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3 giorni fa · William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon) was a poet, dramatist, and actor often called the English national poet. He is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. Shakespeare occupies a position unique in world literature.
2 giorni fa · Irish War of Independence. Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the ...
4 giorni fa · William de Kerdeston in the 20th of Henry III. had half a fee in this town, also lands in Kerdeston, and Themilthorp, by knight's service, and Agnes, widow of Fulk de Kerdeston, died in the 19th of Edward I. Fulk was living in the 43d of Henry III. In the 10th of Edward I. William de Kerdeston, son Sir of Roger de Kerdeston, was summoned among ...
4 giorni fa · CHAPTER II. The Lords of Cardiff. ROBERT FITZ HAMON — 1093—1107. ROBERT CONSUL — 1118 (or earlier)—1147. WILLIAM, EARL OF GLOUCESTER — 1147—1183. JOHN, EARL OF MORTAINE (afterwards King) — 1189–1214. GEOFFREY DE MANDEVILLE, EARL OF ESSEX AND GLOUCESTER, and his COUNTESS, ISABEL— 1214 — 1217.
5 giorni fa · The manor house, Wivenhoe Hall, built just north-west of the church c. 1530, had a tower gateway used as a sea mark in the 16th century. The house was described as decayed in 1594, and as having 15 hearths in 1662. In 1844 it was altered and rebuilt, the two-storeyed north wing, with walls of brick and plastered timber- framing and tiled roofs ...
5 giorni fa · But the interior owes much to the influence of a later owner, James Harris (1709–80), the author of Hermes, father of the 1st Earl of Malmesbury, a friend of George IV when Prince of Wales. (fn. 102) It possesses a notable Georgian staircase, and on the first floor a room richly ornamented with plaster-work reminiscent of the Gothic style of Strawberry Hill.
2 giorni fa · William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4] [5] [6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").
