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70 relations: Abingdon-on-Thames, Alabama, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Asperger syndrome, Assassins, Bath, Somerset, Bedford, BiblioBazaar, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Brest, France, Bridewell Palace, Calvinism, Cardington, Bedfordshire, Conder token, Crimea, Dictionary of National Biography, Dutch Republic, Elizabeth Fry, Fellow of the Royal Society, Freedom of the City, Grand Tour, Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin), Hertford, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, HM Prison Shrewsbury, HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Howard Association, Howard League for Penal Reform, Ioan James, James Baldwin Brown, John Foster (essayist), John Hinckley Jr., Kherson, Legum Doctor, Morrin Centre, New Zealand, Norfolk, Virginia, Penitentiary Act, Peter Bayne, Portugal, Prison reform, Prison ship, Ronald Reagan, Samford University, Samuel Budgett, Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796), Scotland, Select committee (United Kingdom), Shrewsbury, ..., Sick and Hurt Commissioners, Single-celling, Smithfield, London, St Paul's Cathedral, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Statue of John Howard, Bedford, Stoke Newington, Thomas Arnold, Thomas Chalmers, Typhus, United States National Library of Medicine, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago Press, University of Dublin, Upholstery, Victorian era, Wales, Washington, D.C., William Wilberforce, 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Expand index (20 more) »
Abingdon-on-Thames
Abingdon-on-Thames, also known as Abingdon on Thames or just Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.
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Alabama
Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States of America.
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Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.
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Assassins
Order of Assassins or simply Assassins (أساسين asāsīn, حشاشین Hashâshīn) is the common name used to refer to an Islamic sect formally known as the Nizari Ismailis.
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Bath, Somerset
Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.
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Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
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BiblioBazaar
BiblioBazaar is, with Nabu Press, an imprint of the historical reprints publisher BiblioLife, which is based in Charleston, South Carolina and owned by BiblioLabs LLC.
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Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
The Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Portuguese for National Library of Portugal) is the Portuguese national library, fulfilling the function of legal deposit and copyright.
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Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany.
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Bridewell Palace
Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII and was one of his homes early in his reign for eight years.
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Calvinism
Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity, Reformed Protestantism, or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians.
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Cardington, Bedfordshire
Cardington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.
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Conder token
Conder Tokens, also known as 18th Century Provincial Tokens, are a form of privately minted token coinage struck and used during the latter part of the 18th Century and the early part of the 19th Century in England, Anglesey and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Crimea
Crimea (Крым, Крим, Krym; Krym; translit;; translit) is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe that is almost completely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast.
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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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Dutch Republic
The Dutch Republic was a republic that existed from the formal creation of a confederacy in 1581 by several Dutch provinces (which earlier seceded from the Spanish rule) until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
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Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney, often referred to as Betsy; 21 May 1780 – 12 October 1845) was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist.
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Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".
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Freedom of the City
The Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.
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Grand Tour
The term "Grand Tour" refers to the 17th- and 18th-century custom of a traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a chaperon, such as a family member) when they had come of age (about 21 years old).
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Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin)
The British pre-decimal halfpenny (d) coin, usually simply known as a halfpenny (pronounced), historically occasionally also as the obol, was a unit of currency that equalled half of a penny or of a pound sterling.
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Hertford
Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county.
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High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire.
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HM Prison Shrewsbury
HM Prison Shrewsbury was a Category B/C men's prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
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HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs
HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs (informally "The Scrubs") is a Category B men's prison located in the Wormwood Scrubs area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, in inner West London, England.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Howard Association
Howard Association, a benevolent organization, was formed in Norfolk, Virginia during the 1855 Yellow Fever Epidemic which killed 1 in 3 residents of Norfolk and sister city Portsmouth in Hampton Roads.
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Howard League for Penal Reform
The Howard League for Penal Reform is a registered charity in the United Kingdom.
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Ioan James
Ioan Mackenzie James FRS (born 23 May 1928) is a British mathematician working in the field of topology particularly in homotopy theory.
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James Baldwin Brown
James Baldwin Brown (1820–1884) was a British Congregational minister.
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John Foster (essayist)
John Foster (1770–1843) was an English Baptist minister and essayist.
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John Hinckley Jr.
John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is an American man who, on March 30, 1981, attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C. He wounded Reagan with a bullet that ricocheted and hit him in the chest.
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Kherson
Kherson is a city in southern Ukraine.
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Legum Doctor
Legum Doctor (Latin: "teacher of the laws") (LL.D.; Doctor of Laws in English) is a doctorate-level academic degree in law, or an honorary doctorate, depending on the jurisdiction.
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Morrin Centre
The Morrin Centre is a cultural centre in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Penitentiary Act
The Penitentiary Act (19 Geo. III, c.74) was a British Act of Parliament passed in 1779 which introduced a policy of state prisons for the first time.
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Peter Bayne
Peter Bayne (1830–1896) was a Scottish author.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.
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Prison reform
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, establish a more effective penal system, or implement alternatives to incarceration.
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Prison ship
A prison ship, often more precisely described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Samford University
Samford University is a private, coeducational, Christian university located in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham.
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Samuel Budgett
Samuel Budgett (27 July 1794 – 29 April 1851) was an English merchant.
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Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796)
Samuel Whitbread (30 August 1720 – 11 June 1796) was an English brewer and Member of Parliament.
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Scotland
Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
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Select committee (United Kingdom)
In British politics, parliamentary select committees can be appointed from the House of Commons, like the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, from the House of Lords, like the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, or as a "Joint Committee" drawn from both, such as the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
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Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.
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Sick and Hurt Commissioners
The Sick and Hurt Commissioners (also known as the Sick and Hurt Board, but formally and fully titled The Commissioners for taking Care of Sick and Wounded Seamen and for the Care and Treatment of Prisoners of War) were responsible for medical services in the British Royal Navy.
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Single-celling
Single-celling is the practice of assigning only one inmate to each cell in a prison.
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Smithfield, London
Smithfield is a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without situated at the City of London's northwest in central London, England.
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St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London.
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St. Elizabeths Hospital
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Statue of John Howard, Bedford
The statue of John Howard, in St Pauls's Square, Bedford, is a bronze of John Howard, erected in 1890, the centenary of Howard's death.
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Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington is an area occupying the north-west part of the London Borough of Hackney in north-east London.
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Thomas Arnold
Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian.
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Thomas Chalmers
Thomas Chalmers (17 March 1780 – 31 May 1847), was a Scottish minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Typhus
Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus and murine typhus.
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United States National Library of Medicine
The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.
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University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press is the largest and one of the oldest university presses in the United States.
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University of Dublin
The University of Dublin (Ollscoil Átha Cliath), corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin, is a university located in Dublin, Ireland.
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Upholstery
Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (24 August 175929 July 1833) was an English politician known as the leader of the movement to stop the slave trade.
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1755 Lisbon earthquake
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, occurred in the Kingdom of Portugal on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, the holy day of All Saints' Day, at around 09:40 local time.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_(prison_reformer)
