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Elisha Graves Otis
Elisha Graves Otis The American manufacturer and inventor Elisha Graves Otis (1811-1861) was one of the inventors of the modern elevator and founded a company for their manufacture. Elisha Otis was born near Halifax, Vt., where his father was for many years a justice of the peace and a state... Read more |
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Sir William Watson
Sir William Watson 1858-1935, English poet. His first great success was Wordsworth's Grave (1890), followed by a meditative elegy on Tennyson, Lachrymae Musarum (1892). He is also remembered for sonnets and lyrics. He was knighted in 1917.... Read more |
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Deirdre
Deirdre , beautiful heroine of Irish legend. A druid prophesied at her birth that she would bring great misfortunes. Deirdre, chosen to be the wife of Conchobar, king of Ulster, fell in love with Naoise, the son of Usnach, and fled with him and his two brothers to Scotland. After a long idyllic stay... Read more |
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Alfred Percival Graves
Alfred Percival Graves 1846-1931, Irish poet. An inspector of schools, he was also twice president of the Irish literary society. He compiled several volumes of Irish music and folksongs. Included among his own writings are Irish Songs and Ballads (1880) and Father O'Flynn (1889). ... Read more |
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Earl G. Graves
Earl G. Graves 1935– Publisher, business executive At a Glance… Sources A highly respected and nationally known authority on black business development, Earl G. Graves is the founder and publisher of Black Enterprise, a magazine that focuses on issues and news relating to black-owned... Read more |
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Michael Graves
Michael Graves 1934-, American architect, b. Indianapolis, Ind., educated at the Univ. of Cincinnati and Harvard. Graves was a member of the New York "Five" or "white" modernist architects during the 1960s, the other four being Richard Meier , Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, and John... Read more |
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Robert Blair
Robert Blair 1699-1746, English poet and clergyman. His literary reputation rests solely on his didactic, blank-verse poem on death, The Grave (1743).... Read more |
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Graves disease
Graves' disease (exophthalmic goitre) (grayvz) n. see thyrotoxicosis. [ R. J. Graves (1797–1853), Irish physician]... Read more |
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James Collinson
Collinson, James (b Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 9 May 1825; d London, 24 Jan. 1881). English painter. He was one of the original members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848, but he left it in 1850 because he felt it was incompatible with his Roman Catholic faith and in 1852 began training to... Read more |
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Straw demands answers over `freedom' appeal JAMES BULGER CASE: Sir David...
...of the killers of James Bulger. Jack Straw...furious at comments by Sir David Ramsbotham in...why he went beyond his terms of reference...lawyer representing James Bulger's family...irreparably damaged" by his appeal. Sean Sexton...I believe ... |
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Labour threat todock [pounds sterling]40,000 from Dannatt pay for joining...
...Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt in...to be sacked from his new Royal role as...Richard is still drawing his salary and should...reportedly believes his appointment is a...paid by the Army.' James Arbuthnot, the Tory...also said to ... |
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Europe's Physician: The Various Life of Sir Theodore de Mayerne.(Book review)
...Various Life of Sir Theodore de Mayerne...speak from the grave. Sir Theodore...chief physician to James VI and I. The king trusted his medical and his political judgments...The death of James in 1625, ... |
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Fed: Enough to make the big fella turn in his grave
...make the big fella turn in his grave By Doug Conway, Senior...Packer turning in his grave. The Big Fella...breathed Channel Nine. His father bought it...not any moreafter James Packer ended the ... |
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Macabre memento; Well preserved: Sir Walter Raleigh's head was embalmed after...
...sold the manor to Sir Edward Nicholas...Nicholas, grandson of Sir Edward, is said...theuncovering of Sir Walter's skull from beside the grave of young Carew...wielding barber who turns his customers into...sPeriodical. ... |
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HAS BROWN DUG HIS OWN GRAVE?In the long-running feud between the Chancellor...
SIR Robert Peel in 1841 wanted...At the tail-end of his Africa tour this weekend...changed? Fidgeting with his hands and cuffs and looking...however. Now he - and his supporters - will have...man show that could turn out to be an alternative... |
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Ah, Mr Bond, we've been expecting you: 50 years on from Dr No
...four-year absence, James Bond will return to...star Daniel Craig in his third appearance as...it's too late to turn back now". The film...a decent one since Sir Gustav Graves' Ice Palace in Die...minutes into every James ... |
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Off to the Races.(Brief Article)
...hear the story of Sir James Hector and his errant steed. In 1858, Sir James was seeking a rail...vicious kick from his horse. The blow knocked...valley to dig his grave. Sir ... |
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Jessica's journey touches the soul.
...Neill described his autobiographical...appeal of a yawning grave (Sir Richard Eyre...Charles Dance as James Tyrone - who...actor father, sold his soul for a mess...bad white wig and his own low-flown...on the table to ... |
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A grave injustice righted; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Byline: JAMES BLACK;CHARLES LEGGE QUESTION...Anne Boleyn have neither-grave nor tombstone? CULBERTSON...of London. Others are Sir Thomas More and another...asking the guilty man to turn around in order to use his back as a book rest. Colin... |
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