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  2. North and South (Gaskell novel) - Wikipedia

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    John Thornton: Owner of a local mill, a friend and student of Margaret's father and Margaret's love interest. Nicholas Higgins: An industrial worker whom Margaret befriends. He has two daughters, Bessy and Mary. Hannah Thornton: John Thornton's mother, who reveres her son and dislikes Margaret (especially after Margaret rejects his proposal).

  3. The Call of the Wild - Wikipedia

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    The 1935 version, starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young, expanded John Thornton's role and was the first "talkie" to feature the story. The 1972 movie The Call of the Wild, starring Charlton Heston as John Thornton, was filmed in Finland. [48] The 1976 television film The Call of the Wild, starring John Beck.

  4. John Thornton - Wikipedia

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    John Thornton (historian) (born 1949), American historian; John L. Thornton, former president and co-COO of Goldman Sachs; John S. Thornton, bishop; John P. Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic Technology Inc. John Wingate Thornton, American lawyer, historian, antiquarian, book collector and author

  5. Margaret Hale - Wikipedia

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    One of Mr Hale's pupils is a local mill owner, John Thornton. Margaret takes an instant dislike to Thornton, seeing him as the embodiment of the harsh, working-class north. Margaret, feeling homesick, romanticizes the south. Mr Thornton, on the other hand, is immediately struck by Margaret.

  6. The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon - Wikipedia

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    The team travels the "Yukon Trail" up to Dawson City in Canada's Yukon territory—where a gold prospector, later revealed to be John Thornton, notices him. On the way back to Dyea, a chase between the dogs and a hare leads to the ultimate death-match between Buck and Spitz—who severely wounds Buck before Buck determines how to effectively ...

  7. List of MacGyver characters - Wikipedia

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    Peter Thornton [3] [4] (portrayed by Dana Elcar) is MacGyver's boss and best friend. Pete is divorced from Connie Thornton (portrayed by Linda Darlow). [ 5 ] Pete is an operative at the Department of External Services (DXS) which is where he is impressed by Mac's ingenuity while tracking down Murdoc , an international assassin. [ 6 ]

  8. Billy Bob Thornton isn't 'big on pretending to be someone ...

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    Billy Bob Thornton found out he was the man for Landman even before he knew the show existed.. The Oscar-winning actor was at the December 2021 Las Vegas premiere of 1883, a show in which he had a ...

  9. John Thornton (philanthropist) - Wikipedia

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    Descended from a Hull family that had included five generations of merchants and local council officers who had been involved in the North Sea trade for several generations, John Thornton was born in Clapham, south of London in 1720 and was to inherit a huge fortune from his father Robert Thornton of Yorkshire, (1692–1742), a merchant who was to become a director of the Bank of England.