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Lacey Baldwin Smith
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LOCATION: Wilmette, IL, United States
Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Author of Treason in Tudor England and others.
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United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The name Britain is sometimes used to…
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