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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Arbuthnot
Britannica 11thARBUTHNOT, ALEXANDER (1538-1583), Scottish ecclesiastic and poet, educated at St Andrews and Bourges, was in 1569 elected principal of King's College, Aberdeen, which office he retained until his death. He played an active part in the stirring church politics ...
Vol. 2, pp. 339-340
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Arbos, Fernandez
Britannica 11th... Joachim. He became a professor at Hamburg and then at Madrid, becoming ARBOUR— ARBUTHNOT famous meanwhile a* one of the finest violinist* of the day; and after visiting England in 1890 and establishing his reputation there, he became professor at the Royal Co ...
Vol. 2, pp. 338-339
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Ark
Britannica 11th... Snellius computes the ark to have been above half an acre in area . . . and Dr Arbuthnot computes it to have been 8 1, 062 tuns . . . if we come to a calculation the number of species of animals will be found much less than is generally imagined, not amountin ...
Vol. 2, pp. 548-550
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