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  • 41Allan Ramsay (poet) — Infobox Writer name = Allan Ramsay caption = Portrait by William Aikman (1682 1731) [Ramsay s friend, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, owned Aikman s portrait of Ramsay, in imitation of whose verse he had written on the back of the canvas: Here… …

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  • 42Shakespeare Apocrypha — The Shakespeare Apocrypha is the name given to a group of plays that have sometimes been attributed to William Shakespeare, but whose attribution is questionable for various reasons. This is separate from the debate on Shakespearean authorship,… …

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  • 43Ibn al-Nadim — Abu l Faraj Muhammad bin Is hāq al Nadim (Arabic: ابو الفرج محمد بن إسحاق النديم‎), whose father was known as al Warrāq (الورّاق) (died September 17, 995 or 998) was a Shia Muslim scholar and bibliographer. Some scholars regard him as a Persian,… …

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  • 44Opal Koboi — Artemis Fowl character First appearance Book 2: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident Created by Eoin Colfer Information Species …

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  • 45Jacqueline Wheldon — Jacqueline Mary Wheldon (née Clarke) (20 May 1924 ndash; 21 June 1993), was an English author.She was born in Clonmel Road, Fulham, west London, the first child and only daughter of Hugh Clarke (1892 1930), a toolmaker and Lillie Nunns (1890… …

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  • 46Claudia Hammond — For the fictional Home and Away character, see Claudia Hammond (Home and Away). Claudia Hammond Born 1971 United Kingdom Occupation Journalist and broadcaster Nationality British …

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  • 47Brunet, Jacques-Charles — ▪ French bibliographer born Nov. 2, 1780, Paris, Fr. died Nov. 14, 1867, Paris       compiler of major French bibliographical works.       The son of a bookseller, Brunet acquired a taste for bibliography at an early age and published a… …

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  • 48Early works of Vincent van Gogh — The Sower (after Millet) Artist Vincent van Gogh Year 1881 Type Drawing Main article …

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  • 49BOOK TRADE — Antiquity Information on the book trade in antiquity among Jews is very scanty. In biblical and talmudic times the scribe himself was the seller of his products (Tosef., Bik. 2:15; Pes. 50b; Git. 54b). The Tosefta (Av. Zar. 3:7–8) and the… …

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  • 50The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …

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