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Costard, George (bap. 1710, d. 1782), writer on ancient astronomy  

Anita McConnell

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Costard, George (bap. 1710, d. 1782), writer on ancient astronomy, was baptized on 20 January 1710 at St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury, the son of the Revd Edward Coster, vicar of St Mary's, and his wife, Anne. Educated at Shrewsbury grammar school, in 1726 he matriculated at ...

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Gimpel, Jean Victor (1918–1996), cultural historian and historian of medieval technology  

John Ardagh

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Gimpel, Jean Victor (1918–1996), cultural historian and historian of medieval technology, was born in Paris on 10 October 1918. Of Jewish descent, he was the third son of René Gimpel (d. 1944), a leading art dealer and friend of Renoir and Proust...