Townsend — is a surname of Yorkshire and Norfolk origin. In English its meaning is a topographic name indicating residence at the extremity of a city or burgh (from Middle English touun ‘village’, ‘hamlet’, ‘stead’ + ende ‘end’.) The name is first… … Wikipedia
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Thomas Townsend Brown — (* 18. März 1905 in Zanesville, Ohio; † 22. Oktober 1985 in Avalon, Kalifornien) war ein US amerikanischer Physiker und Ufo Forscher. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Literatur … Deutsch Wikipedia
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