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  • 21Al-Hakam II — (al Ḥakam II ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān III; Arabic: الحكم الثاني ; January 13 915 October 16 976) was Caliph of Cordoba, in the Al Andalus (Moorish Iberia), and son of Abd ar rahman III (al Nasir). He ruled from 961 to 976.Al Hakam II succeeded to the… …

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  • 22Erik Benzelius the younger — (January 27, 1675 September 23 1743), was a priest, theologian, librarian, and Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1742 1743. He was a highly learned man and one of Sweden s important Enlightenment figures.As his name indicates, he was the son of Erik …

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  • 23booklover — noun someone who loves (and usually collects) books • Syn: ↑bibliophile, ↑book lover • Derivationally related forms: ↑bibliophilic (for: ↑bibliophile) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 24bookish — a. Given to reading, fond of books, fond of study, very studious …

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  • 25bookish — adjective Date: 1566 1. a. of or relating to books b. fond of books and reading 2. a. inclined to rely on book knowledge b. of words literary and formal as opposed to collo …

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  • 26William Henry Farquhar — (June 14 1813 ndash; February 17 1887) was an American who was influential in the development of Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. William Henry Farquhar was born to Amos Farquhar (1768–1835) and Mary Elgar in York, Pennsylvania. The Farquhar… …

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  • 27The Mysteries of Udolpho — The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance; Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry   …

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  • 28Marcus Mettius Epaphroditus — of Chaeroneia was an Ancient Greek grammarian of the 1st century. Epaphroditus was a disciple of Archias of Alexandria, and became the slave and afterwards the freedman of Modestus, the prefect of Egypt, whose son Pitelinus had been educated by… …

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  • 29bibliomaniac — bib·li·o·ma·ni·ac || ‚bɪblɪəʊ meɪnɪæk n. one who is excessively fond of books and the collecting of books …

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  • 30bibliomaniacs — bib·li·o·ma·ni·ac || ‚bɪblɪəʊ meɪnɪæk n. one who is excessively fond of books and the collecting of books …

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