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    (1860), pp. 364–366. There is a memorial to Folkes at Westminster Abbey. Haycock, David Boyd. "Folkes, Martin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography...
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  • Folkes or ffolkes is a surname, and may refer to: Folkes Brothers, Jamaican mento group Cheston Folkes, American politician Martin Folkes Michael ffolkes...
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  • in the title role in Aaron Hill's play Elfrid. In 1714 she married Martin Folkes (1690-1754), an English antiquary, numismatist, mathematician, and astronomer...
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    was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1727. He corresponded with Martin Folkes. In the 1720s, Mohammed Ben Ali Abgali served as Ismail Ibn Sharif's...
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    became acquainted with Isaac Newton, Benjamin Hoadly, Samuel Clarke, Martin Folkes, and other philosophers. He was admitted as a member of the Royal Society...
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  • Théophile Marion Dumersan Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher Giuseppe Fiorelli Martin Folkes Suzanne Frey-Kupper Julius Friedländer Andrea Fulvio Raffaele Garrucci...
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    Browne, MD, President of the Royal College of Physicians. His uncle was Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society. He was educated at Eton School from...
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    7 feet 4+1⁄4 inches (224.2 cm) in his shoes. The society's president Martin Folkes observed that Cajanus appeared weak at this meeting, and could not stand...
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    Society in 1742. His nomination letter was signed by Philip Stanhope, Martin Folkes, James Burrow, Cromwell Mortimer, and John Eames. It is speculated that...
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  • Thomas Bromfield (c. 1678–1722) John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744) Martin Folkes (1690–1754) Thomas Jett (d. 1730) Robert Keck (c. 1686–1719) John Leveret...
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  • quarantine in Venice in the early modern era. Her other books are: Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur. Oxford University Press...
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  • Endlicher Elizabeth Errington Warren Esty Helen Farquhar Giuseppe Fiorelli Martin Folkes Julius Friedländer Nina Andreevna Frolova (1936–2015) Andrea Fulvio...
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    Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum is located in Koggala, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Named after the writer Martin Wickramasinghe, who had been considered...
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  • September 2009). "Folkes set to return with Tigers". The Australian. "Folkes leaves Tigers for Dragons". The Leader. 11 May 2011. "Folkes appointed as Jillaroos...
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    Pellett edited Sir Isaac Newton's ‘Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms’ with Martin Folkes in 1728. He felt the difficulties of private practice keenly, and inclined...
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    Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk...
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    Nollet, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. to Martin Folkes Esq; Presisident of the Same, concerning Electricity (Translated from...
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    most of the branches of natural learning, his proposers were Montagu; Martin Folkes; William Jones; John Machin; Shallet Turner; Abraham de Moivre; Peter...
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    circle had Birch elected secretary and, following the resignation of Martin Folkes, the circle helped oversee a smooth transition to the presidency of...
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    side-lined under the presidency of Martin Folkes; although the pair retained a cordial relationship, Stukeley felt that Folkes was responsible for a decline...
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    1724–50 Algernon, Earl of Hertford 1750 Charles, Duke of Richmond 1750–54 Martin Folkes 1754–65 Hugh, Lord Willoughby of Parham 1765–68 Charles Lyttelton, Bishop...
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    always conducted the required annual demonstration. In November 1736, Martin Folkes, then vice-president of the Society, suggested the Copley grant be converted...
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    Society of London in December 1746. Thanks in part to the intervention of Martin Folkes, the President of the Royal Society, Ulloa was released from custody...
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    admitted a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, at the same time as Martin Folkes, on 17 February 1720. Cole, who often met him at Sir James Burrough's...
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  • Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society of London in 1747, sponsored by Martin Folkes, the Duke of Montagu, and others. In 1750 da Costa married a cousin...
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  • September 15, 2021. "Anti-folk duo Crywank Release New and Final Album". Fluff Fest (in Czech). Retrieved March 29, 2021. Kihn, Martin (September 12, 1994)...
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    Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Christian minister, activist, and political philosopher...
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    Military Academy, Woolwich, where he performed all the teaching duties of Martin Folkes. He transformed the institution into a disciplined cadet academy with...
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    and worms, which she studied with the president of the Royal Society, Martin Folkes. Other items included anatomical specimens; coins; medals; ethnographical...
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  • Bob Martin (January 18, 1942 - September 21, 2022) from Lowell, Massachusetts, was an American folk singer-songwriter. While attending Suffolk University...
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