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Dibon
Dibon or Dibon-gad, ancient city, E of the Dead Sea, now a ruin called Dhiban. The Moabite stone was found there, and important remains from the Moabite period have been excavated. References to it in the Bible are numerous. An alternate form is Dimon. See Dimona .... Read more |
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Charles Davenport
Davenport, Charles Benedict (b. Stamford, Connecticut, 1 June 1866; d. Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 18 February 1944) zoology, eugenics. A major influence on Davenport was the harsh and puritanical tyranny of his father, Amzi Benedict Davenport, a founder of and teacher in a private academy in... Read more |
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Yorkshire
Yorkshire former county, N England. In 1974, Yorkshire was divided into the nonmetropolitan counties of Humberside , Cleveland , North Yorkshire , and partially into the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire . All but North Yorkshire have since been dissolved.... Read more |
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Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey ruined Cistercian abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire, N England, near Ripon. It was founded in 1132.... Read more |
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West Yorkshire
Yorkshire, West. The new metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, established by the Local Government Act of 1972, was built upon the county boroughs of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, and Wakefield. There were substantial changes compared with the old West Riding, which lost large... Read more |
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University of Leeds
University of Leeds at Leeds, England; established 1884 by the amalgamation of Yorkshire College (1874) with the Leeds School of Medicine (1831). The school was known as Yorkshire College until 1904, when its present name was adopted. It has faculties of arts, economic and social studies,... Read more |
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South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire former metropolitan county, N central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Sheffield conurbation and comprised four metropolitan districts: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield. South Yorkshire was abolished in 1986, and the... Read more |
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Taking 39 steps around the world; Next week Already a big hit in the West End...
...work on for the West Yorkshire Playhouse five years...never get in. In my mind I was thinking...three weeks at West Yorkshire Playhouse, so I...Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, who came up with...took it to West Yorkshire ... |