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Edmund Burke
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Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker. His most famous work is Reflections on the Revolution in France a critique of the social and political turmoil in that country in the final decade of the 18th century...
Edmund Burke, 1771
Image by Joshua Reynolds (Studio)

Edmund Burke, 1771

A 1771 oil-on-canvas portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker. Painted by the studio of Joshua Reynolds. (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Edmund Burke, 1774
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Edmund Burke, 1774

A 1774 oil-on-canvas portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker. Painted by Joshua Reynolds. (National Galleries, Scotland)
Portrait of Edmund Andros
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Portrait of Edmund Andros

Portrait of Edmund Andros (l. 1637-1714 CE), the second governor of New York. Painted by Frederick Stone Batcheller (1837-1889 CE). Collection of the Rhode Island State House.
Industrial Landscape by Kregczy
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Industrial Landscape by Kregczy

An 1895 oil on canvas of a European industrial landscape by Edmund Kregczy (1855-1916). (Science Museum, London)
Reflections on the Revolution in France Title Page
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Reflections on the Revolution in France Title Page

The title page of Reflections on the Revolution in France, first published in 1790 and written by Edmund Burke (1729-1797), the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker.
Owen Tudor
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Owen Tudor

Owen Tudor, aka Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudor (c. 1400-1461 CE), was a Welsh courtier who secretly married Catherine of Valois (l. 1401 - c. 1437 CE), the former wife of Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE) and mother of Henry VI of England...
Richard, Duke of York
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Richard, Duke of York

Richard, 3rd Duke of York (l. 1411-1460 CE) was the richest man in England and one of the nobles who sparked off the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE), a dynastic dispute that rumbled on for four decades between several English kings, queens...
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an Enlightenment philosopher who, as author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, is widely credited as the founder of feminism. Wollstonecraft called for equal education opportunities for men and women...
Henry IV of England
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Henry IV of England

Henry IV of England ruled as king from 1399 to 1413 CE. Known as Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster before he became king, Henry clashed with his cousin Richard II of England (r. 1377-1399 CE) and was exiled in 1397 CE. Returning to England...
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