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  • 21Zwingli, Huldrych — born Jan. 1, 1484, Wildhaus in the Toggenburg, Sankt Gallen, Switz. died Oct. 11, 1531, near Kappel Major reformer in the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland. Educated in Vienna and Basel, he was ordained a priest in 1506. An admirer of Erasmus …

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  • 22nearest — nearest, next are both superlative forms of near, but they are not always interchangeable. Nearest may be used wherever the intent is merely to indicate the highest degree of propinquity (as in space, time, or kinship) {the nearest house is five… …

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  • 23Abraham Lincoln's early life and career — Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky in a town now known as Hodgenville. Lincoln was named after his dead grandfather, who was killed in 1786, shot from ambush by an Indian while… …

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  • 24Viscount Taaffe — The title Viscount Taaffe, of Corren, was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628, together with the subsidiary title Baron Ballymote. From the 18th century onwards, the Viscounts Taaffe also held the title Count (Graf) Taaffe in the Holy Roman …

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  • 25Earl of Carlingford — The title of Earl of Carlingford was created in the Peerage of Ireland for Theobald Taaffe. The Earl bears the subsidiary titles Viscount Taaffe and Baron of Ballymote (1628).Taaffe Family History1st Viscount Taaffe of Corren left fifteen… …

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  • 26Klaus Bargsten — Infobox Military Person name=Klaus Bargsten born=birth date|1911|10|31|df=y died=dda|2000|8|13|1911|10|31|df=y placeofbirth=Bad Oldesloe placeofdeath= caption=Klaus Bargsten nickname= allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany… …

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  • 27Philibert Vrau —     Philibert Vrau     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Philibert Vrau      The holy man of Lille , organizer of numerous Catholic activities; b. at Lille, 19 Nov., 1829; d. there, 16 May, 1905. His father was a manufacturer of sewing thread; his mother …

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  • 28My Early Life — Cover of My Early Life by Winston Churchill My Early Life: A Roving Commission is a 1930 book by Winston Churchill. It is an autobiography of his life from birth in 1874 up to approximately 1902. A significant portion of the book covers his… …

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  • 29Joel Löwe — (born in 1760; died Breslau, February 111802) was a German Jewish Biblical commentator. He signed his name in Hebrew writings as Joel Bril, Bril being an acronym for son of R. Judah Löb . At the age of twenty he went to Berlin, where he received… …

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  • 30Constantine Africanus — • A medieval medical writer and teacher; born c. 1015; died c. 1087 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Constantine Africanus     Constantine Africanus      …

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