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  • 11Villon, François — Vil·lon (vē yōɴʹ), François. 1431 1463?. French poet. His satirical lyrics are contained in Le Petit Testament (c. 1456) and Le Testament (c. 1461). * * * orig. François de Montcorbier or François des Loges born 1431, Paris, France died after… …

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  • 12strategy — /strat i jee/, n., pl. strategies. 1. Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations. 2. the use or an instance of using this science or art. 3.… …

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  • 13Mary Somerville — Born 26 December 1780(178 …

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  • 14John Dunton — (May 4, 1659 1733) was an English bookseller and author.He was born at Graffham, in Huntingdonshire. His father, grandfather and great grandfather had all been clergymen. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to Thomas Parkhurst, bookseller,… …

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  • 15Chimoio — Chimoio …

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  • 16history — [n1] past events, experiences ancient times, antiquity, bygone times, days of old*, days of yore*, good old days*, old days*, olden days*, past, yesterday, yesteryear; concepts 678,807 Ant. future history [n2] chronicle of events account, annals …

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  • 17PHOTOGRAPHY — The first photographer known to be of Jewish birth was solomon nunes carvalho , an American who in 1853–54 served as artist photographer with John C. Frémont s expedition to the Far West. However, the 19th century did not produce many… …

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  • 18Jötunn — Frost Giant redirects here. For the music album, see Frost Giant (album). The jötnar Fafner and Fasolt seize Freyja in Arthur Rackham s illustration to Richard Wagner s Der Ring des Nibelungen. A jötunn (anglicized jotunn or jotun; …

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  • 19Eccleston, Lancashire — infobox UK place| latitude= 53.64662 longitude= 2.725521 official name= Eccleston map type= Lancashire population= 4,353 (2001 Census) os grid reference= SD521169 civil parish= Eccleston shire district= Chorley shire county= Lancashire region=… …

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  • 20Self-experimentation — refers to the very special case of single subject scientific experimentation in which the experimenter conducts the experiment on her or himself. Usually this means that the designer, operator, subject, analyst, and user or reporter of the… …

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