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121Pilgrimages — • Journeys made to some place with the purpose of venerating it, or in order to ask there for supernatural aid, or to discharge some religious obligation. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pilgrimages Pilgrimages …
122Roger Bacon — • Philosopher, born at Ilchester, Somersetshire, about 1214; died at Oxford, perhaps 11 June, 1294 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Roger Bacon Roger Bacon …
123Johann Faber — ♦ Johann Faber † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Johann Faber Theologian, b. at Leutkirch, in Swabia, 1478; d. in Vienna, 21 May, 1541. He studied theology and canon law at Tübingen and Freiburg in the Breisgau; was made doctor of sacred… …
124Hinduja Group — Type Private Industry Conglomerate Founded 1914 Headquarters London, UK …
125Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte — The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ur und Frühgeschichte e.V. (DGUF) – the German Society for Pre and Protohistory – has approximately 650 members and is thus the largest German association active in the field of prehistory and the early historical… …
126Goldmann, Nahum — (1895–1982) Zionist and Jewish leader. At home in different countries, persuasive in different languages, Dr Goldmann has been one of the most cosmopolitan of Jewish leaders. Urbane, stocky, a ready speaker with independent and sometimes… …
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127Silver, Abba Hillel — (1893–1963) US Reform rabbi and Zionist leader. A powerful orator with a massive frame, activist views and a belief in public pressures on government, Dr Silver dominated the American Zionist scene for the fifteen years prior to Israel’s… …
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128Ussishkin, Menachem Mendel — (1863–1941) Zionist leader. Ussishkin’s burly frame, brusque manner and tenacity of purpose made him a commanding figure among the early Russian Zionists. WEIZMANN wrote of him that ‘his bearing suggested a mixture of a Turkish pasha and a… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
