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Or Langley, William, the presumed author of the "Vision of Piers Plowman," and who lived in the 14th century.
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An eminent Greek scholar, born in Phrygia; on the fall of Constantinople in 1453 came with his brother John to Italy, published a Greek grammar, opened a school at Rome and Naples for Greek and Rhetoric, and did much to propagate in Italy a taste for Hellenic literature (1445-1535).
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Natural philosopher and professor, born at Largo, Fifeshire; educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh University; visited America in 1788, and returned to London 1790; for fifteen years he was engaged in scientific investigation, invented several instruments, and published his "Inquiry into the Nature of Heat," for which he received the Rumford Medal from the Royal Society; appointed to the chair of Mathematics in Edinburgh in 1805, he was transferred to that of Natural Philosophy in 1819; continued his researches and inventions, and shortly before his death was knighted (1766-1832).
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Ein englischer Schul-Platzanweiser der wissenschaftlichen Errungenschaften, des Mordes Jahre nach der Tat verurteilt und hingerichtet 1759, von dessen Schicksal ein Roman von Bulwer Lytton-und ein Gedicht von Hoods handeln, die ihm ein romantisches und etwas fiktives Interesse verliehen.
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A Bithynier, ein Freund von Epiktet der Stoiker, bearbeitet seine "Enchiridion", schrieb eine "Geschichte Alexanders des Großen" und "Periplus", ein Bericht von Reisen rund um die Euxine und rund um das Rote Meer; geboren 100, und starb in einem fortgeschrittenen Alter.
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Болезнь, особенно в скота, из-за вторжения живого организма, которые, при определенных условиях, порождает быстро; называется также селезеночной лихорадки.
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Выдающийся архитектор, родился в Киркалди, архитектор дома регистра и университета, Эдинбург (1728-1792).
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Заслуженный артист голландского происхождения, обосновался в Лондоне; известный его высоко закончили лечение классических предметов; б. 1836.
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Выдающийся британский генерал шотландский рождения, который упал в Египте после победы французы в Aboukir-Бей (1731-1801).
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Выдающийся химик и филантроп, сын Спиталфилдс Уивер, членом общества друзей и посвященной промоутер ее принципов (1770-1843).
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