• Frederick John Blight (30 July 1913 – 12 May 1995) was an Australian poet of Cornish origin, his ancestors having arrived in South Australia on the Lisander...
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    For the Australian poet, see John Blight. John Thomas Blight FSA (27 October 1835 – 23 January 1911) was a Cornish archaeological artist born near Redruth...
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    survive a blight infection. The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) and American chinquapin (Castanea pumila) are highly susceptible to chestnut blight. The...
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    disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is also often called "potato blight". Late blight was a major culprit...
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  • He began by appearing in such television programmes as Lorna Doone, as John Ridd and Evelyn Waugh's wartime saga Sword of Honour, and in Mike Leigh's...
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  • The Bloom and the Blight is the fourth full-length album from the band Two Gallants, released on September 4, 2012. It follows up their self-titled album...
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    Fire blight, also written fireblight, is a contagious disease affecting apples, pears, and some other members of the family Rosaceae. It is a serious concern...
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    blight, a fungal disease that came from Japanese chestnut trees that were introduced into North America from Japan. It is estimated that the blight killed...
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  • Ellen Blight (1833/1834–1850), English lion-tamer killed by a tiger John Blight (1913–1995), Australian poet of Cornish ancestry John Thomas Blight (1835–1911)...
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    aged 17. Her shocking death made her a media sensation. Her father was John Blight (sometimes Bright), a bugler and bandleader in Wombwell's menagerie,...
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