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  1. 4 days ago · Mary Wollstonecraft (/ ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r æ f t /, also UK: /-k r ɑː f t /; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. [2] [3] Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention ...

    • 10 September 1797 (aged 38), Somers Town, London, England
  2. 3 days ago · Jonathan Deane. The Baron Sheffield. 1783. Thomas Stanley, 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 7th Baron Eddisbury, 8th Baron Sheffield. Charles Stanley (brother) Also Baron Stanley of Alderley (1839) and Baron Eddisbury (1848) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; known as the Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Baron Kilmaine.

  3. 5 days ago · Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet (born March 7, 1792, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England—died May 11, 1871, Collingwood, Kent) was an English astronomer and successor to his father, Sir William Herschel, in the field of stellar and nebular observation and discovery.

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  4. 3 days ago · Answer: The Masque of Anarchy. These lines are from stanza no.38 of The Mask of Anarchy: Written on the Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester. This is a purple passage. It is oft-quoted. 5. "Poets are the ______________ of unapprehended inspiration." according to Shelley. Answer: Hierophants.

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  6. 4 days ago · Mentioned in Despatches. Order of the White Eagle [1] Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.

  7. 2 days ago · Currently Free on Amazon Kindle. Percy Sykes was sent by Army Intelligence in the 1890s, first as an explorer and spy, then to open consulates along Persia's eastern borders. His job was to deter Russian expansion towards India. In his time, Sir Percy Sykes was a legend of empire: unpaid, he rode through thousands of miles of the harshest ...

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