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Wilkinson, John
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Wilkinson, John (1728–1808). One of the most remarkable ironmasters and entrepreneurs of his day, Wilkinson was born in Cumberland. His father made money producing box-irons and then moved near to Wrexham, where he made high-quality cylinders, much used by
Boulton and
Watt. John Wilkinson established furnaces at
Coalbrookdale, using coal in place of charcoal, and diversified his output. Iron barges on the Severn carried his wares, he provided the ironwork for the great
Iron Bridge in 1779, and manufactured lead pipes. But his most profitable line was boring cannon. Said to be harsh and combative, he amassed a large fortune. His sister married Joseph
Priestley and in 1792 Wilkinson was reported to be sympathetic towards the French Revolution, paying his workmen in
assignats. The
DNB remarks coyly that ‘his domestic arrangements were of a very peculiar character’ and he left three illegitimate sons. Known popularly as ‘Iron-mad Wilkinson’, he was buried on his Cumberland estate near Ulverston in an iron coffin inside an iron tomb, roofed by an iron pyramid, and with an inscription, in iron letters, that he had himself composed.
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Joseph Severn: The Letters and Memoirs.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Joseph Severn: The Letters and Memoirs. Ed. by Grant...Charles Brown and J. H. Reynolds, Joseph Severn has come to be known as 'the friend...Birkenhead: Against Oblivion: The Life of Joseph Severn (London: Cassell, 1943); Illustrious...
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Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Wordsworth Circle; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Grant F. Scott, Ed. Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs. (Ashgate 2005) xxxvi + 716...s death in February, 1821, appeared to the young Joseph Severn (1793-1879) "like a horrible dream" and the experience...
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Grant F. Scott, editor. Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Studies in Romanticism; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Grant F. Scott, editor. Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs. Burlington...the selected letters of painter Joseph Severn, close friend, nurse, and comforter...bowdlerized The Life and Letters of Joseph Severn (1892), our only published...
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Writing Keats's last days: Severn, Sharp, and Romantic biography.
Magazine article from: Studies in Romanticism; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...from the letters and memoirs of Joseph Severn, the artist who accompanied the...down to us through William Sharp, Severn's first and most influential biographer, whose Life and Letters of Joseph Severn (1892) has remained an invaluable...
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For Surprising Severn, Goals Are Within Reach
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/19/2006; ; 474 words
; Before the season, Severn boys' lacrosse coach John Tucker felt...and relatively inexperienced team, Severn (9-6) has won four of its first...10 overtime win against Mount St. Joseph. Severn showed glimpses of its inexperience...
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Pearl Harbor remembered; Severn River bridge memorial dedicated on 65th anniversary.(METROPOLITAN)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/8/2006; 700+ words
; ...surprise attack.[Photo by Joseph Silverman/The Washington...on Pearl Harbor.[Photo by Joseph Silverman/The Washington Times]; The Severn River Bridge was renamed the...ceremony in Annapolis.[Photo by Joseph Silverman/The Washington...
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Severn man charged in child porn case
Newspaper article from: Maryland Gazette; 7/12/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...months, state oolice analyzed a Severn man's computer, meticulously...police on Thursday arrested Paul Joseph Janne III, of Meadow Road in Severn, and charged him with four...served the warrant at the man's Severn home - near Severn Danza Park...
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Crossing the Severn: A history lesson
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 9/13/2009; ; 656 words
; The first bridge over the Severn River wasn't a bridge at all...s traffic woes posed by the Severn River Bridge, one Joseph Norwood petitioned in 1682 for...to establish a ferry across the Severn to Annapolis. From Colonial times...
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Severn drug sting busts 17
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 7/12/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...8216 Monhegan Court in Severn. Confined on $200,000 bond. Joseph Alden Brown Jr., 19, 8375 Pioneer Drive in Severn, Confined on $75...8564 Pioneer Drive in Severn. Released on her own recognizance. Alfred Joseph Scott Jr., 23, 316...
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Police arrest 17 in Severn drug sting
Newspaper article from: Maryland Gazette; 7/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...8216 Monhegan Court in Severn. Confined on $200,000 bond. Joseph Alden Brown Jr., 19, 8375 Pioneer Drive in Severn, Confined on $75...8564 Pioneer Drive in Severn. Released on her own recognizance. Alfred Joseph Scott Jr., 23, 316...
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Joseph Severn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joseph Severn , 1793-1879, English portrait and landscape painter. He was consul at Rome from 1861 to 1872. He is best known for his devotion...
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Severn, Joseph
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Severn, Joseph (1793–1879), painter and devoted friend and correspondent of Keats . He accompanied Keats to Italy in 1820 and attended him at his death.
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John Keats
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...had contracted tuberculosis, probably from nursing his brother Tom, who died in 1818. With his friend, the artist Joseph Severn , Keats sailed for Italy shortly after the publication of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems...
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Hunter, Evan
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Bantam, 1979. Love, Dad. New York, Crown, and London, Joseph, 1981. Far from the Sea. New York, Atheneum, and London...Wicked. New York, Permabooks, 1958; as Ed McBain, London, Severn House, 1979. Big Man. New York, Pocket Books, 1959; as...
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Mrs. Miniver
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Struther; assistant director: Walter Strohm; photography: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: Harold S. Kress; art director: Cedric...Richard Ney (Vin ); Clare Sander (Judy ); Christopher Severn (Toby ); Brenda Forbes (Gladys ); Rhys Williams (Horace...
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