Southwell

British

/ ˈsaʊθwɛl /

noun

Saint Robert. ?1561–95, English poet and Roman Catholic martyr, who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed for his Jesuit activities. His best known poem is `The Burning Babe'

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Emily Southwell, 29, from London, spent two years in Bondi, Sydney, and described her first year as "unbelievably difficult".

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Southwell herself says she owns guns primarily for self defense and that she is seeing a dramatic increase in women wanting guns for the same reason.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

After fabricating the new implant, Cogan and Viventi teamed up with several Duke University Hospital neurosurgeons, including Derek Southwell, M.D.,

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023

Priscilla Southwell, a professor emerita of political science at the University of Oregon, said that the culture of finding common ground extended from the state’s congressional delegation down to communities and family dinner tables.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023

On the continent he avowed himself a Roman Catholic, married Elizabeth Southwell at Lyons, and entered the service of Cosimo II., grand-duke of Tuscany.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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