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41William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania) — Anglican PortalThe Most Reverend William White (April 4, 1748 N.S. – July 17, 1836) was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA (1789; 1795 1836), the first Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (1787 1836, and the… …
42Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) — Superherobox| caption=Wonder Girl, carrying the Brain. From the cover to Teen Titans (vol. 3) #35 (2006). Art by Tony Daniel character name=Wonder Girl publisher=DC Comics debut= Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #105 (January 1996) creators=John Byrne… …
43Benignus of Armagh — Infobox Saint name=Saint Benignus of Armagh birth date=unknown death date=467 feast day=9 November venerated in=Roman Catholic Church imagesize= caption= birth place=County Meath Ireland death place= titles=Saint Patrick s Psalm singer beatified… …
44Yale Report of 1828 — The Yale Report of 1828 is a document written by the faculty of Yale College in staunch defense of the classical curriculum. The report maintained that because of Yale s primary object of graduating well educated and well rounded men, it should… …
45James Adair — For the Irish lawyer, see James Adair (serjeant). For the historian, see James Adair (historian). James Makittrick Adair, M.D. (1728 mdash;1802), a native of Inverness, and youngest son of James Makittrick, held several occupations but is best… …
46Henry Mills Alden — (November 11, 1836 – October 7, 1919) was an American author and editor of Harper s Weekly and other publications. He was born at Mount Tabor near Danby, Vt. He graduated at Williams College in 1857 and at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1860 …
47Ferdinand Avguštin Hallerstein — (Allerstein) was a Slovene Jesuit missionary in China. He was born in Ljubljana in 1703, and died in China, in 1774.LifeHis mathematical and astronomical acquirements recommended him to the imperial court at Beijing, where he won the esteem of… …
48Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls — The Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls is a Catholic religious order of women founded in Paris, France in 1856, with the objective of assisting the souls in Purgatory.HistoryThe Society was founded by Blessed Eugenia Smet. She was educated… …
49Thomas Meredith — (1777 ndash; 1819) was an Irish clergyman, mathematician, and Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin.Early lifeThomas Meredith was born at Templerany House, Co. Wicklow in 1777, and baptised at the Protestant church in Rathdrum. He was the eldest son… …
50Thomas Fitch (governor) — Thomas Fitch IV (c. 1700 July 18, 1774) was governor of the Connecticut Colony from 1754 to 1766.Fitch was born in Norwalk, Connecticut the eldest son and the first child of Thomas Fitch III and his first wife, Sarah Boardman Fitch. He graduated… …
