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45 relations: American Civil War, Battle of the Wilderness, Bob Odenkirk, Broadmoor Hospital, Congregational church, Connecticut, Crowthorne, Dementia praecox, Desertion, Dictionary of National Biography, Drunk History, Farhad Safinia, Florida Panhandle, Hartford, Connecticut, History of psychiatric institutions, Horsemonger Lane Gaol, Human branding, Icon Productions, Insanity defense, James Murray (lexicographer), Lambeth, Mel Gibson, Missionary, New England, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, PDF, Penis removal, Psychiatric hospital, Red-light district, Sean Penn, Seattle, Simon Winchester, Sri Lanka, St. Elizabeths Hospital, The Hollywood Reporter, The Professor and the Madman (film), The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Thomas T. Minor, Union (American Civil War), Union Army, United States, Veteran's pension (United States), Winston Churchill, Yale University.
American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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Battle of the Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
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Bob Odenkirk
Robert John Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer.
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Broadmoor Hospital
Broadmoor Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital at Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.
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Congregational church
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
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Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Crowthorne
Crowthorne is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district of south-eastern Berkshire.
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Dementia praecox
Dementia praecox (a "premature dementia" or "precocious madness") is a disused psychiatric diagnosis that originally designated a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood.
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Desertion
In military terminology, desertion is the abandonment of a duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning.
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Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.
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Drunk History
Drunk History is an American educational television comedy series produced by Comedy Central, based on the Funny or Die web series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007.
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Farhad Safinia
Farhad Safinia (فرهاد صفینیا. Farhād Safīnīyā; born 1975) is an Iranian-American screenwriter and film/TV producer, best known for Apocalypto and Boss.
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Florida Panhandle
The Florida Panhandle, an informal, unofficial term for the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida, is a strip of land roughly 200 miles long and 50 to 100 miles wide (320 km by 80 to 160 km), lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia also on the north, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
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Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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History of psychiatric institutions
The rise of the lunatic asylum and its gradual transformation into, and eventual replacement by, the modern psychiatric hospital, explains the rise of organised, institutional psychiatry.
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Horsemonger Lane Gaol
Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as the Surrey County Gaol or the New Gaol) was a prison close to present-day Newington Causeway in Southwark, south London.
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Human branding
Human branding or stigmatizing is the process which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention that the resulting scar makes it permanent.
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Icon Productions
Icon Productions is an American-Australian independent production company founded in August 1989 by actor/director Mel Gibson and Australian producing partner Bruce Davey.
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Insanity defense
The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is a defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions due to an episodic or persistent psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act.
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James Murray (lexicographer)
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (7 February 1837 – 26 July 1915) was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist.
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Lambeth
Lambeth is a district in Central London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
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Mel Gibson
Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.
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Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize and/or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
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New England
New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
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Penis removal
In ancient civilizations, the removal of the human penis was sometimes used to demonstrate superiority or dominance over an enemy.
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Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, mental health units, mental asylums or simply asylums, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders, such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.
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Red-light district
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters are found.
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Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.
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Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester, (born 28 September 1944) is a British-American author and journalist.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.
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St. Elizabeths Hospital
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.
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The Professor and the Madman (film)
The Professor and the Madman is an American-Irish drama film, based on the book The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester.
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester that was first published in England in 1998.
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Thomas T. Minor
Thomas T. Minor, (February 20, 1844 – December 2, 1889) was a physician, businessman, civic and political leader who founded the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway and served as mayor of Seattle and Port Townsend, Washington.
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Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.
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Union Army
During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Veteran's pension (United States)
A Veteran's pension or "wartime pension" is a pension for Veterans of the United States Armed Forces, who served in the military but did not qualify for military retired pay from the Armed Forces.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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Yale University
Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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