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Anson, George, 1st Baron Anson
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Anson, George, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762). A circumnavigator of the world, Anson shared some attributes with plundering Elizabethan ‘sea‐dogs’ but his work also pointed Britain towards a modern...
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Anson, George, Baron Anson
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Anson, George, Baron Anson (1697–1762) British admiral, remembered for his circumnavigation of the world (1740–44). Due to shipwreck and scurvy among his crew he returned with only one of his original six ships though...
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Newton, Hubert Anson
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
NEWTON, HUBERT ANSON ( b . Sherburne, New York, 19 March 1830; d . New Haven, Connecticut, 12 August 1896) astronomy, mathematics . Hubert was...
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Bromwich, Thomas John I’anson
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Bromwich, Thomas John I ’ anson ( b . Wolverhampton, England, 8 February 1875; d . Northhampton...Bromwich are G. H. Hardy, “ Thomas John I ’ Anson Bromwich, ” in Journal of the London Mathematical Society...
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Lind, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...created little stir in Edinburgh but apparently attracted the attention of Lord Anson, then first Lord of the Admiralty, to whom it was dedicated. It is believed that Anson was later influential in securing Lind ’ s appointment to the Royal...
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Burlingame Treaty
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...signed on 28 July 1868 in Washington, D.C., negotiated by Anson Burlingame, a former U.S. minister to China. China's...Columbia University Press, 1983. Williams, Frederick Wells. Anson Burlingame and the First Chinese Mission to Foreign Powers...
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Lupino, Ida
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Paramount; 1939—success in The Light that Failed : contract with Warner Brothers; 1949—co-founder, with Anson Bond, Emerald Productions: producer, co-director, and co-scriptwriter of Not Wanted ; 1950—director of the...
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Mills, (Sir) John
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...1958 Dunkirk (Norman) (as Corporal Tubby Binns); Ice Cold in Alex (Desert Attack ) (J. Lee Thompson) (as Capt. Anson); I Was Monty's Double (Hell, Heaven or Hoboken ) (Guillermin) (as Major Harvey) 1959 Tiger Bay (J. Lee Thompson...
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Comper, Sir John Ninian
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...of his last works was the altar and reredos in Craze 's Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk (1959). Bibliography Anson (1965); C. Brooks & Saint (eds.) (1995); Buckley (1993); Comper (1893, 1897, 1933, 1940, 1950); J...
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Cape Finisterre, battles of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...since they arose from the Royal Navy's attempt to cut French communication with its American possessions. In the first, Anson annihilated a smaller squadron protecting a convoy. In the second, Hawke sank six warships, though most of the merchantmen...
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