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William Hamilton
William Hamilton 1704-54, English poet, b. Scotland. He is best known for the poem "The Braes of Yarrow" (1724). ... Read more
Christopher Anstey
Christopher Anstey , 1724-1805, English poet and satirist. He is known chiefly for The New Bath Guide (1766), a series of poetical episodes humorously depicting contemporary life at Bath. This work was widely read in its time and may have influenced Tobias Smollet's Humphrey Clinker. ... Read more
Walpole
Walpole industrial town (1990 pop. 20,212), Norfolk co., E Mass., SW of Boston; settled 1659, inc. 1724. Machinery, trailers, fences, and roofing are the chief manufactures. Walpole is the site of a state prison. ... Read more
John Goddard
John Goddard , 1724-85, American furniture maker, b. Dartmouth, Mass. He worked in Newport, R.I., and is recognized as having been one of the finest cabinetmakers in early America. Examples of his work are rare. He is noted for his stately pieces, especially secretaries, on which he developed the bl... Read more
Sir Patrick Home of Polwarth
Sir Patrick Home of Polwarth or Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth , 1641-1724, Scottish statesman. Devoted to Presbyterianism, he opposed the policies of the duke of Lauderdale , took part in the unsuccessful rebellion of the 8th earl of Argyll in support of the duke of Monmouth , and fled to Fra... Read more
William Mason
William Mason 1724-97, English poet, editor, and cleric. His works include two plays, Elfrida (1752) and Caractacus (1759), based on classical dramas. He was a friend of Thomas Gray , whose Life and Letters he published in 1775. Although he confused the texts of the letters, Mason is noted f... Read more
Elkanah Settle
Elkanah Settle 1648-1724, English dramatist and poet. Thanks to the patronage of the earl of Rochester, Settle's heroic dramas for a time rivaled those of Dryden. His most successful play, the elaborate and bombastic Empress of Morocco (1671), provoked a long quarrel with Dryden, who satirized Se... Read more
Yamanashi
Yamanashi , prefecture (1990 pop. 852,980), 1,724 sq mi (4,465 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. Kofu is the capital. The mountainous region is drained by the Fuji River. Yamanashi is a major producer of raw silk and fruit (grapes, peaches, apples, and cherries). Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park is ther... Read more
Zabdiel Boylston
Zabdiel Boylston 1679-1766, American physician, b. Brookline, Mass. He was privately educated in medicine and settled in Boston. In an epidemic of smallpox in 1721 he was persuaded by Cotton Mather to inoculate, thus introducing the practice to the United States. Beginning with his son and two slav... Read more
John Howe
John Howe 1630-1705, English Puritan clergyman. As domestic chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, he advocated religious toleration. After the Restoration, he preached in secret (1662-71) until, becoming chaplain to Lord Massereene of Antrim Castle, Ireland, he turned his attention to writing. He eventually... Read more

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Kant, Immanuel (1724–1804)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World KANT, IMMANUEL (1724 – 1804) KANT, IMMANUEL (1724 – 1804), German philosopher. Immanuel Kant was born 24 April 1724 in K ö nigsberg (now Kaliningrad) in East Prussia. He attended a Pietist school and the University...
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) German philosopher, born on April 22, 1724, who anticipated the modern pictographic conception of apparitions in his analysis of the experiences of Emanuel Swedenborg in Dreams of a Spirit-Seer (1766). He...
Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb (1724–1803)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World KLOPSTOCK, FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB (1724 – 1803) KLOPSTOCK, FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB (1724 – 1803), German poet. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was the oldest of seventeen children born into an impoverished Pietist family of attorneys...
Basedow, Johann Bernhard (1724-1790)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society Basedow, Johann Bernhard (1724-1790) Johann Bernhard Basedow was the leading representative of...Enlightenment referred to themselves. He was born on September 11, 1724, in Hamburg, Germany. After a childhood spent in poverty as the...
Maulbertsch, Franz Anton (1724–1796)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MAULBERTSCH, FRANZ ANTON (1724 – 1796) MAULBERTSCH, FRANZ ANTON (1724 – 1796), Austrian painter, decorator, and graphic artist. Maulbertsch was an Austrian painter, etcher, and decorator active in the second half...
Harley, Robert (1661–1724)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World HARLEY, ROBERT (1661 – 1724) HARLEY, ROBERT (1661 – 1724), British politician. Robert Harley headed the...his home on Albermarle Street in London on 21 May 1724. He was buried at Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire...
Philip V (Spain) (1683–1746; Ruled 1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...SPAIN) (1683 – 1746; ruled 1700 – 1724, 1724 – 1746) PHILIP V (SPAIN) (1683 – 1746; ruled 1700 – 1724, 1724 – 1746), king of Spain. Philip V...
Bourbon Dynasty (Spain)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Spain (1683 – 1746; reigned 1700 – 1724 and 1724 – 1746), the first Spanish Bourbon married...reinforce Spain's presence in Italy. His abdication in 1724 made way for the brief reign of his eldest son Luis I...
Drapier's Letters
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History Drapier's Letters (1724–5), seven pamphlets attacking...the Whole People of Ireland (22 Oct. 1724), refers back to Molyneux , rejects...Seasonable Advice to the Grand Jury (14 Nov. 1724), in which Swift called for Harding...
Daniel Defoe
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...major works include Captain Singleton (1720), Colonel Jack (1722), Roxana (1724), and A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724-27). In 1724 A General History of the Pyrates by a Captain Charles Johnson was published; it...

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Bradley, Richard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...General Treatise on Husbandry and Gardening (1724). Bradley was a prolific science writer...Society of London, and on 10 November 1724 was appointed to the chair of botany at...Husbandry and Gardening , 2 vols. (London, 1724); Philosophical Account of the Works...
Bromell, Magnus von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...he periodically gave lectures as a professor of anatomy and in 1724 was elected head of the Collegium Medicum; about 1715 he lectured...Board of Mines, where, in 1720, he was named assessor and, in 1724, head of the chemical laboratory. Bromell earned his scientific...
Michell, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography MICHELL, JOHN ( b . Nottinghamshire [?], England, 1724[?]; d . Thornhill, near Leeds, England, 21 April 1793...as aged sixty-eight (hence the surmise that he was born in 1724). Michell ’ s published scientific work, which earned...
Dummer's War
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...built Fort Dummer near present-day Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1724. In 1721, the British raided Norridgewock, an Abenaki Indian...dictionary of the Abenaki language which he had been compiling. In 1724 the British again raided Norridgewock, took the village, and...
Dillenius, Johann Jacob
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...apoplexy. Dillenius was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1724 and served as its foreign secretary from 1727 to 1747. St...especially Richard Richardson. When the Synopsis appeared in 1724 the number of flowering plant species in it had b
Dufay (Du Fay), Charles-François Decisternai
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...terminated successfully in May 1723. He became associate chemist in 1724, pensionary in 1731, and director in 1733 and 1738. Dufay...one subject to another: he studied the heat of slaked lime (1724), invented a fire pump (1725), touched on optics (1726...
Tamerlano
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...1719), rev. vers. of lib. by Zanelli and Borosini after Pradon's play Tamerlan (1675). Comp. 1724, rev. 1731. Prod. London 1724. F. modern ps. Karlsruhe 1924, Birmingham 1962, Bloomington, Ind., 1985.
Raguzzini, Filippo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...the Rococo style in Rome during the Pontificate of Benedict XIII (1724–30). He designed the Chapel of San Domenico in the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1724–5), the Ospedale di San Gallicano (1725–...
Code Noir
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the Negro Slaves in Louisiana, issued by Louis XV in March 1724, and promulgated in the colony by the colonial governor, Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, on 10 September 1724. A number of slaves had been brought to the colony during...
Hermann, Jakob
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...favorably reviewed by Leibniz himself in the Acta eruditorum . From 1724 to 1731 Hermann was connected with the flourishing Academy in...instance, Johann I Bernoulli ’ s letter of 11 November 1724 to J. J. Scheuchzer). In 1722 he received, by lottery...

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ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES OPINION WHETHER INFORMATION KEPT IN RECORDS OF COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENCY OF COUNTY UNDER R.C. 1724.10 IS PUBLIC RECORD FOR PURPOSES OF R.C. 149.43
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/24/2006; 700+ words ; ...as an agency of a county under R.C. 1724.10 is a public record for purposes of...43(A)(1)(a)-(y) and R.C. 1724.11, this information is a public record...as an agency of the county under R.C. 1724.10, we must determine whether such a...
A History of Longmans and Their Books 1724-1990: Longevity in Publishing.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; A History of Longmans and Their Books 1724-1990 Longevity in Publishing Edited by...America and the Commonwealth. Founded in 1724, the firm of Thomas Longman and his descendants...1968). This is a tremendous story. In 1724, Thomas Longman used his inheritance from...
Zebra Technologies Recognized as GM 1724 Compliance Certification Agent.
PR Newswire; 1/25/2001; 700+ words ; ...ensure their compliance with GM's new 1724 shipping label standard. Additionally...productivity and reduce costs. The GM 1724 label template is to be used globally for...Additional information about Zebra's GM 1724 compliance labeling program is available...
A Political Academy in Paris, 1724-1731: The Entresol and its Members. (Book Reviews: French Studies).
Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; A Political Academy in Paris, 1724-1731: The Entresol and its Members...the abbe Alary on the place Vendome in 1724, and whose members included the marquis...that 'when the Entresol started in about 1724 Montesquieu was in his early thirties...
StrandWare's Label Matrix Certified for General Motors 1724 Label Standard.
Business Wire; 9/25/2000; 700+ words ; ...software program is compliant with the GM 1724 label standard. The labeling standard...suppliers to come into compliance." The 1724 label template is included in Label Matrix...Label Matrix Corporate, for $1495. The 1724 label template is also available on StrandWare...
Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579-1724.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579-1724. By Liam Matthew Brockey. Cambridge...surprising numbers of Chinese) to the 1724 proscription of Christianity as an illegal...measure against the missionaries. But in 1724 his no-nonsense son Yongzheng confirmed...
NEW PRIVACY RIGHTS?(financial information protection: AB 2246, SB 1724)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: California CPA; 10/1/2000; 700+ words ; AB 2246 (Wayne) and SB 1724 (Dunn) give clients greater privacy...addresses and phone numbers are exempt. SB 1724 would require that tax preparers, including...to be disclosed must be included. SB 1724 contains civil penalties of no less than...
Security Council condemns 'significant increase' in Somalia weaponsflow; Calls for re-establishment of group monitoring arms embargo; Resolution 1724 (2006) adopted unanimously; Group's new recommendations aim at reducing momentum towards 'military catastrophe'.
M2 Presswire; 11/30/2006; 700+ words ; ...group monitoring arms embargo; Resolution 1724 (2006) adopted unanimously; Group...through the unanimous adoption of resolution 1724 (2006), the Council requested the Group...Resolution The full text of resolution 1724 (2006) reads as follows: "The Security...
1724 Baybrook Lane; Like-new home has family appeal
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 12/14/2001; 409 words ; ...Abundant windows accent the facade of the two-story home at 1724 Baybrook Lane. -- A granite-top island is at center of the...security system and sprinkler system. ABOUT THIS PROPERTY Address: 1724 Baybrook Lane, Naperville. Size: Five bedrooms, four full...
Archaeology at St Petersburg University (from 1724 until today).(Debate)(Report)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...first period of archaeology studies at St Petersburg University (1724-1880s) The reign of Peter the Great was a turning point for...to initiate the gathering and preservation of artefacts. In 1724, Peter issued an edict founding an Academy of Sciences with...