Coretta Scott KingAge: 78 civil rights activist and the widow of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who assumed her husband's campaign for racial equality and social justice after his…
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Chief heraldic officer of Ireland. Created by Edward VI. in 1552. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ultima ThuleUlster Badge A B C D E F G H I J K L…
(Encyclopedia) Baliol, John de, 1249–1315, king of Scotland (1292–96), son of John de Baliol (d. 1269). He became head of the family after the death of his elder brothers in 1278. At the death of…
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