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    George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary...
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    George Bancroft (September 30, 1882 – October 2, 1956) was an American film actor, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1925 to 1942. He was cast...
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  • George Bancroft (1800–1891) was an American historian and statesman. George Bancroft may also refer to: George Bancroft (actor) (1882–1956), American...
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    USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643), a Benjamin Franklin class (or "640-class") fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth shipa of the United States...
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    statesman George Bancroft. The tower was designed by Worcester architects Earle and Fisher. The cost of construction was roughly $15,000. Bancroft Tower is...
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  • George Bancroft, also known as George Bancrafte (died 1573?) was an English clergyman and translator. He was rector of Grittleton, Wiltshire, and chaplain...
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    farming standards. The county was named for historian and statesman George Bancroft (1800–1891). There never was a county seat established or the organization...
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  • Bancroft may refer to: Bancroft (surname) Bancroft, California Bancroft, Idaho, a city Bancroft, Iowa, a city Bancroft, Kentucky, a home rule-class city...
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    dormitories in the U.S. Bancroft Hall, named after former U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and famous historian/author George Bancroft, is home for the entire...
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  • Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Bancroft in honor of George Bancroft. USS Bancroft (1892), was a gunboat, launched in 1892, commissioned...
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  • bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, diplomat and attorney, Edgar Addison Bancroft. The Bancroft Prize has been generally...
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  • Bancroft is a place name-derived English surname originating in the 13th century with three purported origins: the locale Bancroft in Ardeley, Hertfordshire;...
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    school, middle school, and upper school. The School was named for George Bancroft, 1800–1891, educator, diplomat, philanthropist, and writer who helped...
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  • American pre-Code drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring George Bancroft, Paul Lukas, Olga Baclanova, and Nancy Carroll. The story and screenplay...
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  • 2000 census. Bancroft Township was organized in 1858, and named for George Bancroft, an American historian. According to the United States Census Bureau...
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    Edward Bartholomew Bancroft (January 20, 1745 [O.S. January 9, 1744] – September 7, 1821) was an American physician and chemist who became a double agent...
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    "George Bancroft". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2007. See also: "George Bancroft"...
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    Wayne Andy Devine (left) and George Bancroft John Carradine and Louise Platt Thomas Mitchell Louise Platt George Bancroft Left to right: Donald Meek, Berton...
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    be substituted for larboard, in all Her Majesty's ships or vessels. George Bancroft (February 18, 1846). "Port and Starboard: General Order, 18 February...
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    decline until 1834, when George Bancroft published his account of the events in A History of the United States. Bancroft's description of the colonists...
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  • George Bancroft Cornish (1867 - 1946) was an early 20th century photographer of portraits and scenes from the American West including Native Americans...
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  • by Josef von Sternberg and starring Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent and George Bancroft. The film launched Sternberg's eight-year collaboration with Paramount...
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    Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of...
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    painting. Mickey Rooney as Thomas Edison Fay Bainter as Nancy Edison George Bancroft as Samuel Edison Virginia Weidler as Tannie Edison Eugene Pallette...
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    American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova. The movie was adapted by Jules...
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  • Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was written by John Wexley and Warren Duff based on...
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    twice. She divorced her first husband, George C. Burke, in 1913. She married her second husband, actor George Bancroft, in 1916. They had a daughter, Georgette...
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  • J. Mankiewicz, William Slavens McNutt and Nellie Revell. It stars George Bancroft, Esther Ralston, Warner Oland, Raymond Hatton, Dorothy Revier, Morgan...
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  • Bancroft is a British television thriller series that began airing on ITV on 11 December 2017 and concluded on 14 December 2017. The series was produced...
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    been waiting for an opportunity to press Polk's name, conferred with George Bancroft of Massachusetts, a politician and historian and longtime Polk correspondent...
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