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  • 11On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) — On Her Majesty s Secret Service On Her Majest …

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  • 12William Frederick Chambers — MD (1786–1855), British physician.Chambers was the eldest son of William Chambers, a political servant of the East India Company, and a distinguished oriental scholar, who died in 1793, by his marriage with Charity, daughter of Thomas Fraser, of… …

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  • 14Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme — Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur (and abbé) de Brantôme (c. 1540 – 15 July 1614) was a French historian, soldier and biographer. Contents 1 …

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  • 15Mosaddeq, Mohammad — born 1880, Tehrān, Ṣafavid Persia died March 5, 1967, Tehrān, Iran Iranian politician and nationalist leader. After law school in Switzerland, he served in the government until Reza Khan became shah (1925). After Reza Shah was deposed in 1941,… …

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  • 16Joseph Fesch — (January 3, 1763 May 13, 1839) was a French cardinal, closely associated with the family of Napoleon Bonaparte.BiographyFesch was born at Ajaccio in Corsica. His father, a Swiss officer in the service of the Genoese Republic, had married the… …

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  • 17Claude Bouthillier — Claude Bouthillier, Sieur de Fouilletourte (1581 – 13 March 1652), French statesman, began his professional life as an advocate. In 1613 he was councillor in the Parlement of Paris, and in 1619 became councillor of state and a secretary to the… …

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  • 18Alessandro Volta —     Alessandro Volta     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Alessandro Volta     Physicist, b. at Como, 18 Feb., 1745; d. there, 5 March, 1827. As his parents were not in affluent circumstances his education was looked after by ecclesiastical relatives.… …

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  • 19Janos Hunyady —     János Hunyady     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► János Hunyady     (JOHN)     Governor of Hungary, born about 1400; died 11 August, 1456; the heroic defender of the Catholic Faith against the advance of the Osmanli; father of King Matthias I… …

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  • 20Harvey , William — (1578–1657) English physician Harvey was born in the English coastal town of Folkestone and educated at King s School, Canterbury, and Cambridge University. In 1599 he made the then customary visit to Italy where he studied medicine at the… …

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