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Hyde Park
Hyde Park 615 acres (249 hectares) in Westminster borough, London, England. Once the manor of Hyde, a part of the old Westminster Abbey property, it became a deer park under Henry VIII. Races were held there in the 17th cent. In 1730, Queen Caroline had an artificial lake, the Serpentine,... Read more |
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George London
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London Mercury
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Henry Gray
Gray, Henry (b. London[?], England, 1825/1827; d. London, 8/13 June 1861) anatomy, physiology. For a name as well-known as Gray Read more |
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Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire , county (1991 pop. 951,500), 631 sq mi (1,634 sq km), E central England. The county seat is Hertford , but Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, and St. Albans are more important urban centers. The terrain is level except for an extension of the Chiltern Hills in the northwest. The... Read more |
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Henry Crabb Robinson
Henry Crabb Robinson 1775-1867, English diarist, journalist, and lawyer. He practiced law occasionally and served (1808-9) as war correspondent for the London Times. His voluminous correspondence and diaries are a mine of information about his literary acquaintances, among whom were Goethe,... Read more |
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Lincolns Inn
Lincoln's Inn one of the Inns of Court in London, on the site of what was originally the palace of Ralph Neville (d. 1244), bishop of Chichester and Chancellor, and which later became the property of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln (1249?–1311). When the property was made available to... Read more |
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Essex (England)
Essex county (1991 pop. 1,495,600), 1,520 sq mi (3,938 sq km) SE England, on the Thames River and the North Sea, one of the "Home Counties" of London. Chelmsford is the county seat. The land rises from the low, irregular coastline to undulating pastoral country. Streams and salt marshes are... Read more |
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Jane Ray
Ray, Jane 1960-PersonalBorn June 10, 1960, in London, England; daughter of Donald Edwin (a teacher and musician) and Barbara May (a teacher and musician) Ray; married David Anthony Temple (a conductor), April 8, 1988; children: Clara Jane, Ellen May, Joe. Education: Middlesex Polytechnic, B.A. (with... Read more |
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