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  2. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Wikipedia

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    Seringapatam. 1. 1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving ...

  3. Death and state funeral of the Duke of Wellington - Wikipedia

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    18 November 1852 (state funeral) Location. Walmer Castle, Kent (death) St Paul's Cathedral, London (state funeral) Burial. Crypt of St Paul's. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, died on 14 September 1852, aged 83. He was the commander of British forces and their allies in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo, which finally ...

  4. Walter Houghton - Wikipedia

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    Houghton was educated at Yale University, where he graduated in 1924 and was a member of Skull and Bones. [1] He taught at Harvard University before moving to Wellesley College in 1942. He remained at Wellesley until retirement in 1969. With his wife Esther he continued to work on the Wellesley Index: three volumes appeared before his death ...

  5. Military career of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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    Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was one of the leading British military and political figures of the 19th century. Often referred to solely as "The Duke of Wellington", he led a successful military career in the Indian subcontinent during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–99 ...

  6. List of last survivors of historical events - Wikipedia

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    Death Distinction Date ended Anas ibn Malik: 712 (aged c. 103) Last surviving companion of Muhammad: 8 June 632 Henry Bolingbroke: 20 March 1413 (aged 45) Last of the Lords Appellant: 1388 Sancho de Tovar: c. 1547 (aged 75–82) Last known witness to the Discovery of Brazil: 22 April 1500 Bastiano de' Rossi: 1627 (aged 70–71)

  7. Red Smith (sportswriter) - Wikipedia

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    Red Smith (sportswriter) Walter Wellesley " Red " Smith (September 25, 1905 – January 15, 1982) was an American sportswriter. Smith’s journalistic career spanned over five decades and his work influenced an entire generation of writers. In 1976, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Author David Halberstam called Smith "the ...

  8. David Ferry (poet) - Wikipedia

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    David Ferry (poet) David Russell Ferry (March 5, 1924 – November 5, 2023) was an American poet, translator, and educator. [1] He published eight collections of his poetry and a volume of literary criticism. He won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2012 collection Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations .

  9. The Wellesley Townsman - Wikipedia

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    The Wellesley Townsman is a paid weekly, local newspaper in Wellesley, Massachusetts. ... the paper famously misreported the cause of death in the obituary, giving ...

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