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  2. George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon - Wikipedia

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    George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, KG, GCSI, CIE, VD, PC (24 October 1827 – 9 July 1909), styled Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and known as the Earl of Ripon in 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician and Viceroy and Governor General of India who served in every Liberal cabinet between 1861 and 1908.

  3. F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich - Wikipedia

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    Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between 1827 and 1833 as The Viscount Goderich (pronounced / ˈ ɡ oʊ d r ɪ tʃ / GOH-dritch [1]), the name by which he is best known to history, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of ...

  4. Marquess of Ripon - Wikipedia

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    Marquess of Ripon, in the County of York, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1871 for the Liberal politician George Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon . [ 1 ]

  5. Ripon Millenary Festival - Wikipedia

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    Lord Ripon. On 4 January 1886, the Vicar of Trinity Church asked what the parish of Ripon had to look forward to on the millenary of the granting of a charter of incorporation to Ripon by King Alfred. By 26 February 1886, the Mayor received a request signed by leading figures in the town to convene a public meeting to discuss a celebration of ...

  6. History of physics - Wikipedia

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    This definition is basic to all classical physics. Einstein had the genius to question it, and found that it was incomplete. Instead, each "observer" necessarily makes use of his or her own scale of time, and for two observers in relative motion, their time-scales will differ. This induces a related effect on position measurements.

  7. Ilbert Bill - Wikipedia

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    An illustration published in The Graphic on 25 January 1884 depicting a meeting in the Bombay Town Hall in support of the bill. The Ilbert Bill was a bill introduced to the Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) of British India on 9 February 1883 which stipulated that non-white judges could oversee cases that had white plaintiffs or defendants.

  8. Charles Umpherston Aitchison - Wikipedia

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    After Aitchison's departure from the province both these questions were taken up by his successor, who received the support of Lord Ripon's government in dealing with them. The number of licensed opium shops was then reduced to one-third of those previously licensed, and the consumption of licit opium was reduced by two-fifths, involving a loss ...

  9. Timeline of fundamental physics discoveries - Wikipedia

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    This timeline lists significant discoveries in physics and the laws of nature, including experimental discoveries, theoretical proposals that were confirmed experimentally, and theories that have significantly influenced current thinking in modern physics. Such discoveries are often a multi-step, multi-person process.