James Dinwiddie (born 8 December 1746 in Dumfries – died 19 March 1815 in Pentonville) was a Scottish physicist, astronomer, inventor and natural philosopher...
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James Dinwiddie may refer to: James Dinwiddie (surgeon), American Confederate military surgeon James Dinwiddie (astronomer), Scottish physicist, astronomer...
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James Dinwiddie (astronomer) (1746 - 1815), Scottish natural philosopher Marcus Dinwiddie (1906–1951), American sport shooter Robert Dinwiddie (1693–1770)...
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anthropologist Hubert Dinwoodie (1896–1968), Royal Air Force officer James Dinwiddie (astronomer) (1746 - 1815), Scottish natural philosopher Tom Dinwoodie (born...
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carried back from China by astronomer Dr. James Dinwiddie. A set of instruments had been sent to China along with Dr. Dinwiddie but the Chinese Emperor had...
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cosmos in the world of Stonehenge. British Museum. 2022. Bohan, Elise; Dinwiddie, Robert; Challoner, Jack; Stuart, Colin; Harvey, Derek; Wragg-Sykes, Rebecca;...
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former First Minister of Scotland Robert Dinwiddie (1693–1770), Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia 1751–1758 James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1525–1581)...
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Horatio Collins King, NYNG - Received Medal of Honor for actions near Dinwiddie Courthouse. Brigadier General Edmund Rice, USA – Earned the Medal of Honor...
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cosmos in the world of Stonehenge. British Museum. 2022. Bohan, Elise; Dinwiddie, Robert; Challoner, Jack; Stuart, Colin; Harvey, Derek; Wragg-Sykes, Rebecca;...
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Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890) 1962 – Richard Aldington, English poet and author (b. 1892) 1962 – James H. Kindelberger, American...
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Crown Colony of Virginia (from the colony's Lieutenant Governor, Robert Dinwiddie), the cabinet of British Prime Minister Henry Pelham votes to send a warning...
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April 28 Francis Baily, British astronomer (d. 1844) Henrietta Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, British noble (d. 1844) James Deacon Hume, British economist...
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cosmos in the world of Stonehenge. British Museum. 2022. Bohan, Elise; Dinwiddie, Robert; Challoner, Jack; Stuart, Colin; Harvey, Derek; Wragg-Sykes, Rebecca;...
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Performance". SPIE Newsroom. doi:10.1117/2.3201407.13. Bohan, Elise; Dinwiddie, Robert; Challoner, Jack; Stuart, Colin; Harvey, Derek; Wragg-Sykes, Rebecca;...
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his Kashmiri students, Tafazzul Husain Khan Kashmiri (studied under James Dinwiddie and died in 1800), was translating Newton's Principia into Persian...
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37.13927°N 77.62292°W / 37.13927; -77.62292 (Five Forks Battlefield) Dinwiddie Site of Battle of Five Forks, where Lee's flank was turned, leading to...
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77, Indian classical singer. Gerrit Brokx, 68, Dutch politician. Gene Dinwiddie, 65, American blues saxophonist. Ajay Mitra Shastri, 67, Indian academic...
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Notable American Women, 1607–1950 (section Astronomers)
Elizebeth Thomas Werlein Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge Emily Wayland Dinwiddie Mary Willcox Brown Glenn Susan Myra Kingsbury Alice Louise Higgins Lothrop...
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Sophie Cox, OBE, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Pensions. Melville Dinwiddie, DSO, OBE, MC, Scottish Director, British Broadcasting Corporation. Frederic...
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