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  The Probert Encyclopaedia - People and Peoples (T-V)
Thomas Betterton was an English actor during the reign of Charles II.
Thomas Cromwell was Earl of Essex and an English administrator.
Thomas de Torquemada was a Dominican monk and founder of the Spanish Inquisition.
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 Thomas Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897), Manx poet, scholar, and divine
Thomas H. Brown, former mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Thomas Lewis Brown (1839–?), co-founder of first national organization of the deaf in the U.S. Thomas P. Brown, Jr.
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 Thomas Brown
Thomas Brown (1705-1746), a hero from Yarm who fought in the battle of Dettingen.
Thomas Lewis Brown (1839-?), Co-founder of America 's first national organization of the deaf.
There are also various people known as Tom Brown ; the English physician, philosopher and literary figure, Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82) remains the most famous individual sharing this name.
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 The Natural History of Selborne, with Observations on various Parts of Nature, and The Naturalist's Calendar. With ...
Brown's notes are on an extensive scale, almost rivalling in extent the original matter.
The first 'Brown' edition was published in 1833 and there were numerous later re-issues to the turn of the century.
A feature of the 'Brown' versions is that the two series of letters are arranged in strict chronological order instead of in the manner of the original edition, which kept the letters to Pennant distinct from those to Barrington.This copy is something of a bibliographical puzzle.
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 Ornithology Collections in the Libraries at Cornell University: A Descriptive Guide
Of special interest is the three-volume "Jameson edition", mainly because of the magnificent set of plates by Captain Thomas Brown [1785-1862], which were issued separately but designed to accompany the text of this small popular edition.
Brown's Illustrations of the American ornithology of Wilson and Bonaparte (1831-1835), dazzles the eye, and a particularly lovely copy reposes in the Hill Collection.
At about the same time as the appearance of Audubon's Ornithological biography, another ornithologist, Thomas Nuttall [1786-1859], was issuing his two-volume Manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada (1834).
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 ROBERT BROWN (1773-1858) - Online Information article about ROBERT BROWN (1773-1858) (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Brown was almost immediately appointed librarian of the Linnean Society.
In 1827 an arrangement was made by which these were transferred to the British Museum, with Brown's consent and in accordance with Sir Joseph's will.
Brown then became keeper of this new botanical.
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 Cooke & Early New England
She was married to William ALLEN on 21 Mar 1649 in Sandwich, MA.
Thomas BROWN Parents: Nathaniel BROWNE and Elizabeth FISKE.
Children were: Elizabeth BROWN, Thomas BROWN, Nathaniel BROWN, Hannah BROWN, Mary BROWN, John BROWN.
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 Thomas Brown (naturalist)
But this burned down before Thomas Brown had the opportunity to insure it.
Sherborn, C. D., ''The conchological writings of Captain Thomas Brown''.
Reynell, A., ''Notes on the dates of publication of the earlier parts of Captain Thomas Brown's Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland'', 2nd edition.
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 Timeline
Thomas HARVEY ruled Albemarle & John ARCHDALE was put in charge of all settlements in the future North Carolina & also those on Cooper & Ashley rivers in South Carolina.
John BROWN was a packhorseman on the payroll of the Savannah factory of Fort Moore.
Thomas WOOTEN of North Carolina was granted 200 acres on the north side of the Broad River opposite the mouth of Long Canes.
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 Thomas Brown (naturalist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captain Thomas Brown, (1785 - 8 October 1862) was a British naturalist and malacologist, born in Perth, Scotland.
The conchologist’s text-book, embracing the arrangements of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Linnaeus, with a glossary of technical terms / by Thomas Brown; illustrated by nineteen engravings on steel.1833
Sherborn, C. The conchological writings of Captain Thomas Brown.
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 Canolfan Astudiaeth R.S. Thomas, Prifysgol Cymru Bangor: Llyfryddiaeth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Anon., 'R.S. Thomas, misanthrope who championed the Welsh people and language but was himself one of the foremost poets in English', Daily Telegraph, 27 September 2000, 29.
On 7 December 2000, David Thomas wrote from Cornwall stating that RST was 'undoubtedly British, whether he liked it or not' and that he was 'perfectly capable of writing in the Welsh language.
Includes a tribute by M. Wynn Thomas, poems by Twm Morys and Gillian Clarke and 'After the Funeral', a brief evocation by Ned Thomas.
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 Thomas Beale. The natural history of the sperm whale : its anatomy and physiology, food, spermaceti, ambergris, rise ...
It has, however, been stated by some naturalists that it is only at times that this whale projects water from the nostril, and that is at the time, they say, of his feeding.
of the "Naturalist's Library," p.167, where, in using the information contained in the first edition of this work, he states, "according to Beale she is much smaller than the male, in the proportion of nearly one to four or five.
From the parts of this specimen which are still preserved in the Hunterian Collection, and which have always strongly excited the attention of naturalists, it must have measured at least six feet from the end of the tail to the end of the tentacles.
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 brown Coat of Arms, Family Crest
In most instances, the brown family name came to England with the Norman Conquest of England of 1066.
Deriving from the Old French, Middle English "brun," it was originally a nickname for someone who may have had brown hair, brown eyes, or perhaps even dressed habitually in brown.
"Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown, and Allied Families" by James A. Burgess, "Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Marion Murphy and Anna Jane Brown" by Lera Murphy Johnson, "Brown and Sayre Ancestry; Three Centuries in Northern New Jersey" by Mortimer Freeman Sayre, "Brown (Browne) and the Descendants in Carolina Today" by Joseph Parsons Brown.
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It is interesting to note, that this is the same publisher, along with Kidd as engraver and Brown as writer, that issued a folio edition of Wilson in 1831-1835.
There are a few rips along the edges of the spine and the boards are bumped, stained, with some tears etc. The endpapers are soiled with the titles browned and foxed.
It should be noted that many booksellers have thought this was a book by Audubon due to the frontispiece of him and the biography contained in the first portion of the book.
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 Beachcombers, Traders & Castaways in Micronesia
He then was taken to Yap where he was an agent for Thomas Farrell for a little longer than a year.
Thomas Brown (born Thomas van der Plann) was born in Holland.
Since 1869 he travelled in the Pacific as a naturalist for Godeffroy Co. He lived in Samoa for six months at the end of 1869, then travelled to Marshalls on "Sofia" in April 1870.
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 The Nassau Guardian - www.thenassauguardian.com
He says that "with the inspiration from music, art comes to life and it serves as a little get away from the stress of the world." At age 20, he was introduced to Allen Robinson and Smithy Williams, who taught him the art of woodcarving.
Michael holds a strong principle about his carvings and says, "I am a naturalist.
I don't like to cut down trees, so I go to various beaches throughout The Bahamas to collect driftwood." He believes that driftwood is very spiritual, having made a rolling journey from the bottom of the ocean to finally rest where they are found.
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 Websters Instrument Makers Database - Letter S
Spencer, Browning and Rust; ivory scales on sextants and quadrants marked this way were divided by the firm for a number of different makers.
Taylor 1(273); J. Brown 1 and 3; Daumas 1; Tyacke; Stevenson; Robischon; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7 and 8.
Taylor 1(580) and 2(120); Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; J. Brown 3; Crawforth 1; USNM; Michel 3; von Cittert 1; Bedini 8; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Millburn 6 and 10; RSW.
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 Websters Instrument Makers Database - Letter W
W.B. William Brown or William Buckley; the initials are marked on a 1551 quadrant signed "T.G." in the British museum; the quadrant is also marked "J.C." (1).
Brown 1; Taylor 1(505) and 2(128); Evans 1.
John Brown 1 reported that White had invented a slide rule; might be John White 3.
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 The Thomas Gray Archive : Materials : Bibliography : Monographs and collections
Lecce: Milella, [1985], chapter I "Thomas Gray: Two Early Odes and the Elegy", pp.
The book examines in detail the influence which Milton's poetry and life had on Gray and the relationship which Gray had with his friend Richard West, also a poet and admirer of Milton].
Also published as Thomas Gray and literary authority: ideology and poetics in Eighteenth-century England.
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 Antique botanical prints, botanical prints, antique prints, botanicals, botanical pictures
Thomas Rowlandson’s designs were usually done in outline with the reed-pen, and delicately washed with color.
Thomas Rowlandson ability to draw both animation and real like facial expressions make this collection of lithographs a truly great example of early English caricature.
The print is approximately 9” x 12” there is light browning to the paper around edges which is normal to prints of this age but there is no foxing and the colors are very bright.
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 Amazon.com: Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking (Tom Brown's Field Guides): Books: Tom Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Thomas Carlyle once said, "The tragedy in life is not what men suffer, but what they miss." Read the first page
Tom Brown has learnt the inner silence tricks from his Apache teacher ("the Grandfather") and trackers might find this book useful for learning more about Native American attitudes toward nature.
The book teaches a lot of good stuff about tracking, but its best material, I think, is its section on nature observation: on learning to have a wider range of vision, to see more peripherally, to be quieter, and to be more aware of one's surroundings.
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 Victorian Biography Collection
BROWNING (Oscar) Memories of Sixty Years at Eton, Cambridge and elsewhere.
[DAVIDSON, Thomas] BROWN (James) The Life of a Scottish Probationer being a Memoir of Thomas Davidson with his poems and extracts from his letters.
ARCHER (Thomas) William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries: fifty years of social and political progress.
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 E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore
Thomas Wyatt, and his late excellent Manual of Conchology, he is also under many obligations.
No better work, perhaps, could be put into the hands of the student as a secondary text-book.
Its beautiful and perfectly well-coloured illustrations afford an aid in the collection of a cabinet scarcely to be met with elsewhere.
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 Review, buy Scotland: Scottish Enlightenment I: Eight Volume Set (History of British Philosophy), Mary Stuart, John ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
included are works by Thomas Somerville, Presbyterian clergyman and historian of English politics, Henry Mackenzie, lawyer and novelist, Peter Williamson, John Jackson, entrepreneur of the dramatic arts, John Ramsay of Ochtertyre, William Smillie, Edinburgh printer and natural philosopher.
Drawing upon very different backgrounds and experiences of their authors, each of these works reveals a distinctive perspective on Scottish cultures when the Scottish Thought was in full bloom.
After Thomas Reid and Dugald Steward, Thomas Brown (1778-1820) is the third member traditionally associated with the Scottish School of Common Sense.
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 P. B. Shelley, "Peter Bell the Third"
To Thomas Brown, Esq., The Younger, H.F. ["Thomas Brown" is the pseudonym employed by Thomas Moore in a series of verse satires centering on the activities of a family of nouveaux riches, self-satisfied, jingoistic Britons, the Fudges, representative of the post-Waterloo order].
The effect, when to the windward, is indeed so similar, that it requires a subtle naturalist to discriminate the animals.
To a similar cause the caterwauling of more than one species of this genus is to be referred; -- except, indeed, that the poor quadruped is compelled to quarrel with its own pleasures, whilst the biped is supposed only to quarrel with those of others.
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The course on moral philosophy embraced, besides ethics proper, lectures on political philosophy or the theory of government, and from 1800 onwards a separate course of lectures was delivered on political economy, then almost unknown as a science to the general public.
When the shock of his son's death incapacitated him from lecturing during the session of 1809-1810, his place was taken, at his own request, by Dr Thomas Brown, who in 1810 was appointed conjoint professor.
On the death of Brown in 1820 Stewart retired altogether from the professorship, which was conferred upon John Wilson, better known as "Christopher North," From 1809 onwards Stewart lived mainly at Kinneil House, Linhithgowshire, which was placed at his disposal by the Duke of Hamilton.
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Galileo (1564-1642) Physical bodies move in lawlike and predictable ways Descartes (1596-1650) Broke behavior into voluntary and involuntary Voluntary behavior is governed by reason Involuntary behavior is purely mechanical, like the motions of objects Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Activities of the mind can also be explained by mechanical laws.
Observable actions originate in motions in the mind called “endeavours” These endeavours occurred in order to pursue pleasure and avoid pain Laws of mental activity were described by the British empiricists or associationists: John Locke (1632-1704) David Hume (1711-1776) The source of knowledge is sensory experience.
William McDougall (1871-1938) Social Psychology, which described instincts of humans Sigmund Freud’s (1856-1939) Explained human behavior as emanating from unconscious inner conflicts between the id (which desires pleasure, especially sexual pleasure) and the ego and superego, which exercise control over the id. John Watson (1878-1958) Advocated strict behaviorism as an explanation for all human psychology.
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 Contra Costa County, California Queries
I seek information on her parents, place of birth, and relationship to Elam Brown (supposedly he did not have a niece named Elizabeth Lois, according to research done by another descendent.) Barbara Quein.
I need to know if she is any kin to me. My Grand fathers name was William Thomas BROWN from Van Buren County Ar.
Thomas was a police officer in either Hennipen Co., MN.
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 Contra Costa County, California Queries
THOMAS JEPTHA PITTS son of Robert & Hulda Davis Pitts was born July 17, 1892 in Texarkana, Arkansas, and died June 07, 1958 in Contra Costa County, California.
Her parents were: John F. JOHNSON born March 3, 1860 in Lawrence, Massachusetts and Minnie Caroline BROWN born in California.
The family Bible of Thomas J. Wristen, the father and grandfather of many of these persons, is known to have been in the possession of Mrs.
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