John Fian (alias Cunninghame) (died 27 January 1591) was a Scottish schoolmaster in Prestonpans, East Lothian and purported sorcerer. He confessed to...
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"points of dittay" against Agnes Sampson and that another of the accused, John Fian alias Cunningham had confessed that she was involved in raising a storm...
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Faust (1466/80–1541), whose life was the origin of the Faust legend. John Fian (executed on 27 January 1591), A doctor and school teacher who was declared...
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Barbara Napier, sister-in-law of Archibald Douglas of Carshogle. Doctor Fian (John Cunningham) Euphame MacCalzean Geillis Duncan Robert Grierson Lennit Bandilandis...
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founders of the Golden Dawn, prolific writer, occultist, and researcher Alfred John Pearce (1840–1923), medic, writer, pioneering weather forecaster and celebrated...
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of the Court of Session Isobelle Ann Dods-Withers (1876–1939), artist John Fian, executed in 1591 for sorcery during the North Berwick witch trials. Alexander...
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by witches was recorded in 1591 during the North Berwick Witch Trials. John Fian and his alleged coven of witches were accused of raising a sea storm to...
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pact. Several people, most notably Agnes Sampson and the schoolmaster John Fian, were convicted of using witchcraft to send storms against James' ship...
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Anne of Denmark and contrary winds Barbara Napier Euphame MacCalzean John Fian North Berwick witch trials Survey of Scottish Witchcraft "The tragic tale...
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Phuong Ngo (section Assassination of John Newman)
kan˨˩˦ fɨəŋ˧˧]; born 1958) is an Australian former businessman and politician who was convicted of ordering the killing of Australian MP John Newman on...
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Newes from Scotland - declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. Fian, a notable sorcerer is a pamphlet printed in London in 1591, and likely written...
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Crimean War John Davidson, reformer who set up the church and the school Robert Dick, inspector of salt works and prisoner on the Bass Rock. John Fian, a purported...
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Fenian Cycle (redirect from Fian Tales)
Cormac's Glossary, entry for rincne: Finn as member of Lugaid Mac Con's 'fian, "Ailill Aulom, Mac Con and Find ua Báiscne" Poem ascribed to Maelmuru Othna...
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Lord Balfour of Burleigh Deacon Brodie James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton John Fian James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home Archibald...
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commissioned by Sir Patrick Geddes in 1894, and designed by Geddes' friend John Duncan. The bronze relief features a foxglove plant, a snake curled around...
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VI, Daemonologie, p. 56, in 1597. When she reached Glasgow, the minister John Cowper condemned many innocent women to death on her testimony. Any woman...
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witch hunt. Records provide no information on Gowdie before her marriage to John Gilbert, who had no involvement in the witchcraft case. Wilby speculates...
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schoolmaster John Fian becomes the first person to be executed after the North Berwick witch trials, following his conviction for the crime of witchcraft. Fian is...
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schoolmaster John Fian becomes the first person to be executed after the North Berwick witch trials, following his conviction for the crime of witchcraft. Fian is...
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Duchill Geillis Duncan Bessie Dunlop Isobel Elliot Issobell Fergussone John Fian Agnes Finnie Maud Galt Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie...
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Tailer. In the Kippax Parish Registers an entry for the year 1558 shows 'John Pannell & Marye Tailer [9th] of Julie (July) married.' Subsequently, in 1568...
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Duchill Geillis Duncan Bessie Dunlop Isobel Elliot Issobell Fergussone John Fian Agnes Finnie Maud Galt Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie...
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servants Newes from Scotland – declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. Fian, a notable sorcerer is a pamphlet originally printed in London in 1591 that...
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– Agnes Sampson, executed as a witch 16 December – Dr. John Fian, executed as a sorcerer John Erskine of Dun, religious reformer (born 1509) Andrew Stewart...
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image of James VI was given to the devil for the destruction of the king. John Fian, Agnes Sampson and Barbara Napier were also said to have been at this...
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(sorcerer) (aka "Doctor Fian", died 1591), Scottish schoolmaster executed for sorcery in the North Berwick witch trials John Cunningham (explorer) (c...
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Alex Aaron Pedersen as Inspector Lewis Grimshaw Anthony Phelan as William Fian Nicole Chamoun as Jacinta Clunes Ditch Davey as Toby Broomhall Max Brown...
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brothers, especially John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, were plotting to kill him. Patie discovered poison in the possession of one of John's servants, Thomas...
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for the first time. In 1935 he moved to the Lebedev Physical Institute (FIAN). At the same time he became a professor of theoretical physics at Moscow...
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