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  • 31Jean-Baptiste Greuze — (21 August 1725 ndash; 4 March 1805) was a French painter.BiographyEarly lifeHe was born at Tournus, in Burgundy, he is generally said to have formed his own talent; this is, however, true only in the most limited sense, for at an early age his… …

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  • 32Aelius Aristides — Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 3.1 Other sources …

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  • 33Andrew Findlater — (1810 1 January 1885) was a Scottish editor notable for his work on Chambers s Encyclopaedia .He was born near Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, the son of a small farmer. By hard study in the evening, after his days work on the farm was finished, he… …

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  • 34Thomas Beddoes — (April 13, 1760 December 24, 1808), English physician and scientific writer, was born at Shiffnall in Shropshire. He was a reforming practitioner and teacher of medicine, and an associate of leading scientific figures.He was a friend of Samuel… …

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  • 35History of the Jews in Morocco — Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community. Before the founding of Israel in 1948, there were about 250,000 worldhistory|quote=p. 966|section=3770] Jews in the country, but fewer than 7,000 or so remain. [… …

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  • 36Achai Gaon — For the Savora sage, see Ahai. Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Achai Gaon (also known as Ahai of Sabha or Aha of Sabha, Hebrew: רב אחא [אחאי] משַבָּחָא) was a leading scholar in the period of the… …

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  • 37Giglio Gregorio Giraldi — (Lilius Gregorius Gyraldus or Giraldus) (June 14, 1479 February, 1552) was an Italian scholar and poet.He was born at Ferrara, where he early distinguished himself by his talents and acquirements.On the completion of his literary course he… …

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  • 38Saint Pantaleon — Infobox Saint name=Saint Pantaleon birth date= ca. 275 death date= 303 feast day=27 and 28 July, and 18 February venerated in= Anglicanism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism imagesize=250px caption=Icon of Saint Pantaleon… …

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  • 39George Bourne — (1780–1845) was a 19th century American abolitionist and editor credited as the first public proclaimer of immediate emancipation without compensation of American slaves. LifeGeorge was born on June 13, 1780 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England. In… …

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  • 40History of jewellery in Ukraine — Jewellery, as one of the art forms originated together with the human culture as one of its expressions. Body ornamentation, essentially the purpose of jewellery, has been known since at least the Stone Age. At that time adornments were made from …

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