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31William ap Thomas — (died 1445) was a member of a minor Welsh gentry family and was responsible for beginning the construction of Raglan Castle one of the finest late medieval Welsh castles. Marriage He obtained Raglan through his marriage to Elizabeth Bloet, widow… …
32Leibniz and Newton calculus controversy — The calculus controversy was an argument between seventeenth century mathematicians Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who had first invented calculus. Newton claimed to have begun working on a form of the calculus (which he called the… …
33Rosina Bulwer-Lytton — (* 4. November 1802 in Ballywire, Irland; † 12. März 1882 in Upper Sydenham, London) war eine englische Romanschriftstellerin und Feministin. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke 2.1 Romane …
34George Vancouver — Retrato de George Vancouver (artista desconocido) …
35Feuchères, Sophie Dawes, Baroness de — ▪ English adventuress born 1795, St. Helens, Isle of Wight, Eng. died Dec. 15, 1840, London English adventuress, mistress of the last survivor of the princes of Condé. The daughter of a drunken fisherman named Dawes, she grew up in… …
36Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy — The calculus controversy was an argument between 17th century mathematicians Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz (begun or fomented in part by their disciples and associates – see Development of the quarrel below) over who had first invented… …
37big-wig — n. (Colloq.) Person of consequence, high official, great personage …
38something — I. n. 1. A thing (indefinitely). 2. A part, a portion. 3. Somebody, a person of consequence. 4. A thing, matter, affair, event. II. ad. See somewhat …
39magnifico — n 1. grandee, hidalgo, seignior, don; nobleman, patrician, lord, peer, Brahman, silk stocking, blue blood, Sl. swell. 2. personage, great man, person of consequence, man of mark or note, somebody, name, nabob, mogul, magnate, Inf. big name, Inf.… …
40big bug — noun slang : a person of consequence : bigwig …
