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Saint John of God
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Rhabdomancy
Rhabdomancy Term for divination by divining-rods. Deriving from Greek words meaning "a rod" and "divination," it was thus alluded to by Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82): "As for the divination or decision from the staff, it is an augurial relic, and the practice thereof is accused by God himself:... Read more |
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John Sir Cockcroft
Cockcroft, John Douglas (b. Todmorden, Yorkshire, England, 27 May 1897; d. Cambridge, England, 18 Septmber 1967), physics. Cockcrofts have lived in the Calder Valley of the West Riding of Yorkshire for generations. During the nineteenth century they owned a cotton mill in Todmorden, but the... Read more |
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John oGroats
John o'Groats, Scotland/UK A village named after John o'Groat (or Jan de Groot), a Dutchman who settled here with royal protection in the 15th century and established a ferry to the Orkney Islands in 1496. To travel from John o'Groats to Land's End means to cover the entire length of Great Britain,... Read more |
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Saint John
Saint John one of the Twelve Apostles, traditional author of the fourth Gospel, three letters, and the Book of Revelation (see John, Gospel according to Saint ; John , letters; Revelation ); it is highly unlikely, however, that all five works were written by the same author. In the Gospels he... Read more |
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Isabella of Angouleme
Isabella of Angoulême (c.1188–1246), queen of King John. Isabella was the second wife of King John and was about 12 at the time of their marriage in August 1200. The alliance seems to have been a mixture of passion and diplomacy on John's part, since Angoulême lay in the heart of... Read more |
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St-Johns-wort
St.-John's-wort any species of the large and widespread herbaceous or shrubby genus Hypericum of the family Hypericaceae (St.-John's-wort family), usually found in moist, open places and often having bright yellow flowers and dotted leaves. A St.-John's-wort is said to have been associated with... Read more |
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Sir John Mandeville
Sir John Mandeville 14th-century English author of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. Originally written in Norman French, the work became enormously popular and was translated into English, Latin, and most European languages. It purports to recount the author's travels through Jerusalem, Egypt,... Read more |
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Sir Henry John Newbolt
Sir Henry John Newbolt 1862-1938, English poet and historian. He is best remembered for his vigorous and imperialistic poems of the sea, collections of which include Admirals All (1897), The Sailing of the Long Ships (1902), and Drake's Drum and Other Songs of the Sea (1914). The centennial... Read more |
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Battle of Corunna
Corunna, battle of, 1809. In October 1808 the British, under Sir John Moore, pushed into northern Spain to ease the pressure on the Spanish army and draw the French from Madrid. Outnumbered and inadequately supplied, they were soon in danger of being cut off. Moore skilfully retreated through the... Read more |
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