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Dirk Bogarde Dirk Bogarde
Sir Dirk Bogarde , 1921-99, English film actor, b. Hampstead as Derek Niven Van den Bogaerde. In his early career Bogarde played romantic leads in such films as So Long at the Fair (1950) and A Tale of Two Cities (1958). He later showed great versatility playing character parts, including a... Read more
Francis Godolphin Osborne 5th duke of Leeds Francis Godolphin Osborne 5th duke of Leeds
Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th duke of (1751–99). Leeds was known as Lord Carmarthen till 1790, but sat in the Lords as Baron Osborne from 1776. A supporter of Lord North, he shifted to opposition and was punished, in 1780, with dismissal from his lord-lieutenancy (Yorkshire, East... Read more
dirk dirk
dirk, the small naval sword worn by midshipmen or their equivalents in most navies, when in full dress uniform. In the British Navy it was originally a naval dagger worn, and used, by junior officers when boarding an enemy ship but it gradually developed as a ceremonial adjunct to the uniform worn... Read more
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Dorothy Osborne Dorothy Osborne
Dorothy Osborne , later Lady Temple, 1627-95, English letter writer. The daughter of a royalist, she became engaged to Sir William Temple against the wishes of her family. Her letters to Temple, both through their long engagement and after their marriage in 1655, show her as a woman of wit,... Read more
Fortune Fortune
Luck BIBLIOGRAPHY Luck exerts a dramatic influence over people’s lives. It has the power to transform the improbable into the possible; to make the difference between life and death, reward and ruin, happiness and despair. But how do psychologists examine this elusive concept, and what... Read more
Osborne Reynolds Osborne Reynolds
Osborne Reynolds 1842-1912, British mechanical engineer. He was educated at Cambridge and became (1868) the first professor of engineering at the Univ. of Manchester, where his courses attracted a number of outstanding students. He developed the theory of the radiometer and determined by direct... Read more
John Osborne John Osborne
John Osborne (John James Osborne), 1929-94, English dramatist. He began his theatrical career as an actor and playwright in provincial English repertory theaters. Osborne's plays usually focus on an individual character and the sheer force of his language rather than on action. His first commercial... Read more
Thomas Pownall Thomas Pownall
Thomas Pownall , 1722-1805, English colonial governor in North America. In 1753 he went to New York as secretary to Sir Danvers Osborn, newly appointed governor. Following Osborn's suicide after their arrival, Pownall aided the English in their attempt to expel the French from North America, entered... Read more
Osborne judgment Osborne judgment
Osborne judgment, 1909. Osborne, a Liberal, went to law to stop his union, the Railway Servants, contributing to the Labour Party. The case reached the House of Lords; their judgment was that unions could not use their funds to support a political party, a severe blow to the Labour Party. John ... Read more

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