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| x USS Constitution |
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United States Constitution |
USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat in the world....
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| x USS Constitution |
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United States Constitution |
The keel of a Lexington-class battlecruiser, to have been named USS Constitution (CC-5), was laid down at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September 1920. Her construction was suspended in February 1922 by the Washington Naval Treaty and she was...
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| x Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Martin Luther King, Sr. |
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he...
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| x Martin Luther King, Sr. | Martin Luther |
Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. (December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984), born as Michael King was a Baptist minister, an advocate for social justice, an early civil rights leader and the father of Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Sr. was known for...
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| x Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site established on October 10, 1980, consists of several buildings surrounding Martin Luther King, Jr.'s boyhood home on Auburn Avenue in the Sweet Auburn historic district of Atlanta, Georgia. The...
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| x Martin Luther King Day |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States holiday marking the birthdate of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday, January 15. It is one of four United States...
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| x Martin Luther King Bridge |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. |
The Martin Luther King Bridge (formerly known as the Veterans Bridge) in St. Louis is a cantilever truss bridge of about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in total length across the Mississippi River, connecting St. Louis with East St. Louis, Illinois. The...
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| x Martin Luther King III | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights advocate and community activist. He is the eldest son and oldest living child of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His siblings are Dexter...
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| x Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is a program of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to erect a monument to American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The monument will be located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Current plans...
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| x Martin Luther King, Jr. High School | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Martin Luther King, Jr. High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school nickname is the Unicorns.
The school was built in 1972. Like many schools that opened in...
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| x Martin Luther King Middle School | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Martin Luther King Middle School (commonly MLK or King) is a public school in Berkeley, California serving grades 6-8. Its address is 1781 Rose Street.
MLK was originally named Garfield Junior High School after U.S. President James A. Garfield. It...
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| x Florence Nightingale |
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Florence |
Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (pronounced /ˈflɒrəns ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence during the Crimean War for her pioneering work in nursing, and was dubbed "The Lady...
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| x Florence Nightingale Museum |
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Florence Nightingale |
The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas' Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the River Thames in central London, England. It is open to the public seven days a week.
The museum tells the story of the life and work...
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| x USS Florence Nightingale |
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Florence Nightingale |
USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70) was an Elizabeth C. Stanton-class transport ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the nursing pioneer, and is one of the few United States Navy ships named after a woman....
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| x Florence Nightingale David | Florence Nightingale |
Florence Nightingale David (known as F. N. David), was an English statistician, born on August 23, 1909 in Ivington, Herefordshire, England. She was named after Florence Nightingale, who was a friend of her parents.
David read mathematics at Bedford...
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| x Florence Nightingale Effect | Florence Nightingale |
The Florence Nightingale effect is a psychological complex where people who are entrusted with the care and well being of vulnerable patients begin to form a romantic attraction and often erotic attraction toward their charges. Medical workers, such...
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| x Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery | Florence Nightingale |
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery is a school within King's College London. It is primarily concerned with the education of people to become nurses and midwives. It also carries out nursing research, continuing professional...
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| x Bloomers |
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Amelia Bloomer |
Bloomers is a word which has been applied to several types of divided women's garments for the lower body at various times.
The original bloomers were an article of women's clothing invented by Elizabeth Smith Miller of Peterboro, NY but popularized...
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| x Amelia Bloomer Project | Amelia Bloomer |
The Amelia Bloomer Project is an annual book list published by the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table for the purpose of honoring children's books with feminist themes published during the...
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| x Cardigan |
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James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan |
A cardigan is a type of sweater (or jumper) that ties, buttons or zips down the front; by contrast, a pullover does not open in front, but forms a solid tube around the torso. The cardigan was named after James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, a...
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| x Roald Dahl Plass |
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Roald Dahl |
Roald Dahl Plass (Welsh: Plas Roald Dahl) is a public plaza in Cardiff Bay, part of Cardiff, Wales. It is named after Cardiff-born author Roald Dahl, and is located on the coast along the south of the city centre. The square is home to the Senedd ...
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| x Roald Dahl Children's Gallery |
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Roald Dahl |
The Roald Dahl Children's Gallery is in Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. It was opened on 23 November 1996 by Terence Hardiman, an actor popular with children due to his role as the titular role in The Demon Headmaster. The...
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| x Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre | Roald Dahl |
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England, which was the home of the children's and short story writer Roald Dahl for 36 years until his death in 1990.
The museum was officially opened on...
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| x Roald Dahl |
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Roald Amundsen |
Roald Dahl (English pronunciation: /ˈroʊ.ɑːl ˈdɑːl/, Norwegian: [ˈɾuːɑl dɑl]; 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Born in Llandaff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Dahl served in the Royal...
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| x Amundsen Sea |
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Roald Amundsen |
The Amundsen Sea is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. It is bounded by Thurston Island to the east and Cape Dart to the west. Named for the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen by the Norwegian expedition of...
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| x Kirrily Robert |
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Kirrily Nolan |
Kirrily Robert is a software developer and internet technologist originally from Australia, but recently based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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| x T'Pau |
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T'Pau |
T'Pau was a late 1980s pop group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts.
The...
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| x GNU/Linux |
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Linus Torvalds |
Linux (commonly pronounced /ˈlɪnʌks/, LI-nuks in English, also pronounced /ˈlɪnʊks/) is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and...
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| x They Might Be Giants |
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They Might Be Giants |
They Might Be Giants (TMBG) is a double Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf. Formed in 1982, they are...
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| x Alexandria |
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Alexander the Great |
Alexandria (Arabic: الإسكندرية al-Iskandariyya; Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ Rakotə; Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια; Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya), with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving...
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| x Duran Duran |
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Durand Durand |
Duran Duran are an English rock band from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States. Since the 1980s they have placed 14 in...
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| x July |
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Julius Caesar |
July (pronunciation) (help·info) is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the...
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| x Thursday |
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Thor |
Thursday (pronounced /ˈθɜrzdeɪ/ or /ˈθɜrzdi/ ( listen)) is the fourth day of the week according to the ISO 8601 international standard adopted in most western countries. In countries that adopt the Sunday-first convention and in the Judeo-Christian...
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| x Rome |
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Romulus and Remus |
Rome (English pronunciation: /roʊm/; Italian: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma]; Latin: Roma) is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality (central area), with over 2.7 million residents in 1,285.3 km (496.3 sq mi),...
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| x French ship Romulus |
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Romulus and Remus |
The Romulus was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
In February 1814, under captain Rolland, she sailed from Toulon to Genoa, being part of a division under Julien Cosmao. She was engaged by three British ships of the line,...
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| x Romulus | Romulus and Remus |
Romulus is the outer and larger moon of the main belt asteroid 87 Sylvia, not to be confused with the directly Sun-orbiting asteroid 10386 Romulus. It follows an almost-circular close-to-equatorial orbit around the parent asteroid. In this respect...
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| x Doug Anthony All Stars |
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Doug Anthony |
The Doug Anthony All Stars (or Doug Anthony Allstars, DAAS, D.A.A.S. or stylized as D⋆A†A☭S) were an Australian musical comedy group who performed together between 1984 and 1994. The band was an acoustic trio comprising Paul McDermott and Tim...
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| x Cirith Ungol | Cirith Ungol |
Cirith Ungol was a Californian heavy metal band who formed in 1972 and split up in May 1992. They drew influences from other metal groups such as Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy, as well as Iggy and the Stooges. Their first album, Frost and Fire, was...
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| x Python |
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Monty Python |
Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive. Its use of...
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| x Matmos |
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Matmos |
Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore signed to the Matador Records label. M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on...
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| x Mathmos |
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Matmos |
Mathmos is a British company that sells lighting products, most famously its numerous lava lamp models.
The Astro lamp or lava lamp as it is sometimes known, was invented around 1963 by Edward Craven Walker. The rights to produce and sell the lamp...
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| x Gorch Fock |
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Johann Kinau |
The Gorch Fock is a tall ship of the German Navy (Deutsche Marine). She is the second ship of that name and a sister ship of the Gorch Fock built in 1933. Both ships are named in honor of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym ...
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| x The Velvet Underground |
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The Velvet Underground |
The Velvet Underground was an American art rock band formed in New York City, New York. First active from 1965 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although never...
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| x Xiu Xiu |
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Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl |
Xiu Xiu (pronounced [ʃuː ʃuː], shoe-shoe) is an experimental indie rock band originally from and currently based in Oakland, California, with time often spent in Seattle, Washington. The band is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who...
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| x Perl |
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Parable of the Pearl |
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall, a linguist working as a systems administrator for NASA, in 1987, as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make...
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| x Eisley |
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Mos Eisley |
Eisley is a rock band from Tyler, Texas, consisting of four siblings (Chauntelle, Sherri, Stacy, and Weston DuPree) and their cousin (Garron DuPree), all of whom were born and live in Texas.
The band was formed in 1997 as Chauntelle and Sherri began...
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| x Amon Amarth |
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Orodruin |
Amon Amarth is a Viking-themed melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, founded in 1988 (current name since 1992), and named after an alternative name for Mount Doom, a location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. As of 2009, the band is signed...
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| x Ephel Duath | Ephel Dúath |
Ephel Duath is an Italian progressive metal band, formed in 1998 in Padova, Italy. They have had a constantly changing line-up with guitarist and songwriter Davide Tiso, being the only original member. To date, they have released one demo, four...
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| x Narnia |
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Narnia |
Narnia is a Christian neo-classical progressive power metal band founded by guitarist Carl Johan Grimmark and singer Christian Liljegren. The band formed in Sweden in 1996.
Liljegren and Grimmark met for the first time in 1993 in Jönköping, a town...
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| x Gorgoroth |
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Gorgoroth |
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen, Norway. The band was founded in 1992 by Infernus (who's also the only original member remaining), and the name was derived from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings in which...
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| x Eudora |
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Eudora Welty |
Eudora is an e-mail client used on the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It also supports several palmtop computing platforms, including Newton and the Palm OS. The software was named after Eudora Welty because of her short...
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| x H. P. Lovecraft |
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H. P. Lovecraft |
H.P. Lovecraft was an American psychedelic rock group in the 1960s, named for the famous horror writer. Originally formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1967, they relocated to San Francisco, California the following year.
The group included:
H. P....
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| x H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society | H. P. Lovecraft |
The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society or HPLHS is the organization that hosts Cthulhu Lives!, a group of live-action roleplayers for the Cthulhu Live version of Call of Cthulhu. Founded in Colorado in 1984, it is now based in Glendale, California....
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| x Bal-Sagoth |
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The Gods of Bal-Sagoth |
Bal-Sagoth are a symphonic black metal band from Yorkshire, England, formed in 1993.
Originally formed as an epic/symphonic black metal band with strong death metal elements, vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts took the name 'Bal-Sagoth' from the Robert...
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| x Jethro Tull |
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Jethro Tull |
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the lyrics, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969....
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| x William Matthew Flinders Petrie |
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Matthew Flinders |
Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom...
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| x Matthew Flinders Girls' Secondary College |
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Matthew Flinders |
Matthew Flinders Girls' Secondary College is an all-girls high school located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It provides education for year 7-12 students.
The school opened as Flinders National Grammar School in January 1858.
The foundation stone...
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| x Flinders University |
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Matthew Flinders |
Flinders University, or The Flinders University of South Australia, is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline...
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| x Flinders Street, Melbourne |
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Matthew Flinders |
Flinders Street is a notable street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Running roughly parallel to the Yarra River, Flinders Street forms the southern edge of the Hoddle Grid. It is exactly one mile (1609.344 m) in length and one and half chains (30...
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