• William Robert Boon FRS FRSC (20 March 1911 – 28 October 1994) was a British chemist, known for developing the herbicide paraquat. He was educated at...
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  • William Boon (1892 – 24 April 1918) was an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian Football League. Boon...
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  • Boon is a surname that can be of Dutch, Old French or Chinese origin. The rather common Dutch name Boon (Dutch pronunciation: [boːn]) often represents...
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    to fame during the Second World War on BBC radio's The Brains Trust. William Boon, chemist. A. C. Bouquet (1884-1976), theologian, academic and writer...
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    (Paraquat-Gramoxone and Diquat) were discovered for herbicide use in 1954 by William Boon at ICI's Plant Protection division at Jealott's Hill, being released...
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  • War Kenneth McKenzie William Schwann John Shearer World War I Maurice Allingham Frederick Badcock Arthur Biscombe William Boon † David Bower Howard Bungey...
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    Governor William Hendricks — and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives. A prominent politician in the state, Boon was instrumental...
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    Boon Island is a barren, rocky island in the Gulf of Maine 6 mi (9.7 km) off the coast of York, Maine, United States. The island, which is approximately...
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  • Williams - computer scientist Michael Barnett – theoretical chemist William Boon – chemist John Eddowes Bowman the Younger – chemist Philip Bunker – Canadian...
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  • October – Jack Gibson, schoolmaster and mountaineer (born 1908) 28 October William Boon, chemist (born 1911) Marcia Anastasia Christoforides, philanthropist...
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    Lake Boon is a lake in eastern Massachusetts covering about 163 acres (66 ha) in the towns of Stow and Hudson, Massachusetts. The lake is approximately...
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  • Adelaide's dominance. During World War I the club lost three players—William Boon, Joseph Watson and Albert Chaplin—to the war. A scaled-back competition...
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    they ought to give you substantial, even if they are humble and modest boons, they are endeavouring, perhaps without their own consciousness, to delude...
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    Daniel Boone (redirect from Daniel Boon)
    Morgan (1700–1777), whose family were Quakers from Wales. In 1731, the Boones built a one-room log cabin in the Oley Valley in what is now Berks County...
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  • Thierry Boon is a Belgian scientist, former Director of the Ludwig Cancer Research branch in (Belgium) and professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain...
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  • Her Heart for a Compass (category Mills & Boon books)
    Valentine Mrs William Astor Fraser Scott Susannah Elmhirst The publishing rights were acquired by Mills & Boon. The book is published by William Morrow and...
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  • Telegraph William Boon FRS, chemist Brian Brolly, showbusiness entrepreneur, and co-founder of the radio stations Jazz FM and Classic FM Sir William Castell...
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  • George Counsell Boon FSA (20 September 1927 - 31 August 1994) was a British archaeologist, numismatist, and museum curator. He was known for his work on...
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  • The Reivers (category Novels by William Faulkner)
    film of the same name directed by Mark Rydell and starring Steve McQueen as Boon Hogganbeck. In the early 20th century, an 11-year-old boy named Lucius Priest...
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  • Boonwurrung (redirect from Boon-wurrung)
    n.101. Howitt 2010, pp. 338–340. Munro 2014. Boon Wurrung Foundation 2013. Clark 1990. "About Us". Boon Wurrung Foundation. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 20...
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    Boon Island Light is located on the 300-by-700-foot (91 m × 213 m) Boon Island off the southern coast of Maine, United States, near Cape Neddick. Boon...
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    The Reivers (film) (category Films based on works by William Faulkner)
    family, who live in the Mississippi area where Boon lives. When the taking of the car, first by Boon, then by Ned — they show themselves to be reivers...
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    Discusses Screenwriting And Filming Process Of BOON - Exclusive Interview". The List. Retrieved April 3, 2022. "BOON," which is slated for release on April 1...
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  • Port Adelaide B: William Boon Horace Pope Alex McFarlane HB: Jack Londrigan (c) John W. Robertson Henry Eaton C: Joseph Middleton Harold Oliver (vc) Sampson...
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    Gould brothers (Phil and Rowland, the latter generally known by his nickname Boon) were all brought up on the Isle of Wight and played together in various...
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    Port Adelaide Charles Anderson Jack Ashley William Boon Albert Chaplin Angelo Congear Roy Drummond Henry Eaton Sampson Hosking Cuthbert Lincoln Frank Magor...
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  • Boones Creek is a neighborhood of Johnson City, in northern Washington County, Tennessee. Almost all of Boones Creek has been annexed by Johnson City,...
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    Meghanada to free Indra. Meghanada obliged and was granted a chance to ask for a boon from Brahma. Meghanada asked for immortality, but Brahma remarked that absolute...
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  • When the Boat Comes In, All Creatures Great and Small, Terry and June and Boon. She has also guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio dramas, Bang-Bang-a-Boom...
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  • Gill, guitarist Graham Lambert, bassist Martyn Walsh and keyboardist Clint Boon. Several line-ups were loosely used from 1980 until Lambert and singer Stephen...
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