The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900, Том 1Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... became an eminent London merchant ( FUL- LER'S Abel Redivivus , p.539 ) . Singularly suc- cessful as were the careers of this happy ternion of brothers , ' it was on George alone that the hopes of his family were from the first ...
... became an eminent London merchant ( FUL- LER'S Abel Redivivus , p.539 ) . Singularly suc- cessful as were the careers of this happy ternion of brothers , ' it was on George alone that the hopes of his family were from the first ...
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... became permanent under - secretary . In eccentricities , brought on insanity , which 1878 he was a royal commissioner at the terminated in his death in 1803 . Paris Exhibition , and the same year was pro- moted to the rank of K.C.B. ...
... became permanent under - secretary . In eccentricities , brought on insanity , which 1878 he was a royal commissioner at the terminated in his death in 1803 . Paris Exhibition , and the same year was pro- moted to the rank of K.C.B. ...
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... became arch- bishop of Rheims . The office was a very arduous one . All ecclesiastical suits and disputes as to monastical discipline arising in a great part of France were referred to him . His predecessor , Melo , moreover , had been ...
... became arch- bishop of Rheims . The office was a very arduous one . All ecclesiastical suits and disputes as to monastical discipline arising in a great part of France were referred to him . His predecessor , Melo , moreover , had been ...
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... became chief baron of the exchequer of Scotland , and when in 1832 the office was abolished , he received a pension of 2,000l . a year . A parliamentary career being again open to him , he was chosen along with Francis Jeffrey to ...
... became chief baron of the exchequer of Scotland , and when in 1832 the office was abolished , he received a pension of 2,000l . a year . A parliamentary career being again open to him , he was chosen along with Francis Jeffrey to ...
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... became the founder of the medical school attached to that ancient hospital . About this time he was himself a diligent attendant at the lectures of John Hunter , with whom he had also private conferences on scientific matters , and ...
... became the founder of the medical school attached to that ancient hospital . About this time he was himself a diligent attendant at the lectures of John Hunter , with whom he had also private conferences on scientific matters , and ...
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