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More, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia)More, Sir Anthony: see Moro, Antonio. ...Brooke, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson
(Encyclopedia)Brooke, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson: see Brooke, Sir James. ...Robinson, John
(Encyclopedia)Robinson, John, 1576?–1625, English nonconformist pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers in Holland. In 1592 he entered Cambridge; in 1597 he received a fellowship and was ordained. Soon thereafter he became...Avon, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Avon, 1st earl of: see Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon. ...Pople, Sir John Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Pople, Sir John Anthony pōpˈəl [key], 1925–2004, British computational chemist. Trained as a mathematician at Cambridge (B.A. 1946, Ph.D. 1951), he worked at Cambridge (1951–58) and England's N...Panizzi, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Panizzi, Sir Anthony pänētˈsē [key], 1797–1879, British librarian, b. Italy. A political exile, Panizzi settled in England in 1823 and was naturalized in 1832. He was associated with the British...Comstock, Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Comstock, Anthony kŏmˈstŏk [key], 1844–1915, American morals crusader, b. New Canaan, Conn. He served with the Union army in the Civil War and was later active as an antiabortionist and in advoca...Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. əlēˈtō [key], 1950–, U.S. government official and judge, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2006–), b. Trenton, N.J., grad. Pr...Foyt, A. J.
(Encyclopedia)Foyt, A. J. (Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr.), 1935–, American auto-racing driver, b. Houston. Foyt was the first person to win the Indianapolis 500 race four times (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977). He also won th...Eden, Emily
(Encyclopedia)Eden, Emily, 1797–1869, English novelist. She went with her brother George, Lord Auckland, to India when he was governor-general (1836–42). Her two novels, The Semi-detached House (1859) and The S...Browse by Subject
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