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  • less to Europe (where the Pope was) and more to the industriousness and ... power was held by the ecclesiastic Thomas Wolsey. In 1511, Henry joined ...
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  • Sir John Vanbrugh (pronounced "Van'-bru") (January ... the findings of Kerry Downes, Kerry Downes, Sir John Vanbrugh: A Biography ...
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  • Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (October 6, 1769 – October 13, ... During Sir Isaac's tenure he faced desertions and near mutinies ...
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  • was urged on the king by his chancellor, Thomas Cromwell after the death ... and instead of being taught to sing or play an instrument, she was skilled ...
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  • Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (November 18, 1836 – May 29, 1911) ... them, especially his mother, became even more strained. Gilbert had three ...
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  • His mother's ancestry dates back to Thomas Stebbins, who immigrated ... There he appeared in a leading role in a play entitled The Truth, and decided ...
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  • Sir Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish ... Thomas Connery, named Thomas after his grandfather, was born in Fountainbridge ...
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  • from his distinguished fellow Welshman, Sir John Williams. ... to Vienna at considerable personal risk, to play a crucial role in negotiating ...
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  • words, Hamlet is also the longest Shakespeare play. Based on the first ... imperatives—provide the context for the play's external action. Hamlet ...
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  • did his modernist contemporaries with their more experimental prose styles ... in 1907 with the phenomenal success of his play Lady Frederick; by the next ...
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  • to make the treatment of prisoners more humane. Her work was supported ... Thomas Fowell Buxton, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, was elected ...
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  • John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles and second, Thomas Kymbe ... * Anne of York (November 2, 1475–November 23, 1511, married Thomas ...
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  • Thomas Hobbes (April 5, 1588–December 4, 1679) was an English philosopher ... degree until 1608, but he was recommended by Sir James Hussee, his master at ...
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  • major living language and are performed more often than those of any other ... writers for centuries. Some of the more notable authors and poets ...
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  • become most famous, including his watershed play Waiting for Godot. The play ... As he matured, Beckett's style became more and more cryptic and ...
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  • most extensive mountain range, stretching more than 3,500 kilometers (2,175 ... the remainder of the less contoured and more barren inland areas. There ...
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  • where there is no probability for any other play to score points. ... formula before about 1050." Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) ...
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  • King Henry VIII died, Catherine married Sir Thomas Seymour. Unfortunately ... Thomas Seymour proposed marrying Jane to his nephew, Edward VI. However ...
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  • invaded to restore peace, and continued to play a supervisory role until Castro ... Céspedes replaced Gomez with General Thomas Jordan, who brought a well ...
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  • to be correct. He enjoyed the patronage of Sir Joseph Banks, a wealthy botanist ... for slaves. The experiment was proposed by Sir Joseph Banks, who recommended ...
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