The Columbian Cyclopedia, Volume 4Garretson, Cox, 1897 |
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... entered the Hanoverian service for a time ; but having squandered the property left him , he joined the Russian army , 1773 , and in the Turkish war soon attracted the notice of the empress Catherine , who employed him to carry out her ...
... entered the Hanoverian service for a time ; but having squandered the property left him , he joined the Russian army , 1773 , and in the Turkish war soon attracted the notice of the empress Catherine , who employed him to carry out her ...
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BENNINGTON - BENSON . 1842-45 ; entered the Hanoverian civil service 1846 ; be- came judge of the superior court at Göttingen 1854 ; but resigned 1856 to enter the Hanoverian chamber of depu- ties : there he became leader of the ...
BENNINGTON - BENSON . 1842-45 ; entered the Hanoverian civil service 1846 ; be- came judge of the superior court at Göttingen 1854 ; but resigned 1856 to enter the Hanoverian chamber of depu- ties : there he became leader of the ...
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... entered the army when young and attained the rank of major . He subsequently became private sec . to his uncle , the Right Hon . George Canning . Elected in 1826 M.P. for Lynn - Regis , he sat for that borough till his death . At first ...
... entered the army when young and attained the rank of major . He subsequently became private sec . to his uncle , the Right Hon . George Canning . Elected in 1826 M.P. for Lynn - Regis , he sat for that borough till his death . At first ...
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... entered St. John's College , Cambridge , in the humble capacity of subsizar . Little is known of his univ . career . On leaving the univ . , he was appointed head - master of the grammar - school of Spalding , Lincolnshire . About a ...
... entered St. John's College , Cambridge , in the humble capacity of subsizar . Little is known of his univ . career . On leaving the univ . , he was appointed head - master of the grammar - school of Spalding , Lincolnshire . About a ...
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... entered a machine - shop in Rochester while a lad , on his own urgent request . Before he was of age he formu- lated the idea which resulted in the reaping - machine , and had made many other novel inventions or adaptations . He became ...
... entered a machine - shop in Rochester while a lad , on his own urgent request . Before he was of age he formu- lated the idea which resulted in the reaping - machine , and had made many other novel inventions or adaptations . He became ...
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