Jacob Tonson

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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)

5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects

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History of Technology Timeline

King Charles III and Queen Camilla (Camilla, Queen Consort) wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Coronation of King Charles in London, England on May 6, 2023

British Royal Line of Succession

Binary Computer Code, Binary Code, Internet, Technology, Password, Data

How Does Wi-Fi Work?

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around

Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

6 Lost Civilizations

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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Just How Many Oceans Are There?

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Born	1656?
Died	April 2, 1736 • England

William Blake

British writer and artist

William Morris

British artist and author

William Byrd

English composer

William Caxton

English printer, translator, and publisher

Thomas Morley

British composer

Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham

British newspaper editor and proprietor

William Boyce

British composer

Thomas Rymer

English critic

Sir Victor Gollancz

British author and publisher

William Michael Rossetti

English art critic

Fell, portrait by Sir Peter Lely; in the City Art Gallery, Bristol, county of Avon

John Fell

English educator, priest, and author

Bowring, detail of an engraving by William Ward (1766-1826), after a painting by H.W. Pickersgill

Sir John Bowring

British diplomat

Carlile, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Richard Carlile

English journalist

William Hone

English journalist

Jonathan Cape

British publisher

John Walter, II

English journalist

John Walter, I

English publisher

Leonard Woolf

British writer

William Rastell

English printer and lawyer

William Heinemann

English publisher

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