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Whately, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Whately, Richard hwātˈlē [key], 1787–1863, English prelate and writer. Fellow and tutor of Oriel College, Oxford, he published a witty work aimed at extreme skeptics, Historic Doubts Relative to ...Torrens, Sir Robert Richard
(Encyclopedia)Torrens, Sir Robert Richard tŏrˈənz [key], 1814–84, Australian statesman, b. Ireland. Son of Col. Robert Torrens (1780–1864), one of the founders of South Australia, he went to that colony in 1...Sheridan, Frances
(Encyclopedia)Sheridan, Frances: see Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. ...Hughes, Richard Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Hughes, Richard Joseph: see New Jersey. ...Ingoldsby, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Ingoldsby, Thomas: see Barham, Richard Harris. ...Garnett, Constance (Black)
(Encyclopedia)Garnett, Constance (Black): see Garnett, Richard. ...Pole, Richard de la
(Encyclopedia)Pole, Richard de la: see Pole, family. ...Bon Homme Richard
(Encyclopedia)Bon Homme Richard: see Jones, John Paul. ...Wallace Collection
(Encyclopedia)Wallace Collection: see under Wallace, Sir Richard. ...Charles III, 879–929, French king (Charles the Simple)
(Encyclopedia)Charles III (Charles the Simple), 879–929, French king (893–923), son of King Louis II (Louis the Stammerer). As a child he was excluded from the succession at the death (884) of his half-brother ...Browse by Subject
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