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    Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law...
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    The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army...
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    Scacchi and Richard E. Grant. Vickers starred with Carryl Thomas in the thriller film Death in Shoreditch. In 2022, Vickers had a main role as Sauron in...
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  • Joan Helen Vickers, Baroness Vickers, DBE (3 June 1907 – 23 May 1994) was a British National Liberal and later Conservative Party politician. She was...
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  • Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...
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    The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee...
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    Martha Vickers (born Martha MacVicar; May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971) was an American model and actress. Vickers was born Martha MacVicar in Ann Arbor...
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    The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1921 by Robert L. Smith and George E. Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method to measure...
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    The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers. Though...
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  • Roy Vickers may refer to: Roy Henry Vickers, Canadian artist William Edward Vickers, British mystery writer who used the pseudonym Roy Vickers This disambiguation...
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  • Liberian-Ghanaian actor Angus Vicker, pen name of Henry Gregor Felsen (1916–1995) U.S. YA author McVicker (surname) Vicar (disambiguation) Vickers (disambiguation)...
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    Diana Vickers (born 30 July 1991) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She was semi-finalist on The X Factor in 2008. Vickers signed a record...
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    Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers-Armstrongs after the nationalisation of three of its four operating groups: aviation (as a 50% share since 1960...
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    The Vickers MBT is a series of main battle tanks (MBTs) developed as a private venture by British company Vickers-Armstrongs for export. The design makes...
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    The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at...
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  • Larry Allen Vickers (born June 1963) is a retired soldier, former firearms instructor, and author. He is the founder of Vickers Tactical, and co-founder...
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  • Jack A. Vickers Jr. (August 8, 1925 – September 24, 2018) was an oil and sports executive who started work for Vickers Petroleum Company in 1946 as a scout...
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  • Sir John Stuart Vickers (born 7 July 1958) is a British economist and the Warden of All Souls College, Oxford. Vickers studied at Aylesbury Grammar School...
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    through a tractor propeller, and was armed with a single belt-fed Vickers gun. Vickers continued to pursue the development of armed pusher biplanes, and...
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    Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley. A larger heavy bomber aircraft designed to Specification B.1/35, the Vickers Warwick, was developed in parallel...
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  • 1826. Vickers may also refer to: Vickers (surname) Baroness Vickers, a life peerage awarded to Joan Vickers, Baroness Vickers (1907–1994) Vickers Aircraft...
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  • Joshua Anthony Vickers (born 1 December 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Derby County. Vickers was on the...
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  • Edward Vickers (1804-1897) was the founder of Naylor Vickers & Co. which became Vickers Limited. Vickers was a successful miller who invested his money...
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  • Vickers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Gomersal Vickers (1810–1837), British marine-painter Andrew Vickers (born 1967)...
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    The Vickers–Berthier (VB) is a light machine gun that was produced by the British company Vickers-Armstrong. It was adopted by the British Indian Army...
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  • called her "the lively Sara Vickers". The Guardian's Michael Billington gave the production four stars, saying that Vickers "lends Rubek's young wife the...
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  • Harry Vickers may refer to: Harry Edward Vickers (1888–1942), English criminal Harry Franklin Vickers (1898–1977), American inventor and industrialist...
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  • Ann Vickers refers to: Ann Vickers (novel), a 1933 novel by Sinclair Lewis Ann Vickers (film), a 1933 film adaption of the novel directed by John Cromwell...
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    with the letter "V". Vickers' submission had initially been rejected as not being as advanced as the Victor and the Vulcan, but Vickers' chief designer George...
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    S. President Andrew Johnson from impeachment. Vickers also served in the Maryland State Senate. Vickers was born in Chestertown, Maryland, and was employed...
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