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    The Rt Hon. Jacob Bright (26 May 1821 – 7 November 1899) was a British Liberal politician serving as Mayor of Rochdale and later Member of Parliament for...
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  • Bright Onyebuchi Jacob is a Nigerian politician and a former chairman of Oyigbo Local Government Council. He is a member of the Rivers State People's Democratic...
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    brother was Jacob Bright, an MP and mayor. His sisters included Priscilla Bright McLaren (whose husband was Duncan McLaren MP) and Margaret Bright Lucas.[citation...
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  • were noted for their support for women's rights. In 1855 she married Jacob Bright who was an M.P. for Manchester. She and her husband were founder members...
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    branches in Scotland were in Aberdeen, Glasgow, St. Andrews and Galloway. Jacob Bright, a Liberal politician, supported by a petition from Jane Taylour of the...
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  • memories, we look to a bright future." In 2021, the seat of the Abraham Geiger College was named after him, Walter Jacob Building. Jacob published 43 books...
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    Bright (1960). Previously, scholars had tended to find the more straightforward meaning of Yaqub-El, "Jacob is god." The name Israel given to Jacob following...
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  • artist Henry Edward Bright (1819–1904) South Australian politician Jacob Bright (1821–1899), English politician James Franck Bright (1832–1920), English...
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    (1940) – Assistant Physician (uncredited) Hans nåds testamente (1940) – Jacob Bright Prospects (1941) – Åke Dahlberg The Fight Continues (1941) – Dr. Georg...
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    Priscilla Bright. Priscilla was McLaren's third wife, and was the daughter of Jacob Bright and the sister of the Liberal statesman John Bright and temperance...
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  • witch hunters who are the descendants of Hopkins. In the 17th century, Jacob Bright composed a poem mocking Hopkins that gained approval from royalists and...
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    Manchester Society for Women's suffrage was formed in January 1867, when Jacob Bright, Rev. S. A. Steinthal, Mrs. Gloyne, Max Kyllman and Elizabeth Wolstenholme...
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  • Bright is a 2017 American urban fantasy action film directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. The film is set in an alternate present in which...
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  • for the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester, defeating the Liberal MP, Jacob Bright. In November 1875 Callender fell ill after attending an Orange Order...
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    Jacob Samuel Fatu (born April 18, 1992) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand as a member...
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  • death. Seat increased to three members. James' death caused a by-election. Bright was an advanced Liberal, and Henry was a Whig liberal. Caused by Potter's...
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    Wood and Jacob Bright. Her brothers included the British Liberal politician Jacob Bright and the Radical and Liberal statesman John Bright. She died...
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  • committee. Founding members of the society were Ursula Mellor Bright and Jacob Bright. The society underwent several name changes as it affiliated with...
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  • shilling and sixpence (equal to 7½p) a week. At the age of 8, he worked for Jacob Bright of Rochdale as a half-timer, whereby he spent some time at school, and...
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  • concerning a bill to allow women the vote. The bill was presented by Jacob Bright, but it was defeated. Gore-Langton called a meeting to discuss a way...
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    president of the World's WCTU. Margaret Bright was born on 14 July 1818 at Rochdale, Lancashire. Her father was Jacob Bright (1775–1851), member of the Society...
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    between fraternal twins Jacob and Esau, sons of Isaac and Rebekah. The story focuses on Esau's loss of his birthright to Jacob and the conflict that ensued...
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    built a federal trading house at the north end of the post, operated by Jacob Bright. The location became a major frontier post for travelers heading west...
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    of the candidates for election, Jacob Bright, a supporter of women's suffrage. Alongside his wife, Ursula Mellor Bright, he was a founder of the Manchester...
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    orator and statesman, John Bright. His family were steeped in Radical and reforming politics. His father’s brother, Jacob Bright was Liberal MP for different...
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  • father, Thomas Ashworth, was a friend of Richard Cobden, while Jacob Bright and John Bright were her uncles, all liberals with an interest in feminism. Together...
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  • underwent a number of changes before becoming the Fawcett Society in 1953. Jacob Bright suggested in 1871 that it would be useful to create a London-based organisation...
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  • alongside the two sitting Liberal Party members, Thomas Bazley and Jacob Bright. He retained his seat at the ensuing elections of 1874 and 1880.[citation...
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    However, on 30 June 1870, a stronger amendment by Jacob Bright, a younger brother of John Bright, insisting that religious teaching not be for or against...
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    mother of the suffragette Ursula Mellor Bright who married Jacob Bright son of the famous orator John Bright. The Penningtons donated over half of the...
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