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71Henry Louis Baugher — Henry Louis Baugher, (July 18, 1804 April 14, 1868) was a clergyman and academic. He was born in Abbotstown, Pennsylvania, in 1804 to Christian Frederic and Ann Baugher.He graduated from Dickinson College in 1826, and went on to attend the… …
72Siege of Carlisle (1645) — After the storming of Newcastle in October of 1644, General Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven returned with part of the Scottish army into Cumberland and besieged Carlisle. The garrison and the townsmen were put on short allowance by the end of …
73Talmudic Academies in the Land of Israel — The Talmudic Academies in the Land of Israel were yeshivot that served as centers for Jewish scholarship and the development of Jewish law in the Levant and had a great and lasting impact on the development of world Jewry. According to an oft… …
74Henry Kuprashvili — (born 13 September, 1946, Khashuri, Georgia), is a Georgian Swimmer Kuprashvilli is known for being the first Human in history to swim the Dardanelles Straight, from Europe to Asia with his hands and feet bound in four places following the… …
75Samuel Gurney — (1786–1856) was an English banker and philanthropist.He should not be confused with his second son, Samuel (1816–1882), also described as banker and philanthropist, and a Member of Parliament. [See ODNB article by Richard Davenport Hines, ‘Gurney …
76Madakari Nayaka — was the last ruler of Chitradurga. From the south, Hyder Ali of Mysore pretended friendship with Madakari Nayaka and won the Nijagal fort from Marathas, but later Hyder Ali s eyes fell on Chitraduraga. Hyder Ali s son Tipu Sultan made it possible …
77Robert Garlick Hill Kean — (October 7, 1828 June 13, 1898) was a Virginia lawyer and Civil War bureaucrat, whose wartime diary, published after his death, continues to provide useful insight into the inner workings of the Confederate government during the War.Kean obtained …
78Criticism of Moses — According to the Torah, Moses prescribed the death penalty for a huge range of offences and for defeated enemies. He is considered a holy figure by Jews, Christians and Muslims, so most criticism of his life and teachings has been by deists,… …
79Rex v Wallace — Rex v. Wallace ( [1931] 23 Cr. App. R. 32) is a leading English criminal case, famous as being the only occasion that a conviction for murder has been overturned on the grounds that the verdict was unreasonable, or cannot be supported, having… …
80Animals in Christian art — In Christian art, animal forms have at times occupied a place of importance. With the Renaissance, animals were nearly banished, except as an accessory to the human figure. Modern Christian art only revives symbols and decoration.Late Antique… …
