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  • 81publishing, history of — Introduction       an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …

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  • 82Celia Johnson — Born Celia Elizabeth Johnson 18 December 1908(1908 12 18) Richmond, Surrey, England Died …

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  • 83Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough — Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, KP, GCSI, KCB, PC (November 3, 1779 March 2, 1869), was a British Field Marshal. Born in Woodstown, Limerick, he was a descendant of Francis Gough who was made bishop of Limerick in 1626.Early… …

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  • 84James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton — James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, 6th Lord of Cadzow (c. 1415 November 6,1479) was a Scottish nobleman, scholar and politician.Early lifeJames Hamilton was the son of James Hamilton of Cadzow, 5th Laird of Cadzow. He was born at Cadzow Castle,… …

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  • 85Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook — Maxwell William Humphrey Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, (born 29 December 1951) is a British peer, baronet and politician. Aitken is the grandson of the 1st Baron Beaverbrook and the only son of Sir Max Aitken, by his third marriage to Violet de… …

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  • 86baronet — baronetical, adj. /bar euh nit, bar euh net /, n. a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after: Sir John Smith …

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  • 87Nicholas St Lawrence, 11th Baron Howth — (1597 1643 ) was an Anglo Irish nobleman of the seventeenth century. The Lord of Howth for over a century had played a crucial role in Irish politics; but Nicholas unlike his predecessors, preferred a private life. During the English Civil War,… …

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  • 88Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick — Richard Neville Warwick, from the Rous Roll. Born 22 November 1428(1428 11 22) Died 14 April 1471 …

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  • 89Harold Wilson — Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name =Harold Wilson honorific suffix = Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC office =Prime Minister of the United Kingdom term start =4 March 1974 term end =5 April 1976 monarch …

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  • 90Bob Geldof — Infobox musical artist | Name = Bob Geldof Img capt = Geldof in 1987 Img size = Backgrunt = solo singer Birth name = Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof Alias = Bob Geldof Born = birth date and age|1951|10|5|df=y Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland Died =… …

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