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- List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
6: *[[Saint Aidan|Aidan, Saint]], (died 651)
7: *[[Mohamed Farrah Aidid|Aidid, Mohammed Farah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician...
13: ...Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
24: *[[George Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: ...State. She is married to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], and is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to ...
15: ...e. She was named after her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmot...
23: ...nada]], but their mother the Queen refused to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly ...
27: ...been taught together with other students. It is said that she greatly enjoyed this and that this exper...
33: ...Philip Mountbatten before being created [[Duke of Edinburgh]] before their marriage. This marriage, although ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...([[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
19: ...ngly opposed the marriage proposition, went into hiding in [[Stirling Castle]], where preparations wer...
24: ...ston in solemn procession to the Chapel Royal. Inside, Lord Livingston brought Mary forward to the alt...
26: Quickly, Cardinal [[David Beaton]] put the Coronation Oath to her, which Lo...
31: ...part soon after Mary's coronation. The betrothal did not sit well with the Scots, especially since Hen... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ... to circumnavigate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views; and En...
16: ...ges of treason (adultery against the King was considered treason), incest with her elder brother, and ...
18: ... relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appoin...
20: ...'s enormous weight. However, from her father she did inherit her red hair.
25: ...ly into London, her half-sister Elizabeth at her side. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...um|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leininge...
16: ...queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the R...
20: ... royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victoria asked her staff to dete...
27: ...it was growing unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonie...
33: ...ight|A likeness of Queen Victoria appears on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stam... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
15: ...d emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the international campaign against ...
22: ...ustody of her children, but Lord Althorp's rank, aided by Lady Althorp's mother's testimony against he...
24: ... At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]...
30: ...urma|Lord Mountbatten of Burma]], any potential bride had to have an aristocratic background, could no...
32: ... the Young England [[kindergarten]] in [[Knightsbridge]]. [[Buckingham Palace]] announced the [[engage... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
5: ...essors at [[St Andrews]] University, and at the [[Edinburgh]] Extra-Mural school. She had no less difficulty...
9: ...1877. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected president of the East Anglian branch of the [[British Me... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
11: ...ged the support of [[Charles Villiers]], then president of the [[Poor Law Board]]. This led to her ac...
19: ...e met [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]], a brilliant politician who had been...
27: ...re sent to the Crimea, with the authorisation of Sidney Herbert.
35: ...an accident. Following this episode she used a solid Russian-built carriage, with waterproof hood and ...
45: ...[http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=63468] or [[myalgic encephalitis]] [http://member... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
9: ...irst professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in [[1974]].
11: ...t one point unflatteringly labelled the “Great Wide Hope” by the [[journalist]] [[Bud Collins]]), ...
19: The mid-[[1980s]] were the most dominant period of Navrá...
21: Navrátilová did succeed in winning all four of the Grand Slam wom...
49: ...]'', in a [[2000]] episode called "[[Lows In The Mid-Eighties]]", in which a [[flashback]] revealed sh... - Apple (20408 bytes)
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Maloideae]]}}
16: ...apples are of the species ''M. domestica'' or hybrids of it.
25: ... and ''Malus sylvestris'', but there is no hard evidence for this in older apple [[cultivar]]s. These ...
32: ...licious' apple shape, long stem (to allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popul... - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
13: *''Candidastrum''
21: Source: [http://www.rbge.org.uk RBG, Edinburgh]
24: ...n and series. These subgenera can be basically divided into four groups:
25: ...small leaf or lepidotes (with scales on the underside of their leaves). Type: ''Rhododendron ferrugine... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...ed into [[tectonic plates]] that move over a [[rheid|rheic]] upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] ([[asth...
16: ...the [[1788]] Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, later called ''[[uniformitarianism]]''.
20: ...''Theory of the Earth'' to the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. In his paper, he explained his theory that the...
26: ... believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
36: ...geology. Many of these involve the ability to provide the relative ages of strata or the manner in whi... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
52: ...'' in 1927.<br><sup>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. A...
56: ...re is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The UK also has [[B...
64: ... (IONA) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
71: ...tter remaining part of the United Kingdom. As provided for in the treaty, Northern Ireland, which cons...
74: ...tury, played a leading role in developing Western ideas of property, liberty, capitalism and [[parliam... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
11: ...asgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', comes upon the idea of a separate condensing chamber for the steam ...
26: ...n Hornblower]] who tried to develop engines that did not fall foul of his 'catch-all' patents. Boulton...
33: .... (Without it, humans might have continued to provide power.) It was also essential in later [[transpo...
36: ...', is named after him. So is, at least in part, [[Edinburgh]]'s [[Heriot-Watt University]].
38: ...[[Lunar Society Moonstones|Moonstones]], two individual statues, and a [[Boulton, Watt and Murdoch|sta... - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...e evaluation of [[knowledge]]. This change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are...
11: ...emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
21: ... some fields of [[study]] which are no longer considered scientific). An account of the development o...
27: ...ommunicated across generations with much greater fidelity. Combined with the [[Origins of agriculture|...
31: ...my]] was practiced in several civilizations. Considerable observation of macrobiotic flora and fauna ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...g)|earthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
5: ...jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
7: ...astle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
10: ...astles - e.g. portcullises, battlements and drawbridges.
12: ...look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towards family living. - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (16156 bytes)
8: ...nd mouth]] and [[rinderpest]], BSE has attracted wide attention because of its apparent transmissibili...
11: ...[[prion]] proteins carry the disease between individuals and cause deterioration of the [[brain]]. BSE...
13: == The BSE epidemic in British cattle ==
14: ...to the feed, and so the number of cases reached epidemic proportions. The tissues that contain most of...
16: ...er European countries like Germany required the said animal byproducts to undergo a high temperature s... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
5: ... surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
10: ...Apparently this did not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived ...
18: ...d [[alchemy]]. For the rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and...
33: ...er, observed that the [[parallax]] of the object did not change from night to night, suggesting that t...
51: ...tary motion|laws of planetary motion]], which provided powerful support for the [[Copernicus|Copernica... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...lled the "[[Dark Ages]]"). This movement also provided a framework for the [[American Revolution|Ameri...
8: ... rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]...
14: ... the universe where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton...
16: ...natural philosophy]] of [[Sir Isaac Newton]]. The ideas of Newton, which combined the mathematics of [...
18: ...s merely the most visible and famous example. The idea of uniform laws for natural phenomena mirrored ... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]] |
15: ...[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], he later adopted the middle name Graham out of admiration for Alexander Gr...
17: ...treatise on [[Visible Speech]], which appeared in Edinburgh in [[1868]]. In this he explains his method of i...
19: ...[Bath, England]]. While still in Scotland he is said to have turned his attention to the science of ac...
23: ...m to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal or other sound", the [[telephone]].
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