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The St Andrews Agreement was an agreement between the British and ... By enabling the inclusion of the DUP, which had opposed the Belfast ...

Adam Ferguson, sometimes known as Ferguson of Raith (June 20, 1723 ... Perth grammar school and at the University of St Andrews. In 1745, owing ...

a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. He was renowned ... It is also held that Andrew founded the See of Byzantium in 38 C.E ...

It carried over through the later years of European society, often used ... Made of stone, these sarcophagi have endured through the centuries ...

Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... While most authorities stress the African roots of calypso, in his ...

Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 - January 1, 1787) was one of the ... The son of Henry Middleton, one of South Carolina's representatives ...

The Bay of Fundy ( Baie de Fundy ) is located on the Atlantic Ocean coastline of North America, at ...

and an influential figure on matters of political and social policy ... of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, and was made a ...

of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland, July ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland, July ...

(March 17, 1902 - December 18, 1971) was one of the most dominant figures in ... away, Jones was named to the World Golf Hall of Fame for his amazing talent ...

wrote in, many areas: Epistemology, history of philosophy, moral philosophy ... In 1911, Broad went to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. ...

Calvinist lines following his experience of working with John Calvin in ... Many of the details of Knox's early life are unclear. His place ...

and film critic. In the 1940s he was one of the most influential film critics ... in an automobile accident, and from the age of seven he and his younger sister ...

May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788) was one of the foremost portrait and landscape ... He is recognized among the most innovative and enigmatic artists of ...

is widely considered to be the inventor of the epistolary novel—that ... from Surrey, described by his son as “of middling note." As a ...

Catholic) who want union with the Republic of Ireland to re-unite the whole ... Former British Prime Minister John Major had laid some of the groundwork ...

Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh 1818-1887, was a ... He was known as one of Britain's kindest politicians, owing much ...

1908) was a British philosopher and leader of the Neo-Hegelian school in ... Caird published two sets of Gifford lectures, The Evolution of Religion ...

He is credited as being the primary creator of the first version of the periodic ... Mendeleev was the thirteenth surviving child of 17 total, but the exact number ...

series of Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews. It was in these ... lectures of 1921–1922 at the University of St Andrews, published in 1923 ...

politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Buchan was an officer ... Buchan was the eldest child in the family of four sons and one surviving ...

Saint Margaret (c. 1046 – November 16, 1093), was the sister of ... piety, was essential to the revivification of Roman Catholicism in Scotland ...

May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays ... the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. Thus, May ...

Forsythia is the genus and common name for a taxon of deciduous shrubs ... Forsythia comprise a small genus of about 11 species, mostly native ...

publisher, and politician. He was the editor of the Manchester Guardian newspaper ... Scott was an advocate of universal suffrage as shown through the support ...

played a pivotal role in the establishment of the oil industry and defined ... He was bitterly attacked by the media of his day, newspapers and the ...

biologist and archaeologist was born the son of Sir John William Lubbock, Bart ... the Act that established the dates of Bank Holidays. In the academic ...

Up, about Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys of Never Never Land. Barrie was ... title=Rector of the University of St Andrews|years=1919 - 1922|before ...

William IV (William Henry; August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) was ... King." His reign saw the implementation of several reforms: The poor law ...

the United States, Brunner became professor of systematic theology at the ... Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews, (1946–1947) ...

philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college (Dictionary ... Space, Time and Deity was one of the last attempts by a British philosopher ...

was an influential liberal thinker of the nineteenth century. John ... Inaugural Address at the University of St. Andrews, concerning the ...

) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... exclusion, expropriation, and extermination of Jews. In the decades after ...

Lollardy or Lollardry was the political and religious movement of ... Lollardy also emphasized the authority of the Scriptures over the authority ...

gardens and in sculpture as well. He was one of the most dominant artists and ... Le Brun was given leave to create some of the most impressive masterpieces ...

lawyer and peace activist; he is one of several people who have been ... and Otlet created the Central Office of International Associations ...

the Western world by the Latinized version of his name, Alkindus) was known ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland ...

of Mathematics & Statistics University of St Andrews, UK. Retrieved March ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. ...

is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent countries of ... The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until May 1, 1707 ...

New Brunswick (French: Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of Canada's ... (1760-1820) who was descended from the House of Brunswick." ...

political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Unlike ... History of Mathematics Archive]. University of St Andrews Scotland School ...

[[Image:HiltonofCadboll01.JPG|thumb|A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll ... The Picts were a confederation of tribes who lived to the north of ...

monastery or convent, under the government of an abbot or an abbess, who ... European abbeys were the important centers of learning and literacy, which ...

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (August 3, 1867 ... title=Chancellor of the University of St Andrews|years=1929–1947 ...

and Anaximenes, explored the origin of existing beings and developed ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland] ...

Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM PC FRS (August ... Ernest Rutherford was the son of James Rutherford, a farmer who had ...

and mathematician who is considered one of the greatest creators of old ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved ...

him the only Canadian recipient of the "Triple Crown of Acting ... von Trapp in the musical film The Sound of Music (1965) alongside Julie ...

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or the Mazarin Bible) is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation ... The advent of the printed Bible ushered in an age in which Bibles ...

quot;Jules Henri Poincaré". University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved ... Henri Poincaré"]. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved ...

the Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews on "The Face ... The Gifford Lectures 2010]. University of St Andrews. * [https://sms ...

an effective and relatively safe means of vaccination against smallpox ... from a Scottish University, the University of St. Andrews, and subsequently ...

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern region of the ... The majority of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis ...

History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews. Retrieved January ... html Sir Isaac Newton.] University of St. Andrews. Retrieved January ...

historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. His work belongs ... December 26, 2019. and the University of St Andrews (UK, 2008). Honorary ...

Posidonius (or Poseidonus; Greek: Ποσειδώνιος) "of ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. ...

church that traditionally contained the seat of a bishop. The great Cathedrals ... (seat or chair), and refers to the presence of the bishop's or archbishop ...

Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans ... music incorporated the cultural aspects of New Orleans jazz music of the ...

in the late twelfth century as the Poor Men of Lyons, a band organized by ... Today, there are several active congregations of Waldensians in Europe ...

Christian movement centered on the teachings of Czech martyr Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415 ... force in Moravia, Bohemia, and parts of Poland, with many Czech nobles ...

The kinetic energy of an object is the extra energy it possesses due ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews. 2000. ...

portraiture to a narrative-style series of pictures called “modern moral ... In his illustrated 1753 treatise "The Analysis of Beauty," ...

/ləˈkæreɪ/), was a British author of espionage novels. During the ... * Honorary degree, University of St. Andrews (1996); and Honorary ...

and Burma during the war. Her popular songs of yearning and hope, which moved ... to have a top ten hit album. At the time of her death in 2020 she had been ...

16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of former President Richard Nixon ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...

22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the wife of President of the United States ... roadside areas. She was also an advocate of the Head Start program. ...

was an eminent astrophysicist. Of Tamil Indian heritage, he was born ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. February ...

(The Long Day Wanes), on the dying days of Britain's empire in the ... He wrote critical studies of Joyce, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Lawrence ...

born American Academy Award-winning actress of film and theater whose versatility ... World War II, Colbert embodied the ideal of the independent, resourceful ...

who recast the the laws governing the motion of bodies in a simplified and ... Hamilton was the fourth of nine children of Archibald Hamilton, a ...

1927-41)University of Berlin(1941)University of St. Andrews(1955-56)University ... German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics ...

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the seventh largest ... html John Napier,] University of St Andrews. Retrieved October ...

century as a humanitarian and advocate of peace. Schweitzer received ... Schweitzer was the principal of a theological college and author of ...

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August 12, 1762 – June 26, 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great ... in politics, especially in the matter of Catholic emancipation, though ...

de Lantins). The era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire (476 C.E. ... was very expensive, due to the expense of parchment, and the huge amount ...

or Türk yazını) is the collection of written and oral texts composed ... The history of Turkish literature spans a period of nearly 1,500 years ...

A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction ... geometrically accurate representations of three-dimensional space, while ...

who served as the last General-Secretary of the International Missionary ... order, that bishops, symbolizing unity of faith and practice, can gather ...

The Queen of Sheba, (tenth century B.C.E.), also known as Makeda ... Yaqut al-Hamawi, the star-worshipers of Harran in Turkey, and those ...

The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, often referred to ... In March of 1955, Mrs. Dorothy Chandler began fundraising toward a ...

Apostolic succession refers to the Christian practice of appointing ... Due to the sacramental theology of these churches, only bishops and ...

The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation ... The core group consisted of the American poets Zukofsky, Williams ...

served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the ... address delivered to the University of St. Andrews in 1867: "Bad ...

| order=28th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1913 ... | date of birth=December 28, 1856 | place of birth=Staunton, Virginia ...

in Washington, D.C. honoring members of the U.S. armed forces who fought ... The main part of the memorial, which was completed in 1982, is located ...

The Rosewood massacre was a racially motivated massacre of black people ... Sixty years after the rioting, the story of Rosewood was revived by major ...

public figure. He served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations ... University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews, 1996 ...

Augustan literature is a style of English literature produced during ... The chronological anchors of the era are generally vague, largely ...

Maryland is a state located on the East Coast of the United States ... the Civil War gives it characteristics of both the Northern and Southern ...

who is generally regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved ...

that it stays aloft primarily by means of a large cavity filled with ... Airships were the first form of aircraft to make controlled, powered ...

British philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly ... , the Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, the ...

The Book of Enoch is an apocraphal and pseudopigraphal collection ... ), which describes a group of fallen angels (called "the Grigori ...

15, 1810) was a noted writer and critic of British children's literature ... intent on promoting the Established Church of Britain and on teaching young ...

| alma_mater = University of St Andrews (MD) | occupation ... referees for an MD from the University of St Andrews in June 1775. ...

by Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst.]] ... known as Calcutta), which became part of post-independence India. A ...

| order=36th President of the United States | date1=November 22, 1963 ... | date of birth=August 27, 1908 | place of birth=Stonewall, Texas ...

commanded a battalion and later a brigade of the 1st Infantry Division. ... After the 1973 resignation of H. R. Haldeman, Haig became President ...

(population: 371,767 in 2007; population of urban area is some 1,007,972 ... , named Zurich the city with the best quality of life in the world. ...

philosopher, and scholar – a professor of English literature, a literary ... he was named the "patron saint" of Wired magazine. ...

physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically ... of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, 1997. ...

a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company ... being elected Lord Rector of the University of St. Andrews. He was a large ...

known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. At the time of his ... Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer ...

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He is best remembered for his direction of British foreign policy through ... Some of his aggressive actions, now termed liberal interventionist ...

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the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...

[[Image:queenvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Queen Victoria at the ... May 24, 1819 – January 22, 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great ...

for "Reconquest") was a period of 750 years in which several ... themselves and even support certain rulers of the "other side." ...

The Shroud of Turin is an ancient linen cloth which some believe is ... negative on its fibers, at or near the time of his proclaimed resurrection ...

on several audiotapes, for numerous acts of terrorism in Iraq and Jordan ... and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, "A ...

gave lasting influences on the development of intellectual, technological ... html Zhang Heng at the University of St Andrews, Scotland] ...

) was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum ... html Richard Phillips Feynman]. University of St. Andrews. Retrieved February ...

South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...

that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, ... Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most effective means of ...

Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... Ireland—with King Charles III as head of state. He is also head of state ...

) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island ... Northern Ireland has been for many years the site of a violent and ...

A novel is a longer work of narrative fiction compared to a novella ... for "new," "news," or "short story of something ...

and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded ... The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional ...