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George III, king of Great Britain and Ireland
(Encyclopedia) George III, 1738–1820, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1760–1820); son of Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, and grandson of George II, whom he succeeded. He was also elector (and…U.S. PGA Championship Winners
The following table lists the winners of the U.S. PGA Championships from 1916 to the present. 1916 Jim Barnes 1919 Jim Barnes…Reynolds, Sir Joshua
(Encyclopedia) Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 1723–92, English portrait painter, b. Devonshire. Long considered historically the most important of England's painters, by his learned example he raised the…genealogy
(Encyclopedia) genealogygenealogyjēˌnēŏlˈəjē, –ălˈ–, jĕ– [key], the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. Family lineage was originally transmitted through oral…George II, king of Great Britain and Ireland
(Encyclopedia) George II (George Augustus), 1683–1760, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1727–60), son and successor of George I. Though devoted to Hanover, of which he was elector, George was more…Lyman HALL, Congress, GA (1724-1790)
HALL, Lyman, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., April 12, 1724; was graduated from Yale College in 1747; studied theology for a short time and in 1749 began…Those Quotable Irish
John Millington Synge, W.B. Yeats, and others Compiled by David Johnson, Ann Marie Imbornoni, and Borgna Brunner The Irish have always been recognized as having the gift of gab, so…Vico, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia) Vico, Giovanni BattistaVico, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēˈstä vēˈkō [key], 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and historian, also known as Giambattista Vico, b. Naples. In 1699, Vico…Virginia: Temperature Extremes
MonthMaximum°FYearPlaceMinimum°FYearPlaceFeb.841950Clarksville–301985Mt. Lake Biological StationMarch871932Roanoke–291899MontereyApril961907Arvonia–151914Burkes…Brewer's: Burkers
Body-snatchers; those who kill by burking. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Burl, BurlerBurke A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…Trending
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