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    Donald Adamson, JP (30 March 1939 – 18 January 2024), was a British literary scholar and historian. Books which he wrote include Blaise Pascal: Mathematician...
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    during 1929–1931 in the first two Labour ministries headed by Ramsay MacDonald. Adamson was born in Dunfermline, Fife, and was educated at a local dame school...
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    competed for by young graduates of British universities; endowed by Donald Adamson (Master Currier, 2012–13), it is assessed by the Institute of Historical...
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    realize until it is too late. (7) Illusions perdues is, according to Donald Adamson, "a revelation of the secret workings of the world, rather than a Bildungsroman...
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    humaine. The Black Sheep is the title of the English translation by Donald Adamson published by Penguin Classics. It tells the story of the Bridau family...
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    passion is the cause of his suffering and death. As has been shown by Donald Adamson, Le Cousin Pons began its existence as a novella, or nouvelle, and was...
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  • Adamson (1823–1891), farm implement manufacturer and inventor in South Australia Derick Adamson (born 1958), Jamaican marathon runner Donald Adamson (born...
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    contributions in Parliament by the Duke of St Albans The House of Nell Gwyn: Fortunes of the Beauclerk Family, Donald Adamson (William Kimber, Ldn 1974)...
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  • historian, member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (1994) Donald Adamson (1939–2024), British historian Shmuel Agmon (born 1922), Israeli mathematician...
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  • Chronicles, Vol. II (2010), pp. 244–257. The House of Nell Gwyn: the fortunes of the Beauclerk family, 1670-1974 (Donald Adamson & Peter Beauclerk Dewar)...
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    vol. I) Ursule Mirouët, translated by Donald Adamson, Penguin Classics (Harmondsworth: 1976) Donald Adamson, translator's introduction, Ursule Mirouët...
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  • Arran (1938) The Lord Butler of Brockwell, KG, GCB, CVO, PC (1938) Dr Donald Adamson, JP, FRSL, FRHistS (1939) The Lord Dykes (1939) Andrew Knight (1939)...
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    tunnels. John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair Donald Adamson H. H. Asquith Sir David Attenborough William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp...
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  • (2013–2017), minister for defence (2013–2014) and the interior (2014–2017). Donald Adamson, 84, British literary scholar, philosopher and historian. Ted Allsopp...
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    of London, Alphabetically Arranged, pages 376–429 Edward Mayer and Donald Adamson, The Curriers' Company: A Modern History, 2000. Paul Jagger (2014)....
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    Courtroom Bar, the room in which the court baron of the manor was held. Donald Adamson, the present lord of the manor of Dodmore, owns the Tudor manor house...
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    of local families which are held at the College of Arms in London. Donald Adamson, author and historian Angela Brazil, novelist Anyon Cook, illustrator...
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    force that belongs on every history-lover's bookshelf!" as well as from Donald Adamson in Napoleon at Elba. Author of historical fiction Bernard Cornwell has...
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    2008 Leila Aboulela 2023 *Melanie Abrahams 2020 Peter Ackroyd 1984 Donald Adamson 1983 Fleur Adcock 1984 Sulaiman Addonia 2022 Diran Adebayo 2006 John...
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    Richardson (Yorkshire) Gary Yates is the Second Team coach for Lancashire Donald Adamson (born 1939), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, historian and...
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    Baronetage (1990 edition), New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed] Donald Adamson and Peter Beauclerk Dewar, The House of Nell Gwyn. The Fortunes of the...
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  • Anne Aubrey and Donald Pleasence for Warwick Films. The film was originally known as Adamson of Africa. Robert Taylor as Robert Adamson Anthony Newley...
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    contributions in Parliament by The Duke of St Albans The House of Nell Gwyn: Fortunes of the Beauclerk Family, Donald Adamson (William Kimber, Ldn 1974)...
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    Leeds Larry Siedentop, political philosopher Terence Irwin, philosopher Donald Adamson, author and historian Richard J. C. Atkinson, historian and archaeologist...
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    House of Nell Gwyn : the fortunes of the Beauclerk family, 1670–1974" / Donald Adamson & Peter Beauclerk Dewar www.burkespeerage.com "Our Affiliations". Worshipful...
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    org/history Dusty heritage: a national policy for museums and libraries by Donald Adamson, 1971; www.bl.uk www.bowgroup.org "People". Retrieved 17 February 2016...
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    Irving Trial (London, 2002), p. 25. Rowse and Trevor-Roper defined, Donald Adamson, "The Cornish Banner". August 2014. Archived from the original on 1...
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    English people of note and some notable individuals born in England. George Adamson (1906–1989) Leslie Alcock (1925–2006) Mick Aston (1946–2013) Richard Atkinson...
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    and Cornwall, Exeter: University of Exeter Press ISBN 0-85989-744-3 Donald Adamson is due to publish a biography of A. L. Rowse (from a friend's perspective)...
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    13 June 6 – 28 September] 1794, Luton Central Library. The historian Donald Adamson believes there to be a missing diary of Byng's tour of Devon. Byng's...
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