Eric Partridge

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Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

A ginger cat sleeps in his soft cozy bed on a floor carpet, soft focus

Lay, Lie, Lied, Lain: When Do We Use Which?

Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)

5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects

King Charles III and Queen Camilla (Camilla, Queen Consort) wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Coronation of King Charles in London, England on May 6, 2023

British Royal Line of Succession

Discover

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.

Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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Also Known As	Eric Honeywood Partridge
Born	February 6, 1894 • New Zealand
Died	June 1, 1979 (aged 85) • England

Sir David Low

British caricaturist

John Crawfurd

British scholar and diplomat

H.W. Fowler

British lexicographer

Liddell, portrait bust by Henry Richard Hope-Pinker, 1888; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Henry George Liddell

British lexicographer

Sir William Alexander Craigie

British lexicographer

Katherine Mansfield

British author

Maurice Wilkins

British biophysicist

Fleur Adcock

New Zealand poet

Lady Mary Anne Barker

British author

Henry Sewell

prime minister of New Zealand

Francis Horace Vizetelly

American-British writer

Samuel Johnson

English author

Noah Webster

American lexicographer

Frédéric Mistral

French poet

Ambrose Bierce

American author

Elijah Bokher Levita

Italian grammarian

Adamántios Koraïs

Greek scholar

Alexandre de Rhodes

French missionary

John Ciardi

American poet and critic

Adoniram Judson

American missionary

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