John Dryden
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~ the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)
john
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~ a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
John Charles Fremont
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~ United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
John Jacob Astor
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~ United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848)
John Adams
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~ 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
John Chrysostom
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~ (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
John Barth
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~ United States novelist (born in 1930)
John Bunyan
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~ English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
John Burgoyne
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~ British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
John Huss
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~ Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
John Ford
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~ United States film maker (1896-1973)
John Cabot
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~ Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
John Amos Comenius
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~ Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)
John Bartlett
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~ United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)