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Thomas William Coke
Thomas William Coke , 1752-1842, English agricultural reformer. Created earl of Leicester of Holkham in 1837, he was known as Coke of Holkham. He improved breeds of cattle, sheep, and hogs on his country estate and greatly promoted improved methods of breeding and husbandry. ... Read more
William Dodd
William Dodd 1729-77, English author. At one time king's chaplain, he ran heavily into debt, forged a bond, and was sentenced to death. Dr. Johnson led a movement to obtain clemency, but Dodd was executed. His best-known work is The Beauties of Shakespeare (1752). ... Read more
John Hawkesworth
John Hawkesworth 1715?-1773, English author. He succeeded his friend Samuel Johnson in 1744 as reporter of parliamentary debates in the Gentleman's Magazine. With Johnson and Joseph Warton he wrote the periodical Adventurer (1752-54). ... Read more
Hawarden
Hawarden , town, Flintshire, NE Wales. There are ruins of a 13th-century castle on the grounds of Hawarden Castle (built 1752), which was the home of William Gladstone until his death there in 1898. Gladstone established St. Deiniol's Hostel and library for theological students. The Early English ... 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
John Christopher Pepusch
John Christopher Pepusch , 1667-1752, German musician, who lived in London from 1700 until his death. As a theorist he became expert in Greek music and helped found (1710) the Academy of Ancient Music. He was the predecessor of Handel as composer to the duke of Chandos. While director of Lincoln's I... Read more
Joseph Ritson
Joseph Ritson 1752-1803, English antiquarian and scholar, b. Stockton-on-Tees. An industrious student of English literature, he attacked Thomas Warton's scholarship in Observations on Warton's History (1782) and disputed the originality of Bishop Percy's Reliques. He criticized Dr. Johnson, Geo... Read more
Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross 1752-1836, American seamstress, b. Philadelphia. Her full name was Elizabeth Griscom Ross. She is known to have made flags during the American Revolution, although the long-accepted story that she designed and made the first American national flag (the Stars and Stripes) is generally dis... Read more
Wiener Neustadt
Wiener Neustadt , city (1991 pop. 35,134), Lower Austria province, E Austria. It is an industrial and rail center. Manufactures include locomotives, heavy machinery, and textiles. Founded in 1192, Wiener Neustadt was the birthplace of Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519). The city was severely damaged i... Read more
Louisa Albany, countess of
Louisa Albany, countess of , 1752-1824, wife of Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender), self-styled count of Albany; daughter of a German noble, the prince of Stolberg-Gedern. Married in 1772, she left her dissolute husband after eight years and became the mistress of the poet Vittorio Alfier... Read more

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Burney, Frances (Mme. D'Arblay; 17521840)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World BURNEY, FRANCES (Mme. d'Arblay; 1752 – 1840) BURNEY, FRANCES (Mme. d'Arblay; 1752 – 1840), celebrated English novelist, diarist, playwright. The daughter of music historian Charles Burney, Frances was born...
Eckartshausen, Karl von (1752-1803)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Eckartshausen, Karl von (1752-1803) Author of Der Wolke vor dem Heiligthume (1802), a classic work of Roman Catholic mysticism, translated into English...
SIC 1752 Floor Laying and Other Floor Work, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries SIC 1752FLOOR LAYING AND OTHER FLOOR WORK, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED This category includes special trade contractors primarily engaged in the installation of asphalt tile, carpeting, linoleum, and resilient flooring. The industry also includes special trade contractors engaged in laying, scraping,
Timothy Dwight
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Timothy Dwight Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), an American Congregational minister...most extraordinary families on May 14, 1752. His maternal grandfather was the famed...Charles E. Cunningham, Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817 (1942). Kenneth Silverman, Timothy...
Hume, David (17111776)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Most of these were published from 1741 to 1752 and were warmly received in Britain and...Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary (1752), An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding...of the philosophy of religion. Around 1752 he turned to the second project set for...
Law, William (1686-1761)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...of Prayer (1749), The Way to Divine Knowledge (1752), The Spirit of Love (1752), and Of Justification by Faith and Works (1760...of Love. London: W. Innys and J. Richardson, 1752. — — . The Spirit of Prayer...
Christoph Martin Wieland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...xF6;lf moralische Briefe in Versen; and Anti-Ovid (1752). J. J. Bodmar's attention was attracted by this Pietistic literature, and he invited Wieland to Zurich in the summer of 1752. However, he was soon disillusioned by Wieland's "frivolity...
Alexandria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of the South throughout the Civil War. Its many historic buildings include Gadsby's Tavern (1752), frequented by Washington; Carlyle House (1752), where Washington received his commission as major; Christ Church (1767-73), where Washington...
Washington, George
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...his older half brother, Lawrence Washington (1718 – 1752), was subsequently responsible for George Washington ’...nobility, and his replacement of Lawrence as district adjutant in 1752, Washington was promoted to the rank of colonel in the Virginia...
Thomas Chatterton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Chatterton The major works of the English poet Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) are a group of poems that he claimed had been written...century priest. Thomas Chatterton, born in Bristol on Nov. 20, 1752, was the posthumous son of a schoolmaster. In 1727 his father...

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Halfpenny, William
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Architecture properly ornamented (both 1752 and both with his son, John Halfpenny...Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste (1752–5, parts of which were by...bridge at Croome Court, Worcs. ( c. 1752) ). From c. 1730 he settled in Bristol...
Pigage, Nicolas de
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...landscape-architect, he became Court Architect in 1752. He adorned the enchanting gardens at Schwetzingen , near Mannheim (1752–95), with the sumptuous Court Theatre (1752), Temples of Minerva and Apollo (1761), Bath-House...
Dalibard, Thomas François
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Electricity . He published this translation in 1752, with a foreword and short history of...the famous experiment performed on 10 May 1752 at Marly – la – Ville...M. P. Collinson … (Paris, 1752; 2nd ed., Paris, 1756). II. Secondary...
Kinnersley, Ebenezer
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...electricity away from Franklin. For example, in 1752 while on a lecture tour in Boston, he...Franklin printed it, as well as the letter of 1752 regarding the two electricities, in later...electricity that Kinnersley wrote out in 1752 is on pp. 409-421. A full bibliography...
Bordeu, Théophile De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Academy of Sciences of Paris in 1747. In 1752 Bordeu went again to Paris, with the intention...positions des glandes et sur leur action (1752). In the latter he announced the double...des glandes et sur leur action (Paris, 1752); Recherches sur le tissu muqueux (Paris...
Buache, Philippe
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x2026; , presented to the Academy in 1752 and published soon afterward, contains...ographie physique … (Paris, 1752); Carte physique et profil du canal de la Manche (Paris, 1752); Consid é rations g é...
Melvill, Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...of Edinburgh on 3 January and 7 February 1752, he wrote of his use of a prism for examining...and Literary Essays , II [Edinburgh, 1752], 35). The property of common salt...d ’ optique , published in 1752 and readily available to Melvill in Geneva...
Courtivron, Gaspard Le Compasseur De Créquy-Montfort, Marquisde
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...dioptrique et de catoptrique (Paris, 1752); and, with E. J. Boucher, “...1749), 1 – 8; for 1747 (1752), 287 – 304; ibid ., 449 – 458; for 1748 (1752), 133 – 147; ibid ., 323...
Geoffroy, Claude Joseph
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...France, 8 August 1685; d . Paris, 9 March 1752) chemistry, botany . Geoffroy the Younger...the chemical section of the Academy in 1752. BIBLIOGRAPHY I. Original Works. About...x2019; Academie royale des sciences (1752, pub. 1756), 153-164. Further information...
Hospitals
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...or networks. The first American hospital was established in 1752. Subsequently, sustained growth in the quantity and quality...County Almshouse became part of Baltimore City Hospitals. In 1752, the Pennsylvania Hospital became the first permanent general...

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Going Gregorian, 1582-1752: A summary view
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Rebellious Nuns: The Troubled History of a Mexican Convent, 1752-1863.(Book review)
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The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family: The Tuckers of Virginia, 1752-1830
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