Richardson
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Henry Handel Henrietta Richardson Robertson, 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
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Henry Hobson 1838–86, U.S. architect.
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Jack (Carter), 1934–2012, U.S. playwright and novelist.
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Sir Owen Williams, 1879–1959, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1928.
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Sir Ralph (David), 1902–83, English actor.
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Samuel, 1689–1761, English novelist.
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Tony, 1928–91, English motion-picture and theatrical director.
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Walter Hart, 1880–1961, U.S. journalist.
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a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.
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Dorothy M ( iller ). 1873–1957, British novelist, a pioneer of stream-of-consciousness writing: author of the novel sequence Pilgrimage (14 vols, 1915–67)
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Henry Handel . pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson , 1870–1946, Australian novelist; author of the trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1917–29)
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Sir Owen Willans . 1879–1959, British physicist; a pioneer in the study of atomic physics: Nobel prize for physics 1928
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Sir Ralph ( David ). 1902–83, British stage and screen actor
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Samuel . 1689–1761, British novelist whose psychological insight and use of the epistolary form exerted a great influence on the development of the novel. His chief novels are Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747)
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In court, Debotte told jurors Richardson had been driving very fast and when she told him to slow down, his only response was to "smirk" and claim he was "a professional driver".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
It included instructions to say she had lent Richardson her bank card on the day before and had not seen him again until late on the day of the crash.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Jaime Hamilton KC, defending, explained while questioning witnesses that Richardson denied he knew the cyclist was under the car and denied he had got out of the vehicle on Wet Gate Lane.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Kim Richardson, who has lived in Middleton in Teesdale for more than 20 years, said "the price of oil has shot up, it's double what it was last year".
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Mrs. Richardson, of course, could not know all of this.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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