Mandeville
Americannoun
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Bernard de c1670–1733, English physician and satirist, born in Holland.
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Sir John, died 1372, English compiler of a book of travels.
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Bernard de. ?1670–1733, English author, born in Holland, noted for his satire The Fable of the Bees (1723)
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Sir John. 14th century, English author of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. The book claims to be an account of the author's journeys in the East but is largely a compilation from other works
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In 2024, he bought another L.A. dwelling—this one in Mandeville Canyon—for $2.3 million.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
A controversy arose when the City Council spent $2.4 million to help buy a 239-acre parcel from Boeckmann in Mandeville Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Craig Mandeville, an entrepreneur and longtime Jacksonville resident, has joined The June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
Mr Wood said Mr Masum was arrested in a car park near Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire three days after Ms Akter's death, following police appeals.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
She took with her the sampled box of Dutch cookies that had originally been intended for the patient at Mandeville.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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