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Thomas Twyne — (1543 1 August 1613 Lewes) was an Elizabethan translator and a physician of Lewes in Sussex, best known for completing Thomas Phaer s translation of Virgil s Aeneid into English verse after Phaer s death in 1560, and for his 1579 English… … Wikipedia
twynn — twyne, twynn(e obs. ff. twin … Useful english dictionary
twynne — twyne, twynn(e obs. ff. twin … Useful english dictionary
Tween — This interesting name is probably a variant of either Twin or Tweine , the former deriving from the old English pre 7th Century (ge)twinn , meaning two fold, double (medieval English twinn ) and was a name given to one of a pair of twin, the… … Surnames reference
Robert Brooke, Sr. — Robert Brooke, Sr. (1602–55) was a colonial Governor of Maryland. Early career Robert was born in Whitemarsh, Southampton on June 23, 1602, and matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford University on April 28, 1618. He received the degree of B.A.… … Wikipedia
Twine — This interesting surname of Anglo Saxon origin is a metonymic occupational name for a twiner, one who twines or twists thread, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century twin meaning thread, string . The surname dates back to the early 15th… … Surnames reference
Aeneid — For the group of nine Ancient Egyptian deities, see Ennead .Infobox Book name = Aeneid translator = image caption = Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 Galleria Borghese, Rome author = Virgil country = Roman Republic language =… … Wikipedia
Anthony Wood — or Anthony à Wood (17 December 1632 ndash; 28 November 1695) was an English antiquary.Early lifeHe was the fourth son of Thomas Wood (1580 1643), B.C.L. of Oxford, where Anthony was born. He was sent to New College school in 1641, and at the age… … Wikipedia
Goodwin Sands — The Goodwin Sands are a 10 mile long sand bank in the English Channel, lying six miles east of Deal in Kent, England. More than 2,000 ships are believed to have been wrecked upon them and as a result, they are marked by numerous lightships and… … Wikipedia
Dionysius Periegetes — (Διονύσιος ὁ Περιηγητής, literally Dionysius the Voyager or Traveller, often Latinized to Dionysius Periegeta) was the author of a description of the habitable world in Greek hexameter verse written in a terse and elegant style. His lifedates,… … Wikipedia
