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Goodwin Sands
(Encyclopedia) Goodwin Sands, stretch of shoals and sandbars, c.10 mi (20 km) long, lying off the east coast of Kent, SE England. It forms a breakwater E of The Downs, a roadstead. Shipwrecks were…Percy Bysshe Shelley
A radical young fellow, Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford University in 1811 when he published The Necessity of Atheism. His early poems advocated social reform, reflecting the influence…Mary Shelley
Name at birth: Mary Wollstonecraft GodwinEnglish author Mary Godwin Shelley wrote Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus and was second wife of the great poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary Godwin was…Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To HarrietTo -To Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 1. Mine eyes were dim with tears unshed; Yes, I was firm—thus wert[1] not thou;— My baffled looks did fear[2] yet…Mary Wollstonecraft
Biography of the 18th-century English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century English feminist, believed that equal education among men and women would ensure the equal…Siward
(Encyclopedia) SiwardSiwardsy&oomacr;ˈərd [key], d. 1055, earl of Northumbria. A Danish warrior, he probably came to England with King Canute. At the behest of King Harthacanute in 1041 he…Edwin Godwin READE, Congress, NC (1812-1894)
READE Edwin Godwin , a Representative from North Carolina; born on a farm in Person County, N.C., November 13, 1812; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law…Hannibal Lafayette GODWIN, Congress, NC (1873-1929)
GODWIN Hannibal Lafayette , a Representative from North Carolina; born on a farm near Dunn, Harrett County, N.C., November 3, 1873; attended the common schools and Trinity College (now Duke…anarchism
(Encyclopedia) anarchismanarchismănˈərkĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=having no government], theory that equality and justice are to be sought through the abolition of the state and the substitution of free…Peter Godwin VAN WINKLE, Congress, WV (1808-1872)
Senate Years of Service: 1863-1869 Party: Unconditional Unionist; Republican VAN WINKLE Peter Godwin , a Senator from West Virginia; born in New York City, September 7, 1808; completed preparatory…Trending
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