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(Encyclopedia) David, T. W. E. (Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth), 1858–1935, Australian geologist and explorer, b. near Cardiff, Wales. David came to Australia in 1882 as an assistant geological…
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TAYLOR John W. , a Representative from New York; born in Charlton, N.Y., March 26,
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Schenectady, N.Y., in 1803; studied…
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Wis., March 9, 1846; attended the common schools and the Evansville (Wis.)
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