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  • 91John Davies of Hereford — (c. 1565, Hereford, England ndash; July 1618, London) was a writing master and an Anglo Welsh poet. He is usually known as John Davies of Hereford in order to distinguish him from others of the same name.In a 2007 monograph, Shakespeare, A Lover… …

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  • 92Gundobad — Gundobad, Patrician of the Western Roman Empire (472 473) also became King of the Burgundians (473 516), after his father Gundioc of Burgundy, though he had to fight off three brothers to seize his title.When the former Patrician Ricimer, who had …

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  • 93Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot — The Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot is a poem written by Alexander Pope and completed in the summer of 1734. Dr. John Arbuthnot was a physician and was known as a man of wit. He was a member of the Martinus Scriblerus Club, together with amongst others… …

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  • 94Anthony Allen — (died 11 April 1754), an English lawyer and antiquary, was born at Great Hadham in Hertfordshire, about the end of the seventeenth century. He went to King s College, Cambridge, and took his bachelor s degree in 1707, and his master s in 1711. He …

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  • 95Joseph J. Spengler — (1912 1991) was an American economist, statistician, and historian of economic thought.He was a founding professor of Duke University, where he was pivotal in building the Graduate Program in Economics. In 1934 he joined the faculty where he… …

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  • 96Henry Coventry — (1619 1686) was an English politician, who was Secretary of State for the Northern Department between 1672 and 1674 and the Southern Department between 1674 and 1680.Origins and educationCoventry was the third son by the second marriage of Thomas …

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  • 97Davies, John — (1565? 1618)    Called the Welsh Poet, was a writing master, wrote very copiously and rather tediously on theological and philosophical themes. His works include Mirum in Modum, Microcosmus (1602), and The Picture of a Happy Man (1612). Wit s… …

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  • 98witenagemot — n. hist. an Anglo Saxon national council or parliament. Etymology: OE f. witena genit. pl. of wita wise man (as WIT(2)) + gemot meeting: cf. MOOT …

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  • 99homme d'esprit — /des prē/ noun A man of wit • • • Main Entry: ↑homme …

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  • 100homme d'es|prit — «M dehs PREE», French. a man of wit or spirit …

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