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Alexander Dubcek
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Alexander Dubcek
Alexander Dubček , 1921-92, Czechoslovakian political leader. A member of the Slovakian national minority, he was active in the Communist underground in World War II and rose in the party hierarchy after the war, becoming head of the Slovakian Communist party and a member of the presidium of... Read more |
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Saint Margaret
Margaret, St (c.1045–93), queen of Malcolm III of Scotland. Mother of Kings Edgar, Alexander, and David. Her father Edward, son of Edmund Ironside, was exiled from England by Cnut, and ultimately found refuge in Hungary, where Margaret was born. Hungary had only recently converted to... Read more |
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Alexander Bedward
Bedward, Alexander c. 1850November 8, 1930 Between 1891 and 1921, Alexander Bedward, an African-Jamaican healer, led the Jamaica Baptist Free Church in August Town, Jamaica, on the Hope River. Born in 1848 or 1850 at the present Matilda's Corner, then part of Hope Plantation in St. Andrew... Read more |
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King Philip
Philip Philip (died 1676), Native American chief, led his Wampanoag tribe and their allies in a losing fight against the encroachments of New England colonists. Philip was born probably at the tribal village of the Wampanoag Indians at Mount Hope, R.I. His father, Massassoit, sachem (chief)... Read more |
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Black Uhuru
Black Uhuru Reggae group Puma Jones Completed Chemistry Red Completed Rise to Fame Changes Weakened Popularity Selected discography Sources In 1982 Rolling Stone reviewer Ken Emerson wrote that “When Bob Marley died last year, one consoling ray of hope illuminated reggae |
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Master of Mary of Burgundy
Master of Mary of Burgundy. Netherlandish manuscript illuminator, active in the last quarter of the 15th century. He is named after a Book of Hours painted for Mary of Burgundy, who married the Emperor Maximilian I (see Habsburg) in 1477 and died in 1482 (Österreichische... Read more |
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Dame Ngaio Marsh
Dame Ngaio Marsh , 1899-1982, New Zealand detective story writer. She was an art student, actress, and theatrical producer before her first novel, A Man Lay Dead, was published in 1934. Her many mystery novels, acute in characterization and literate in style, reflect her knowledge of the art... Read more |
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Bucephalus
Bucephalus , favorite horse of Alexander the Great. There are legends of his speed and the wondrous deeds that Alexander performed while riding him. He died in 326 BC after the battle on the Hydaspes River. The city Bucephala was founded there by Alexander in his honor.... Read more |
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Alexander
Alexander in the Bible. 1 Kinsman of Annas. 2 Son of Simon of Cyrene, probably a Christian. 3 Heretic condemned by Paul. 4 Coppersmith who did Paul harm. 5 Jew who tried to speak during a riot at Ephesus. The last three may be the same man. The Alexanders in the books of the Maccabees are... Read more |
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