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Name: John Wilkes
Birth Date: October 17, 1727
Death Date: December 26, 1797
Place of Birth: Clerkenwell, England
Place of Death: Rouen, France
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician

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Biography of John Wilkes
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As a focus and spokesman of radical discontent, the English politician John Wilkes (1727-1797) made an important contribution to the movement for parliamentary reform. John Wilkes was born on Oct. 17, 1727, at Clerkenwell. He entered Lincoln's Inn in...


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Born October 17, 1725London, EnglandDied December 26, 1797London, England Political leader, writer,...
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John Wilkes (17 October 1725–26 December 1797) was an English radical, journalist and politician. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of voters — rather than the House of Commons — to determine their...


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The Washington Post
Was It John Wilkes Booth?
09/03/1995: 608 words, approx. 2 pages
Michael W. Kauffman {Close to Home, Aug. 13} continues to muddy the waters in the John Wilkes Booth identification controversy, pointing to Dr. John Frederick May's sworn testimony on the Montauk. "I believe it to be {Booth's body} . . ." "Sir, I have...
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The Washington Post
Sic Semper John Wilkes Booth
04/10/2000: 771 words, approx. 3 pages
When James Judy--who plays John Wilkes Booth in "Reunion, a Musical Epic in Miniature"--comes down the steps on the Ford's Theatre stage, he feels "an instant waft of cold air--and a sense that someone, or some invisible presence, is watching from stage right." ...
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AP Features
Theater where Lincoln was shot closes
6/1/2007: 259 words, approx. 1 pages
Ford's Theatre, the site of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, will be mostly off-limits for visitors for the next year and a half while it undergoes renovations.The theater in northwest Washington is slated to get an $8.5 million upgrade. The improvements include the theater's first elevator,...
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Musical's lobby to have macabre display
8/31/2007: 376 words, approx. 1 pages
Call it theater of the macabre: A jar containing a small piece of tissue from the body of John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's killer, will be on display when the musical "Assassins" opens in Philadelphia.In fact, it will be a twin bill: theatergoers will...
 


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