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  • 131eminent — a. 1. High, lofty, elevated. 2. Distinguished, conspicuous, celebrated, prominent, illustrious, exalted, famous, renowned, remarkable, of great repute …

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  • 132Ashmole, Elias — (1617 1692)    Antiquary, was ed. at Lichfield, and became a solicitor in 1638. On the breaking out of the Civil War he sided with the royalists; went to Oxford and studied science, including astrology. The result of his studies in this region of …

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