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1Robert Holmes (Royal Navy officer) — Sir Robert Holmes ( ca. 1622 ndash; 18 November 1692) was a British Admiral of the Restoration Navy. He took part in the second and third Anglo Dutch wars, both of which he is, by some, credited with having started. He was made governor of the… …
2Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney — Sir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, CSI (1812 1878). Sir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney, CSI (1812–1878), was a Parsi community leader, philanthropist and industrialist of Bombay, India [1]. Cowas …
3Alamein Kopu — Manu Alamein Kopu (born 1943) is a former New Zealand politician. Birth and early life Kopu was raised in Opotiki. Her family was not wealthy, and Kopu characterises her youth as containing much hardship . In 1978, her family moved to Sydney,… …
4Jacob Bryant — (1715 ndash; 1804) was a British scholar and mythographer, who has been described as the outstanding figure among the mythagogoues who flourished in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries . [ S. Foster Damon, A Blake Dictionary (1965) …
5Sebastiano del Piombo — Birth name Sebastiano Luciani Born ca 1485 Venice, Italy Died June 21, 1547 Rome, Italy …
6Cesare Correnti — (January 3, 1815 – October 4, 1888) was an Italian revolutionary and politician. He was born in Milan of a poor but noble family. While employed in the public debt administration, he flooded Lombardy with revolutionary pamphlets designed to… …
7Andrew Leith Hay — Sir Andrew Leith Hay, KH (17 February 1785 ndash; 13 October 1862) was a Scottish soldier, politician and writer on architecture. He served in the Peninsular War, 1808 ndash;14; was Liberal Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs from 1832 ndash;8… …
8Bach, Johann Christian — born Sept. 5, 1735, Leipzig died Jan. 1, 1782, London, Eng. German born British composer. Youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, he studied with his brother Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin before moving to Italy. In 1762 he became composer to …
9Ndumbe Lobe Bell — Ndumbé Lobé Bell Bell King of the Duala King Bell around 1874 Reign 1858–97 Born …
10Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
