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Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a travel writer, newspaper editor, and, by some accounts, the first professional female journalist in the United States. Headstone of Anne Royall in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [7] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Anne Edwards (August 20, 1927 – January 20, 2024) was an American writer best known for her biographies, including those of celebrities such as Maria Callas, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Temple and royalty including Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Princess Diana and Countess Sonya Tolstoy.
Anne Wignall (1912–1982), English socialite and author; Anne Wilkinson (1910–1961), Canadian poet and writer; Anne Will (born 1966), German television journalist and host; Anne Willan (born 1938), English chef and writer; Anne Walsh Willer (1923–2017), American politician; Anne Wingate (1943–2021), American novelist
John Arbuthnot FRS (baptised 29 April 1667 – 27 February 1735), often known simply as Dr Arbuthnot, was a Scottish [1] physician, satirist and polymath in London.He is best remembered for his contributions to mathematics, his membership in the Scriblerus Club (where he inspired Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels book III and Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry ...
Between 1711 and 1714 he served as Lord High Treasurer, effectively Queen Anne's chief minister. He has been called a prime minister, [1] although it is generally accepted that the de facto first minister to be a prime minister was Robert Walpole in 1721.
She has also written about the Affair of the Poisons in Louis XIV's France, and a well-received biography of Queen Anne. [2] Lady Anne is the widow of the artist Matthew Carr and daughter of David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort. Her mother Caroline was the daughter of Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, and the author Daphne Fielding. [5]
Anne (centre) and her sister Mary (left) with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, painted by Peter Lely and Benedetto Gennari II. Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of the Duke of York (later King James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. [1]