Oglethorpe
Americannoun
noun
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Miles Oglethorpe, formerly of Historic Environment Scotland, is hopeful that advances in paint and steel-coating technology could bring down the cost of preservation and maintenance.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
"If you got one of these, you'd really made it as a shipyard," explained Miles Oglethorpe, former head of industrial heritage at Historic Environment Scotland.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Published this month by the University of Georgia Press, Thurmond’s book makes a case that Oglethorpe evolved to revile slavery and, unlike most white Europeans of his time, saw the humanity in enslaved Africans.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
Thurmond would grapple with questions raised by that visit for the next 27 years, compelled to take a closer look at Oglethorpe.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
I stepped portentously on to the path, a fragment of the original Appalachian Trail from the days when it passed here en route from Mount Oglethorpe to Springer.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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