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~ youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
John Dalton
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~ English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
John Harvard
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~ American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)
John Donne
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~ English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
John Endicott
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~ born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)
John C. Fremont
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~ United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
John Ciardi
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~ United States poet and critic (1916-1986)
John Galsworthy
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~ English novelist (1867-1933)
John Cash
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~ United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)
John Davis
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~ English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
John Glenn
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~ made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)
John Bull
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~ a man of English descent
John Endecott
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~ born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)
John Churchill
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~ English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
John Foster Dulles
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~ United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)
John Jay
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~ United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
John Copley
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~ American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
John Deere
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~ United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)