Nat 1800 1831 Turner
Turner, Nat (1800-1831), The Negro Leader Of A Slave Insurrection In Virginia, Known As The "southampton Insurrec Tion," Was Born In Southampton County, Va., In 1800. From His Childhood He Claimed To See Visions And Hear Voices, And He Became A Baptist Preacher Of Great Influence Among The Negroes. In ...
Nicholas Udal
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Nikolai Vassilievich 18501926
Tschaikovsky, Nikolai Vassilievich ( 1850 1926), Russian Revolutionary And Politician, Born At Viatka, Studied Chemistry At The University Of St. Petersburg Under Men Delyeev And Butlerov, And Published In The Bulletin Of The Acad Emy Of Sciences, An Original Work On Chemistry. But Pure Science Did Not Satisfy The Ardent ...
Organization
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Oscar Wilder Underwood
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Paolo 1397 1475 Uccello
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Paris In The Middle
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Paul Valery
Valery, Paul (1871– ), French Poet, Was Born At Cette On Oct. 3o, 1871. He First Became Known As The Author Of Several Apocalyptic Poems Of Remarkable Beauty And Form, Which Appeared In Such Reviews As L'ermitage, Le Centaure, Etc., And Were Issued Later In A Collection Entitled Album De ...
Peter Ilich 1840 1893 Tschaikovsky
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Pietro Della 1586 1652 Valle
Valle, Pietro Della (1586-1652), Italian Traveller In The East, Came Of A Noble Roman Family, And Was Born On April I I, 1586, In The Family Palace Built By Cardinal Andrea. He Served Against The Moors Of Barbary, But Also Became A Member Of The Roman Academy Of The Umoristi, ...
Reformation And Inengland
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Rubber Tyre Manufacture
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Samuel Untermyer
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Shifts In Occupations In
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Sir Anthony Vandyck
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Sir Charles Tupper
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Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
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Sir Henry 1589 1654 Vane
Vane, Sir Henry (1589-1654), English Secretary Of State, Born At Hadlow, Kent, On Feb. 18, 1589, Was Educated At Brasenose College, Oxford, Entered Gray's Inn In 1606, And Was Knighted In 1611. He Purchased Various Court Offices, And Sat In Parliament For Various Constituencies From 1614 Onwards. Vane Was Sent ...
Sir Henry 662vane
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Sir John 1664 1726 Vanbrugh
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Sonata Forms
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Spain
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St Ursula
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Steel E E T
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Struggle For National Government
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The Letter U The
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The Reformation And Later
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The Renaissance
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The United States Of
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