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    Bailie Hugh Blackburn (/ˈblækbərn/) (2 July 1823 – 9 October 1909) was a Scottish mathematician. A lifelong friend of William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin)...
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    1890s, cannot be conclusively attributed to a single person, although Hugh Blackburn, a professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow, is commonly...
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    widespread recognition under the initials JB or her married name Mrs. Hugh Blackburn. Blackburn was born at 31 Heriot Row in Edinburgh. She was the youngest child...
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  • Hugh Russell Blackburn (November 4, 1887 – September 29, 1950) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Kansas City Monarchs...
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    named in his honour. Kelvin worked closely with mathematics professor Hugh Blackburn in his work. He also had a career as an electrical telegraph engineer...
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  • Louise Gillies, and the brother of Scottish Law Lord Colin Blackburn and mathematician Hugh Blackburn. In 1835, he married Jean Wedderburn, daughter of James...
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    Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading...
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    1865. Additionally, his younger brother was the renowned mathematician Hugh Blackburn. The future judge's education began at the Edinburgh Academy, followed...
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  • Joseph Blackburn (died 1787) was an English painter who worked mainly in British North America. His notable works include portraits of Hugh Jones (circa...
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    1909 Bruce C. Berndt, mathematician Hugh Blackburn, member of the Cambridge Apostles, inventor of the Blackburn pendulum John Brown, Astronomer Royal...
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  • 27 January 1911 King's Poet Julian Bell 17 November 1928 King's Poet Hugh Blackburn Trinity Professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow George...
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    Society of Edinburgh, His proposers were William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Hugh Blackburn, Philip Kelland and Peter Guthrie Tait. He won the Society's Keith Prize...
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  • Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2023-05-04. "Hugh Blackburn - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2023-05-04...
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    watercolours by Maxwell’s cousin Jemima Wedderburn. Jemima later married Hugh Blackburn, Professor of Mathematics at Glasgow University and a colleague of Lord...
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    John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, OM, PC, FRS, FBA (24 December 1838 – 23 September 1923), was a British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper...
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  • now recognised as the model for Sherlock Holmes. John McConnell Black Hugh Blackburn John Chiene, surgeon Peter Craigie, biblical scholar William Cunningham...
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    The Blackburn B.26 Botha was a four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber. It was produced by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft at its...
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    Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC (née Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member...
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  • FRSE MA DD (1761) James Millar MA (1796) James Thomson MA LLD (1832) Hugh Blackburn MA (1849) William Jack MA LLD (1879) George Alexander Gibson MA LLD...
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  • stayed in Aleza Lake. Letia I. (1908–98) married T. Howard Blackburn (1903–92) (son of Hugh & Jane Ann) , but they moved to Prince George in the early...
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    Peter Blackburn of Killearn John Wedderburn (1820–1879) Andrew Wedderburn (1821–1896) Jemima (1823-1909), a noted artist, married Prof Hugh Blackburn, Peter's...
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    Daniel Clark Blackburn (born May 20, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 63 regular-season games for the New York...
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    as Dr. Hugh Knight in The Nine Network series Doctor Doctor. He was part of the main cast of Glitch in the role of John Doe/William Blackburn. In 2022...
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  • the United States) 1 May – Jemima Blackburn, née Wedderburn, watercolourist and illustrator, wife of Hugh Blackburn (died 1909) 17 May – Henry Eckford...
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    College in 1861. Everett returned to Glasgow in 1864 as assistant to Hugh Blackburn, professor of mathematics in the university (1849–79), and worked for...
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    Preston (147,800), the largest settlements are Blackpool (141,100) and Blackburn (124,995); the city of Lancaster has a population of 52,655. For local...
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    he worked for a short time as assistant lecturer in mathematics to Hugh Blackburn before attending the University of Göttingen and the University of Marburg...
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    originally from Kinlochailort. In 1854, Jemima Blackburn, an artist, and her husband, Hugh Blackburn, professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow...
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  • John Fenwick Anderson Blackburn (26 June 1923 – 1993) was a British novelist who wrote thrillers, and horror novels. Blackburn was described as "today's...
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  • Baird John Hutton Balfour Hugh Barclay Thomas Spencer Baynes John Relly Beard, Edwin Beedell Henry Glassford Bell Hugh Blackburn John Stuart Blackie Francis...
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