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    Charles Cotton (28 April 1630 – 16 February 1687) was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from French...
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    Charles L. Cotton (born November 28, 1949) is an American attorney and gun rights advocate who has served as president of the National Rifle Association...
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    workhouse. When that failed, within days she told parish officials that Charles Edward Cotton had died. Investigations into her behaviour soon showed a pattern...
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  • Charles Cotton (1630–1687) was an English poet. Charles Cotton may also refer to: Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Baronet (1753–1812), British Royal Navy admiral...
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    Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow...
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  • Bernard Charles Cotton (2 February 1905 – 3 May 1966) was an Australian malacologist and museum curator of British origin. Cotton was born in Sheffield...
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  • Oliver Charles Cotton (born 20 June 1944) is an English actor and playwright, known for his prolific work on stage, TV and film. He remains best known...
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    West lawman Bass Reeves' death in 1910 was attributed to this disease. Charles Cotton, English footballer who died on 3 January 1910 after a five-week illness...
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    A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine"—is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity...
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    Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Baronet (June 1753 – 23 February 1812) was a senior Royal Navy officer of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose service...
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  • Francis Charles Thomas Cotton (23 December 1880 – 3 January 1910) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Liverpool...
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    demonstration, an instrument; thus are we ever turning round]" (transl. by Charles Cotton). FT.com "Small Talk: José Saramago". "Everything I’ve read has influenced...
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  • Fearne Cotton (born 1981), English television presenter and radio 1 DJ Dot Cotton (Eastenders) Charles Cotton (1630–1687), poet Charles Cotton (disambiguation)...
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    Charles Francis "Cotton" Nash (July 24, 1942 – May 23, 2023) was an American professional basketball and baseball player. He played as a forward in the...
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    Charles Stanhope Cotton Sr. (15 February 1843 – 19 February 1909) was a United States Navy rear admiral who served in the Union Navy during the American...
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    two players, but developed variants for more players. According to Charles Cotton, the game originated in Kent, but spread to the whole of England and...
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    Sir Charles Andrew Cotton KBE (24 February 1885 – 29 June 1970) was a New Zealand geologist and geomorphologist, described as one of the leading scientists...
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    Cotton candy, also known as candy floss (candyfloss) and fairy floss, is a spun sugar confection that resembles cotton. It usually contains small amounts...
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    the Great Frost" from 1683, written after the English Civil War by Charles Cotton, cousin to Aston Cockayne, Baronet of Ashbourne (1608–84): Two towns...
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    The Dr. Charles Cotton House is an historic house at 5 Cotton Court in Newport, Rhode Island. It is one of the city's oldest houses. It is a 2+1⁄2-story...
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  • Air Marshal Sir Christopher Charles Cotton Coville, KCB FRAeS (born 2 June 1945) is a British retired senior Royal Air Force commander. Coville was born...
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  • Grove Cemetery (Portsmouth, Virginia) Charles W. Nash (1864–1948), United States automobile entrepreneur Charles "Cotton" Nash (1942–2023), American basketball...
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    Rev William Charles Cotton (30 January 1813 – 22 June 1879) was an Anglican priest, a missionary and an apiarist. After education at Eton College and Christ...
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    Bryce Jiron Cotton (born August 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL)...
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    national card game, which also underlies the Canadian game of Forty-fives. Charles Cotton describes its ancestor in 1674 as "Five Cards", and gives the nickname...
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  • The Cotton Bowl Classic (also known as the Cotton Bowl) is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually in the Dallas–Fort Worth...
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    George Herbert and his biography of Richard Hooker. He sometimes visited Charles Cotton in his fishing house on the River Dove. Walton died, aged 90, in his...
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  • president as of 2021[update] is Charles Cotton. In April 2023, the NRA Board of Directors voted to amend the bylaws allowing Cotton to serve a third term. Resigned...
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    Will" "Of Cripples" "Of Physiognomy" "Of Experience" John Florio (1603) Charles Cotton (1685–6) Later edited by William Carew Hazlitt (1877) George Burnham...
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    Gossypium barbadense is one of several species of cotton. It is in the mallow family. It has been cultivated since antiquity, but has been especially prized...
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