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William H. Sadlier was founded as D&J Sadlier in 1832 by two Irish-born brothers, Denis and James Sadlier, who emigrated from Cashel, County Tipperary to the United States and began publishing materials under the aforementioned name. [2] [1] [3] In the 1840s, D&J Sadlier established a Canadian branch of the company in Montreal. [2]
Charles Dickens based the character of the great financier Mr. Merdle (who goes bankrupt and commits suicide) in Little Dorrit (1857) on John Sadleir. The central character of Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now (1875), Melmotte (also a swindling financier who goes bankrupt and commits suicide) may have been based on Sadleir, as well. [1]
Mary Anne Sadlier (31 December 1820 – 5 April 1903) was an Irish-Canadian author. Sadlier published roughly twenty-three novels and numerous stories. She wrote for Irish immigrants in both the United States and Canada, encouraging them to attend mass and retain the Catholic faith.
Sheeran was accused of calling the victim the n-word while a third teen allegedly called him “George Floyd" because he couldn't breathe during the attempted drowning, according to prosecutors.
An award-winning California teacher broke down in tears in court as she confessed to sexually abusing two of her students, ages 11 and 12. Jacqueline Ma, who was named “Teacher of the Year” in ...
Shahid Rafiq "Shad" Khan [1] (Urdu: شاہد خان; born July 18, 1950) [2] [3] is a Pakistani-American billionaire businessman and sports tycoon. Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and Fulham F.C. of the Premier League, and co-owner of the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), along with his son, Tony Khan.
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Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBTQ advocate. [3] [4] [5] She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category, [6] [7] and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990. [8]