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    James Hadley Billington (June 1, 1929 – November 20, 2018) was an American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving...
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  • James Billington may refer to: James Billington (executioner) (1847–1901), executioner for the British government James H. Billington (1929–2018), American...
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  • Revolutionary Faith is a 1980 book by historian James H. Billington about the spread of ideas. Billington analyzes the ideas that inspired European revolutionary...
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    James Billington (5 March 1847 – 13 December 1901) was a hangman for the British government from 1884 until 1901. He was the patriarch of the Billington...
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    reappointment. The legislation was seen as a critique of Librarian James H. Billington's unwillingness to hire a permanent chief information officer to effectively...
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    sponsored by the Library of Congress, and was founded by Laura Bush and James H. Billington in 2001. In 1995, the First Lady of Texas Laura Bush (a former librarian)...
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    historian James H. Billington as the 13th librarian of Congress in 1987, and the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment. Under Billington's leadership...
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    1918–1921, McGill-Queen's Press, 1992, ISBN 0-7735-0828-7, p. 59. James H. Billington, Fire in the Minds of Men, Transaction Publishers, ISBN 0-7658-0471-9...
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    Algernon Swinburne, historians R. H. Tawney, Christopher Hill and James H. Billington and philosophers J. L. Austin, T. H. Green, Derek Parfit, W. D. Ross...
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    Retrieved October 20, 2016. "National Press Club Luncheon Speakers, James H. Billington, January 12, 1989". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 20, 2016...
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