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St. Adamnan
Language; Encyclopedias
Abbot of Iona, of Irish birth, who wrote a life of St. Columba and a work on the Holy Places, of value as the earliest written (625-704).
Samuel Adams
Language; Encyclopedias
A zealous promoter of American independence, who lived and died poor (1722-1803).
Dr. F. Adams
Language; Encyclopedias
A zealous student and translator of Greek medical works (1797-1861).
Aire
Language; Encyclopedias
A Yorkshire river which flows into the Ouse; also a French river, affluent of the Aisne.
Alborak
Language; Encyclopedias
A wonderful horse of Mahomet, an impersonation of the lightning as his steed.
A. M. Aguado
Language; Encyclopedias
An enormously wealthy banker of Spanish-Jewish descent, born in Seville, and naturalised in France (1784-1842).
