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  2. King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth - Wikipedia

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    In 1564, Elizabeth I granted the manor of Louth and some additional property to support the school. [1] Until 1964 King Edward's was a boys' school. In 1903 a girls' boarding school for 400 pupils was established nearby in Westgate House on Westgate, which became King Edward VI Girls' Grammar School.

  3. John Smith (explorer) - Wikipedia

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    John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author.Following his return to England from a life as a soldier of fortune and as a slave, [1] he played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century.

  4. Edward Smith (sea captain) - Wikipedia

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    Edward John Smith RD RNR (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British sea captain and naval officer. In 1880, he joined the White Star Line as an officer, beginning a long career in the British Merchant Navy .

  5. Gibson Island (Maryland) - Wikipedia

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    Captain John Smith sailed past it in his voyage up the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. Land grants began issue around the 1680s. Land grants began issue around the 1680s. In the early 1900s, W. Stuart Symington Jr. (1871–1926) [ 2 ] bought the island's land (including three existing island farms) with his brother Thomas, to develop the island into a ...

  6. John Smith (Virginia representative) - Wikipedia

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    Smith was born in 1750 at Shooter's Hill, near Locust Hill in Middlesex County in the Colony of Virginia to parents Captain John Smith (1715–1771) and Mary Jaquelin (1714–1764).

  7. Captain John Smith and Pocahontas - Wikipedia

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    Smith fights him and escapes out of the hut as it explodes. The ships arrive and the doctor sends Smith to rest aboard the ship. Smith leaves Jamestown to sail back to England, leaving Rolfe in charge. After telling his story, Smith leaves the court of King James I, having told his story. The films ends with the statue of Pocahontas in London.

  8. John Smith (flying ace) - Wikipedia

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    John Lucian Smith (December 26, 1914 – June 9, 1972) was an American Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Corps flying ace who, as commanding officer of VMF-223, shot down 19 Japanese planes in World War II and led his squadron to destroy a total of 83 enemy aircraft during the Solomon Islands campaign.

  9. The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the ...

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    1624 edition of John Smith's History of Bermuda, in concert with Virginia and New England. The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (often abbreviated to The Generall Historie) is a book written by Captain John Smith, first published in 1624.