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Born in Aldgate, London, bare-knuckled pugilist Daniel Mendoza was the first Jew in England to become heavyweight champion, a title that he defended twice before losing it to John Jackson on a ninth…
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Artist Unknown
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London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
ca. 1790
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Barry had joined the school three weeks earlier, at the start of the sixth form. There was a tradition at the school that any new boy would be ignored by everyone except the Christians for roughly a…
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William Sutcliffe
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Date:
1996