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(Encyclopedia) Endicott, John: see Endecott, John. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fryth, John: see Frith, John.

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

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

(Encyclopedia) Dodd, William, 1729–77, English author. At one time king's chaplain, he ran heavily into debt, forged a bond, and was sentenced to death. Dr. Johnson led a movement to obtain clemency, but Dodd was ...

(Encyclopedia) Hooper, William, 1742–90, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Boston. He became a lawyer and moved (1764) to Wilmington, N.C. Hooper served on ...

(Encyclopedia) Kirby, William, 1817–1906, Canadian author, b. England. He was a journalist and civil servant. Besides volumes of verse and tales, he wrote The Golden Dog (1877), also published as Le Chien d'or (18...