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4 days ago · Sir Stamford Raffles (born July 6, 1781, at sea, off Port Morant, Jam.—died July 5, 1826, London, Eng.) was a British East Indian administrator and founder of the port city of Singapore (1819), who was largely responsible for the creation of Britain’s Far Eastern empire. He was knighted in 1816.
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Thomas Stamford Raffles was born aboard ship near Jamaica in...
- Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner
Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner (born March 23, 1854,...
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Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st earl of Minto (born...
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Hastings then had to deal with a combination of Maratha...
- Frederick Lugard
Frederick Lugard (born January 22, 1858, Fort St. George,...
- James Andrew Broun Ramsay
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of...
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3 days ago · The replacement of a "Western Culture" program at Stanford with a "Culture, Ideas and Values" course that addressed diversity and multiculturalism prompted Thiel to co-found The Stanford Review, a conservative and libertarian newspaper, in 1987.
1 day ago · Condoleezza Rice. Condoleezza Rice ( / ˌkɒndəˈliːzə / KON-də-LEE-zə; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 ...
1 day ago · After Wimbledon, McEnroe was recruited by coach Dick Gould and entered Stanford University. In 1978 he won the NCAA singles title, and he led the Stanford team to an NCAA championship. Later that year he joined the ATP tour and signed his first professional endorsement deal, with Sergio Tacchini .
3 days ago · The Butte County Sheriff's Office says evacuation orders have been issued for Zones 534, 535 and 536 in the Cherokee area of Oroville due to the wildfire. The fire as seen from the South Oroville ...
4 days ago · Stanford assistant coach Thomas Eager, who recruited Moore out of McClatchy High in Sacramento and coached him with Team USA, knew that the Cardinal would lean heavily on its left-handed hitting ...
2 days ago · 7.4.2024. Getty Images/julof90. The Washington Post reported recently that billions of dollars now flow to religious private schools thanks to the explosive growth of vouchers and “education savings accounts” in red states, with Catholic schools benefitting the most. A Duke Law School professor was quoted complaining that “we are, as a ...
