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... History in the University of London . Fellow of All Souls ' College , Oxford . Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography , 1893- Parker , Matthew . 1901. Lothian Prizeman , Oxford , 1892 ; Arnold Prizeman , 1898. Author ...
... History in the University of London . Fellow of All Souls ' College , Oxford . Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography , 1893- Parker , Matthew . 1901. Lothian Prizeman , Oxford , 1892 ; Arnold Prizeman , 1898. Author ...
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... History in Columbia University , New York City . Member of the American Historical Association . CHARLES LETHBRIDGE KINGSFORD , M.A. , F.R.HIST.S. , F.S.A. Assistant Secretary to the Board of Education . Author of Life of Henry V ...
... History in Columbia University , New York City . Member of the American Historical Association . CHARLES LETHBRIDGE KINGSFORD , M.A. , F.R.HIST.S. , F.S.A. Assistant Secretary to the Board of Education . Author of Life of Henry V ...
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... History in the University of Berlin . Author of Geschichte des Pacorus ; Parthia ; Alterthums : Geschichte des alten Aegyptens ; Die Israeliten und ihre Nachbarstämme . | Parysatis ; Pasargadae . EDWARD MORELL HOLMES . Curator of the ...
... History in the University of Berlin . Author of Geschichte des Pacorus ; Parthia ; Alterthums : Geschichte des alten Aegyptens ; Die Israeliten und ihre Nachbarstämme . | Parysatis ; Pasargadae . EDWARD MORELL HOLMES . Curator of the ...
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... History . HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN , LL.D. , D.Sc. , F.R.S. ( Edin . ) . Da Costa Professor of Zoology , Columbia University , New York . President , American Museum of Natural History , New York . Curator of Department of Palaeontology ...
... History . HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN , LL.D. , D.Sc. , F.R.S. ( Edin . ) . Da Costa Professor of Zoology , Columbia University , New York . President , American Museum of Natural History , New York . Curator of Department of Palaeontology ...
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... History of Art , Rutgers College , New Brunswick , N.J. Formerly Editor of The Studio and the Art Review . Author of Art for Art's Sake ; History of Painting ; Old English Masters ; & c . JOHN EDWIN SANDYS , M.A. , LITT.D. , LL.D ...
... History of Art , Rutgers College , New Brunswick , N.J. Formerly Editor of The Studio and the Art Review . Author of Art for Art's Sake ; History of Painting ; Old English Masters ; & c . JOHN EDWIN SANDYS , M.A. , LITT.D. , LL.D ...
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