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(Encyclopedia) Davys, John: see Davis, John.

(Encyclopedia) Aylmer, John ālˈmər [key], 1521–94, bishop of London. His name is also spelled Ælmer or Elmer. He was briefly chaplain to the duke of Suffolk and tutor to his daughter, Lady Jane Grey. In 1553 h...

(Encyclopedia) Uvedale, John: see Udall, John.

(Encyclopedia) Grove, Sir George, 1820–1900, English musicographer, whose Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1879–89) has become a standard reference work. Originally an engineer, he assisted in the establishmen...

(Encyclopedia) Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner nŭtˈôl [key], 1862–1937, American-British bacteriologist, b. San Francisco, M.D. Univ. of California, 1884, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1890. In 1899 he became assoc...

(Encyclopedia) Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford, 1897–1978, British chemist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1925. He joined the faculty at Cambridge in 1925 and was a professor there until he retired in 1965. Norrish was awarded...

(Encyclopedia) Damascene, John: see John of Damascus, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Davies, John: see Davies of Hereford, John. ...

(Encyclopedia) Maitland, John: see Lauderdale, John Maitland, duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dudley, John: see Northumberland, John Dudley, duke of. ...