumil Modrý - Rudolf Antonín Dvorský - Václav Vaško - Vác...
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Walter Galpin Alcock [SEP] date of death
Walter Galpin Alcock Sir Walter Galpin Alcock (29 December 186111 September 1947) was an English organist and composer. He held a number of important posts as an organist, playing at the coronations of three monarchs. He was also professor of organ at the Royal College of Music, London. Life and career. Alcock was born...
Cathedral. In an obituary tribute Sir Thomas Armstrong wrote of "his firm foundations of good musicianship and sound tradition" and added: Family. Walter Galpin Alcock was the son of Walter William Alcock & Mary Galpin. In 1871 Walter William was the superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Orphanage at Fortescue Hous...
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Walter Nugent Monck [SEP] date of death
Walter Nugent Monck Walter Nugent Monck (1878–1958) was an English theatre director and founder of Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. He was born in Welshampton, Shropshire, the son of George Gustavus Monck (1849–1920), vicar of Welshampton who later worked as a priest in Liverpool. The son was educated there and at the Ro...
"The Winter's Tale", 5.2. In accordance with Victorian notions of decorum, the play's frank treatment of incest and prostitution was muted or removed. Walter Nugent Monck revived the play in 1929 at his Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich, cutting the first act. This production was revived at Stratford after the war, with ...
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William Auld [SEP] date of death
William Auld William Auld (6 November 1924 – 11 September 2006) was a Scottish poet, author, translator and magazine editor who wrote chiefly in Esperanto. Life. Auld was born at Erith in Kent, and then moved to Glasgow with his parents, attending Allan Glen's School. After wartime service in the Royal Armed Forces, he...
, Sir William Thomson, Sir William Siemens, Latimer Clark and others obtained a Civil List pension for Bain from Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone of £80 per year. Death and legacy. Bain was buried in the Auld Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch. It was restored in 1959. The headstone had a fallacious date of death (187...
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William Charles Kernot [SEP] date of death
William Charles Kernot William Charles Kernot (16 June 1845 – 14 March 1909), was an Australian engineer, first professor of engineering at the University of Melbourne and president of the Royal Society of Victoria. Early life and family. William Charles Kernot, eldest son of Charles Kernot, chemist, formerly member of...
Tate Gallery, London. The paper was of a very high standard and the watercolour boards were made without being pasted together which ensured they remained free from mildew; however, despite the early success of the business, it failed in 1834 . The premises were then sold to wholesale stationer William Jennings Allen (...
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William Cornelius Reichel [SEP] date of death
William Cornelius Reichel William Cornelius Reichel (born in Salem, North Carolina, 9 May 1824; died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 15 October 1876) was a Moravian author in the United States who did much to document and examine the early history of the Moravian church in the United States. Biography. Reichel was the son ...
Podolski. Although the date is 1 January 1854, some sources state he died on 30 December 1853. More generally his death is dated 1845. Personal life. Saunders married Antonina Zofia Reichel, the daughter of another engraver, Jan Jakub Reichel. They had three surviving children. Their son, William, was born in London on...
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William Eure, 1st Baron Eure [SEP] date of death
William Eure, 1st Baron Eure William Eure, 1st Baron Eure (c.1483–1548) of Witton was an English knight and soldier active on the Anglo-Scottish border. Henry VIII of England made him Baron Eure by patent in 1544. The surname is often written as "Evers". William was Governor of Berwick upon Tweed in 1539, Commander in ...
(1545–1551) - Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1556) - Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1557–) - William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton (1559–) - Sir John Forster (1560–1595) - William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure (1595) - Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure (1595) - Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (1596–1598) For Englan...
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William Henry Hewitt [SEP] date of death
William Henry Hewitt William Henry Hewitt VC (19 June 1884 – 7 December 1966) was a South African soldier, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces, during the First World War. Details. He was 33 years old, and a lanc...
, MA, b. 17 Aug 1786, d. 29 Mar 1822; Sarah Couper, b. 5 Apr 1788, d.(date unknown); Robert Thomson Couper, b. 6 Jan 1790, d. 4 Feb 1803; William Couper, M.D., b. 30 Apr 1792, d. 4 Aug 1857; Henry Glassford Couper, b. 20 May 1793, d. 27 Oct 1800; Henry Couper, b. 20 Sep 1801, d.(date unknown) External links. - Universi...
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