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... educated with a view to journalism , and on the death of his father succeeded him in the management of the Freeman's Journal . ' In 1866 , when only twenty years of age , Gray saved the lives of five persons in Dublin Bay , by swimming ...
... educated with a view to journalism , and on the death of his father succeeded him in the management of the Freeman's Journal . ' In 1866 , when only twenty years of age , Gray saved the lives of five persons in Dublin Bay , by swimming ...
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... educated at the grammar school , and was first apprenticed to a fruit- painter named Jones , with whom he resided some time at York . Besides painting , Gray [ Mackenzie's Hist . of Newcastle - on - Tyne , ii . 377 ; Robinson's Life and ...
... educated at the grammar school , and was first apprenticed to a fruit- painter named Jones , with whom he resided some time at York . Besides painting , Gray [ Mackenzie's Hist . of Newcastle - on - Tyne , ii . 377 ; Robinson's Life and ...
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... 1875 ) , legal author and solicitor to the treasury , born at Aber- deen in 1807 , was educated at Gordon's Hospital in that city . He entered the office of Messrs . White & Whitmore , solicitors , London Gray Gray 8 ] ...
... 1875 ) , legal author and solicitor to the treasury , born at Aber- deen in 1807 , was educated at Gordon's Hospital in that city . He entered the office of Messrs . White & Whitmore , solicitors , London Gray Gray 8 ] ...
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... educated at the university of St. An- drews , where he ' professed the true [ pro- testant ] religion , and communicated with the faithful at the table of the Lord ' ( ' Dis- course of the Injuries and Wrongs used against the Noblemen ...
... educated at the university of St. An- drews , where he ' professed the true [ pro- testant ] religion , and communicated with the faithful at the table of the Lord ' ( ' Dis- course of the Injuries and Wrongs used against the Noblemen ...
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... educated at Gordon's Hospital , now Gordon's College , in that city , from which he was sent on account of his promise and industry for two years to the university . Here he developed a taste for mathematics , and , with the sole desire ...
... educated at Gordon's Hospital , now Gordon's College , in that city , from which he was sent on account of his promise and industry for two years to the university . Here he developed a taste for mathematics , and , with the sole desire ...
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