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Lady Anne Somerset was born in England, and was educated in London, Gloucestershire, and Kent.She read history at King's College London, graduated in 1976 [3] and began her professional career as a research assistant to several historians.
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Anne Somerset may refer to: Anne Somerset (historian) (born 1955), English historian and writer. Anne Somerset, Countess of Northumberland (1538–1596), English noblewoman and one of the instigators of the Northern Rebellion against Elizabeth I. Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (c. 1497 – 1587), wife of Lord Protector Somerset. Category:
The Jane Collective or Jane, officially known as the Abortion Counseling Service of Women's Liberation, was an underground service in Chicago, Illinois affiliated with the Chicago Women's Liberation Union that operated from 1969 to 1973, a time when abortion was illegal in most of the United States. The foundation of the organization was laid ...
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
Died. 13 September 1642. (1642-09-13) (aged 72) Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands. Parents. Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberland. Mary Percy (1570–1642) was an English noblewoman who founded an English Benedictine Monastery in Brussels and served as its abbess.
John Collinson FSA (19 July 1757 – 27 August 1793) was an English cleric, antiquarian]and historian. He is best known for his three-volume history of Somerset which he published at the age of 34, two years before his death, and which earned him the title of "the Somerset historian".
The Swedish American Museum in Chicago was founded by Kurt Mathisson in 1976. It moved to its current location on 5211 North Clark Street in 1987. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was present at the museum's founding and at its move to its new home. [1] The museum is housed in a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m 2 ), three-story building and has a ...