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... CHARLES NICOLAS , 1767-1847 . French general , distinguished at Ostrolenka , Friedland , Wagram , and the Beresina ; Marshal and Duke of Reggio 1809 ; Peer 1815. - His son , CHARLES NICOLAS VICTOR , 1791-1863 , led the French expe ...
... CHARLES NICOLAS , 1767-1847 . French general , distinguished at Ostrolenka , Friedland , Wagram , and the Beresina ; Marshal and Duke of Reggio 1809 ; Peer 1815. - His son , CHARLES NICOLAS VICTOR , 1791-1863 , led the French expe ...
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... CHARLES CHRISTOPHER , M.D. , 1823-1890 . Botanist to several Western surveys ; writer on botany . Parry , CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS . b . 1848 Daron . English 1135 plorer , knighted 1829 , Rear - admiral 1852. In 1820 he won £ 5.000 Parry ...
... CHARLES CHRISTOPHER , M.D. , 1823-1890 . Botanist to several Western surveys ; writer on botany . Parry , CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS . b . 1848 Daron . English 1135 plorer , knighted 1829 , Rear - admiral 1852. In 1820 he won £ 5.000 Parry ...
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... CHARLES W. , 1800-1886 . English geologist , first to discover fossil remains in the slate rocks of Cornwall , thereby establishing their Devonian age . He afterward labored suc- cessfully among the Devonian rocks of Scotland . Peach ...
... CHARLES W. , 1800-1886 . English geologist , first to discover fossil remains in the slate rocks of Cornwall , thereby establishing their Devonian age . He afterward labored suc- cessfully among the Devonian rocks of Scotland . Peach ...
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... Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne ; became sole Duke of Franks 747 ; first king 752 ; at war with Bavarians , Saracens , Lom- bards , Saxons , and the Duke of Aquitania . He gave Ravenna , Pentapolis , and the duchy of Rome to ...
... Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne ; became sole Duke of Franks 747 ; first king 752 ; at war with Bavarians , Saracens , Lom- bards , Saxons , and the Duke of Aquitania . He gave Ravenna , Pentapolis , and the duchy of Rome to ...
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... CHARLES ALLEN , 1832-1892 . U. S. Minister to Portugal 1869-70 ; married to a Spanish princess 1870 ; pro- scribed in Spain 1874 . Perkins , CHARLES CALLAHAN , 1823-1886 . American writer on art . Italian Sculptors , 1868-83 . humorist ...
... CHARLES ALLEN , 1832-1892 . U. S. Minister to Portugal 1869-70 ; married to a Spanish princess 1870 ; pro- scribed in Spain 1874 . Perkins , CHARLES CALLAHAN , 1823-1886 . American writer on art . Italian Sculptors , 1868-83 . humorist ...
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