Butler, Arthur John (1844–1910), Italian scholar and mountaineer, born at Putney, Surrey, on 21 June 1844, was the eldest of the six children of William John Butler (1818–1894), at that time curate of Puttenham, near Guildford, Surrey, but best-known as the dean of ...
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Butler, Arthur John (1844–1910), Italian scholar and mountaineer
A. T. Quiller-Couch
revised by Nilanjana Banerji
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Butler, Arthur John (1844–1910)
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Arthur John Butler (1844–1910) by Frederick Hollyer © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Herbert, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux, fifth earl of Carnarvon (1866–1923), sportsman and Egyptologist
Brian Fagan
Herbert, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux, fifth earl of Carnarvon (1866–1923), sportsman and Egyptologist, was born at Highclere Castle, near Newbury, Berkshire, on 26 June 1866, the only son of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, fourth earl of Carnarvon (1831–1890), Conservative politician, and his first wife, ...
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Herbert, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux, fifth earl of Carnarvon (1866–1923)
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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, fifth earl of Carnarvon (1866–1923) by unknown photographer Griffith Institute, Oxford
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Knowles, Dorothy [Diana] (1906–2010), French scholar and fencing champion
Noël Peacock
Knowles, Dorothy [Diana] (1906–2010), French scholar and fencing champion, was born on 28 March 1906 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, the daughter of William Haigh Knowles (d. 1911), a Yorkshire-born mining engineer. Known to her friends and family as Diana, she came with her mother to ...
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Simmons, Doreen Sylvia (1932–2018)
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Doreen Sylvia Simmons (1932–2018), by Tony McNicol, 2010
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Simmons [née Clarke], Doreen Sylvia (1932–2018), translator and sumo commentator
Amanda Callan-Spenn
Simmons [née Clarke], Doreen Sylvia (1932–2018), translator and sumo commentator, was born at 9 Victoria Street, Stanton Hill, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, on 29 May 1932, the only child of George Thomas Clarke (1906–1989), manager of a grocer’s shop, and his wife ...
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Stamma, Phillip (d. 1755), chess player and interpreter of oriental languages
John-Paul Ghobrial
Stamma, Phillip (d. 1755), chess player and interpreter of oriental languages, was born in Aleppo. His name is rendered variously in European documents as Philippe, Philippo or Filipo, and Phillip. What little can be known about his origins comes from evidence contained in a few extant copies of his treatise on chess, ...
