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Frederick John Foakes-Jackson
Frederick John Foakes-Jackson 1855-1941, English theologian and church historian. A fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, from 1886, he was lecturer there from 1882 and dean from 1895 to 1916. From 1916 to 1934 Foakes-Jackson was Briggs professor of Christian institutions at Union Theological... Read more |
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German history 1871-1945
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Giovanni Battista Vico
Giovanni Battista Vico , 1668-1744, Italian philosopher and historian, also known as Giambattista Vico, b. Naples. In 1699, Vico became professor of rhetoric at the Univ. of Naples, and in 1734 he was appointed historiographer to the king of Naples. Vico is regarded by many as the first modern... Read more |
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Dard Hunter
Hunter, Dard (1883–1966), Ohio papermaker and typographer, whose The Etching of Figures (1915) and The Etching of Contemporary Life (1917) are said to be the first books in the history of printing ever produced entirely by one man. His other works include The Art of Bookmaking (1915),... Read more |
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Rafael Altamira Y Crevea
Rafael Altamira Y Crevea The Spanish literary critic, historian, and jurist Rafael Altamira y Crevea (1866-1951) was, in his generation, the foremost Spanish proponent of the scientific method in history. He devoted his life as a jurist to international peace. Rafael Altamira was born in... Read more |
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Mazo de la Roche
Mazo de la Roche , 1885-1961, Canadian novelist, b. Toronto. Her popular novel, Jalna (1927), was followed by a series depicting the history, through 150 years, of the vigorous Whiteoak family who lived at "Jalna." The series includes 16 novels; among them are Whiteoaks (1929), Finch's... Read more |
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Vincent of Beauvais
Vincent of Beauvais , c.1190-c.1264, French Dominican friar. He was the author of three of the four parts of the Speculum majus, of great value as a summary of the knowledge of his time. The part entitled "Morals" is of unknown authorship, but is not by him. The three parts written by him are... Read more |
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Philippe Aries
Philippe Ariès 1914-84, French cultural historian, b. Paris. While at the Sorbonne, he failed a crucial exam necessary for a university career, and instead became an agronomic researcher and later the head of publications at the Institut Français de Recherches Fruitières... Read more |
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WILD MEN OF WALES; sunday interview: In Mr Nice, Rhys Ifans plays Howard...
...and go as to whether the man who made his name as Hugh...better to star as the man himself than his good...by Bernard Rose, the man behind horror classic...a good friend, and a maverick one at that. "Well...possibly a first in the history of ... |
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AISLE BE THERE FOR YOU!(Features)
...down the aisle as man and wife. But if...success stories in the history of television. Because...Kinsey and Travelling Man and the man in Twiggy's life...box in Kinsey as a maverick lawyer. "But he...remembered as the romantic ... |
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The Ex-dB's, Losing Some Electricity
...Big Star front man Alex Chilton during...The duo's "Mavericks" (RNA/Rhino...guitars mode, "Mavericks" doesn't offer...Though a low-key charmer, this album is...then either. "Mavericks" would make for...to seize rock's ... |
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Unpopular wars reveal deep issues for candidates
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Riding The Cosmic Trail
...introduced to the the maverick Team Daedalus, an...Eastwood) is a maverick always reminded that...does his smoky, man with few words thing...Sutherland plays ladies' man and charmer Jerry O'Neil...team. Corvin's history with ... |
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HARDCOVER FICTION.(Travel-Books)
...private-school history teacher. Last week...Albom. A troubled man gets a last chance...Evanovich. A mysterious man in Stephanie Plum...10. NATURAL BORN CHARMER, by Susan Elizabeth...5. THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham...Stephen J. Dubner. A ... |
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Television highlights for the week of Sept. 14-20.
...including a snake charmer, a bearded lady, and a man with "lizard skin...30 p.m. on the History Channel Guts & Bolts...8 p.m. on the History Channel Mavericks, Miracles & Medicine...eight women and eight men competing for ... |
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Culture: Epic tale ruined by Hollywood; Men of Honour Cert 15 (129 mins).
...nuclear missile (history buffs will realise...fictional composite maverick instructor Billy...and that a black man cannot succeed unless there's a white man there to spur him...everything she wants in a man. Shy but ... |
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SATELLITE CHOICE.(Features)
...little coquette is a real Gallic charmer -- just like its star. MEERKAT...Sports Xtra THERE is now enough history behind snooker's Pr emier...discovering his destiny as a hit man. James McAvoy is the awkward...s a whooping, wild-eyed maverick with a death ... |
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Eerie `Carnivale' casts a fabulous spell.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
...infuses 20th-Century American history and the Great Depression with...Adrienne Barbeau), a snake charmer and the carnival's earthy...Samson's right-hand man and head roustabout. Gecko...schemers, dreamers, demons, mavericks and fools, sometimes giving... |
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