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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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George Smith
Language; Encyclopedias

Assyriologist, born at London; trained as a bank-note engraver, but attracted the attention of Sir Henry Rawlinson by his interest in cuneiform inscriptions, and in 1867 received ...

St. Paul's School
Language; Encyclopedias

At West Kensington, London, a famous charity school founded by John Colet, dean of St. Paul's, for children of "every nation, country, and class"; originally stood in St. Paul's ...

Socrates
Language; Encyclopedias

Athenian philosopher, pronounced by the Delphic oracle the wisest of men; was the son of Sophroniscus, a statuary, and Phaenarete, a midwife; was brought up to his father's ...

Sophocles
Language; Encyclopedias

Athenian tragic poet, born at Colonos, a suburb of Athens; when but 16, such was his musical talent, he was selected to lead the choir that sang the song of triumph over the ...

Samuel Smiles
Language; Encyclopedias

Author of "Self-Help," born in Haddington; was bred to medicine, and professed it for a time, but abandoned it for literary and other work; wrote the "Life of George Stephenson" ...

John Skinner
Language; Encyclopedias

Author of "Tullochgorum," born in Bervie, Aberdeenshire; originally a schoolmaster; became an Episcopal clergyman (1721-1807).

Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Language; Encyclopedias

Author of a famous collection of stories after the style of Boccaccio's "Decameron," partly borrowed and partly genuine folk-stories, which ranks as an Italian classic, and has ...

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