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John Wilkinson (British inventor)
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Conway Cabal
Conway Cabal 1777, intrigue in the American Revolution to remove George Washington as commander in chief of the Continental Army. Washington had been defeated at Brandywine and Germantown, and Horatio Gates was flushed with success by his victory in the Saratoga campaign. Some Congressmen and... Read more |
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Sir Geofferey Wilkinson
Sir Geofferey Wilkinson 1921-, English inorganic chemist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Ernst Otto Fischer for their independent research on the organometallic compounds of the transitions metals. At Harvard, Wilkinson theorized that certain transition metals, such as iron and... Read more |
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Ellen Wilkinson
Ellen Wilkinson 1891?-1947, English politician. Of a working-class family, she graduated from the Univ. of Manchester and became a union organizer. A Labour member of Parliament (1924-31, 1935-47), she was an impassioned fighter for socialist causes and became known as Red Ellen. In 1936 she led... Read more |
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James Wilkinson
James Wilkinson 1757-1825, American general, b. Calvert co., Md. Abandoning his medical studies in 1776 to join the army commanded by George Washington, he served as a captain in Benedict Arnold's unsuccessful Quebec campaign. Later he was Gen. Horatio Gates's deputy adjutant general in the... Read more |
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John Wilkinson
A CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE-RUNNER (1862, by John Wilkinson) During the time of the American Civil War, the closing of seaports was a matter left in the hands of local officials. In a move to prevent the delivery of supplies and weapons from allies both domestic and foreign, President Abraham Lincoln... Read more |
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Royal Marriages Act
Royal Marriages Act, 1772. Prompted by the unsanctioned marriage of George III's brother Henry, duke of Cumberland, an Act was passed in 1772 making it illegal in future for any member of the royal family under the age of 25 to marry without the previous consent of the crown: all such marriages... Read more |
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Wade Hampton
Wade Hampton c.1752-1835, American planter and soldier, b. Halifax co., Va. He served in the American Revolution and took part in South Carolina politics, opposing the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and serving as a U.S. Representative (1795-97, 1803-5). He developed large cotton plantations... Read more |
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the Martyrs of Salem Witchcraft or
Witchcraft; or, the Martyrs of Salem (1847), a play by Cornelius Mathews. [Bowery Theatre, 5 perf.] Gideon Bodish ( James E. Murdoch) comes to the defense of his morose, memory‐haunted mother, Ambla ( Mrs. Wilkinson), when she is placed on trial for witchcraft. The court is heavily... Read more |
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Ironbridge
Ironbridge (Shropshire). The valley of the Severn below the Cistercian abbey of Buildwas developed in the early 18th cent. as a great iron manufacturing area under the Coalbrookdale Company, run by the Darby family. The bridge itself was designed and built by Abraham Darby the third and opened in... Read more |
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Swim: NSW swimming results
...WAIS) 4:17.77 B Townsend (Wilkinson) 4:19.02. 200m breaststroke...34.24. 50m butterfly: P Thomas (Ballina Indoor) 27.81 K Godfrey (QAS) 28.62 J Webb (NSWIS)28.80 and F Galvez (Wilkinson) 28.80. MORE md KEYWORD... |
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'BEST TEAM' IN BIGGEST TEST ; Godfrey believes Hall has added balance to...
...are up there," said Godfrey. "It's the biggest...ve been able to keep Thomas (Jorgensen) at reserve...changed. "We've kept Thomas at reserve and kept a...the form book tonight, Godfrey has urged his team not...Like team-mate Carl Wilkinson, ... |
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VAFA Details Saturday Rd 4
...Jordan 2 Clarke 2 Byrne 2 Loughlin A Thomas Wilkinson Mastropasqua Turnbull. MHSOB...Heffernan Porteous Connolly Curran Godfrey. Best: Hamp Rov: Browne Power...Old Par: Stevens Ciavola Dallas Godfrey Body Pratt. Umpires: Stubbs Curran... |
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AFL: VAFA Details Rd 4 Updated Sunday
...Jordan 2 Clarke 2 Byrne 2 Loughlin A Thomas Wilkinson Mastropasqua Turnbull. MHSOB...Heffernan Porteous Connolly Curran Godfrey. Best: Hamp Rov: Browne Power...Old Par: Stevens Ciavola Dallas Godfrey Body Pratt. Umpires: Stubbs Curran... |
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AFL: VAFA Details Rd 4 Updated Sunday correction
...Jordan 2 Clarke 2 Byrne 2 Loughlin A Thomas Wilkinson Mastropasqua Turnbull. MHSOB...Heffernan Porteous Connolly Curran Godfrey. Best: Hamp Rov: Browne Power...Old Par: Stevens Ciavola Dallas Godfrey Body Pratt. Umpires: Stubbs Curran... |
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Scorpions may look to strengthen
...to promoter Rob Godfrey, just after his...with our luck," Godfrey groaned. "We...Ipswich when Carl Wilkinson managed a second...eight through Thomas Jorgensen. But...David Howe 5, Thomas Jorgensen 4, Carl Wilkinson 10, Ben ... |
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Obituaries for Nov. 30
...Arrangements are by John Thomas Memorial Funeral Chapel...Galloway and Michelle Wilkinson; other family, William...Funeral Home. Edwin Godfrey Varlack Services will...Thursday for Edwin Godfrey Varlack, 83, of St. Thomas, also known as ... |
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FOURS CHAMPS COME UNSTUCK.(News)
...Sherwood Park (R. Smith) 24 Sherwood Park (J Godfrey) 18, Kings Heath (D Green) 28 Erdington Court...won 20-12 against J Lyonshill's rink. Di Wilkinson, Ruth Carey, Sigrid Thomas and Maureen Tims were 10-7 adrift at 11 ends... |
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Deaths
...Smalls, 70, of St. Thomas, who died Feb. 14...Smalls; brothers, Godfrey, Ralph and James Smalls...Stephanie Hedrington Wilkinson, Kavoia, Kendell...grandson, Elijah Wilkinson; uncles, Edmond and...O. Box 1045, St. Thomas, VI 00801. ... |
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GSCE results by school.
...Smith, Jessica Smith, J Steen, M Swann, X Thomas, E Vinden, A Watkins, E Whittaker, J Wilkinson, L Wilson, D Witham. Ten passes: C Bell...J France, C Gardener, L Gardener, V Godfrey, B Gunn, G Hills,K Holt, R Hughes... |
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