Dictionary of national biography, ed. by L. Stephen (and S. Lee). [With] Suppl. 3 vols.;Index and epitome [and] Errata, Volume 11885 |
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... educated at Oxford at depended for the success of his mission ( cf. his own expense several Greeks and other STRYPE , Annals , iv . 564 ) . It was by such foreigners . In 1619 , he had the satisfaction means that Abbot cleared the path ...
... educated at Oxford at depended for the success of his mission ( cf. his own expense several Greeks and other STRYPE , Annals , iv . 564 ) . It was by such foreigners . In 1619 , he had the satisfaction means that Abbot cleared the path ...
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... educated at Guildford grammar school , and was probably apprenticed in London to his father's trade . Subsequently he became a freeman of the Drapers ' Company , and rapidly amassed great wealth as a merchant dealing in such various ...
... educated at Guildford grammar school , and was probably apprenticed in London to his father's trade . Subsequently he became a freeman of the Drapers ' Company , and rapidly amassed great wealth as a merchant dealing in such various ...
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... educated sympathy with the puritan party , deriving at the free school there . The talent he the true tradition of the early church evinced in a school'oration ' on the anni- through the Albigenses , Lollards , Hugue- versary of Queen ...
... educated sympathy with the puritan party , deriving at the free school there . The talent he the true tradition of the early church evinced in a school'oration ' on the anni- through the Albigenses , Lollards , Hugue- versary of Queen ...
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... educated . Abbott's ability was soon discovered by his teacher , Dr. Osmond Beauvoir . The late Sir Egerton Brydges , who was Abbott's schoolfellow , states that from his earliest years he was industrious , apprehensive , regular and ...
... educated . Abbott's ability was soon discovered by his teacher , Dr. Osmond Beauvoir . The late Sir Egerton Brydges , who was Abbott's schoolfellow , states that from his earliest years he was industrious , apprehensive , regular and ...
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... educated at Eton , and in 1854 entered the Foreign Office , where in 1866 he was ap- pointed précis writer to Lord Stanley . On 10 April 1870 he succeeded to the peerage on the death of his uncle . In the following year he was employed ...
... educated at Eton , and in 1854 entered the Foreign Office , where in 1866 he was ap- pointed précis writer to Lord Stanley . On 10 April 1870 he succeeded to the peerage on the death of his uncle . In the following year he was employed ...
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