John Alcock

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

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

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

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Do Camels Store Water in Their Humps?

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

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Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine

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When Was the Periodic Table Invented?

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Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?

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11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Born	c.1430 • Beverley • England
Died	October 1, 1500 • Wisbech • England
Notable Works	“Gallicantus Johannis Alcock episcopi Eliensis ad fratres suos curatos in sinodo apud Barnwell”

John Milton

English poet

John Bunyan

English author

Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

English politician and author

William Camden

British historian

John Sheffield, 1st duke of Buckingham and Normanby

British statesman and author

Jeremy Collier

English bishop

Florence Of Worcester

British historian

Roger Of Hoveden

English historian

Robert Southwell

English poet and martyr

Holinshed, Raphael: Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande

Raphael Holinshed

English chronicler

Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of Dorset

English statesman, poet, and dramatist

William Of Newburgh

English historian

Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet

English poet and translator

John Capgrave

English scholar

Giles Fletcher the Elder

English author

Francis Godwin

English bishop and historian

Thomas May

English scholar

Henry Knighton

British historian

John Stow

English author

Simeon Of Durham

English historian

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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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