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The talbot was a large, whitish hound with long hanging ears and heavy jaws bred for tacking and hunting. It is believed that the talbot was the forerunner of the modern bloodhound.
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Catherine Talbot was an English author. She was born in 1721 and died in 1770. She wrote ' Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week' as well as poems and essays.
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Charles Brockden Brown was the first American professional writer. He was born in 1771 at Philadelphia and died in 1810. He was destined for the law, but the term intended for preparatory legal study was principally occupied with literary pursuits. His novel Wieland, or the Transformation, was published in 1798; Ormond, or the Secret Witness, in 1799; and Arthur Mervyn in 1800. In the last-named work the ravages of the yellow fever, which the author had witnessed in New York and Philadelphia, are painted with terrific truth. He was originator of the Monthly Magazine and American Review (1799-1800). He also founded in 1805 the Literary Magazine and American Register, which he edited for five years. Among his other works are Clara Howard (1801) and Jane Talbot (1804).
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Matthew Talbot was an American politician. He was a Jeffersonian-Republican governor of Georgia during 1819.
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Ray H Talbot was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Colorado during 1937.
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Richard Talbot was an Irish soldier and the Earl of Tyrconnel. He was born in 1630 and died in 1691. The son of Sir William Talbot, an Irish politician, he belonged to a family settled in Ireland for over 400 years. After fighting in Ireland he left the country on the defeat of the royalist cause and for the next few years was serving the royal family. In 1660 he returned to England and was attached to James, duke of York, serving with the fleet. When James became king, Richard Talbot, in the full confidence of his master, was made commander-in-chief in Ireland where he had held a command since 1681, and was created earl of Tyrconnel. In 1691 he was created duke of Tyrconnel by James II, but the title was only recognised by the Jacobites. As lord deputy after 1687 he worked to secure Ireland for James, which he did by displacing as many Protestants as he could from both civil and military employment.
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Thomas Talbot was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1874 until 1875.
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William Henry Fox Talbot (Fox Talbot) was an English inventor. He was born in 1800 and died in 1877. Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge he became renowned as a mathematician and spent most of his time studying scientific matters and archaeology. In 1833 he made the discovery - that of the action of light upon paper impregnated with silver iodide or silver nitrate - on which photography rests and published his findings in 1839, calling the process calotype, also known as talbotype.
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Lyle Talbot is an actor. He was born in 1902.
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Ronald Lewis was a Welsh actor. He was born in 1928 at Port Talbot and died in 1982, committing suicide.
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