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Burke
Burke personal surname.Burke and Hare noted murderers of the early 19th century. William Burke (1792–1829) was a bodysnatcher operating in Edinburgh with his accomplice William Hare, and was convicted of murdering those whose bodies he subsequently sold for dissection. He gave his name to... Read more |
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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
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Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke 1729-97, British political writer and statesman, b. Dublin, Ireland. Early Writings After graduating (1748) from Trinity College, Dublin, he began the study of law in London but abandoned it to devote himself to writing. His satirical Vindication of Natural Society (1756) attacked... Read more |
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Robert OHara Burke
Robert O'Hara Burke 1820-61, Irish explorer of Australia. After service in the Belgian and Austrian armies he went (1853) as inspector of police to Melbourne. In 1860, with W. J. Wills and eight other whites, he left Menindee, on the Darling River, to cross the continent. Dissensions broke up the... Read more |
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Leader
Leaders THEORIES OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP BIBLIOGRAPHY Leadership is influencing the performance of group members toward the achievement of organizational goals through persuasion, example, direction, control, or oversight. There are two inherent conflicts in the very idea of leadership in a... Read more |
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Phoenix Park murders
Phoenix Park murders name given to the assassination on May 6, 1882, of Lord Frederick Cavendish, British secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, his undersecretary, in Phoenix Park, Dublin. They were stabbed to death by members of the "Invincibles," a terrorist splinter group of the ... Read more |
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Selma Burke
Selma Burke 1900–1995 Sculptress Raising an Artist Embarked on a Career Artist Became a Teacher Sources In her 70-year career, Selma Burke was many things: teacher, administrator, model, nurse, even truck driver. Her work as a sculptor, however, led to her most memorable... Read more |
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Sir James Mackintosh
Sir James Mackintosh 1765-1832, British writer and public servant, b. Scotland. He was trained as a physician, but after settling (1788) in London he became a writer and lawyer. His Vindiciae Gallicae (1791), a spirited reply to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution, was the... Read more |
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