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  • 61Benito Juárez — Infobox President name=Benito Pablo Juárez García nationality=Mexican order=President of Mexico term start=January 19, 1858 term end=July 18, 1872 predecessor=Ignacio Comonfort successor=Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada birth date=birth… …

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  • 62Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne — (October 9, 1727 ndash; 16 February, 1794) was a French churchman and politician.LifeHe was born at Paris, of a Limousin family traceable back to the 15th century. After a brilliant career as a student, he entered the Church, this being the best… …

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  • 63Fredrik Bajer — (April 21, 1837 ndash; January 22, 1922) was a Danish writer, teacher, and pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908.The son of a clergyman, Bajer served as an officer in the Danish army, fighting in the 1864 war against… …

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  • 64Arthur Cushman McGiffert — (March 4, 1861 1933), American theologian, was born in Sauquoit, New York, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scots Irish descent.He graduated at Western Reserve College in 1882 and at Union Theological Seminary in 1885, studied in Germany… …

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  • 65Patter song — The patter song is a staple of comic opera, but it has also been used in musicals and other situations. It is characterized by a moderately fast to very fast tempo with a rapid succession of rhythmic patterns in which each syllable of text… …

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  • 66Malik ibn Nuwayrah — Malik ibn Nuwaira (Arabic: مالك بن نويرة‎), also spelled as Malik ibn Nuwera, was a chief of the Bani Yarbu , a large section of the powerful tribe of Bani Tamim which inhabited the north eastern region of Arabia, above Bahrain. Being close to… …

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  • 67Badal Roy — (Bangla: বাদল রায়) (born Amarendra Roy Chowdhury in Comilla, eastern Bengal, British India, 1945) is a tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz, world music, and experimental music.BiographyRoy was born into a …

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  • 68Menelaus (general) — Menelaus (in Greek Mενελαoς /me nelaos/; lived 4th century BC) was son of Lagus and brother of Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt. His name does not occur among the officers or generals of Alexander the Great (336 ndash;323 BC) during the lifetime of …

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  • 69Stasanor — (in el. Στασάνωρ; lived 4th century BC) was a native of Soli in Cyprus who held a distinguished position among the officers of Alexander the Great.rf|1|strab 14 tasanor, officer of AlexanderHe probably entered the service of that monarch after… …

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  • 70Francis Quiñones — (Kingdom of León, c. 1482 ndash; Veroli, Italy, November 5, 1540) was a Spanish cardinal.He was the son of Diego Fernandez de Quiñones, Count of Luna, was educated as a page of Cardinal Ximenes, and at the age of sixteen entered the Order of… …

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