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... brother - in - law , David , second earl of Wemyss , the sum of ten thousand merks ( about 5561 . sterling ) ; the earl wrote off that amount in 1677 as a desperate debt ' ( SIR WILLIAM FRA- SER , Memorials of the Family of Wemyss of ...
... brother - in - law , David , second earl of Wemyss , the sum of ten thousand merks ( about 5561 . sterling ) ; the earl wrote off that amount in 1677 as a desperate debt ' ( SIR WILLIAM FRA- SER , Memorials of the Family of Wemyss of ...
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... brother of Samuel Frederick Gray , the translator of Lin- næus's Philosophia Botanica , ' and conse- quently uncle of Samuel Frederick Gray [ q.v . ] , author of " The Practical Chemist . ' He acted as librarian to the College of ...
... brother of Samuel Frederick Gray , the translator of Lin- næus's Philosophia Botanica , ' and conse- quently uncle of Samuel Frederick Gray [ q.v . ] , author of " The Practical Chemist . ' He acted as librarian to the College of ...
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... brother Morgan ( 1213 ) , and carries it down to his own resignation . According to Wharton , however , he has copied his history as far as 1285 ( 1283 ? ) A.D. from the manuscript now called Cotton Julius , D. 4 ( WHARTON , p . xlix ...
... brother Morgan ( 1213 ) , and carries it down to his own resignation . According to Wharton , however , he has copied his history as far as 1285 ( 1283 ? ) A.D. from the manuscript now called Cotton Julius , D. 4 ( WHARTON , p . xlix ...
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... brother of Sir Edward Greaves [ q . v . ] , and of John Greaves [ q . v . ] He was educated at Charter- house School , and was admitted scholar of Corpus Christi College , Oxford , 1627 , be- coming fellow in 1636 , and deputy - reader ...
... brother of Sir Edward Greaves [ q . v . ] , and of John Greaves [ q . v . ] He was educated at Charter- house School , and was admitted scholar of Corpus Christi College , Oxford , 1627 , be- coming fellow in 1636 , and deputy - reader ...
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... brother of Valentine Green [ q . v . ] , the engraver , but this does not appear to be the case . Benjamin [ q . v . ] and JOHN GREEN seem to have been his brothers . The latter , pro- bably a pupil of the eldest James Basire [ q . v ...
... brother of Valentine Green [ q . v . ] , the engraver , but this does not appear to be the case . Benjamin [ q . v . ] and JOHN GREEN seem to have been his brothers . The latter , pro- bably a pupil of the eldest James Basire [ q . v ...
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