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  • 21Gervase Cary Elwes — (15 November 1866 – 12 January 1921), always known as Gervase Elwes, was an English tenor of great distinction, who exercised a powerful influence over the development of English music. Background to his career He was born in Billing, Northampton …

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  • 22Sir Alexander McDonnell, 1st Baronet — (1794 ndash; 1875), civil servant, commissioner of national education in Ireland.McDonnell, eldest son of James McDonnell, M.D., was born at Belfast in 1794. He gained a king s scholarship at Westminster School in 1809, and was elected in 1813 to …

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  • 23Alaska — • The first knowledge of Alaska was acquired in 1741 through the expedition under Vitus Bering, a Dane in the Russian service, who sailed from Okhoysk Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Alaska     Alaska …

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  • 24Dominick Dunne: After the Party — Directed by Kirsty de Garis and Timothy Jolley Music by Antony Partos Editing by Suresh Ayyar Distributed by Indiepix …

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  • 25monarch — I. n. 1. Autocrat, despot. 2. Sovereign, king, emperor, potentate, prince ruler, chief. 3. Superior. 4. President, patron, deity, presiding genius. II. a. Supreme, ruling, sovereign, monarchal, pre eminent …

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  • 26Genii — Genius Gen ius, n.; pl. E. {Geniuses}; in sense 1, L. {Genii}. [L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere,… …

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  • 27Geniuses — Genius Gen ius, n.; pl. E. {Geniuses}; in sense 1, L. {Genii}. [L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere,… …

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  • 28Religion in ancient Rome — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter …

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  • 29History of Physics —     History of Physics     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Physics     The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. A Glance at Ancient Physics; II. Science and Early Christian Scholars; III. A Glance at Arabian Physics; IV.… …

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  • 30religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …

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