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5 days ago · Gill – Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837–1914) Gillette – David D. Gillette; Gilmore – Charles W. Gilmore (1874–1945) Girard – Charles Frédéric Girard (1822–1895) Giraud – Joseph Etienne Giraud (1808–1877) Girault – Alec Arsène Girault entomology; Gloger – Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger (1803–1863) Gmelin – Johann ...
3 days ago · Theodore Roosevelt (born October 27, 1858, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, New York) was the 26th president of the United States (1901–09) and a writer, naturalist, and soldier.
3 days ago · Roger de Scamelesbi, c. 1240 (fn. 4) William de Merden, c. 1270 (fn. 5) Robert de Haleghton, or Halton, occurs 1290, 1293 (fn. 6) Thomas de Thoulouse, c. 1301 (fn. 7) William de Grafton, occurs 1304, (fn. 8) arrested 1308 (fn. 9) 68. THE PRECEPTORY OF COPMANTHORPE, WITH THE CASTLE MILLS, YORK. William Malbys gave the manor of Copmanthorpe and ...
1 day ago · Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, soldier, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
4 days ago · Cavendish, like Jonson, associates Puritan iconoclasm with ignorance of history and the desire to eradicate 'antiquity'. By accusing Puritan iconoclasts of adoring 'innovation' Cavendish in fact reverses the argument advanced by the iconoclasts of the early sixteen-forties for the need to reform English churches and English devotional practice.
2 days ago · Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; [d] 18 May [ O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted ...
3 days ago · But except for that one instance, no pope has been chosen from among the English clergy. Pope Adrian (also called Hadrian) — born Nicholas Breakspear — was born in Hertfordshire, England, probably in the town of St. Albans. Little is known about his early life, but as a young man he traveled to Arles, in the south of France, to study law.
