A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... royal patron with queen Anne , he followed in his suite to England , where he succeeded Battista Draghi as chapel - master to the queen dowager Catherine . The whole musical world being at this time occupied with the rivalry between ...
... royal patron with queen Anne , he followed in his suite to England , where he succeeded Battista Draghi as chapel - master to the queen dowager Catherine . The whole musical world being at this time occupied with the rivalry between ...
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... Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries , and was a vice - president and treasurer of the last - mentioned learned association . He died in 1744. He published " The Knowledge of Medals , " 8vo , a translation from the French of ...
... Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries , and was a vice - president and treasurer of the last - mentioned learned association . He died in 1744. He published " The Knowledge of Medals , " 8vo , a translation from the French of ...
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... Royal Academy , and early acquired considerable professional reputation , which was much enhanced by the publication of his " Vitruvius Britannicus , " S vols . folio . He soon after went to Ireland , where he built the Royal Exchange ...
... Royal Academy , and early acquired considerable professional reputation , which was much enhanced by the publication of his " Vitruvius Britannicus , " S vols . folio . He soon after went to Ireland , where he built the Royal Exchange ...
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... royal army during the civil war , as he was killed , while fighting for Charles I , at Marston Moor , July 2 , 1644 , at the age of twenty - three . - Ann . Reg . " " GASCOIGNE ( GEORGE ) an English poet of celebrity in the reign of ...
... royal army during the civil war , as he was killed , while fighting for Charles I , at Marston Moor , July 2 , 1644 , at the age of twenty - three . - Ann . Reg . " " GASCOIGNE ( GEORGE ) an English poet of celebrity in the reign of ...
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... royal marriage - act , which prevents the members of the royal family from marrying , without the king's approbation , before the age of twenty - five ; as also subsequently , if dis- approved by both houses of parliament . In 1773 the ...
... royal marriage - act , which prevents the members of the royal family from marrying , without the king's approbation , before the age of twenty - five ; as also subsequently , if dis- approved by both houses of parliament . In 1773 the ...
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