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    William Crabtree (1610–1644) was an English astronomer, mathematician, and merchant from Broughton, then in the Hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England...
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    English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and his friend and correspondent William Crabtree. The pair made their observations independently on 4 December that...
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    George William Crabtree (November 28, 1944 – January 23, 2023) was an American physicist known for his highly cited research on superconducting materials...
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    State Route 56. The name of the falls is thought to have come from William Crabtree, who settled in this part of Virginia in 1777. L.A. Snead, former US...
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  • William Crabtree (1905–1991) was an English architect. His reputation rests mainly on his Peter Jones department store, Sloane Square and King's Road,...
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    Paul Walker (redirect from Cheryl Crabtree)
    Glendale, California. His mother, Cheryl (née Crabtree), was a fashion model, and his father, Paul William Walker III, was a sewer contractor and former...
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  • Shirley Crabtree Jr. (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997), better known as Big Daddy, was an English professional wrestler. He worked for Joint Promotions...
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    astronomy of Johannes Kepler, which included Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree. Gascoigne was born in Middleton, Leeds in 1612, the son of a minor...
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    James William Crabtree (23 December 1871 – 18 June 1908) was a gifted English footballer of the end of the 19th century. Crabtree began his career at...
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  • television roles such as Richard Barrett in The Champions (1968–1969), Arthur Crabtree in No Place Like Home (1983–87) and Andrew Prentice in Next of Kin (1995–97)...
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  • Crabtree is an English retired professional wrestler, referee and master of ceremonies, known for working alongside his brothers Shirley Crabtree, better...
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    predicted by Jeremiah Horrocks and observed by him and his friend, William Crabtree, at each of their respective homes, on 4 December 1639 (24 November...
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    predict the transit of Venus of 1639, an event which he and his friend William Crabtree were the only two people to observe and record. Most remarkably, Horrocks...
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  • surname Crabtree may refer to: Arthur Crabtree (1900–1975), a British cinematographer Bill Crabtree (1915–2001), an Australian politician Brian Crabtree (born...
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  • directed, produced by Robin Nash, starring William Gaunt and Patricia Garwood as Arthur and Beryl Crabtree. Arthur has a brand new life planned with Beryl...
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    Invincible creator Robert Kirkman was sued by comic book colorist William Crabtree, citing a rights and profits concern, on January 10, 2022. The case...
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  • Gerald Crabtree (1933 – 2 April 2023) was an English professional wrestler and promoter, known for working alongside his brother Shirley Crabtree, better...
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    William Crabtree. Crabtree's friend and correspondent Jeremiah Horrocks had correctly predicted the 1639 transit of Venus across the Sun and Crabtree...
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    Hoole, near Preston, on 4 December 1639 (24 November O.S.). His friend William Crabtree observed the transit from nearby Broughton. Kepler had predicted transits...
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  • assistant) Sir James Cockle (judge) Federico Commandino (medical doctor) William Crabtree (merchant) Nathan Daboll (cooper) Henri Delannoy (army officer) Felix...
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    Square, was built between 1932 and 1936 to designs by William Crabtree of the firm of Slater, Crabtree and Moberly. The building is the first modern-movement...
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    Charlotte Mignon "Lotta" Crabtree (November 7, 1847 – September 25, 1924), also known mononymously as Lotta, was an American actress, entertainer, comedian...
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    Chapman, Allan (April 2005). Kurtz, D. W. (ed.). Jeremiah Horrocks, William Crabtree, and the Lancashire observations of the transit of Venus of 1639. Transits...
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  • Loren William Crabtree (born September 2, 1940) is an American academic. He was the chancellor of the University of Tennessee Knoxville from 2003 to 2008...
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    Chapman, Allan (April 2005). Kurtz, D. W. (ed.). Jeremiah Horrocks, William Crabtree, and the Lancashire observations of the transit of Venus of 1639. Transits...
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  • visited Toronto and Constable George Crabtree was assigned to his security, Higgins assisted Detective William Murdoch with an investigation into the...
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    catalogue". Star Tales. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Jeremiah Horrocks, William Crabtree, and the Lancashire observations of the transit of Venus of 1639, Allan...
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    and Hidalgo Moya, Leonard Manasseh, Michael Neylan, E C P Monson, William Crabtree, Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew, Graham Dawbarn, H. T. Cadbury-Brown and Gerard...
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    Reedy Creek State Park. Crabtree Creek Recreational Demonstration Area was renamed a few years later after former Governor William Bradley Umstead because...
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    harness the river for industrial purposes. Founders Arthur Patchett and William Crabtree became prosperous and upstanding citizens who left their mark on the...
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