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May 15, 2024 · John Smith, English explorer and early leader of the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He played an equally important role as a cartographer and a writer who vividly depicted the natural abundance of the New World, encouraging prospective English settlers.
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May 13, 2024 · John Smith was one of the most influential Englishmen to set foot in early colonial America. He led the Jamestown colony through tough times and produced highly accurate maps of the surrounding regions, including New England. He is also known as an author. Smith was born in 1580, in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England.
May 16, 2024 · A tragic incident has unfolded in Alabama, as reports have emerged of a 29-year-old man losing his life after being shot. The victim, whose identity has not yet been released, was rushed to the hospital following the shooting but unfortunately succumbed to his injuries.
1 day ago · In the 1995 Virgin New Adventures novel Human Nature by Paul Cornell, the Seventh Doctor takes on the human guise of "Dr John Smith" and has a romance with a teacher named Joan in 1914, albeit as a means to understand the human condition and with the Doctor's own memories as a Time Lord suppressed. The relationship ended when the Doctor was ...
May 13, 2024 · John Smith, the artist and film-maker whose landmark short The Girl Chewing Gum is amongst the jewels of the British avant-garde, has spent lockdown filming out of his bedroom window and downloading clips from YouTube. He talks to Nicholas Burman about his new films Citadel and Covid Messages.
May 12, 2024 · Yvette Cooper and others have paid tribute to former Labour leader John Smith 30 years on from his death, with the Shadow Home Secretary saying his “determination to be both credible and radical” is as important now as it was during his lifetime.
