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David Briggs (headmaster)

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John Davidson Briggs (born 1917) (known as David Briggs), is a former Headmaster of King's College School, Cambridge. [1]

29 relations: A cappella, Andrew Briggs, Andrew Wiles, Anne Atkins, BBC, Bryanston School, Choir, Choral scholar, Conscientious objector, Court-martial, David Willcocks, Fermat's Last Theorem, G. W. Briggs, Geneva Conventions, King's College Chapel, Cambridge, King's College School, Cambridge, King's College, Cambridge, Marlborough College, Mixed-sex education, Normandy landings, Norwich, Owen Chadwick, Randall Davidson, Right to keep and bear arms, Royal Army Pay Corps, Timothy Gowers, Today (BBC Radio 4), W. W. Rouse Ball, Worcester Cathedral.

A cappella

A cappella (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way.

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Andrew Briggs

George Andrew Davidson Briggs (born 1950) (known as Andrew Briggs) is a British scientist.

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Andrew Wiles

Sir Andrew John Wiles (born 11 April 1953) is a British mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specialising in number theory.

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Anne Atkins

Anne Atkins (born 1956) is an English broadcaster, journalist, novelist and controversialist.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bryanston School

Bryanston School is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils, located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the town of Blandford Forum, in Dorset in South West England.

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Choir

A choir (also known as a quire, chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.

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Choral scholar

A choral scholar is a student either at a university or private school who receives a scholarship in exchange for singing in the school or university's choir.

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Conscientious objector

A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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David Willcocks

Sir David Valentine Willcocks (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator.

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Fermat's Last Theorem

In number theory, Fermat's Last Theorem (sometimes called Fermat's conjecture, especially in older texts) states that no three positive integers,, and satisfy the equation for any integer value of greater than 2.

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G. W. Briggs

George Wallace Briggs (1875 – 30 December 1959) was an English hymn writer and Anglican clergyman.

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Geneva Conventions

Original document as PDF in single pages, 1864 The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war.

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King's College Chapel, Cambridge

King's College Chapel is the chapel at King's College in the University of Cambridge.

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King's College School, Cambridge

King's College School is a coeducational independent preparatory school in Cambridge, England, situated on West Road off Grange Road, west of the city centre.

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King's College, Cambridge

King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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Marlborough College

Marlborough College is an independent boarding and day school in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.

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Norwich

Norwich (also) is a city on the River Wensum in East Anglia and lies approximately north-east of London.

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Owen Chadwick

William Owen Chadwick (20 May 1916 – 17 July 2015) was a British Anglican priest, academic, writer and prominent historian of Christianity.

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Randall Davidson

Randall Thomas Davidson, 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth, (7 April 1848 – 25 May 1930) was an Anglican bishop of Scottish origin who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1903 to 1928.

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Right to keep and bear arms

The right to keep and bear arms (often referred to as the right to bear arms) is the people's right to possess weapons (arms) for their own defense, as described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli, the English Whigs and others.

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Royal Army Pay Corps

The Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC) was the corps of the British Army responsible for administering all financial matters.

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Timothy Gowers

Sir William Timothy Gowers, (born 20 November 1963) is a British mathematician.

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Today (BBC Radio 4)

Today, or The Today Programme, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, broadcast on Monday to Friday from 6:00 am to 9:00 am and 7:00 am to 9:00 am on Saturday.

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W. W. Rouse Ball

Walter William Rouse Ball, known as W. W. Rouse Ball (14 August 1850 – 4 April 1925), was a British mathematician, lawyer, and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1878 to 1905.

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Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, England, situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Briggs_(headmaster)

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