Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Americana Corporation, 1965 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... England . In addition he absorbed himself in social questions of the day , notably the trade - union movement . From these interests came his best - known works , Letters on Social and Political Subjects ( 1870 ) , Industrial Concili ...
... England . In addition he absorbed himself in social questions of the day , notably the trade - union movement . From these interests came his best - known works , Letters on Social and Political Subjects ( 1870 ) , Industrial Concili ...
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... England , 1656 ; d . there , Nov. 6 , 1714. Educated at Cheam gram- mar school and Balliol College , Oxford , he entered Parliament for St. Ives , Cornwall , was commis- sioner of the excise from 1678 to 1689 , and sat for Great Bedwin ...
... England , 1656 ; d . there , Nov. 6 , 1714. Educated at Cheam gram- mar school and Balliol College , Oxford , he entered Parliament for St. Ives , Cornwall , was commis- sioner of the excise from 1678 to 1689 , and sat for Great Bedwin ...
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... England , Feb. 7 , 1943. A spe- cialist in building voice and in control of breath , she founded and conducted the Royal Welsh Ladies ' Choir , which won highest honors at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and at the Paris Exposition in ...
... England , Feb. 7 , 1943. A spe- cialist in building voice and in control of breath , she founded and conducted the Royal Welsh Ladies ' Choir , which won highest honors at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and at the Paris Exposition in ...
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