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    Admiral William Henry Smyth KFM DCL FRS FSA FRAS FRGS (21 January 1788 – 8 September 1865) was an English Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer...
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  • Henry Smyth may refer to: Henry Smyth (Master of Magdalene College) (died 1642) William Henry Smyth (1788–1865), British astronomer Henry Smyth (British...
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  • skill and κράτος, kratos meaning power, as in governance, or rule. William Henry Smyth, a California engineer, is usually credited with inventing the word...
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    title John Smyth (disambiguation) Joseph Smyth (disambiguation) Peter Smyth (disambiguation) Richard Smyth (disambiguation) William Smyth (disambiguation)...
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    Henry Augustus Smyth KCMG FSA FRGS (25 November 1825 – 19 September 1906) was a senior British Army officer. He was the son of Admiral William Henry Smyth...
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  • Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth (/ˈhɛnri dəˈwʊlf ˈsmaɪθ/; May 1, 1898 – September 11, 1986) was an American physicist, diplomat, and bureaucrat. He played a...
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    active nucleus. Astronomers also found the comet a memorable sight. William Henry Smyth, comparing his recollections of the Great Comet of 1811 to the spectacular...
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  • Major William Henry Carmichael-Smyth (30 July 1780 – 9 September 1861) was a British military officer in the service of the East India Company. He was...
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  • guns, in order to keep the gangways and crew decks clear. Admiral William Henry Smyth wrote in his 1867 book, The Sailor's Word-Book: "Son of a gun, an...
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  • William Smyth (c. 1460–1514) was an English bishop. William Smyth may also refer to: Sir William Smyth, 1st Baronet (c.1616–1696), English politician William...
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    England priest, and his third wife, Henrietta Grace Smyth, eldest daughter of Admiral William Henry Smyth. After Baden Powell died in 1860, his widow, to...
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    Royal Meteorological Society, was founded in the library in 1850. William Henry Smyth, one of Lee's regular scientist guests invited to discuss theories...
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    a gifted musician and artist, Henrietta Grace Smyth, the elder daughter of Admiral William Henry Smyth and his wife Annarella. Apart from Robert already...
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    her birth, Smyth habitually stated it was 23 April, the day that was celebrated by her family, as they enjoyed the coincidence with William Shakespeare's...
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    William Smyth (or Smith) (c. 1460 – 2 January 1514) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death...
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    Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, to Captain (later Admiral) William Henry Smyth and his wife the former Eliza Anne "Annarella" Warington. He was...
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    cluster in Scutum is the Wild Duck Cluster, M11. It was named by William Henry Smyth in 1844 for its resemblance in the eyepiece to a flock of ducks in...
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    Henrietta Grace Smyth, the third wife of Baden Powell (the previous two having died). She was the elder daughter of William Henry Smyth and his wife Annarella...
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    unlucky to begin a voyage on a Friday. In the 19th century, Admiral William Henry Smyth described Friday in his nautical lexicon The Sailor's Word-Book as:...
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    however, he also mentioned that it was barely visible through clouds. William Henry Smyth extended the studies of M100, detailing it as a pearly white nebula...
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    Lord Adolphus FitzClarence (category Illegitimate children of William IV of the United Kingdom)
    Fremantle, FitzClarence received further naval education from Commander William Henry Smyth and served in the Ionian Islands upholding British neutrality in...
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    Moby-Dick, and in 1867 in a British book by Admiral William Henry Smyth. Additionally, Richard Henry Dana's 1840 memoir Two Years Before the Mast mentions...
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    improved to the point that its Saturn-like shape could be discerned. William Henry Smyth said that the Saturn Nebula was one of Struve's nine "Rare Celestial...
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    The Smyth Report (officially Atomic Energy for Military Purposes) is the common name of an administrative history written by American physicist Henry DeWolf...
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    and his third wife Henrietta Grace Smyth. His maternal grandparents were Annarella Warington and William Henry Smyth. He had six full siblings — Warington...
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    Motherland (2008) Europa (2008) The Roof of The World (2008) Sea of William Henry Smyth (2008) Seal-Skin Satellite (2008) The Invisible Castle (2009) The...
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    Charles I, the executed king of Britain. The English astronomer William Henry Smyth wrote in 1844 that α CVn was brighter than usual during the Restoration...
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  • 1854 Henry, aged 35, married 25-year-old Ellen Philadelphia Smyth[full citation needed] (July 1828 – 1881), a daughter of Admiral William Henry Smyth. Her...
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    Moon's near side, named for the 19th-century British astronomer William Henry Smyth. It is one of only two lunar maria that are named after people, the...
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    names: Alexander McGillivray, Josiah Francis, William McIntosh, Peter McQueen, William Weatherford, William Perryman, and others. These reflect Muscogee...
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