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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
9: ...little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
15: ...ed the later legends, like the [[Scots]] king [[Aedan mac Gabran]], who had a son called Artuir and wh...
19: ... [[Taliesin]] are possibly from a similarly early date: ''The Chair of the Sovereign'', which refers t...
23: ...]] by [[Caradoc of Llancarfan]], Arthur killed Gildas' brother Hueil, a pirate on the [[Isle of Man]]....
27: ...ls the demands of Olwen's [[giant]] father [[Ysbaddaden]], which includes his hunt for the great [[boa... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather th...
16: ...e absence of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on the matter became the...
20: ... of the Church he saw Puritanism as a potentially dangerous movement; he authorized the [[King James B...
36: ... [[United Church of Christ]]) is the direct descendant of New England Puritan congregations, although ...
59: ...and who were relatively tolerant of other faiths—at least in England; the popular image is sligh... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: '''Anne''' ([[6 February]] [[1665]]–[[1 August]][[1714]]) became Queen of [[England...
15: ...s II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon]], ...
17: ...tant [[Prince George of Denmark]], brother of the Danish King [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V]]. ...
19: ...m and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage.
26: ...ver|Sophia, Electress of Hanover]], and her descendants, who descended from [[James I of England]] thr... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...h. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than that of any other British monarch....
12: ...future King George IV), did marry, but had only a daughter, [[Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales]]. W...
14: ...French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
20: ...f the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Winds...
25: ...ugustus I of Hanover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. ... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...ne Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]], [[1867]] – [[March 24|24 March]], [[1953]]) was the [[Que...
9: ...e of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambr...
17: ...cess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridg...
19: ...orge never took a mistress and wrote to May every day.
27: ...arried [[Wallis Simpson]] ([[19 June]] [[1896]] – [[24 April]] [[1986]]); no issue. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: '''Daw Aung San Suu Kyi''' (born [[June 19]], [[1945]] ...
6: She is the daughter of General [[Aung San]], who negotiated Bur...
8: She studied at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and at the [[School o...
12: Heavily influenced by [[Mohandas Gandhi]]'s philosophy of nonviolence, Aung San S...
18: ...t each other." Aung San Suu Kyi proclaimed "a new dawn for the country." However on [[May 30]], [[200... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...nd remain unresolved. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], has been implicated as well, and remained in...
6: ... to [[Phi Beta Kappa]], and [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]]. She temporarily left Radcliffe for New York Ci...
8: ...as the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Union]], after the election had to be re-run beca...
21: ...eed extremely corrupt. Her husband, [[Asif Ali Zardari]], served a seven-year prison term in Pakistan ...
44: ... {{Book reference | Author=Benazir Bhutto | Title=Daughter of the East | Publisher= Hamish Hamilton | ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
15: |'''Date of Birth:'''
27: ...''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]...
31: ...e labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated by the global...
33: ...[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
2: ...use in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: '''Jane Austen''' ([[December 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[Englis...
5: ...ster, Hampshire|Winchester]] to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady t...
12: ... view of life seems largely genial, with a strong dash of gentle but keen satire: she appeals rarely a...
39: Reference: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978) - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...o has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian fiction]], a...
6: ...endolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
10: ...'', championed by former [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and...
14: She was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1973 and was promoted to Companion in 1981. - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
3: ...arie de France" could be same as Eleanor's eldest daughter Mary, Princess of France and Countess of Ch...
9: ...e Ages'', Roger S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
2: '''Amy Johnson''' ([[July 1]], [[1903]] – [[January 5]], [[1941]]) was a famous English ...
8: ...t year and landed in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin, Australia]] on [[May 24]] after flying 11,00...
20: ...g an [[Airspeed Oxford]] to RAF Kidlington near [[Oxford]], she went off course. She died after crashing ... - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1937 bytes)
1: ...n''' [[Order of Merit|OM]] ([[May 12]], [[1910]]–[[July 29]], [[1994]]) was a British [[scientis...
3: ...tKaihsuTai.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Order of Merit medal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, displayed in the Ro...
7: ...in crystallography and in [[1976]] the [[Copley Medal]] from the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1965]] she w...
11: ... Volume in Honour of Professor Dorothy Hodgkin''. Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
16: ...er, Jenny P., and Margaret J. Adams (''Physics Today'' 48: 80-81, 1995) - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ...she was born the day before Christmas, the 24th)–[[April 12]], [[1912]]) was a pioneer American ...
6: ...ristmas Day 1821 to Stephen and Sarah Barton in [[Oxford, Massachusetts]]. Her father, Captain Stephen Bar...
17: ...h all I had, even with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted [[Mason]], he bade me seek a...
35: ...an a mile from her birthplace in a family plot in Oxford, Massachusetts.
41: ...Imperial Russia and the International Red Cross Medal. Her final act was founding the National First A... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...[July 22]]. Her name probably means "Mary of [[Magdala]]", a town on the western shore of the [[Lake o...
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...As the first witness to the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene hastened to tell Peter and another -- unknown...
8: ... the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem.
11: [[Image:Marymagdalene.JPG|thumb|Mary Magdalene, in a dramatic 19th-century popular image of ... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
3: ...ldegard of Bingen''' ([[September 16]] [[1098]] – [[September 17]], [[1179]]) was a [[German peo...
24: ...saints and Virgin Mary for the holidays and feast days, and antiphons. There is some evidence that her...
26: ...nal use. Thus, "Reyan (tansy) is hot and a little damp and is good against all superfluous flowing hum...
34: ...eak and parents feel no love, leading to a bitter daughter.
37: ... of paradise. According to her, before the Fall, Adam had a pure voice and joined angels in singing pr... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: '''Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench''', [[Companion of H...
4: ...8]], she was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] ...
9: In her native [[United Kingdom]], Dame Judi has developed her reputation as arguably t...
11: ... She subsequently spent seasons in repertory in [[Oxford]] and [[Nottingham]]. In [[1961]] she joined the ...
13: Dame Judi has also made numerous appearances in the ... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United Stat...
8: ... She lost to [[Audrey Hepburn]] in ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Many thought Gardner's greatest performanc...
10: She met author [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] at [[Oxford University]] in November 1964. Neither was aware...
22: * [[Sunday Punch]] (1942)
66: * [[55 Days at Peking]] (1963)
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