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Jun 19, 2024 · John Brown, militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and subsequent execution made him an antislavery martyr and was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities that led to the American Civil War.
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Jun 14, 2024 · Robert Browning (born May 7, 1812, London—died Dec. 12, 1889, Venice) was a major English poet of the Victorian age, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue and psychological portraiture. His most noted work was The Ring and the Book (1868–69), the story of a Roman murder trial in 12 books.
Jun 25, 2024 · Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet whose reputation rests chiefly upon her love poems, ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ and ‘Aurora Leigh,’ the latter now considered an early feminist text. Her husband was Robert Browning. Learn more about her life and work.
2 days ago · The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning. While similar to Browning's M1919 Browning machine gun, which was chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, the M2 uses Browning's larger and more powerful .50 BMG (12.7
2 days ago · The history of the 1911 is well known. Developed by John Browning, the Colt 1911 and the .45 ACP cartridge developed to go with it were the result of the US Army needing a more powerful sidearm. The M1892 Colt Revolver chambered in .38 Long Colt in use at the turn of the 20th Century was not powerful enough to stop a determined opponent.
4 days ago · In office March 1649 – May 1660. Signature. John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
Jun 13, 2024 · His collection includes six guns that were not made by John Browning but had shortcomings that provided the basis of the inspirations for John Browning’s first patent, which was the 1878 Single Action Rifle.
