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- List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
13: ...Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
16: *[[Troy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
22: *[[Aksel Airo|Airo, Aksel]], (1898-1985), Finnish general and strate...
24: ...orge Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]],...
11: ... mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
17: ... to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edwar...
20: ...rchbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [...
9: ...y I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]])...
14: ...that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionabl...
15: ...ed the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mar...
17: ... of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reig... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...gland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Someti...
9: ... VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, in...
11: ...he number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...s addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives...
18: Elizabeth's first governess was Lady Bryan, a baroness whom Elizabeth called "Muggie". At the age of... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more ...
12: ...tranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the...
14: ...oria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a...
16: ...the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent ...
18: ...sons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ... to her divorce in [[1996]] she was styled '''Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales'''. She was al...
13: ...oneering [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-...
15: ...To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there were eve...
22: ...Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being n...
24: ... Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented ... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
5: ...oma to practise medicine. London University, the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and many ...
7: ...rted to enable poor women to obtain medical help from qualified practitioners of their own sex. The d...
9: ...sed and equipped, the New hospital (in the Euston Road) being worked entirely by medical women, and th...
11: ...vement for the admission of women to the medical profession, of which Dr Anderson was the indefatigabl...
14: ...Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital on the Euston road in London -- this is the modern name of the New... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: [[Image:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A y...
7: ...led woman, Florence rebelled against the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become ...
9: ... in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...m of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal == - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ... World No. 1 woman [[tennis]] player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the [[United Sta...
5: ... three, and in [[1962]] her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach....
9: ...d 16, she turned professional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in...
11: ...the top of the game saw her embark on a punishing routine to get herself into shape that eventually ma...
19: ...n 1984|74-match winning streak]] (a record for a professional) by beating Navrátilová 1-6, 6-3, 7-5. - Apple (20408 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rosales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Rosaceae]]}}
16: ...plants of the genus ''[[Malus]]'' in the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated...
25: ...breeding programs to develop apples suitable for growing in climates unsuitable for ''M. domestica'', ...
27: ...e [[Immigration to the United States|arrival of Europeans]]. - Rhododendron (3464 bytes)
1: ...xobox_begin | color=lightgreen | name= ''Rhododendron''}}
2: ...omain-20040617.jpg|250px]] | caption = ''Rhododendron ponticum''}}
9: {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = '''''Rhododendron''''' }}
17: *''Rhododendron''
18: *''Therorhodion'' - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth sci...
3: ...]] and [[coal]], as well as [[metals]] such as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]]. Additional econo...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic pr...
7: ...used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict de Saussure...
10: ...ocean, he inferred that the land was formed by [[erosion]] of the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (g... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
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10: national_motto = [[Dieu et mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and...
46: ...nal language|(regional) languages]] under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]]....
52: ...and'' in 1927.<br><sup>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]...
54: ...a [[Commonwealth Realm]], and a member of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...ish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose improvements to the [[steam engine]] were a key stage i...
10: ...ne]], which started him thinking about ways to improve the engine.
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', com...
14: ...m, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary motion. - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ... [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scienc...
11: ...work, looking closely at the ways in which they "produce" and "construct" scientific knowledge. Since ...
13: ...progressive, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any othe...
21: ...s a direct outgrowth of [[religion]], often as a project of a particular religious community.
23: ...hat would describe nature as it was in the world around them. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''cas...
2: ...xpanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designatio...
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese history]],...
5: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
7: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]. - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (16156 bytes)
8: ...ly known as '''mad cow disease''', is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of [[cattle]], which infects ...
11: ...to form dense plaque fibers, which lead to the microscopic appearance of "holes" in the brain, degener...
14: ...eed, and so the number of cases reached epidemic proportions. The tissues that contain most of the pat...
16: ...ucts to undergo a high temperature steam boiling process, this requirement had been eased in Britain a...
18: ...//www.cjd.ed.ac.uk UK CJD Surveillance Centre] in Edinburgh. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[nobleman]], well known as an [[astronomer]]/[[astrologer]] (the two were not yet distinct) and [[alch...
8: ...er, also came from an important family which had produced leading churchmen and politicians.
10: ...e [[Tostrup Castle]] until he was six years old. Around 1552 his uncle was given the command of Vordin...
12: ...purchased an [[ephemeris]] and books such as [[Sacrobosco]]'s Tractatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmo...
14: ...ct with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...'' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...h of [[socialism]]. It is matched by the high [[baroque]] and classical eras in music, and the [[neo-c...
6: ...losophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing inst...
10: ...t is thought of as a long period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment.
14: ...became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson. - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
4: ... the telephone and innovations in aviation and hydrofoil technology |
7: place_of_birth=[[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]] |
12: ...e for important advances in [[aviation]] and [[hydrofoil]] technology.
15: Born '''Alexander Bell''' in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], he later adopted the middle name...
17: ...treatise on [[Visible Speech]], which appeared in Edinburgh in [[1868]]. In this he explains his method of i...
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