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    Perceval Landon (1869–1927) was an English writer, traveller and journalist, now best remembered for his classic and much reprinted ghost story "Thurnley...
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  • Michael Landon Jr. (born 1964), American actor Neil Landon (1941–2020), English singer Perceval Landon (1868–1927), British writer Richard Landon (born...
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    ten years before. At The Friend, he made lifelong friendships with Perceval Landon, H. A. Gwynne, and others. He also wrote articles published more widely...
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    Unusual Shape of the Nepali Flag". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 9 July 2022. Perceval, Landon (1928). Nepal Vol I. Constable & Co. "Nepal Flag : Interesting Fact...
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  • Landon was born in West Byfleet, Surrey. His father was a stockjobber of Huguenot descent and he was a distant cousin of the author Perceval Landon....
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    Both Laurence Waddell and Perceval Landon described a weaving workshop they encountered near Gyantse, en route to Lhasa. Landon records "a courtyard entirely...
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    1858 at Gwalior. By 1859, Nana was reported to have fled to Nepal. Perceval Landon recorded that Nana Sahib lived out his days in western Nepal, in Thapa...
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    gave Mathabar the governorship of Gorkha. Thus, British Historian Perceval Landon considered the charge to be "a mere prejudice" against Mathabar and...
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    One early example is in the short story "Thurnley Abbey" (1908) by Perceval Landon, originally published in his collection Raw Edges. It is reprinted...
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    Tibet are silent about singing bowls. Such bowls are not mentioned by Perceval Landon (a visitor in 1903–1904) in his notes on Tibetan music, nor by any...
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