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Statue of G. U. Pope in Triplicane, Chennai. George Uglow Pope was born on 24 April 1820 in Bedeque, Prince Edward Island in Canada.His father was John Pope (1791–1863), of Padstow, Cornwall, a merchant who became a missionary, who emigrated to Prince Edward Island in 1818, and Catherine Uglow (1797–1867), of Stratton, north Cornwall.
For future elections of uncertain date, use the format "Next [country name or adjectival form] [type] election(s)", such as Next Irish general election. When the year of the election is known, titles like this should redirect to an article title with a year (such as 2016 Irish general election ), because "next" is a moving target.
Since Native Americans and First Nations peoples speaking a language of the Algonquian group were generally the first to meet English explorers and settlers along the Eastern Seaboard, many words from these languages made their way into English. In addition, many place names in North America are of Algonquian origin, for example: Mississippi ...
Jonathan, also known as Duplicate, [2] is a 2018 American drama science fiction film directed by Bill Oliver and written by Gregory Davis, Peter Nickowitz and Oliver, starring Ansel Elgort. It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2018.
"ATM machine" is a common example of RAS syndrome. RAS syndrome, where RAS stands for redundant acronym syndrome (making the phrase "RAS syndrome" autological), is the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym in conjunction with the abbreviated form.
Sir Henry Pottinger, the 1st Governor of Hong Kong. It was not uncommon for British officials to be given translation of their names in history. Before getting a new translation, the name of the very first Hong Kong colonial governor, Henry Pottinger, was originally translated as 煲 顛 茶 or Bōu Dīn Chàh in Cantonese [7] which phonetically rhymes with his family name Pottinger fairly ...
Bill Johnston (born 1960) is a prolific Polish language literary translator [1] and professor of comparative literature at Indiana University. His work has helped to expose English-speaking readers to classic and contemporary Polish poetry and fiction.
Gustav, also spelled Gustaf (pronounced / ˈ ɡ ʊ s t ɑː v / or / ˈ ɡ ʊ s t ɑː f / in English; Swedish: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav] for both spellings), is a male given name of Old Swedish origin, used mainly in Scandinavian countries, German-speaking countries, and the Low Countries. The origin of the name is debated.