• Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs (7 May 1921 – 15 March 2016) was an English historian. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, and the foremost historian...
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  • American author and Playboy columnist Asa Biggs (1811–1878), American politician Asa Briggs (1921–2016), British historian Asa S. Bushnell (governor) (1834–1904)...
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    critical areas such as public health and education. According to historian Asa Briggs: Self-help was one of the favorite mid-Victorian virtues. Relying on yourself...
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  • Group Captain James Stagg James Purefoy as King George VI Peter Ormond as Asa Briggs Angela Costello as Kay Summersby Kevin Findlay as Fanshawe Miro Teplitzky...
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    OP-20-G Noskwith 2011 Secret Days: Code-breaking in Bletchley Park by Asa Briggs (2011, Frontline Books, London) p 70 ISBN 978-1-84832-615-6 "Hut 8 Open...
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    (2002), pp. 94–117 Graeme Shankland, "William Morris – Designer", in Asa Briggs (ed.) William Morris: Selected Writings and Designs, Harmondsworth: Penguin...
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    enabled it to stay in power for the next quarter-century. The historian Asa Briggs argues that his personality did not endear itself to the British mind...
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  • actress Ansel Briggs (1806–1881), American politician Arthur E. Briggs (1881–1969), California teacher, law school dean and politician Asa Briggs (1921–2016)...
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    interdisciplinary educational model was famously described by Professor Asa Briggs as pioneering "a new map of learning". The university grew from 52 students...
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    Historians continue to debate the various causes of this dramatic change. Asa Briggs emphasizes the strong reaction against the French Revolution, and the...
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