• Robert Cotton may refer to: Robert Cotton (died 1559), MP for Leicester Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington (1571–1631), English antiquary and...
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    Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/71 – 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England, was a...
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    Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow...
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    The Cotton or Cottonian library is a collection of manuscripts that came into the hands of the antiquarian and bibliophile Sir Robert Bruce Cotton MP (1571–1631)...
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    Robert Cotton Mather (1808–1877) was an English missionary in India. The son of James Mather, a congregational minister, he was born at New Windsor, Manchester...
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    A cotton gin — meaning "cotton engine" — is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity...
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    that swept through Ashburnham House in London, which was housing Sir Robert Cotton's collection of medieval manuscripts. It survived, but the margins were...
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  • Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet may refer to: Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, (1571–1631), the antiquary and MP Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet...
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    Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (2 January 1695 – 27 August 1748) was an English politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from...
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  • Major-General Robert Cotton Money, CB, MC (21 July 1888 – 16 April 1985) was a senior British Army officer, who commanded the 15th (Scottish) Infantry...
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  • Robert Henry Cotton (5 November 1909 – 17 January 1979) was an English cricketer. Cotton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born...
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  • Sir Robert Cotton (2 May 1644 – 17 September 1717) was an English politician. He sat as a Member of Parliament from 1679 to 1701 and briefly in 1702....
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    Baronetage of England on 29 March 1677 for his great-great-grandfather Robert Cotton. The title of the baronetcy, barony and viscountcy, Combermere, is pronounced...
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  • The G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility is a state prison for men located in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, owned and operated by the Michigan...
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  • Robert Cotton (by 1504–1559) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Leicester in March 1553. "COTTON, Robert...
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    Mary Ann Cotton (née Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson. Despite her...
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  • The Cotton Club is a 1984 American musical crime drama film co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on James Haskins' 1977 book of the...
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  • Robert Salusbury Cotton, 5th Baronet (c. 1739 – 24 August 1809) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1796. Cotton was...
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  • in 1731, and a few are kept in other libraries and collections. Robert Bruce Cotton organized his library in a room 26 feet (7.9 m) long by six feet...
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    Sir Robert Carrington Cotton, KCMG, AO (29 November 1915 – 25 December 2006) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Liberal...
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  • his death. Robert Bell Cotton was born on June 8, 1859, in Tippah County, Mississippi, to James Madison Cotton and Martha Ellen (Bell) Cotton. He married...
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  • "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (also known as "Cotton-Eye Joe") is a traditional American country folk song popular at various times throughout the United States and...
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    Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet (c. 1635 – 18 December 1712) was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1679 to...
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  • family at St Michael's Church in Withington (1651) Monument to Sir Robert Cotton at Connington (1655) Main Portico and fireplaces at The Vyne (1656)...
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  • Michigan Murderer on August 19, 1970, and is currently incarcerated at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility. Although never tried for the remaining five murders...
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    Parnall Correctional Facility which is a minimum-security prison; the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility where prisoners can finish their general education;...
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    The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (1923–1936), then briefly in the midtown...
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    created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the antiquary Robert Cotton, who also represented five constituencies in the House of Commons. The...
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    school" of illumination. The manuscript was divided by Sir Robert Cotton when it was in his Cotton Library, who removed Papal bulls and Anglo-Saxon charters...
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    As a result, the trial was dubbed the "Cotton Club" murder trial. Heeding the advice of his attorney Robert Shapiro, Evans refused to testify during...
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