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  • 51David Williams (philosopher) — David Williams (1738 – 29 June 1816), was a Welsh philosopher of the Enlightenment period. He was an ordained minister, theologian and political polemicist, and was the founder in 1788 of the Royal Literary Fund. Contents 1 Upbringing 2… …

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  • 52Candide Charkviani — (1906 1994) was Georgian party and government official, first secretary of the Communist Party (CP) of Georgia from 1938 1952. [1] Early lifeBorn in Tsageri, Lechkhumi region of Georgia, Charkviani graduated from Kutaisi Gymnasium and Tbilisi… …

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  • 53List of atheists (authors) — Authors * Douglas Adams (1952 ndash;2001): British radio and television writer and novelist, author of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy . [ I am a radical Atheist... Adams in an interview by American Atheists… …

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  • 54Ch'ien-lung — (chyĕnʹlo͝ongʹ) See Qianlong. * * * ▪ emperor of Ch’ing dynasty Introduction Pinyin  Qian long , temple name (miao hao)  Kao tsung , posthumous name (shih)  Ch un Ti , original name  Hung li  born Sept. 25, 1711, China died Feb. 7, 1799, Peking… …

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  • 55Justinian I — /ju stin ee euhn/, (Flavius Anicius Justinianus) ( Justinian the Great ) A.D. 483 565, Byzantine emperor 527 565. * * * orig. Petrus Sabbatius born 483, Tauresium, Dardania died Nov. 14, 565, Constantinople Byzantine emperor (527–565). Determined …

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  • 56Qianlong — /chyahn lawng /, n. Pinyin. See Ch ien Lung. * * * ▪ emperor of Qing dynasty Introduction Wade Giles romanization  Ch ien lung , temple name (miaohao)  Gaozong , posthumous name (shi)  Chundi , original name  Hongli  born Sept. 25, 1711, China… …

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  • 57Bach, Johann Sebastian — born March 21, 1685, Eisenach, Thuringia, Ernestine Saxon Duchies died July 28, 1750, Leipzig German composer. Born to a musical family, he became a superbly well rounded musician; from 1700 he held positions as singer, violinist, and organist.… …

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  • 58Hogarth, William — born Nov. 10, 1697, London, Eng. died Oct. 26, 1764, London British painter and engraver. Apprenticed at 15 to a silversmith, he opened his own engraving and printing shop at 22. He took private drawing lessons while earning a living as an… …

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  • 59Wilbye, John — born March 7, 1574, Diss, Norfolk, Eng. died September 1638, Colchester, Essex British composer. He spent his entire life in the employ of the Kytson family, as a domestic musician at Hengrave Hall, and then in Colchester (from 1628). One of the… …

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  • 60folk literature — Introduction also called  folklore  or  oral tradition        the lore (traditional knowledge and beliefs) of cultures having no written language. It is transmitted by word of mouth and consists, as does written literature, of both prose and… …

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