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	Stephen Briggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Briggs had created an extensive database of Discworld information by this time (it has been suggested that he knows more about Pratchett's world than Pratchett does), and this was compiled into The Discworld Companion, an encyclopedia of Discworld information (including some that had never before left Pratchett's computer), published in 1995.
		Stephen Briggs has also been involved with such spin-offs as the Discworld Diaries and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook and has also had his adaptions of the books published.
		Stephen Briggs is, in his own words, "a civil servant who dabbles in amateur dramatics".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_Briggs (465 words)

	Ansel Briggs
		Briggs bought many lots and then owned half of the town.
		There was some bitter attacks made on Ansel Briggs!
		Ansel became the Jackson County deputy treasurer in 1843.
	www.andrew.k12.ia.us /Sadie/anselbriggs.html (465 words)

	Benjamin
		Benjamin Boretz Benjamin Boretz is a twentieth- and twenty-first-century composer.
		Benjamin Baker Odell Jr Benjamin Baker Odell Jr.
		Benjamin Stoddert was born in Charles County, Maryla...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/benjamin.html (465 words)

	Hortense Briggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hortense Briggs is a character in the novel An American Tragedy whom Clyde falls in love with in KC, where he is a bellboy at a local hotel.
		This article about a fictional character is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hortense_Briggs (63 words)

	Raymond Briggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raymond Briggs pursued cartooning from an early age and, despite his mother's attempts to discourage him from this unprofitable pursuit, he attended the Wimbledon School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art.
		Raymond Briggs (born January 18, 1934) is a British illustrator, cartoonist, and author who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children.
		Briggs continued to work in a similar format, but with more adult content, in Gentleman Jim, a somber look at the working-class trials of Jim and Hilda Bloggs, closely based on his parents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raymond_Briggs (366 words)

	Being Numen: Essays, Articles and Information on Myth, Culture and Spirituality
		Briggs has cited some of these sources in The Vanishing People.
		Noted folklorist Katherine Briggs cites this following passage from volume I of Lady Wilde's work as an explicit explanation of this belief in Ireland which seems to go hand in hand with the more pagan belief of Diminished Deities.
		Briggs, Katherine, The Vanishing People: a study of traditional fairy beliefs
	www.mythopoetica.com /numinous/enigma.php (366 words)

	Henry Briggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Briggs was buried in the chapel of Merton College, Oxford.
		During these conferences the alteration proposed by Briggs was agreed upon; and on his return from his second visit to Edinburgh, in 1617, he published the first chiliad of his logarithms.
		Briggs was active in many areas, and his advice in astronomy, surveying, navigation, and other activities like mining was frequently sought.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Briggs (553 words)

	Briggs
		Briggs was made a fellow of Merton College Oxford to enable him to hold the Savilian chair but he did not resign his position in Gresham College until a few months later, ending his 23 year employment with the Gresham College on 25 July 1620.
		Briggs was born at Warley Wood (or Warleywood) in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire.
		Briggs accepted and after receiving high praise from Savile in his last lecture, took over the course continuing from the point that Savile had reached, namely the ninth proposition of Euclid 's Elements.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Briggs.html (553 words)

	Briggs
		Briggs, Oklahoma Briggs is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 358.
		Benjamin Briggs Benjamin S. Briggs was the captain of the Mary Celeste when it was discovered, apparently abandoned, in...
		Hortense Briggs Hortense Briggs is a character in the novel An American Tragedy whom Clyde falls in love with in KC, whe...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/briggs.html (553 words)

	Tiger Stadium - Wikipedia
		The stadium became known in the 1970s and 1980s for its old facilities and obstructed views, but was beloved by local baseball fans for its historic feel.
		Tiger Stadium, often called "The Corner" (as it is at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues), is a stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.
		Tiger Stadium was home to the Detroit Lions from 1938 to 1974 when they dropped their final Tiger Stadium game to the Denver Broncos on Thanksgiving Day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tiger_Stadium (553 words)

	Briggs Profile Briggs OK
		Briggs, OK, population 358, is located in Oklahoma's Cherokee county, about 64.5 miles from Tulsa and 124.9 miles from Springfield.
	www.idcide.com /citydata/ok/briggs.htm (20 words)

	Jeff Briggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jeff Briggs is founder, president, and CEO of Firaxis Games, a computer game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
		In 2003 Briggs was named software "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst and Young, and in 2004 he was named "CEO of the Year" by Baltimore SmartCEO magazine.
		Jeff Briggs Named 'CEO of the Year' by Smart CEO Magazine, Firaxis press release
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeff_Briggs (263 words)

	C is for Crater
		Crater: A large black hole in the ground or in other planets, such as the Moon, that are caused by bombs or meteorites (a piece of meteor rock that falls to Earth before burning up).
		Definition of crater was found in the Scholastic Children�s Dictionary, 2002, by Leslie, in 5
	www.awrsd.org /jrb/G5Space/alphabet/C3.htm (263 words)

	Portrait and Biographical Album - 1887 - Ansel Briggs
		ANSEL BRIGGS, the first gentleman chosen to fill the gubernatorial chair of Iowa after its organization as a State, was a native of Vermont, and was born Feb. 3, 1806.
		Briggs went in and out among his people for many years after his retirement form the executive office, and even after his return from the Montana expedition.
		Briggs, that in offering a toast at a banquet, he struck the key-note which made him the popular man of the hour.
	freepages.books.rootsweb.com /~cooverfamily/album_3.html (263 words)

	Benjamin Briggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benjamin S. Briggs, American sailor and captain of the Mary Celeste when it was discovered, apparently abandoned, in December 1872.
		His son Arthur S. Briggs was born in 1865 at Rose Cottage, Marion, Massachusetts, the following year, the family travelled to Marseilles, France, and returned in time for their daughter, Sophia Matilda, to be born on 31st October 1870 at Rose Cottage.
		In 1871 Benjamin and his brother were considering giving up the sea and buying a hardware store in New Bedford, but apparently decided against this venture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benjamin_Briggs (263 words)

	Henry Briggs Sr. of Surry County, Virginai
		HANNAH BRIGGS was born in 1692 at Surry, Virginia.
		BENJAMIN BRIGGS was born after 1717 at Surry, Virginia.
		a) JOEL BRIGGS was born on 28 Mar 1741 at Surry, Virginia.
	members.aol.com /vafdking/briggh.htm (263 words)

	Katherine le Breton - David Briggs
		Benjamin Briggs was born in 1768 in Wareham, Plymouth, MA.
		Benjamin Briggs was born on 19 Oct 1735 in Rochester, Plymouth, MA.
		Betty Briggs was born in 1764 in Wareham, Plymouth, MA.
	www.geocities.com /jerry_l.geo/d64.htm (263 words)

	Benjamin F. Briggs
		Benjamin Briggs was a native of Vermont and was a cousin of ex-Governor Briggs, of Massachusetts.
		BENJAMIN F. BRIGGS, a prominent citizen of Parsons, Labette county, Kansas, whose portrait is presented on the opposite page, is engaged in the real-estate, loan and insurance business, and is meeting with unqualified success.
		Benjamin F. Briggs received his primary education in the public schools, and then took an academic course in Lockport, Illinois, to which town he removed with his mother at the age of fourteen years.
	www.skyways.org /genweb/archives/labette/1901/b/briggsbf.shtml (263 words)

	Shannon Briggs vs. Ray Mercer (August 26, 2005)
		Briggs took a half step to his left and then caught the defenseless boxer with at least four wicked shots to the face and the temple.
		Briggs attempted to get back in the contest early in the 5th, and he clipped Mercer with a volley of shots to the face to open the round.
		Briggs (43-4-1, 37 KO's) opened with a flurry of shots to the head, as Mercer (34-6-1, 25 KO's) returned fire with stiff left jabs and several insults uttered through his mouthpiece.
	www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/2005/050826briggs_mercer.html (1377 words)

	Comic creator: Raymond Briggs
		Raymond Briggs was born in Wimbledon Park, London, in 1934.
		This remarkable book, which was made into a movie, was the first of a series of comics for adults Raymond Briggs did, including the moving 'Ethel and Ernest' (1998), in which he tells the story of his parents' lives.
		Recent children's comic books he made are 'Ug, Boy Genius of the Stone Age' and 'Ivor the Invisible' (2001).
	www.lambiek.net /briggs_raymond.htm (160 words)

	Briggs, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Briggs is a census-designated place located in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
		Briggs is located at 35°55'30" North, 94°54'39" West (35.925022, -94.910749)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Briggs,_Oklahoma (384 words)

	Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers developed the test during World War II, and its criteria follow from Carl Jung's theories in his work Psychological Types.
		The Myers and Briggs Foundation; Ethical Use of the MBTI® Instrument.
		Isabel Briggs Myers had a bachelors degree in Political Science.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator (3754 words)

	Myers Briggs
		Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers were a mother and daughter who invented a system of classifying personalities.
		Briggs, Myers, and CAPT administered the MBTI to tens of thousands of people in a great variety of occupations in order to find patterns of what types fit best in what kinds of places and jobs.
		Briggs and Myers thought that Jung's system could have practical uses.
	greenlightwiki.com /lenore-exegesis/Myers-Briggs (3754 words)

	Anglo Celtic Folktales
		Katherine Briggs, Abbey Lubbers, Banshees, and Boggarts (Pantheon, 1979)
		Briggs' The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends is not a collection of fairy tales, but rather a bequiling study of brownies, hobgoblins, pixies, bwcas, shellygoats, corrigans, spiggrans, and other creatures who go bump in the night.
		Katherine Briggs, Folktales of England (University of Chicago Press, 1965)
	www.greenmanreview.com /anglo_celtic_folktales.html (3754 words)

	Attorney Jeffrey Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota
		Jeff is a shareholder in the firm of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association.
		Jeff is a member and past Chair of the Civil Litigation Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association, and a member and past Vice Chair of the Antitrust Section, Franchise Committee of the American Bar Association, and a member of the Hennepin County Bar Association.
		Jeff is also a member of the Board of Directors of 10,000 Things, a non-profit organization which brings classic theater performed by acclaimed Twin Cities actors to such venues as prisons, women's shelters, homeless shelters and treatment centers.
	www.briggs.com /Bio/JeffreyKeyes.asp (527 words)

	An American Tragedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Among Clyde's love interests are the materialistic Hortense Briggs, the charming farmer's daughter Roberta Alden and the aristocratic Sondra Finchley.
		Clyde enjoys his new lifestyle, and does everything in his power to win the affections of the flirtatious Hortense Briggs.
		Published in 1925, the book is the story of a young man Clyde Griffiths, whose troubles with women and the law take him from his religious upbringing in Kansas City to the fictional town of Lycurgus, New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/An_American_Tragedy (635 words)

	Pane-Joyce Genealogy
		Henry Briggs built in 1831 the bark Avon, 299 tons, of Boston, for Nathaniel Emmons, Thomas B. Wales, and others; in 1833 he was master carpenter of the brig Oak, 208 tons, for the same owners; and in 1836 the bark Verona, 238 tons, also for Emmons and Wales.
		Cushing Otis was apprenticed to Elisha Briggs, a cousin, at the Brick Kiln Yard at Pembroke.
		Later he worked in Medford shipyards, and in 1842, with his son, Charles Otis Briggs, in South Boston.
	aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr15/rr15_227.html (836 words)

	Briggs
		Briggs was born at Warley Wood (or Warleywood) in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire.
		Briggs was made a fellow of Merton College Oxford to enable him to hold the Savilian chair but he did not resign his position in Gresham College until a few months later, ending his 23 year employment with the Gresham College on 25 July 1620.
		The Linacre lectureship that Briggs was appointed to was therefore a medical lectureship but, in the same year of 1592, Briggs was also appointed as an examiner and lecturer in mathematics at Cambridge.
	www.educ.fc.ul.pt /icm/icm2003/icm14/Briggs.htm (2092 words)

	Briggs summary
		Henry Briggs was was an English mathematician who published tables of Napier's logarithm and was the man most responsible for scientists' acceptance of logarithms.
	www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Briggs.html (40 words)

	Briggs Elementary History
		Briggs Elementary School is named after Ansel Briggs, the first Governor of Iowa, who was an early settler in Jackson County.
		Briggs is celebrating 50 years of excellence in eduation!
		"Briggs Elementary School," submitted by a first grade class, was the winning entry.
	www.maquoketa.k12.ia.us /Briggs/hist.html (40 words)

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