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  • 51Viktor Rydberg — Infobox Writer name = Viktor Rydberg imagesize = caption = Rydberg in 1876 pseudonym = birthname = Abraham Victor Rydberg birthdate = birth date|1828|12|18 birthplace = Jönkopig, Sweden deathdate = Death date and age|1895|09|22|1828|12|18… …

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  • 52Miniature (illuminated manuscript) — Miniature of the Trojan Horse, from the Vergilius Romanus, a manuscript of Virgil s Aeneid, early 5th century. The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple… …

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  • 53Rashid Nezhmetdinov — Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov (Russian: Рашид Гибятович Нежметдинов; Tatar Cyrillic: Рәшит Һибәт улы Нәҗметдинов, Latin: Räşit Hibät ulı Näcmetdinov, [ræˈʃit næʑmetˈdinəf]; December 15, 1912–June 3, 1974) was an eminent Soviet chess player,… …

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  • 54Fred Reinfeld — (January 27, 1910 ndash; May 29, 1964) was an American chess player and a prolific writer. Biography Fred Reinfeld was one of the most prolific authors in history, having written or co written over 200 books. Most were about chess, including… …

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  • 55Elias Loomis — Infobox Scientist name = Elias Loomis box width = image width = 150px caption = Elias Loomis (1811 1889) birth date = August 7, 1811 birth place = Willington, Connecticut, United States death date = August 15, 1889 death place = New Haven,… …

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  • 56Michael Rohde (chess player) — Michael Rohde (born August 26, 1959) is an American chess grandmaster. Rohde got his master rating at the age of thirteen, and gained the International Master title in 1976, followed by that of Grandmaster in 1988. In 1975 he was the National… …

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  • 57Isador Samuel Turover — Isador (Isaac) Samuel Turover (July 1892 October 1978) was an Belgian American chess master. Born in Belgium, he moved to the United States. He was a champion of Baltimore from 1918 to 1921, took 2nd, behind Vladimir Sournin, in the Washington… …

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  • 58Investigations into Germanic Mythology — Infobox Book name = Investigations into Germanic Mythology title orig = Undersökningar i germanisk mythologi image caption = author = Viktor Rydberg illustrator = country = Sweden language = Swedish subject = Germanic mythology genre = Non… …

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  • 59Orlando Campos — Orlando Ollie Campos (1925[1]–1994)[2] was an Indian bridge player. Campos was the mainstay of the famous Ruia team that dominated the Indian bridge scene from 1958 through the late seventies.[2] He represented India in seven world championships… …

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  • 60Lacordaire —     Jean Baptiste Henri Dominique Lacordaire     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jean Baptiste Henri Dominique Lacordaire     The greatest pulpit orator of the nineteenth century b. near Dijon, 13 May, 1802; d. at Sorèze, 21 Nov., 1861. When he was… …

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