Taylor
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A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale), 1906–90, English historian.
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Bayard James Bayard, 1825–78, U.S. poet, novelist, and travel writer.
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Brook, 1685–1731, English mathematician.
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Cecil (Percival), 1929–2018, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
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Charles Ghankay, born 1948, Liberian guerrilla leader and politician: president 1997–2003.
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David Watson, 1864–1940, U.S. naval architect.
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Edward, 1644?–1729, American physician, clergyman, and poet; born in England.
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Edward Thompson Father Taylor, 1793–1871, U.S. Methodist clergyman.
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Elizabeth, 1932–2011, U.S. actress, born in England to American parents.
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Frederick Winslow, 1856–1915, U.S. industrial engineer.
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Jeremy, 1613–67, English prelate and theological writer.
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John W., 1784–1854, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1820–21, 1825–27.
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(Joseph) Deems, 1885–1966, U.S. composer, music critic, and author.
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Joseph Hooton, Jr. born 1941, U.S. astrophysicist: Nobel Prize 1993.
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Maxwell (Davenport), 1901–87, U.S. army general and diplomat: chief of staff 1955–59; chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1962–64.
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Myron Charles, 1874–1959, U.S. lawyer, industrialist, and diplomat.
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Paul (Belville) 1930–2018, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
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Peter (Hillsman) 1917–94, U.S. short-story writer, novelist, and playwright.
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Robert Lewis, 1912–1998, U.S. biographer, humorist, and newspaperman.
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Tom, 1817–80, English playwright and editor.
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Zachary Old Rough and Ready, 1784–1850, 12th president of the U.S. 1849–50: major general during the Mexican War and commander of the army of the Rio Grande 1846.
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a city in southeastern Michigan.
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a town in central Texas.
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a male or female given name.
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A ( lan ) J ( ohn ) P ( ercivale ). 1906–90, British historian whose many works include The Origins of the Second World War (1961)
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Brook. 1685–1731, English mathematician, who laid the foundations of differential calculus
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Dame Elizabeth. 1932–2011, US film actress, born in England: films include National Velvet (1944), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly Last Summer (1959), and Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), for both of which she won Oscars
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Frederick Winslow. 1856–1915, US engineer, who pioneered the use of time and motion studies to increase efficiency in industry
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Jeremy. 1613–67, English cleric, best known for his devotional manuals Holy Living (1650) and Holy Dying (1651)
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Zachary. 1784–1850, 12th president of the US (1849–50); hero of the Mexican War
Example Sentences
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Skydiving instructor Adam Harrison, 30, and Belinda Taylor, 48, died when their parachute failed to open at Dunkeswell on 13 June.
From BBC
A man who appeared in Taylor Swift's new music video said he had no idea who the global megastar was.
From BBC
"The people using these products are, in essence, becoming lab rats," Adam Taylor, professor of anatomy at Lancaster University, explains.
From BBC
He pointed to the spike in Polymarket odds that Taylor Swift would get engaged hours before the pop star’s official announcement.
From Barron's
Our long national nightmare is over: Paramount+ has gone more than a month without a Taylor Sheridan show, but that situation will be rectified in March with not one, but two, new Sheridan-produced shows.
From MarketWatch
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