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À Beckett, Arthur William (1844-1909), humorist and journalist

A. J. A. Morris.

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published online September 2004.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 775 words.

À Beckett, Arthur William (1844-1909), humorist and journalist, the third son of Gilbert Abbott À Beckett (1811-1856) and Mary Anne Glossop (1817-1863), was born at Portland House, North End, Fulham,...

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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856), comic writer and police magistrate

Paul Schlicke.

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published online September 2004.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 1232 words.

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856), comic writer and police magistrate, was born at The Grange, Hampstead, Middlesex, on 17 February 1811, the third son of William A'Beckett (1777-1855), a reform...

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À Beckett, Gilbert Arthur (1837-1891), playwright and satirist

Katherine Mullin.

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published online September 2004.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 770 words.

À Beckett, Gilbert Arthur (1837-1891), playwright and satirist, born at Portland House, Fulham, Middlesex, on 7 April 1837, was the eldest son of Gilbert Abbott À Beckett (1811-1856), journalist and...

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À Lasco [Laski], John (1499-1560), evangelical reformer

Dirk Rodgers.

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published online September 2004.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 3634 words.

Education and early career | Political engagements | Changing allegiances | Years in England | Return to Emden and Poland | Religious significance

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Aaron, Richard Ithamar (1901-1987), philosopher

O. R. Jones.

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published online September 2004.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 1213 words.

Aaron, Richard Ithamar (1901-1987), philosopher, was born on 6 November 1901 at Upper Dulais, Blaendulais, Glamorgan, the son of William Aaron (1864-1937), a draper, and his wife, Margaret Griffith...

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Aarons, Alexander A. (died 1943), Theatrical Producers / Directors

in American National Biography Online

January 1999; published online February 2000.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 1386 words.

theatrical producer, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Alfred E. Aarons, a theatrical composer and producer, and Josephine Hall. He was educated in New York schools....

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Aarons, Alfred E. (1865 - 1936), Theater Owners / Managers, Theatrical Producers / Directors

in American National Biography Online

January 1999; published online February 2000.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 958 words.

theatrical manager and producer, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Aaron Aarons, a clothier, and Elizabeth (maiden name unknown). Educated in Philadelphia public...

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Aarons, Edward Sidney (born 1916), Fiction Writers

in American National Biography Online

January 1999; published online February 2000.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 825 words.

mystery writer, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Aarons (also known by the pen names Paul Ayres and Edward Ronns) worked variously as a newspaper reporter, millhand, salesman, and...

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Abbadie, Jacques [James] (bap. 1654?, d. 1727), Church of Ireland dean of Killaloe

Ruth Whelan.

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published online September 2004.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 1267 words.

Abbadie, Jacques [James] (bap. 1654?, d. 1727), Church of Ireland dean of Killaloe, was born in Nay in Béarn; he is most probably the Jacques Abbadie who was the third child of Violente de Fortaner...

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Abbas Hilmi II [‘Abbās Hilmi II ] (1874-1944), last khedive of Egypt

Michael Thornhill.

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published online September 2004.

Reference Entry. Subjects: biography; history. 1525 words.

Abbas Hilmi II [‘Abbās Hilmi II ] (1874-1944), last khedive of Egypt, was born on 14 July 1874 in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of Muhammad Tawfiq (1852-1892), sixth ruler of Egypt under the dynasty...

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