Peter Brown (historian) — Peter Robert Lamont Brown (born 1935) was born in Dublin, Ireland, to a Protestant family. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and New College, Oxford. He was a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. There, he pursued his graduate studies under… … Wikipedia
Lamont (name) — Lamont, also spelt LaMont, is a surname with several different origins, one Scottish and Northern Irish, the other in French. *In some cases the surname originates in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the medieval personal… … Wikipedia
John Nevil Maskelyne — Infobox Celebrity name = John Nevil Maskelyne caption = birth date = birth date|1839|12|22|mf=y birth place = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England death date = death date and age|1917|5|18|1839|12|22|mf=y death place = London, England occupation … Wikipedia
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Indian rope trick — The Indian rope trick is stage magic said to have been performed in and around India about the 1800s. Sometimes described as the world’s greatest illusion , it involved a magician, a length of rope, and one or more boy assistants.The trickThere… … Wikipedia
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John Elbert Wilkie — (1860 – 13 December 1934) was an American journalist and head of the United States Secret Service from 1898 to 1911.Indian rope trickUnder the name Fred S. Ellmore ( Fred Sell More ) Wilkie wrote of the Indian Rope Trick while working at Chicago… … Wikipedia
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List of Phillips Exeter Academy alumni — The following is a list of notable alumni from Phillips Exeter Academy. 1790s*Dudley Leavitt (publisher) (1790) Publisher, writer, Meredith, New Hampshire [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=6UZAAAAAIAAJ pg=PA5 lpg=PA5… … Wikipedia
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
