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71Hunt, Leigh — ▪ British author in full James Henry Leigh Hunt born Oct. 19, 1784, Southgate, Middlesex, Eng. died Aug. 28, 1859, Putney, London English essayist, critic, journalist, and poet, who was an editor of influential journals in an age when the …
72LIGHT, William (c. 1786-1839) — founder of Adelaide was born about the year 1786 either on the island of Salang or in the territory of Kedah, and spent his first six years at Penang. His father, Captain Francis Light, traded in Siam and Malaya and married Martina Rozells in… …
73David Lindsay (d. 1613) — infobox bishopbiog name = David Lindsay religion= Church of Scotland See = Diocese of Ross Title = Bishop of Ross Period = 1600 ndash;1613 consecration = January 23/4, 1611 Predecessor = Vacant; Last occupied by: John Lesley Successor = Patrick… …
74David Lindsay (bishop of Ross) — David Lindsay Bishop of Ross Church Church of Scotland See Diocese of Ross In Office 1600–1613 Predecessor Vacant; …
75Edgar André — Edgar Josef André, or Etkar Josef André (17 January 1894 ndash; 4 November 1936) was a politician in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and an antifascist.Early yearsBorn in Aachen, André was a manual labourer s son. By the time he was five, he …
76Fonvizin, Denis Ivanovich — ▪ Russian dramatist born April 3 [April 14, New Style], 1744/45, Moscow, Russia died Dec. 1 [Dec. 12], 1792, St. Petersburg playwright who satirized the cultural pretensions and privileged coarseness of the nobility; he is considered his… …
77Cotton, Charles — (1630 1687) Cotton was born at Beresford in Staffordshire. His father, also Charles, who married well and came into estates in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, was a friend of many great poets, among them Ben Jonson and John Donne. Although there …
78Wolfgang Gentner — (23 July 1906 in Frankfurt am Main ndash; 4 September 1980 in Heidelberg) was a German experimental nuclear physicist.Gentner received his doctorate in 1930 from the University of Frankfurt. From 1932 to 1935 he had a fellowship which allowed him …
79James O'Hara (quartermaster) — James O Hara (1752? mdash;1819) was an American military officer, businessman, and captain of early industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Early lifeHe was born County Mayo, Ireland, the son of Major John O Hara, and in 1765… …
80Townsend, Aurelian — (?1583 1643) He was the son of John Townshend of Dereham Abbey, Norfolk (the name is often spelled with an h ), who at one time was steward to Sir Robert Cecil, first earl of Salisbury. He had the reputation from an early age as a poet and was …
