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Lyndsay, Sir David
(Encyclopedia)Lyndsay, Sir David: see Lindsay, Sir David. ...Lyttelton, Sir Thomas
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(Encyclopedia)Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas: see Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas. ...Sherley, Sir Anthony
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(Encyclopedia)Sydney, Sir Philip: see Sidney, Sir Philip. ...Vandyke, Sir Anthony
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(Encyclopedia)Drake, Sir Francis, 1540?–1596, English navigator and admiral, first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577–80). In 1585, Drake commanded a fleet that sacked Vigo in Spain and burned São ...Donne, John
(Encyclopedia)Donne, John dŭn, dŏn [key], 1572–1631, English poet and divine. He is considered the greatest of the metaphysical poets. All of Donne's verse—his love sonnets and his religious and philosophic...Castellani, Sir Aldo
(Encyclopedia)Castellani, Sir Aldo älˈdō käsˌtəläˈnē [key], 1877–1971, British-Italian bacteriologist, b. Florence, Italy. He demonstrated the cause and mode of transmission of sleeping sickness (with Si...Browse by Subject
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