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    Samuel Ayscough (1745–1804) was a librarian and indexer, who was described as the "Prince of Index Makers". Samuel Ayscough was the grandson of William...
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    subscribing libraries. A four-volume set of indexes was compiled by Samuel Ayscough (Assistant Librarian of the British Museum) with some assistance or...
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  • August 13 – Anica Bošković, Ragusan writer (born 1714) October 30 – Samuel Ayscough, English librarian and indexer (born 1745) November 5 – Betje Wolff...
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  • – The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Robert Burns – "Tam o' Shanter" Samuel Ayscough – An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of by Shakespeare...
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    Francis Ayscough (19 December 1701 – 16 August 1763) was a tutor to George III and Clerk of the Closet to George’s father Frederick, Prince of Wales and...
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    Dean of Westminster Michael Argyle (1925-2002) social psychologist Samuel Ayscough (1745–1804), index compiler Ben G. Davis (b. 1970), chemist and fellow...
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    Isaac Newton (redirect from Hannah Ayscough)
    before. Born prematurely, Newton was a small child; his mother Hannah Ayscough reportedly said that he could have fit inside a quart mug. When Newton...
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  • Intelligence. He indexed the Philosophical Transactions, collaborated with Samuel Ayscough on a catalogue of the British Museum's printed books, and translated...
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    This work superseded the Copious Index to ... Shakespeare (1790) of Samuel Ayscough, and the Complete Verbal Index ... (1805–1807) of Francis Twiss. In...
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  • Anthony Wood and William Dugdale. Robert Nares wrote the preface, and Samuel Ayscough compiled the index. A copy of the work is preserved among the manuscript...
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  • travellers were staying. The subsequent interviews are conducted by Henry Ayscough, a lawyer employed by Bartholomew's father, who is a Duke. The interviews...
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  • Bentinck, Governor (1722–1726) John Ayscough, Acting Governor (1726–1728) Robert Hunter, Governor (1728–1734) John Ayscough, Acting Governor (1734–1735) John...
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  • Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae Auctoritate, edited by Thomas Astle, Samuel Ayscough and John Caley. This article incorporates text from this source, which...
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    Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew CBE, KHS, better known as John Ayscough and born Francis Browning Bickerstaffe, (11 February 1858 – 3 July 1928) was a British...
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    error to Astle; John Caley edited the former work, and Caley with Samuel Ayscough the latter one. His printed books, chiefly collected by Morant, were...
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    mental condition, Sedley in vain tried to obtain a divorce. He met Ann Ayscough, probably around 1670, by whom he had two illegitimate sons, William and...
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  • later, it was in its time more convenient than the comparable work of Samuel Ayscough. Twiss married on 1 May 1786 Frances Kemble (1759–1822), known as Fanny...
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  • heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. pp. 571. Samuel Ayscough (1782). A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the British Museum...
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  • entry cites: British Library Add MS 4572, art. 9; 32476 fol. 54; Samuel Ayscough's Catalogue of MSS. Pref. p. vi and pp. 236, 239, 262, 280, 735; Egerton...
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  • Portland, 1722–4 July 1726 John Ayscough, 1726–1728, acting, first time Robert Hunter, 1728–March 1734 John Ayscough, 1734–1735, acting, second time John...
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    With notes on the Walker, Hutchinson, Ray, Guthrie, Palgrave, Cornell, Ayscough, Middagh, Holt, and Henshaw families. New York, Priv. Print. p. 54. Stafford...
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    ears. This perfection rapidly spread across the continent. In 1752 James Ayscough publicized his latest invention, spectacles with double hinged side pieces...
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    Polish) Samuel Jackson Pratt (as Courtney Melmoth) – The Pupil of Pleasure, or, The New System (Lord Chesterfield's) Illustrated George Edward Ayscough (adapted...
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    de Pomponne, French diplomat and minister (b. 1618) October 3 – Edward Ayscough, English politician (b. 1650) October 4 – George Evelyn, English politician...
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    1765, and who died in 1770. His second wife was Sarah Ayscough, the daughter of Richard Ayscough and Catharine Bayard, whom he married on February 5, 1772...
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    of the river he came upon an English squadron, commanded by Sir George Ayscough, who had the advantage of the weather gage, thus preventing Tromp from...
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  • 32 years (1629–1661) Richard Spencer, 32 years (1629–1661) Sir William Ayscough, 32 years (1648–1681) Walter Hungerford, 32 years (1701–1734) Henry Bulwer...
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  • Ceylon". Bulletin of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (8): 297–364. Ayscough, Samuel (1782) A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the British Museum...
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    Walter Johnston Armstrong (1907—1982), Indian Army Brigadier Sir George Ayscough Armytage, 7th Baronet., GOC Infantry Brigade Brigadier Harry William Hugh...
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  • oh-KOYN /oʊˈkɔɪn/ Aucoin oh-KWAN /oʊˈkwæn/ Aucoin oh-KWEEN /oʊˈkwiːn/ Ayscough like askew /əˈskjuː/ Bagehot BAJ-ət /ˈbædʒət/ Beauchamp BEE-chəm /ˈbiːtʃəm/...
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