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  • 81Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses — (1585? ndash; January 27, 1638), Spanish novelist, was born at Madrid about 1585.Nothing positive is known of him before the publication of his celebrated romance, the Poema trágico del español Gerardo, y desengaño del amor lascivo (1615 1617).… …

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  • 82BBC controversies — Contents 1 Brief history 1.1 1930s to Cold War: MI5 vetting 1.2 1930s: Commercial radio controversy 1.3 1940s: Ameri …

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  • 83Demochares — (c. 355 275 BC), nephew of Demosthenes, Athenian orator and statesman, was one of the few distinguished Athenians in the period of decline. He is first heard of in 322, when he spoke in vain against the surrender of Demosthenes and the other anti …

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  • 84William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry — William Douglas (1724 1810), 4th Duke of Queensberry was a Scottish nobleman.Born in Peebles, the only son of William, second Earl of March, and his wife, Lady Anne Hamilton, he succeeded his father to the Earldom of March in 1731 and his mother… …

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  • 85Ubayd Zakani — Nezam od Din Ubeydollah Zâkâni (Persian: خواجه نظام‌الدین عبیدالله زاکانی), or simply Ubayd i Zākāni (Persian: عبید زاکانی d. 1370 CE), was a Persian poet and satirist of the 14th century (Timurid Period) from the city of Qazvin. He studied in… …

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  • 86Reginald Hawthorn Hooker — (January 12, 1867 June 2, 1944) English civil servant, statistician and meteorologist. Hooker was a pioneer in the application of correlation analysis to economics and agricultural meteorology. Biography Reginald Hawthorn Hooker was born at Kew… …

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  • 87A Murder is Announced — Infobox Book | name = A Murder is Announced title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie illustrator = cover artist = Not known country = United Kingdom language = English… …

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  • 88Patrick Adamson — (1537 1592), Scottish divine, archbishop of St Andrews, was born at Perth, Scotland. He studied philosophy, and took the degree of M.A. at the University of St Andrews.Residence in FranceAfter being minister of Ceres in Fife for three years, in… …

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  • 89António Feliciano de Castilho — António Feliciano de Castilho, 1st Viscount of Castilho (January 28, 1800 ndash; June 18, 1875), Portuguese man of letters, born at Lisbon. He lost his sight at the age of six, but the devotion of his brother Augusto, and aided by a retentive… …

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  • 90Frieda Harris — [Marguerite] Frieda Harris (born in London 1877; died 11 May 1962 in Srinagar, India) was an associate of the occultist Aleister Crowley and designed the Thoth Tarot with him. Née Bloxam, she was entitled to style herself Lady Harris after her… …

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