Alfred Worcester Crosby Jr. (January 15, 1931 – March 14, 2018) was a professor of History, Geography, and American Studies at the University of Texas...
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Alfred Worcester (1855–1951) was a general practitioner in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is known for pioneering work in patient care, the treatment of appendicitis...
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Worcester is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alec Worcester (1887-1952), British stage and silent film actor Alfred Worcester...
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The Worcester Palladium, also known as The Palladium or Palladium Theatre, is an all-ages concert hall and performance venue located in Worcester, Massachusetts...
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was undertaken at Alfred's command by Wærferth, Bishop of Worcester, with the king merely furnishing a preface. Remarkably, Alfred – undoubtedly with...
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Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England. The...
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"Harold Alfred Richards, Mayor of Worcester (1958) | Art UK". artuk.org. List of Mayors 1621–1651 and 1750–1775 A general history of Worcester, embellished...
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Grammar School Worcester (also known as RGS Worcester or RGSW) is an eleven-eighteen co-educational, private day school and sixth form in Worcester, Worcestershire...
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or 922) was the younger son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith. He was born about 880. That he was Alfred's younger son by Ealhswith is stated by...
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Worcester College (/ˈwʊstər/ WUUST-ər) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the...
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half-brother Harold, he prosecuted Earl Godwin and Lyfing, Bishop of Worcester and Crediton, for the crime against his half-brother; the Bishop lost...
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(1929–2011) — developed and commercialized in-vitro fertilization Alfred Worcester (1855–1951) — pioneer in geriatrics, palliative care, appendectomy...
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John of Worcester (died c. 1140) was an English monk and chronicler who worked at Worcester Priory. He is now usually held to be the author of the Chronicon...
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Worcester Academy is a co-ed private boarding school in Worcester, Massachusetts serving grades 6-12. It is the oldest school founded in Worcester, Massachusetts...
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doctor admitted to the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland Alfred Worcester, 1883, general practitioner known for pioneering work in the treatment...
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Historia Anglorum, The Chronicle of John of Worcester, and the Historia Regum, attributed to Symeon of Durham. Alfred of Beverley, was a priest of Beverley...
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when he granted two estates to the see of Worcester "with the permission and sign-manual of King Alfred" and the attestors included "Æthelflæd conjux"...
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Marion Edwards Park (Humane Letters), Stanley Calef Wilson (Laws), Alfred Worcester (Science) 1932: George Grey Barnard (Arts), Vannevar Bush (Science)...
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and a trustee of the Worcester Free Public Library. On October 11, 1899, Petersen married Anna H. Lucke, they had one son, Alfred Herman Petersen. Petersen...
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Oswald of Worcester (died 29 February 992) was Archbishop of York from 972 to his death in 992. He was of Danish ancestry, but brought up by his uncle...
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Worcester (/ˈwʊstər/ WUUST-ər) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is the third-largest city in the Western Cape Province of South Africa...
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list of prominent people who were born in Worcester, Massachusetts, lived in Worcester, or for whom Worcester is a significant part of their identity....
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Mercia. Later in the period it was from Mercia, in particular Worcester, that King Alfred began to recruit priests and monks with whom to rebuild the church...
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The Worcester Range (78°50′S 161°00′E / 78.833°S 161.000°E / -78.833; 161.000 (Worcester Range)) is a high coastal range, about 30 nautical miles (56 km;...
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The Shire Hall is a municipal building in Foregate Street in Worcester, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. An Act of Parliament in 1831 allowed...
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born in Worcester, the eldest son of William Caldicott, a hop merchant and amateur musician. At the age of nine he became a choirboy in Worcester Cathedral...
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Alfred Thayer Mahan (/məˈhæn/; September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most...
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the son of George Agg and Sophie Euphemia Cheek. He was educated at the Worcester grammar school, and entered the service of the Great Western Railway Company...
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Asser (redirect from Life of King Alfred)
890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. After...
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as the people of Worcester had fled in advance of their arrival. Although the city was burnt and plundered, citizens of Worcester who had taken refuge...
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