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John Wilkinson (British inventor)
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British Parliament
PARLIAMENT, BRITISH PARLIAMENT, BRITISH. Although not the oldest legislative body in history, the British Parliament has been the model, both positive and negative, for the legislative branches of most Western countries, including the Congress of the United States of America. The Anglo-Saxons... Read more |
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British Library
British Library national library of Great Britain, located in London; one of the world's great libraries. Long a part of the British Museum , the library collection originated in 1753 when the government purchased the Harleian Library , which belonged to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton , and groups of... Read more |
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British Isles
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british english
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British Council
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British Raj
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British
British British Academy an institution founded in 1901 for the promotion of historical, philosophical, and philological studies.British Expeditionary Force a British force made available by the army reform of 1908 for service overseas. Such forces were sent to France in 1914, at the outbreak of the... Read more |
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Battle of Matapan
Matapan, battle of, 1941. At a time when Britain was standing alone against the axis powers, victories were scarce. In the Mediterranean, however, the Italian fleet was poorly led and badly deployed. On 28 March 1941, a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Pridham-Wippell, comprising three... Read more |
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Caratacus
Caratacus, British king and opponent of the Roman invasion. Caratacus was one of several sons of the great British king Cunobelinus and on his father's death around ad 40 he and his brother Togodumnus appear to have divided the Catuvellaunian kingdom between them. Their forces jointly opposed the... Read more |
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