Shaftesbury
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of, 1671–1713, English moral philosopher (grandson of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury).
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of, 1801–85, English philanthropist.
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1st Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1621–83, English statesman, a major figure in the Whig opposition to Charles II
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7th Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1801–85, English evangelical churchman and social reformer. He promoted measures to improve conditions in mines (1842), factories (1833; 1847; 1850), and schools
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However, in 2004, The Drinker, a subversive take on Rodin's The Thinker, was taken from Shaftesbury Avenue before being returned a decade later.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
In 2004, a statue named The Drinker - a subversive take on Rodin's The Thinker - was installed on Shaftesbury Avenue, central London, before being stolen soon afterwards.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
The London parade began in Trafalgar Square before moving up Charing Cross Road to Shaftesbury Avenue and then into Chinatown.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
Karl Stewart, head teacher at Shaftesbury Junior School in Leicester, said his school's attendance rates were higher than average and but there was a "definite dip" in the two years after Covid.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025
The situation at the great Abbey of Shaftesbury was the same.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
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