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1 day ago · The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (OCHJS) is a recognised independent centre of the University of Oxford, England. Its research fellows teach on a variety of undergraduate and master's degrees in Oriental studies , and it publishes the Journal of Jewish Studies .
4 hours ago · Murder of Rachel McLean. Rachel Margaret McLean (1971–1991) was a British student at St. Hilda's College in Oxford, England, when she was murdered by her boyfriend, John Tanner, a day after she had refused his marriage proposal. In the aftermath, Tanner concocted ruses in an attempt to allay suspicion, and elaborated a series of lies in an ...
1 day ago · Sofia Danova (1879–1946), Bulgarian teacher and philanthropist, first Bulgarian woman to graduate in mathematics. Christine Darden (born 1942), American aeronautical engineer who researches sonic booms. Geraldine Claudette Darden (born 1936), one of the first African-American women to earn a PhD in mathematics.
1 day ago · A mythical enemy-incinerating kapa (barkcloth) cape, retold as a feather skirt in one telling, occurs in Hawaiian mythology. In the tradition regarding the hero ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, the hero's grandmother Moʻoinanea who is matriarch of the divine lizards (moʻo akua, or simply moʻo) gives him her severed tail, which transforms into a cape (or kapa lehu, i.e. tapa) that turns enemies into ...
1 day ago · Michael Howard. Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne CH PC KC (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) [1] is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary ...
4 hours ago · Website. queensu .ca. Queen's University at Kingston, [2] [11] [12] commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than 1,400 hectares (3,500 acres) of land throughout Ontario and owns Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England. [8]
1 day ago · Kenneth Henry Grange was born on 17 July 1929, in east London. [1] His mother, Hilda (née Long), was a machinist and his father, Harry, a policeman. [2] The family moved to Wembley, north London at the outbreak of the second world war, where his father was bomb disposal officer. Following the move, Grange changed schools from a fee-paying ...
