Alexander Gill the Elder (7 February 1565 – 17 November 1635), also spelled Gil, was an English scholar, spelling reformer, and high-master of St Paul's...
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poet. He was the high-master of St. Paul's School. Gil was the son of Alexander Gill the elder. He was born, probably at Norwich, in 1597. He obtained a...
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Eng (letter) (category Pages using the WikiHiero extension)
stroke ⟨ǥ⟩. Alexander Gill the Elder uses an uppercase G with a hooked tail and a lowercase n with the hooked tail of a script g ⟨ŋ⟩ for the same sound...
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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
virtue. The son of Alexander Gill the Elder was sentenced to a fine of £2000 and the removal of his ears, after being overheard drinking to the health...
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John Felton (assassin) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
virtuous. The writer Owen Feltham described Felton as a second Brutus. The son of Alexander Gill the Elder was sentenced to a fine of £2,000 and the removal...
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characters appears to have been the letter "eng", ŋ, for ng. It was later incorporated into the IPA. Alexander Gill the Elder used this letter in 1619. Franklin...
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Alexander Henry 'The Elder', in French: Alexandre Henri Le Vieux (August 1739 – 4 April 1824) was an American-born explorer, author, merchant who settled...
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Shabaka Hutchings (redirect from Wisdom of Elders)
debuted in 2016 with the album Wisdom of Elders on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings label. The Comet Is Coming, a trio with keyboardist Dan Leavers...
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The Syriac Alexander Legend (known in Syriac as Neṣḥānā d-Aleksandrōs; Syriac: ܢܨܚܢܐ, "The Victory of Alexander," named in the Budge edition as "A Christian...
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This is the list of episodes for the Food Network competition reality series Chopped, beginning with season 41. New episodes are broadcast on Tuesdays...
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