Sir Walter Leaf (26 November 1852, Upper Norwood – 8 March 1927, Torquay) was an English banker, classical scholar, and psychical researcher. He published...
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A leaf (pl.: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis...
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Commentary (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985), p. 51; and Walter Leaf, ed., Books I–XII, vol. I of The Iliad. 2nd ed. (London: Macmillan, 1900)...
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Leaf (born 1985), Juneau Jumper National and Jr. Olympic jump rope champion T. J. Leaf (born 1997), Israel-born American NBA basketball player Walter...
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Walter Matthau (/ˈmæθaʊ/ MATH-ow; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American screen and stage actor, known for his "hangdog...
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a prose translation (1879) of Homer's Odyssey, and with E. Myers and Walter Leaf in a prose version (1883) of the Iliad, both still noted for their archaic...
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Earl of Derby, at Project Gutenberg The Iliad of Homer, by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Meyers, at Project Gutenberg The Iliad of Homer, by Samuel...
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with which the banks could repay their obligations. Leading banker Walter Leaf described these Treasury notes as "essentially a War Loan free of interest...
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Leafcutter ant (redirect from Leaf-cutting ant)
into 3.55 m individuals. Leafcutter ants are any of at least 55 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the three genera Atta, Acromyrmex, and Amoimyrmex...
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plain, as do Herodotus, Xenophon, Polybius, and Livy. Historians such as Walter Leaf have speculated on its location, but have not managed to identify the...
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A New Leaf is a 1971 American black comedy film written and directed by Elaine May in her directorial debut, based on the short story "The Green Heart"...
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The leaf muntjac, leaf deer or Putao muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis) is a small species of muntjac. It was documented in 1997 by biologist Alan Rabinowitz...
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His brother was Sir Walter Leaf. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1936". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2013. "Leaf, Herbert (LF873H)". A...
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Vaughan. Another daughter, Charlotte Symonds, married the classicist Walter Leaf. Henry James used some details of Symonds's life, especially the relationship...
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Lord Midleton, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Lord Chalmers, Lord Inchape, Walter Leaf, Lord Cowdray. It persuaded approximately 150 MPs to sign a demand for...
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Flag of Canada (redirect from Maple leaf flag)
ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured one stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre. It is the first flag to have been adopted by both...
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McCartney Shows His Non-Rock Roots With 'Leaf'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 94. Everett, Walter (1999). The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver...
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Leaf (GML) is a gold bullion coin that is issued annually by the Government of Canada. It is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The Gold Maple Leaf...
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Study of Shakespeare's Versification (1920). Bayfield collaborated with Walter Leaf and A. W. Verrall on numerous commentaries on the works of Sophocles...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in...
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this time. According to a reconstruction, based on the myth of Tenes, Walter Leaf stated that the first inhabitants of the island could be Pelasgians,...
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included scenes of Joseph Quinn as Geta dressed in a white toga and laurel-leaf crown dramatically plunging his thumb downward to note the fate of defeated...
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classicist Cyril Bailey, and her cousin was the classical scholar Sir Walter Leaf. Her mother was Gemma Creighton, who was a daughter of Bishop of London...
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eventually erected in 1986. He was the grandson of the classics scholar Walter Leaf and the great-grandson of poet John Addington Symonds, and was married...
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Deroplatys desiccata (redirect from Giant Dead Leaf Mantis)
com/vincek/speciesofmantids.htm Species of mantids: Dead Leaf Praying Mantid Mielewczik, Michael; Liebisch, Frank; Walter, Achim; Greven, Hartmut (2012). "Near-Infrared...
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Walter Spies (15 September 1895 – 19 January 1942) was a Russian-born German primitivist painter, composer, musicologist, and curator. In 1923 he moved...
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Farquhar Moderate Harry Marks Moderate 1892 Edmund Boulnois Moderate 1901 Walter Leaf Independent John Fletcher Little Independent 1904 William Bridgeman Conservative...
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Perseus Digital Library. Leaf, Walter, The Iliad: Editied, with Apparatus Criticus, Prolegomena, Notes, and Appendices, Walter Leaf, Vol. I, Books 1–12, Second...
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Walter "Wolfman" Washington (December 20, 1943 – December 22, 2022) was an American singer and guitarist, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain...
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