2 lancets, steel blades, in wooden case, presented to Edward Jenner by Rev. Thomas Pruen of Divesley, Gloucestershire, c. 1800. Edward Jenner, the pioneer...
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The Lucena and Philidor positions in rook endings are fundamental. Philidor's Legacy--smother mate--is found in Lucena and it is an entirely separate matter...
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WS Branch (1854 - 1933) was the evergreen chess columnist in Cheltenham newspapers for over 40 years from 1890 to 1933.
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A new book well deserving of an English translation is François André Danican Philidor La culture échiquéenne en France et en Angleterre au XVIII e siècle.
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The feast of Ascension Day, also known as Holy Thursday or Ascension Thursday, commemorates Jesus Christ's bodily ascension to heaven after...
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"Holy Thursday" is a poem by William Blake, first published in Songs of Innocence and Experience in 1794. This poem, unlike its companion poem in "Songs of...
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Knightstone Island was acquired by the Pigott family in 1696 (they later became the Smyth-Pigotts) and they owned it until the early 19th century.
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Famous Freemasons EDWARD JENNER - FREEMASON AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHER By David Harrison It has been said that the discovery of the smallpox...
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Watson v Green brilliancy. Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson – Max Green Championship of Victoria, Melbourne, 1936. Queen's Pawn Opening.
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The Puzzler was a weekly periodical which ran for 14 issues from 26th October 1933 to 25th January 1934. It was published by Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd. of...
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