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John Milton
John Milton 1608-74, English poet, b. London, one of the greatest poets of the English language. Early Life and Works The son of a wealthy scrivener, Milton was educated at St. Paul's School and Christ's College, Cambridge. While Milton was at Cambridge he wrote poetry in both Latin and English,... Read more |
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Milton
Milton, a very common name, usually ‘middle farmstead or estate’, OE middel + tūn; examples include: Milton Cambs. Middeltune c.975, Middeltone 1086 (DB). Milton Oxon., near Didcot. Middeltun 956, Middeltune 1086 (DB). Milton Abbas Dorset. Middeltone 934, Mideltune 1086 (DB),... Read more |
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Marie Alfred Cornu
Cornu, Marie Alfred (b. Orl<... Read more |
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Stan Barstow
BARSTOW, Stan(ley) Nationality: British. Born: Horbury, Yorkshire, 28 June 1928. Education: Ossett Grammar School. Family: Married Constance Mary Kershaw in 1951; one son and one daughter. Career: Draftsman and sales executive in the engineering industry, 1944-62. Lives in Hawath, West... Read more |
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Lester Keith Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott 1935-, British jockey. A major figure in British horse racing after 1954, Piggott rode over 4,000 winners in Britain. He gained particular success in classic British races such as the Derby , which he won nine times between 1954 and 1983. He also won the Prix de l'Arc de... Read more |
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Sally K Ride
Sally K. Ride 1951-, American astrophysicist and astronaut, b. Encino, Calif. With a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford Univ., she joined NASA in 1978, where she was an astronaut (1979-87) and helped design the robot arm for the space shuttle. In 1983 she became the first American woman in space. She... Read more |
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William Keith
William Keith 1838-1911, American painter, b. Scotland. In 1851 he came to New York City, where he learned wood engraving and did illustrations for Harper's Weekly. He moved to San Francisco in 1860 and later turned to painting, studying in Düsseldorf in 1870 and in Munich in the 1880s. His... Read more |
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Damon J. Keith
Damon Keith 1922– Federal judge Keith’s Early Years Fulfilled A Drea... Read more |
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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1852-1930, American author, b. Randolph, Mass. Her stories and novels paint a picture of Massachusetts and Vermont still under the influence of Puritanism, in her view, a philosophy made rigid by time. Her short story collections include A Humble Romance and Other... Read more |
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Stanley Keith Runcorn
RUNCORN, STANLEY KEITH(b. Southport, Lancashire, England, 19 November 1922; d. San Diego, California, 5 December 1995), geophysics, geomagnetism, planetary science.Runcorn ranks among the most innovative geophysicists of the late twentieth century, having endeavored to interpret geomagnetic data and... Read more |
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