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  • 51Roger Fouts — (born June 8, 1943) is an American primate researcher. He is co director of the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI) in Washington, and a professor of psychology at the Central Washington University. He is best known for his role… …

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  • 52Rowland Hill (MP) — Sir Rowland Hill, of Soulton (c.1495–1561) was the first protestant Lord Mayor of London. He was a merchant, statesman and philanthropist. Hill was born in Hodnet, Shropshire, the eldest son of Thomas Hill. He was apprenticed to the London mercer …

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  • 53Anna Russo — born in Naples, Italy,her debut as a writer partly came about after she received a major literary prize for travel writing: The Next Generation . As a result of the grant she lived for twelve years in Southern France where she became close to the …

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  • 54HMS Incomparable — was the name given by Admiral Jackie Fisher to a design for a very large battlecruiser which was drawn up in 1915, but never ordered. [Breyer, p.172] Fisher had long been an advocate of improving technology to maintain Britain s naval superiority …

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  • 55Josiah — /joh suy euh/, n. 1. Also, Douay Bible, Josias /joh suy euhs/. a king of Judah, reigned 640? 609? B.C. II Kings 22. 2. a male given name. [ Heb Yoshiyah God upholds] * * * I born с 640 BC died 609 BC King of Judah and religious reformer. He… …

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  • 56Socrates — /sok reuh teez /, n. 469? 399 B.C., Athenian philosopher. * * * born с 470, Athens died 399 BC, Athens Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound influence on ancient and modern philosophy. Because he wrote… …

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  • 57Italian Popular Party — ▪ political party, Italy Italian  Partito Popolare Italiano (PPI) , formerly (until 1994)  Christian Democratic Party , Italian  Partito della Democrazia Cristiana (DC)        centrist Italian political party whose several factions are united by… …

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  • 58Illuminati — • Secret society founded in 1776 • False Spanish mystics Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Illuminati     ♦ Illuminati …

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  • 59Maria Theresa — • Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Roman German Empress, born 1717; died 1780 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Maria Theresa     Maria Theresa      …

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  • 60Masaccio — (1401 ca. 1428)    Florentine painter. Despite the small number of paintings he completed before his premature death at age 27, Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi, nicknamed Masaccio, was one of the most influential painters in the history of… …

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