• William Schurman (c. 1743 – September 15, 1819) was a businessman and politician of Prince Edward Island. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of...
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    Anna Maria van Schurman (November 5, 1607 – May 4, 1678) was a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist writer who is...
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    Ambassador to Germany. Schurman was born at Freetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on May 2, 1854 the son of Robert and Lydia Schurman. Schurman lived on his parents'...
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    The Schurman Commission, also known as the First Philippine Commission, was established by United States President William McKinley on January 20, 1899...
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    Office. p. 14998. Hagerty, James A. (November 8, 1939). "Goldstein Winner – Schurman and Other La Guardia Choices Trail in Returns –O'Dwyer New Prosecutor –...
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    William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 27th president of the United States, serving...
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    shore of what is today Pekin Lake in northwest Pekin. The county surveyor, William Hodge, measured and laid out a "town site" in 1827. In 1829, the plat was...
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  • By Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard, page. 102 "Biography – SCHURMAN, WILLIAM – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Modern...
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    corresponding with Anna Maria van Schurman, a learned woman, called the Dutch Minerva. In an early letter van Schurman offered Elisabeth guidance on what...
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    William Edward Dodd (October 21, 1869 – February 9, 1940) was an American historian, author and diplomat. A liberal Democrat, he served as the United...
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