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  • 61William Wilde — Early life and careerWilliam Wilde was born at Kilkeevin, near Castlerea, in County Roscommon, the youngest of the three sons and two daughters of a prominent local medical practitioner, Thomas Wills Wilde, and his wife, Amelia (d. c.1844) [James …

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  • 64Immortal game — The Immortal Game was a chess game played on 21 June 1851 by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky. The very bold sacrifices made by Anderssen to finally secure victory have made it one of the most famous chess games of all time. Anderssen gave… …

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  • 65Francis Parkman — (September 16, 1823 ndash; November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of and his monumental seven volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as history and especially as literature, although… …

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  • 66Laws of cricket — The laws of cricket are a set of rules framed by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) which serve to standardise the format of cricket matches across the world to ensure uniformity and fairness. There are currently 42 laws, which outline all aspects …

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  • 67Simon Winchester — Simon Winchester, OBE (born September 28, 1944), is a British author and journalist who lives in the United States and Scotland. Winchester studied geology at St Catherine s College, Oxford before working in Africa and on offshore oil rigs. He… …

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  • 68Bob Peck — Infobox actor imagesize = caption = Peck as Ronald Craven in Edge of Darkness birthname = birthdate = birth date|1945|8|23|df=y birthplace = flagicon|England Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom deathdate = death date and… …

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  • 69Ian Richardson — Infobox actor imagesize = caption = Ian Richardson as Sir Godber Evans in Porterhouse Blue birthname = Ian William Richardson birthdate = birth date|1934|4|7|df=y birthplace = Edinburgh, Scotland deathdate = Death date and… …

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  • 70Frederick Selous — Infobox Military Person name = Frederick Courteney Selous lived = (31 December 1851 4 January 1917) placeofbirth = flagicon|EnglandLondon, England placeofdeath = flagicon|German Empire Behobeho, German East Africa (now the Selous Game Reserve in… …

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