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91Sibyl — The word sibyl probably comes (via Latin) from the Greek word sibylla , meaning prophetess. (Other schools of thought suggest that the word may have come from Arabic.) The earlier oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity, who… …
92Richard Cumberland (dramatist) — Richard Cumberland Born 19 February 1732(1732 02 19) Master s lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge, England Died 7 May 1811(1811 05 07) (aged 79) L …
93Minas Gerais — For other uses, see Minas Gerais (disambiguation). State of Minas Gerais   State   …
94Novus ordo seclorum — The phrase Novus ordo seclorum (Latin for New Order of the Ages ) appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, first designed in 1782 and printed on the back of the United States one dollar bill since 1935. The phrase also… …
95Gabriel Harvey — (c. 1545 ndash; 1630) was an English writer. Harvey was a notable scholar, though his reputation suffered from his quarrel with Thomas Nashe. Henry Morley, writing in the Fortnightly Review (March 1869), brought evidence from Harvey s Latin… …
96George Puttenham — (1529–1590) is the reputed English author of The Arte of English Poesie (1589).FamilyGeorge was the second son of Robert Puttenham of Sherfield on Loddon in Hampshire and his wife Margaret, the daughter of Sir Richard Elyot and sister of Sir… …
97Thomas Randolph (poet) — Thomas Randolph (June, 1605 ndash; March, 1635), English poet and dramatist, was born near Daventry in Northamptonshire, and was baptized on June 18, 1605. He was the uncle of colonist William Randolph.He was educated at Westminster and at… …
98Amadou Diallo — Amadou Bailo Diallo (September 2, 1975 – February 4, 1999) was a 23 year old immigrant to the United States from Guinea, who was shot and killed on February 4, 1999, by four New York City Police Department plain clothed officers: Sean Carroll,… …
99Ambrose Philips — Ambrose Philips, (1674 ndash; 18 June 1749), was an English poet.He was born in Shropshire of a Leicestershire family. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John s College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1699. He seems to have… …
100Francisco de Sá de Miranda — (1481? ndash; 1558), pron. IPA2|fɾɐ̃ siʃku dɨ sa dɨ mi ɾɐ̃ðɐ, was a Portuguese poet of the Renaissance.LifeSá de Miranda was the son of a canon of Coimbra belonging to the ancient and noble family of Sa. His brother, Mem de Sá, was the third… …
