Richardson
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Henry Handel Henrietta Richardson Robertson, 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
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Henry Hobson 1838–86, U.S. architect.
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Jack (Carter), 1934–2012, U.S. playwright and novelist.
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Sir Owen Williams, 1879–1959, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1928.
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Sir Ralph (David), 1902–83, English actor.
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Samuel, 1689–1761, English novelist.
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Tony, 1928–91, English motion-picture and theatrical director.
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Walter Hart, 1880–1961, U.S. journalist.
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a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.
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Dorothy M ( iller ). 1873–1957, British novelist, a pioneer of stream-of-consciousness writing: author of the novel sequence Pilgrimage (14 vols, 1915–67)
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Henry Handel . pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson , 1870–1946, Australian novelist; author of the trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1917–29)
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Sir Owen Willans . 1879–1959, British physicist; a pioneer in the study of atomic physics: Nobel prize for physics 1928
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Sir Ralph ( David ). 1902–83, British stage and screen actor
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Samuel . 1689–1761, British novelist whose psychological insight and use of the epistolary form exerted a great influence on the development of the novel. His chief novels are Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747)
Example Sentences
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“The Big Bopper” Richardson were en route to perform when their plane crashed.
From Los Angeles Times
With 14 minutes to play, York took the chance to move more than a score ahead and Richardson slotted a simple drop-goal from 25 yards out.
From BBC
Richardson also said: "It should not have been done, it was not requested, it is unclear why it did happen, but as a result of that, the imprint was truncated off the bottom."
From BBC
Meanwhile Jonte Richardson, who was on the Bafta emerging talent judging panel, has said he is stepping down from that role "after considerable soul-searching".
From BBC
It isn’t a white girl she’s screaming at in the show’s immortal “We were all rooting for you!” meme, but 2005 contestant Tiffany Richardson.
From Salon
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