• Basil John Wait Brown (22 January 1888 – 12 March 1977) was an English archaeologist and astronomer. Self-taught, he discovered and excavated a 6th-century...
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    which lacks historical documentation. The site was first excavated by Basil Brown, a self-taught archaeologist, under the auspices of the landowner Edith...
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    Basil (/ˈbæzəl/ BAZ-əl, US also /ˈbeɪzəl/ BAY-zəl; Ocimum basilicum /ˈɒsɪməm bəˈzɪlɪkəm/ OS-ih-məm bə-ZIL-ih-kəm)), also called great basil, is a culinary...
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    Basil W. Brown (March 20, 1927 – October 30, 1997) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Vandalia, Michigan, Brown moved with his family to Battle...
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  • whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local excavator and amateur archeologist, to find out if anything...
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  • Suffolk landowner Edith Pretty hires local self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown to tackle the large burial mounds at her rural estate in Sutton Hoo near...
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    In 2021, she appeared in The Dig, playing May Brown, wife of the archaeologist and astronomer Basil Brown, who discovered the Anglo-Saxon treasure at Sutton...
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    June 1938, Pretty employed Basil Brown to undertake the excavation of a range of burial mounds on the estate, leading to Brown's discovery in May 1939 of...
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    in the British drama film The Dig playing the Suffolk archaeologist Basil Brown alongside Carey Mulligan and Lily James. The film received positive reviews...
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  • Mrs. Piggott is particularly emphasised. Although she did not lead Basil Brown's excavation, she was the first of the excavators to discover gold items...
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    Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, Hágios Basíleios ho Mégas;ግዕዝ (Ge'ez) ቅዱስ ባስልዮስ ዐቢይ (ዓምደ ቤተ...
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    Thai basil (Thai: โหระพา, RTGS: horapha, ISO: hōraphā, pronounced [hǒː.rá(ʔ).pʰāː]; Khmer: ជីរនាងវង, chi neang vorng; Vietnamese: húng quế) called káu-chàn-thah...
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  • (originally titled as "Kitty") is a song recorded by American singer Toni Basil for her debut studio album, Word of Mouth (1981). It was first recorded...
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  • learn applied knowledge and choose a profession. A notable alumnus was Basil Brown, the self-taught astronomer and early excavator of Sutton Hoo, and another...
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    Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge (born September 20, 1986) is an American actor. Among his significant roles, he played Alec Hardison in the TNT series Leverage...
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    and linguist Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough (1888–1973), politician and third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Basil W. Brown (1927–1997),...
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    Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, tulsi or tulasi, is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is widely cultivated throughout...
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    Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an Anglo-South African actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean...
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  • Minister of Canada from 1894 to 1896, as well as the life-long home of Basil Brown, the amateur archaeologist who was instrumental in discovering and excavating...
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    full size reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo burial ship excavated by Basil Brown at Sutton Hoo in 1939. The reconstruction process is attempting to discover...
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    film The Dig follows the story of archeologist Basil Brown discovering the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. Brown, an employee of the museum, is regularly mentioned...
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  • The Basil Brush Show is a British children's television sitcom series, starring the glove puppet fox Basil Brush. It was produced for six series by The...
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    evidence to supplement that gathered in the 1949 dig by archaeologist Basil Brown. This area has for centuries been called Castle Hill but there never...
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  • Khan Rhea Chakraborty Shreya Shukla The Dig Edith Pretty Carey Mulligan Basil Brown Ralph Fiennes Orders from Above Avner Less Richard Cotter Adolf Eichmann...
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    College MADS productions as the Judge in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, before undertaking an audition in Sydney for a...
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    London Topographical Society. 1917. p. 60. Retrieved 4 March 2024. Basil Brown (1968). Astronomical Atlases, Maps & Charts: An Historical & General...
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  • Basil Risbridger Davidson MC (9 November 1914 – 9 July 2010) was a British journalist and historian who wrote more than 30 books on African history and...
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    Cinnamon basil is a type of basil (Ocimum basilicum). The term "cinnamon basil" can refer to a number of different varieties of basil, including as a synonym...
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    turned pundit Martin Brundle (b. 1959) - racing driver and commentator Basil Brown (1888–1977) - Archaeologist; whose Suffolk dialect was later portrayed...
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  • Wattisfield, Suffolk. Basil Brown had discovered around twenty Roman kilns in the area earlier in the 20th century. It was meeting Brown that forged Burroughes'...
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