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  • 51Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland) — Sir Anthony St Leger (c. 1496 ndash; March 16, 1559) was Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Tudor period.The eldest son of Ralph St Leger, a gentleman of Kent and Elizabeth Haut. He was educated abroad and at the University of Cambridge. He… …

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  • 52Thomas Elyot — Sir Thomas Elyot (c. 1490 ndash; March 26, 1546), was an English diplomat and scholar.Thomas was the child of Sir Richard Elyot s first marriage with Alice De la Mare, but neither the date nor place of his birth is accurately known. Anthony Wood… …

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  • 53John Aubrey — For other people named John Aubrey, see John Aubrey (disambiguation). John Aubrey Born 12 March 1626 Died 7 June 1697 (aged 71) Nationality English …

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  • 54Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich — (1496/7 June 12, 1567), was Lord Chancellor during the reign of King Edward VI of England. He was the founder of Felsted School in Essex in 1564.Many people will know of him from the play and film A Man for All Seasons , although there is some… …

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  • 55John Florio — (1553 1625), known in Italian as Giovanni Florio, was an accomplished linguist and lexicographer, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, a probable close friend and influence on William Shakespeare. He was also the translator of… …

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  • 56Robert South — (September 4, 1634 July 8, 1716), was an English churchman. He was the son of Robert South, a London merchant, and Elizabeth Berry.He was born at Hackney, Middlesex, and was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford. Before… …

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  • 57Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery — (April 25, 1621 ndash;October 26, 1679), British soldier, statesman and dramatist He was the third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and Richard s second wife, Catherine Fenton. He was created Baron of Broghill on February 28, 1627 …

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  • 58John Mayow — Infobox Scientist name = John Mayow box width = image width =150px caption = John Mayow birth date = 24 May 1640 birth place = death date = October 1679 death place = London residence = citizenship = nationality = England ethnicity = field =… …

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  • 59William Scroggs — Sir William Scroggs (c. 1623 ndash; October 25, 1683), Lord Chief Justice of England, was the son of a butcher of sufficient means to give his son a university education.Scroggs went to Oriel College, and later to Pembroke College, Oxford, where… …

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  • 60Dudley Fenner — Title page, An Answere unto the Confutation of John Nichols his Recantation, in all pointes of any weight conteyned in the same especially in the matters of doctrine, of purgatorie, images, the Popes honor, and the question of the church, by… …

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