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    Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, KBE, FBA (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles...
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  • Look up Oman, oman, Óman, or Omán in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Oman may refer to: Oman, an Arab country in the Middle East Muscat and Oman, predecessor...
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    Charles Pennington Oman (born September 30, 1948) is an American economist. From 1978 through 2010, he worked at the OECD Development Centre in Paris...
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    of the Peninsular War, 1807-1809 (1902), British military historian Charles Oman refers to the situation and circumstances of the Spanish Army as follows:...
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    and philosophy; it has been in circulation since at least 1914, when Charles Oman used it in his book A History of the Peninsular War, Volume 5, published...
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  • London. Her father was Charles Chichele Oman, Keeper of Metalwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum, son of Sir Charles Oman; her mother the historian...
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    Muscat (redirect from Maskat, Oman)
    Masqaṭ pronounced [ˈmasqatˤ]) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre...
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    000–15,000. Ammianus notes the important role of the Gothic cavalry. Charles Oman, believing that the cavalry were the majority of the Gothic force, interpreted...
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    2021. Oman, Charles William Chadwick (1902). A History of the Peninsular War: 1807–1809. Vol. I. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 1 May 2021. Oman, Charles...
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    called themselves Scoti in ancient times, except when writing in Latin. Charles Oman derives it from Scuit, proposing a meaning of 'a man cut off', suggesting...
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