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  • name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard ... today, however, as having perfected the form of the periodical essay. His essays ...
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  • Katherine or Katharine Parr(e), was the last of the six wives of Henry VIII ... One of Henry's more educated wives, Catherine displayed a keen ...
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  • Excalibur, or Caliburn, is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes ... The best known version of the story of the sword depicts the wizard ...
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  • Jeremy Taylor (1613 - August 13, 1667) was a clergyman in the Church ... in 1626. He was under the patronage of William Laud, Archbishop of ...
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  • Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... held on March 17, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( ...
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  • |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces ...
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  • was an Irish playwright who, at the height of his fame, won the Nobel Prize ... his life, disdaining the commercialism of capitalism and believing that ...
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  • he developed an interest in the development of customs associated with marriage ... Pursuing this he gathered large quantities of material and developed ...
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  • poet, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems. In 1761 Macpherson announced the discovery of an epic on the subject ...
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  • of Lindisfarne, the Apostle of Northumbria (died 651), was an Irish ... Bede's meticulous and detailed account of Saint Aidan's ...
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  • September 19, 1940) was a British pioneer of ethnography. He conducted significant ... and much interest in the people and races of Africa. Influential in academic ...
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  • 8, 1746) was an Irish philosopher and one of the founding fathers of the ... Hutcheson is thought to have been born at Drumalig, in the parish ...
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  • Greek were emphasized. Four distinct uses of the word can be noted, the ... education for the most able irrespective of their social or economic background ...
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  • November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England ... He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ...
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  • thumb|200px|Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper ... and politician. After leading the overthrow of the British monarchy, he ruled ...
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  • (May 21, 1944 - ) was the first female President of Ireland, serving ... resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of office ...
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  • theological writer, and Anglican archbishop of Dublin (1831–1863). Whately’s ... to hold public office, and state endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy. ...
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  • James II of England (also known as James VII of Scotland; October ... He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdom of ...
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  • Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarization ...
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  • [[Image:HiltonofCadboll01.JPG|thumb|A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll ... The Picts were a confederation of tribes who lived to the north of ...
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