Catherine Read (or Katherine; 3 February 1723 - 15 December 1778) was a Scottish artist. Born in the early 18th century, she is most known for her work...
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Catherine II (born Princess Sophie Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was...
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Catherine, Princess of Wales (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982), is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William,...
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She learned to speak, read and write in Castilian Spanish and Latin, and spoke French and Greek. Erasmus later said that Catherine "loved good literature...
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Catherine Jane McCormack (born 3 April 1972) is an English actress. Her film appearances include Braveheart (1995), The Land Girls (1998), Dangerous Beauty...
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guises ... for those who love books, Catherine Chidgey is a find". The Sunday Express called it "a wonderful, gripping read. Human relations and needs are explored...
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Mantellate taught Catherine how to read, and she lived in almost total silence and solitude in the family home. It was customary for Catherine to give away...
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Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE (/ˈziːtə/; born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. Recognised for her versatility, she has received various accolades, including...
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attachment to her was as unabated as her love and admiration of him. "Catherine Read (Dundee 1723-1778 at sea)". Christie's. 2024. Wolseley, G. J. (1894:11)...
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Wuthering Heights (redirect from Catherine Linton)
night, Lockwood reads the diary of the former inhabitant of his room, Catherine Earnshaw, and has a nightmare in which a ghostly Catherine begs to enter...
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Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (UK: /dəˈnɜːv/, US: /dəˈnʊv/, French: [katʁin dənœv] ), is...
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temporary stays of execution. Read died while in prison in April 1721. Her burial 28 of April is in the records of St. Catherine's church in Jamaica. There...
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future 2nd Earl of Sefton. She was painted by notable painters including Catherine Read and Thomas Gainsborough, and engraved by the artist James Watson. A...
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Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, romanized: Ekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Marta Samuilovna...
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Cate Blanchett (redirect from Catherine Blanchett)
Catherine Élise Blanchett AC (/ˈblæntʃɪt/ BLAN-chit; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and film producer. Often regarded as one of the best performers...
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Catherine Austin Fitts (born December 24, 1950) is an American investment banker and former public official who served as managing director of Dillon...
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Hodgman, QC; Anita Betts appearing for Read and Tasmanian Director of Public Prosecutions, Damian Bugg, QC and Catherine Geason appearing for the Crown, on...
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Beatson was the daughter of writer Robert Beatson and niece of artist Catherine Read, who produced two portraits of her in addition to being her teacher...
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thinking that it would speed up her decomposition as he "read that in a book somewhere." Catherine joined him in burying Neilson in a shallow grave. She...
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Wives of Henry VIII (section Catherine of Aragon)
was never granted an annulment by the Pope, as he desired, however, for Catherine of Aragon, his first wife. Annulments declare that a true marriage never...
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Charles Oakeley, and Helena Beatson (the niece of Scottish artist, Catherine Read). Oakeley was born in Madras, India where his father was governor. He...
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Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the...
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Maria Terzi". Her work was known as well to the English pastellist Catherine Read, who in correspondence with Carriera dating to 1756 sent compliments...
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Inheritance (2020 film) (redirect from Catherine Monroe)
family in New York City, dies. His estate is divided among his family: Catherine, his wife; William, his son, a politician running for re-election; and...
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The Serpent Queen (category Cultural depictions of Catherine de' Medici)
Queen is an American historical drama television series about the life of Catherine de' Medici, the 16th century Queen of France, as portrayed by actress...
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Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE (née McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British...
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talented amateur artist, and niece of notable Scottish portrait painter Catherine Read. He was the father of Frederick Oakeley and Sir Charles Oakeley, 2nd...
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Saint Catherine's Monastery (Arabic: دير القدّيسة كاترين Dayr al-Qiddīsa Katrīn; Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous...
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the Renaissance to the present (European Nations), An e-book link to read. Catherine Henriette de Balzac d' (1583-1633): Facts on File. p. 272. ISBN 0816044732...
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From an early age, Catherine was a serious and sensitive girl. She had a strong Christian upbringing and was said to have read the Bible through eight...
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