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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. John Thornton - Wikipedia

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    John Thornton (glass painter), English York Minster stained glass designer between 1405 and 1408 John Thornton (cartographer) (1641–1708), English cartographer and hydrographer John Thornton (philanthropist) (1720–1790), merchant and Christian philanthropist

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  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. Thames school of chartmakers - Wikipedia

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    John Thornton chart showing "Hudson Straights commonly call'd the Norwest Passage" (JCB Library) Thornton, "the most competent and distinguished chart-maker in England" [1] was also a surveyor and an engraver. So far as is known, it was in England a unique combination of skills. [39] Thornton worked in the Minories just outside

  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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    John Thornton (1720–1790) was a British merchant and Christian philanthropist who became wealthy through investment in the North Sea Russia trade. In accordance with his Christian faith, he gave much of his money away to good causes, as one of the major philanthropists of the eighteenth century.