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Knights of St John. Hospitallers.
Rhodes. <1000BC Minoan. Dorian. 5C BC Delian League. 43BC Rome alliance. 653 Saracen. 1309 Knights of St John. 1522 Turks. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece. c1C BC School of rhetoric.
St John, Henry. 1678-1751. British statesman, writer.
Adams, John. 1735-1826. Revolutionary, 2nd US president 1797-1801.
Adams, John C. 1819-92. English discoverer of Neptune, 1845.
Adams, John Q. 1767-1848. US President 1825-9. Abolitionist.
Alcock, John. 1892-1919. First non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919, with Brown.
Alden, John. c1599-1687. Pilgrim father. Married Priscilla Mullens.
André, John. 1750-80. British officer in American Revolution. Conspired with Benedict Arnold.
Angry Young Men. 1950s British writers. Irreverence for establishment. Amis, Wain, Osborne.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Appleseed, Johnny. (Chapman). 1774-1845. US nurseryman. Gave seedlings to pioneers.
Arthur I. 1187-1203. Duke of Brittany. Claimant to English throne. Defeated by John I.
Astor, John. 1763-1848. German/US fur magnate.
Audubon, John. 1785-1851. US ornitholigist, artist. Birds of America.
Baird, John. 1888-1946. Scot. Invented television 1926.
Ball, John. -1381. English priest. Led Peasants Revolt. Executed. Tyler.
Balliol, John. c1249-1315. King of Scotland 1292-6. Defeated, deposed by Edward I.
Bardeen, John. 1908-91. US developer of transistor 1948 with Shockley. . BCS superconductivity 1957.
Baroque Art. 1600-1750. Orig in Italy, spread across W. Europe. Architecture: Ornate style characterized by stucco, frescoes, rood screens. Vanbrugh. Bernini’s Barberini Palace. Music: Counterpoint vs Renaissance polyphony. Opera, cantata. Bach. Monteverdi. Vivaldi. Painting: Dynamic, emotional. Caravaggio. Reni. Rubens.Van Dyck. Rococo.
Bartlett, John. 1820-1905. US compiler of Familiar Quotations 1855.
Behaviourism. 1913. Actions are response to physical stimuli. Skinner. Watson. Pavlov.
Benét, Stephen. 1898-1943. US poet, writer. Devil and Daniel Webster 1937. John Brown’s Body 1928.
Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.
Biddle, John. 1615-62. Founded Unitarianism. 12 Arguments 1644.