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{ HORACE BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD , F.R.S. , F.G.S. Late Assistant Director , Geological Survey of England and Wales . Wollaston Gaudry . Medallist , Geological Society . Author of The History of the Geological Society of London ; & c .
{ HORACE BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD , F.R.S. , F.G.S. Late Assistant Director , Geological Survey of England and Wales . Wollaston Gaudry . Medallist , Geological Society . Author of The History of the Geological Society of London ; & c .
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Author of Feudal England ; Studies in Peerage and Family History ; Peerage and Geoffrey De Montbray . Pedigree ; & c . JOHN HENRY HESSELS , M.A. Author of Gutenberg : an Historical Investigation JOHN HOLLAND M.A. , Christ's College ...
Author of Feudal England ; Studies in Peerage and Family History ; Peerage and Geoffrey De Montbray . Pedigree ; & c . JOHN HENRY HESSELS , M.A. Author of Gutenberg : an Historical Investigation JOHN HOLLAND M.A. , Christ's College ...
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Author of Growth of English Industry and Commerce ; & c . REV . WILLIAM HUNT , M.A. , LITT.D. President of the Royal Historical Society 1905-1909 . Author of History of English Church , 597-1066 : The Church of England in the Middle ...
Author of Growth of English Industry and Commerce ; & c . REV . WILLIAM HUNT , M.A. , LITT.D. President of the Royal Historical Society 1905-1909 . Author of History of English Church , 597-1066 : The Church of England in the Middle ...
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There are various houses of Observants and Capuchins in England and Ireland ; and the old Irish Conventuals survived the penal times and still exist . There have been four Franciscan popes : Nicholas IV . ( 12881292 ) , Sixtus IV .
There are various houses of Observants and Capuchins in England and Ireland ; and the old Irish Conventuals survived the penal times and still exist . There have been four Franciscan popes : Nicholas IV . ( 12881292 ) , Sixtus IV .
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... England, where the strongly Protestant Franklin family may be traced back for nearly four centuries. ... himself in the printing business, and who in 1721 started the New England Courant, one of the earliest newspapers in America.
... England, where the strongly Protestant Franklin family may be traced back for nearly four centuries. ... himself in the printing business, and who in 1721 started the New England Courant, one of the earliest newspapers in America.
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| Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Fra to Har Volume 11 of The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information |
| Edition | 11 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
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