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sir charles george douglas, 1860–1943, canadian poet and novelist.
elizabeth madox
[mad-uh ks] /ˈmæd əks/ (show ipa), 1886–1941, u.s. poet and novelist.
frederick sleigh
[sley] /sleɪ/ (show ipa), earl (“bobs bahadur”) 1832–1914, british field marshal.
glenn (“fireball”) 1929–64, u.s. racing-car driver.
kenneth (lewis) 1885–1957, u.s. novelist and essayist.
oral, 1918–2009, u.s. evangelist.
owen josephus
[joh-see-fuh s] /dʒoʊˈsi fəs/ (show ipa), 1875–1955, u.s. jurist: -ssociate justice of the u.s. supreme court 1930–45.
richard john, born 1943, u.s. molecular biologist, born in england: n-bel prize 1993.
henry martyn
[mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (show ipa), 1837–1923, u.s. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of robert’s rules of order (1876, revised 1915).
a male given name: from germanic words meaning “glory” and “bright.”.
contemporary examples

adam winkler: the high court’s coming land mines adam winkler september 29, 2012
the man who made g-d his atm mich-lle goldberg december 18, 2009
street har-ssment shouldn’t be a crime lizzie crocker october 28, 2014
john roberts upholds obamacare and rises above partisanship howard kurtz june 27, 2012
obama’s tea party cousin takes credit for push against sebelius ben jacobs october 23, 2013

historical examples

a history of the inquisition of the middle ages; volume ii henry charles lea
the story of the mormons william alexander linn
valerie frederick marryat
the love of frank nineteen david carpenter knight
oh, you tex! william macleod raine

noun
frederick sleigh, 1st earl. 1832–1914, british field marshal. he was awarded the victoria cross (1858) for his service during the indian mutiny and was commander in chief (1899–1900) in the second boer war
julia. born 1967, us film actress; her films include pretty woman (1990), notting hill (1999), erin brockovich (2000), which earned her an academy award, and charlie wilson’s war (2007)

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