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...Simon Ockley was born in Exeter and apparently brought up in Norfolk. He died on 9 August 1720 at Swavesey near Cambridge. He entered Queen’s College, Cambridge as a sizar in 1694 and matriculated in 1695, graduating BA in 1698, MA in 1701...

...Haughton, Graves Chamney Graves Chamney Haughton was born in Dublin and died in St Cloud near Paris on 28 August 1849. Educated in England, he obtained a cadetship in the East India Company army, departing for Bengal in 1808. He...

...Golius, Jacobus Jacob Gool (who Latinized his name to ‘Golius’ once he became a professor) was born in The Hague in 1596, where his father Dirk Pieterszoon Gool had several high legal and political offices. In 1612 he matriculated...

...Said, Edward Wadie Edward Said was born on 1 November 1935 in Jerusalem, Palestine (now in Israel), and died on 25 September 2003 in New York City. His father was a prosperous businessman who had lived in the United States. Said moved...