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    Donald Adamson, JP (30 March 1939 – 18 January 2024), was a British literary scholar and historian. Books which he wrote include Blaise Pascal: Mathematician...
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    competed for by young graduates of British universities; endowed by Donald Adamson (Master Currier, 2012–13), it is assessed by the Institute of Historical...
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    during 1929–1931 in the first two Labour ministries headed by Ramsay MacDonald. Adamson was born in Dunfermline, Fife, and was educated at a local dame school...
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    passion is the cause of his suffering and death. As has been shown by Donald Adamson, Le Cousin Pons began its existence as a novella, or nouvelle, and was...
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  • Adamson (1823–1891), farm implement manufacturer and inventor in South Australia Derick Adamson (born 1958), Jamaican marathon runner Donald Adamson (born...
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    realize until it is too late. (7) Illusions perdues is, according to Donald Adamson, "a revelation of the secret workings of the world, rather than a Bildungsroman...
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    humaine. The Black Sheep is the title of the English translation by Donald Adamson published by Penguin Classics. It tells the story of the Bridau family...
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  • historian, member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (1994) Donald Adamson (1939–2024), British historian Shmuel Agmon (born 1922), Israeli mathematician...
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    contributions in Parliament by the Duke of St Albans The House of Nell Gwyn: Fortunes of the Beauclerk Family, Donald Adamson (William Kimber, Ldn 1974)...
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  • (2013–2017), minister for defence (2013–2014) and the interior (2014–2017). Donald Adamson, 84, British literary scholar, philosopher and historian. Ted Allsopp...
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