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Aberhart, William. 1878-1943. Canadian Social Credit advocate.
Archduke. Hereditary title of Austrian Hapsburgs.
Beadle, George. 1903-89. US geneticist. Role of genes in heredity.
Bull, John. 1562-1628. English early keyboard composer. Often credited with God Save the Queen.
Caste System. Hereditary social division, esp. in Hindu India. Brahman. Kshatriyas. Vaisyas. Sudras. Untouchables.
Clarke, Arthur C. 1917-2008. British science fiction writer. Predicted geosynchronous satellites 1945. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968.
Count’s War. 1533-36. Danish war of succession. Confirmed Protestant Reformation and hereditary succession.
Crédit Mobilier of America. 1865-72. Scandal involving illegal profits, graft in Union Pacific Railroad construction.
Darwinism. Evolution by heredity, variety (mutation), and natural selection.
Douglas, Clifford. 1879-1952. English. Conceived Social Credit theory. Economic Democracy 1920.
Galton, Francis. 1822-1911. English founder of Eugenics. Hereditary Genius 1869.
Heredia, Jose de. 1842-1905. Cuban/French Parnassian poet.
Le Verrier, Urbain. 1811-77. French astronomer: predicted existence of Neptune by calculation, 1845.
Lotharingia. 843-870. Middle kingdom of split Carolingian Empire. Redivided.
Lowell, Percival. 1855-1916. US astronomer. Predicted Pluto 1905 (erroneously). PL of Pluto name after him. Studied Mars’ “canals” 1906. Schiaparelli.
Mendel, Gregor. 1822-84. Austrian abbot, botanist. Studied heredity. Genetics 1865.
Meredith, George. 1828-1909. English manners novelist. Intellectual, witty and poetic. Ordeal 1859. Egoist 1879. Dianna of the Crossways 1885.
Miller, William. 1782-1849. US founder of Adventists. Predicted Christ’s 2nd Coming for 1843.
New Hebrides. Melanesians, Polynesians. 1606 de Quiros discovers. 1768 Bougainville rediscovers. 1774 Cook charts. 1887 Joint French/English admin. 1980 -Vanuatu.
Newfoundland. Beothuk, Inuit. 10C Norse discover. 1497 Cabot rediscovers. 1583 Britain claims. 17-18C British, French dispute. 1713 British sovereignty recognized. 1855 Self-governing. 1934 Crown Colony. 1949 Canadian province.
Panama Scandal. 1892. Bribery of French Chamber of Deputies discovered re 1888 Lesseps Panama loan. Discredited Clemenceau’s radicals.
Pompeii. Destroyed 79 by Vesuvius eruption. Rediscovered 1592.
Redi, Francesco. 1626-97. Italian naturalist. Maggots from fly eggs, not spontaneous generation, 1668.
Reform Bills. England. 1832: Russell redistributes Parliamentary seats, enfranchises renters. 1867: Disraeli enfranchises workers in towns. 1884: Gladstone enfranchises agricultural workers. Representation of People Acts.
Renaissance Music. c16C. Freer, flexible polyphony; steady, predictable rhythm. Palestrina. Gabrieli. English madrigals.