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  • 21Charles Waterton —     Charles Waterton     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Charles Waterton     Naturalist and explorer, born in Walton Hall near Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, in 1782; died there in 1865. His family, originally from Lincolnshire, had migrated to… …

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  • 22Andrew Ure — Infobox Scientist name = Andrew Ure caption = Andrew Ure birth date = birth date|1778|5|18|mf=y birth place = Glasgow, Scotland death date = death date and age|1857|1|2|1778|5|18|mf=y death place = London, England nationality=Scottish field =… …

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  • 23FOREWORD —    I have spent more than 30 years dealing with the shadow side of the paranormal, including negative hauntings and demonic cases. I never actually intended to become so deeply involved, but as most of us in this field are, I was drawn in and… …

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  • 24Coeur d'Alêne Indians — • A small tribe of Salishan stock formerly ranging along the lake and river of the same name in northern Idaho Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Coeur d Alene Indians     Coeur d Alêne Indians …

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  • 25Fred Brooks — Infobox Scientist name = Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr. birth date = Birth date and age|1931|4|19|mf=y birth place = Durham, North Carolina field = Computer Science work institutions = IBM University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill known for =… …

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  • 26Charles Waterton — Charles Waterton. Charles Waterton (June 3, 1782 – May 27, 1865) was an English naturalist and explorer. Contents 1 Heritage and Life …

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  • 27Strathfield massacre — Infobox civilian attack title = Strathfield massacre caption = location = Strathfield coordinates = coord| 33.8729|151.0931|display=inline,title date = August 17 1991 time = Approximately 1pm timezone = UTC+10 type = fatalities = 8 (including… …

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  • 28Victor George — (April 10, 1955 July 9, 2002) is a photographer from Kerala, India who died in 2002 while taking pictures of landslides in Kerala [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography of Kerala#Natural Hazards in Kerala] . He was working in an Indian… …

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  • 29Geoffrey Green — (May 12, 1911 May 9, 1990) was the first and foremost English football writer.Geoffrey Green started writing for The Times in the 1930s when football was not afforded much respectability among the paper s traditional readership. He is considered… …

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  • 30Vardo (gypsy wagon) — A vardo is a traditional horse drawn wagon used by English Romani Gypsies.Previous to this travelling people generally used bender tents so called because they were made from supple branches which they bent inwards to support the fabric. The… …

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