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Sentence Examples In 2013, Oldman portrayed Nicholas Wyatt, a ruthless CEO, in Robert Luketic's Paranoia, along with Harrison Ford and Liam Hemsworth. Barrie, the epic adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson and the celebrated poet Robert Burns. Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade returned and began work in the summer of 2000 with the producers. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade began writing a screenplay at the end of February 2004, while Pierce Brosnan was still Bond. The script was written by Bond screenwriting regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, as well as John Logan. The paroled David attended this Parliament to present to Robert and the members of the Three Estates the conditions for his release. It starred Stephen Fry and Robert Hardy and was shot on location in Merseyside and on the Isle of Man. In June 2012 it was announced that Ritchie would direct an adaptation of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. In June 1651, Admiral Robert Blake recaptured the isles for the Parliamentarians. The best known of the Cavalier poets are Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Thomas Carew, and Sir John Suckling. For example, Robert Herrick was not a courtier, but his style marks him as a Cavalier poet. While Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the wife of Robert Browning she had established her reputation as a major poet before she met him. Gerard Manley Hopkins's Poems were posthumously published in 1918 by Robert Bridges. During the English Civil War, King Charles fled to the Isle of Wight, believing he would receive sympathy from the governor Robert Hammond. Media tycoon Robert Maxwell attempted to buy the club in 1984, but did not meet Edwards' asking price. It was first organised by the lawyer Robert Dover between 1612 and 1642, with several later celebrations leading up to the present day. In June 2003, the principal suspect in this bombing, Eric Robert Rudolph, was arrested. In 1829, his son Robert built in Newcastle The Rocket which was entered in and won the Rainhill Trials. Froch was trained by Robert McCracken and managed by Mick Hennessy earlier in his career, and later by Eddie Hearn. Enlightened industrialists, such as Robert Owen also supported these organisations to improve the conditions of the working class. Show More Sentences In 1975, Robert Opron was named chief designer and Renault Styling was divided into Interior, Exterior and Advanced Design groups. Rebuilding took over ten years and was supervised by Robert Hooke as Surveyor of London. In London Balfour commissioned the first official report into the matter in early 1918, under the initiative of Lord Robert Cecil. It remained in English hands until 1313, when Robert Bruce took it after besieging Castle Rushen for five weeks. The latter, designed by Robert Adam, influenced the architectural style of the New Town into the early 19th century. The name Newcastle comes from the new castle built shortly after their conquest in 1080 by Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son. Notable Irish explorers include Brendan the Navigator, Robert McClure, Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean. According to Robert of Torigni, Henry discussed plans to invade Ireland and grant it to his brother William. He promised Robert and Maurice the town of Wexford and two neighbouring cantreds. He granted the kingdom of Thomond to Philip de Braose and granted Desmond to Robert FitzStephen and Miles de Cogan. He died at his castle in Avoch in 1338 and Robert resumed the Guardianship. After Robert the Bruce's death, King David II was too young to rule, so the guardianship was assumed by Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray. So, in just nine years, the kingdom so hard won by Robert the Bruce had been shattered and had recovered. The others were a letter from the King of Scots, Robert I, and a letter from four Scottish bishops which all presumably made similar points. In 1326, Robert the Bruce renewed the alliance, with the Treaty of Corbeil. Under Robert I in 1318, a parliament at Scone enacted a code of law that drew upon older practices. Part of the reason for Robert I's success in the Wars of Independence was his ability to call on naval forces from the Islands. His earldom passed to his eldest son Robert who was in turn succeeded by his only son George. After the establishment of Scottish independence, Robert I turned his attention to building up a Scottish naval capacity. Monarchs such as James IV were known for sponsoring exponents of the Northern Renaissance such as the poet Robert Henryson, and others. Show More Sentences The only government casualty of high rank was Lord Robert Kerr, the son of William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian. The manuscript has many annotations and interlineations, some made by the original scribe and some by later scribes, including Robert Talbot. All three were united in opposing Sir Robert Filmer's defence of divine right and absolute monarchy. In 1834, the Welsh socialist Robert Owen established the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union. Sir Robert Grant directed his attention to establishing a systematic institution in Bombay for imparting medical knowledge to the natives. They were rebound twice in the 19th century, in 1819 and 1869, on the second occasion by the binder Robert Riviere. Disraeli sent the successful expedition against Tewodros II of Ethiopia under Sir Robert Napier. In 1080, William sent his son Robert Curthose north with an army while his brother Odo punished the Northumbrians. Early German cinema was particularly influential with German expressionists such as Robert Wiene and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. A new organisation, the German Labour Front, was created and placed under NSDAP functionary Robert Ley. The first Polish Formula One driver, Robert Kubica, has brought awareness of Formula One racing to Poland. It also starred Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer and Robert Shaw as Squadron Leaders. In May 1334 David escaped to France leaving Robert and John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray as joint Guardians of the kingdom. The threat was enough to bring the English king back from Normandy, where he had been fighting Robert Curthose. In 1789 Robert Ransome, an iron founder in Ipswich started casting ploughshares in a disused malting at St Margaret's Ditches. David II was the elder and only surviving son of Robert I of Scotland and his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh. Mr. Robert Farquhar paid the town's people in old mitey meal for his soldiers entertainment, who had continued there a long time. United States Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was taken into custody and charged with sixteen counts of premeditated murder. Iqbal Singh, the owner of Vacsay, has also expressed wishes to rename it after Robert Burns. Shortly King Robert returned to Scotland and management of his own kingdom, but promised more aid and more volunteers to help his brother. Show More Sentences Stonehaven was the birthplace of Robert William Thomson, inventor of the pneumatic tyre and the fountain pen. In 1992, university status was awarded and it became Robert Gordon University. Andrew Street campus being sold to Robert Gordon's College, and the building now functions as the school's Science and Technology Centre. Both are now part of Robert Gordon University and are based at its Garthdee campus. Edward repudiated Edith and sent her to a nunnery, perhaps because she was childless, and Archbishop Robert urged her divorce. The castellan of York, Robert fitzRichard, was defeated and killed, and the rebels besieged the Norman castle at York. King George I called on Robert Walpole, well known for his political and financial acumen, to handle the emergency. Leaving Robert of Mortain in charge of Lincolnshire, he turned west and defeated the Mercian rebels in battle at Stafford. The pioneering work of Robert Owen, a Welsh radical, at New Lanark in Scotland, is sometimes credited as being the birth of British Socialism. On 27 February 2005, a demonstration against the murder of Robert McCartney on 30 January 2005 was held in East Belfast. Bush and Senator Edward Kennedy refused to meet Gerry Adams while meeting the family of Robert McCartney. However, the debate prior to the vote mainly surrounded the more recent events connected with the murder of Robert McCartney. William was the son of the unmarried Robert I, Duke of Normandy, by Robert's mistress Herleva. In two studies Robert Putnam established links between social capital and economic inequality. Among them were the astronomer Tycho Brahe, the chemical physician Paracelsus, Robert Boyle, Thomas Browne and Isaac Newton. He was the only son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, son of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. By 1031 Robert had gathered considerable support from noblemen, many of whom would become prominent during William's life. After his accession, Robert continued Norman support for the English princes Edward and Alfred, who were still in exile in northern France. By 1850 Robert had been involved in the construction of a third of the country's railway system. Known to Robert as Aunt Nelly, Eleanor had been engaged to be married before travelling to London to work in domestic service. Show More Sentences On 18 June 1824 Robert had set sail on the Sir William Congreve from Liverpool for Colombia with a contract for three years. There are indications that Robert may have been briefly betrothed to a daughter of King Cnut, but no marriage took place. As well as working at the locomotive works, Robert was also surveying routes for railways and advised on a tunnel under the River Mersey. So many orders for locomotives were received that Robert proposed in 1831 to open a second locomotive works. However, Robert would be at home on Sundays attending church and spending time with his wife. After Robert had moved to London, William Hutchinson filled the gap with his design and technical skills at the locomotive works in Newcastle. In August 1841 Robert himself was made Knight of the Order of Leopold for his improvements to locomotive engines. Her wish was that Robert remarry and have children, but he stayed single for the rest of his life. Her funeral was on 11 October, and Robert returned to work the following day, although he was to visit to her grave for many years. In August 1852 Robert travelled to Canada to advise the Grand Trunk Railway on crossing the St Lawrence River at Montreal. In 1855 Robert was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honour by the Emperor of France. In late 1858 Robert sailed with some friends to Alexandria, where he stayed on board Titania or at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo. As Robert landed in Suffolk, Brunel was already seriously ill following a stroke and died the following day. The Stephenson Railway Museum in North Shields is named after George and Robert Stephenson. It is unclear if William would have been supplanted in the ducal succession if Robert had had a legitimate son. In 1808, Trevithick entered a partnership with Robert Dickinson, a West India merchant. It was designed by Robert Matheson, the Clerk of Works at the Office of Her Majesty's Works in Scotland. Queen Elizabeth I's intimate and former suitor, Robert Dudley, was given the Earldom of Leicester. Edward fought alongside Robert throughout his struggle for the Scottish throne, including his desperate period on the run and as a guerrilla. Writers of the period were Robert Sempill, Robert Sempill the younger, Francis Sempill, Lady Wardlaw and Lady Grizel Baillie. Show More Sentences Other contemporaries were Douglas Young, John Buchan, Sidney Goodsir Smith, Robert Garioch, Edith Anne Robertson and Robert McLellan. Among other Scottish poets published in Ulster were James Hogg and Robert Tannahill. He noted that the work owed much to Robert Bolt's Flowering Cherry and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. In 1462, Malory settled his estate on his son Robert and, in 1466 or 1467, Robert fathered a son named Nicholas, who was Malory's ultimate heir. He also allowed his son Robert Curthose to do homage to the new Count of Anjou, Geoffrey the Bearded. But after he was killed in February 1071 at the Battle of Cassel, Robert became count. Edward was one of five sons of Robert de Brus, jure uxoris Earl of Carrick and Marjorie, Countess of Carrick. For others, such as art critic Robert Hughes, postmodernism represents an extension of modernism. Maugham's father, Robert Ormond Maugham, was a lawyer who handled the legal affairs of the British embassy in Paris. Included among them was Robert of Belleme, William de Breteuil, and Roger, the son of Richard fitzGilbert. He mentioned also Schopenhauer, Robert Graves's book The White Goddess and The Tibetan Book of the Dead. William was unhorsed by Robert and was only saved from death by an Englishman. By 1304 Scotland had been conquered, but in 1306 Robert the Bruce seized the Scottish throne and the war was reopened. He cowrote the script for Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf with Roger Avary, a collaboration that has proved productive for both writers. He led the trend for pastoral poetry, helping to develop the Habbie stanza, which would be later be used by Robert Burns as a poetic form. Some writers that emerged after the Second World War followed MacDiarmid by writing in Scots, including Robert Garioch and Sydney Goodsir Smith. In 1926, Robert John Tillyard wrote a predominantly supportive review of Doyle's book The History of Spiritualism in the journal Nature. He became a voracious reader, and was fond of Penny Dreadfuls and the works of Robert Michael Ballantyne and James Fenimore Cooper. He had a long correspondence with fellow Scot Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived in Samoa at the time, but the two never met in person. Barrie befriended Africa explorer Joseph Thomson and Antarctica explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Show More Sentences William departed Normandy in July 1080, and in the autumn William's son Robert was sent on a campaign against the Scots. In 1968, Robert Hughes arranged a number of Stevenson's works for chamber orchestra, which toured the Pacific Northwest that year. In 2011, Robert Louis Stevenson's open letter defending Father Damien from Rev. More difficulties struck in 1083, when William's eldest son Robert rebelled once more with support from the French king. On 31 July 1786 John Wilson published the volume of works by Robert Burns, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect. His direct literary influences in the use of Scots in poetry were Allan Ramsay and Robert Fergusson. Burns had a significant influence on Alexander McLachlan and some influence on Robert Service. Scottish Canadians have embraced Robert Burns as a kind of patron poet and mark his birthday with festivities. The immediate consequence of William's death was a war between his sons Robert and William over control of England and Normandy. Organisations include the Robert Burns Fellowship of the University of Otago in New Zealand, and the Burns Club Atlanta in the United States. It now hosts an annual Robert Burns Scottish Festival in celebration of the statue and its history. This attempt failed, and his army was defeated in a pitched battle by a smaller army commanded by the King of Scots, Robert the Bruce. Before his departure, he named two of his Norman generals, Richard de Camville and Robert de Thornham, as governors of Cyprus. Geologist Robert Harkness was schooled in Dumfries and subsequently resided in the town. In 1141 Stephen was captured at the Battle of Lincoln and later exchanged for Robert who had also been captured. Wallace was defeated at the Battle of Falkirk, after which Robert the Bruce rebelled and was crowned king of Scotland. Louis organised a coalition against Henry, including Stephen, Eustace, Henry the Count of Champagne, and Robert the Count of Perche. In 1139, Robert and Matilda crossed the channel and arrived in England while Geoffrey kept the pressure on Normandy. At Winchester, Robert of Gloucester was captured while covering Matilda's retreat so Matilda freed Stephen in exchange for Robert. In July 1152, Capetian troops attacked Aquitaine while Louis, Eustace, Henry of Champagne, and Robert attacked Normandy. Show More Sentences Legend, possibly apocryphal, says Robert the Bruce called Comyn to a meeting, stabbed him and rushed out to tell Roger de Kirkpatrick. His father, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, was grandfather to Euphemia II, Countess of Ross and persuaded her to resign her rights to his son. On 10 February 1306 Robert the Bruce participated in the killing of John Comyn before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries. In Edward's absence, the country was governed by a royal council, led by Robert Burnell. Even though as many as fourteen claimants put forward their claims to the title, the real contest was between John Balliol and Robert de Brus. Soon after the defeat, John Comyn and Robert the Bruce were named as joint Guardians of the Realm in place of Wallace. At the time, the archbishopric of Canterbury was vacant, since Robert Winchelsey was in Italy to receive consecration. He is best known for having been stabbed to death by Robert the Bruce before the altar at the church of the Greyfriars at Dumfries. Sir Robert de Crull was the last to fill this position during Edward III's reign and would have the longest tenure in this position. A 1929 statue of Robert the Bruce is set in the wall of Stirling Castle at the entrance, along with one of William Wallace. Clair of Rosslyn and the brothers Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig and Sir Walter Logan, were welcomed cordially by King Alfonso. Before Cardross became habitable in 1327, Robert I's main residence had been Scone Abbey. It was to be here that Robert would build the manor house that would serve as his favoured residence during the final years of his reign. In 1325 Robert I exchanged lands at Cardross for those of Old Montrose in Angus with Sir David Graham. The reign of Robert Bruce also included some significant diplomatic achievements. Skirmishing between the two sides broke out, resulting in the death of Sir Henry de Bohun, whom Robert killed in personal combat. Some 20,000 to 40,000 rebels were led by Robert Aske, together with parts of the northern nobility. In the spring of 1559, it became evident that Elizabeth was in love with her childhood friend Robert Dudley. The royal robes and vestments that Robert Wishart had hidden from the English were brought out by the Bishop and set upon King Robert. In 1563 Elizabeth proposed her own suitor, Robert Dudley, as a husband for Mary, without asking either of the two people concerned. Show More Sentences The expedition was led by her former suitor, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. In July, Elizabeth sent out another force under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, to help Henry IV in besieging Rouen. In spring 1599, Elizabeth sent Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, to put the revolt down. Finance Director Robert Law added that even if Camden laid off all of its civilian employees, it would still be millions in the hole. His political mantle passed to his son, Robert Cecil, who soon became the leader of the government. For example, an Anglican chaplain, Robert Wolfall, with Martin Frobisher's Arctic expedition celebrated the Eucharist in 1578 in Frobisher Bay. No records have ever been found in England stating that King Edward had any knowledge of treachery by Robert Bruce before his acts against Comyn. Robert the Stewart was a grandson of Robert I by the latter's daughter, Marjorie. His natural son Robert led an unsuccessful rebellion against James, and the Earl and his son were hanged. For this reason King Edward of England wrote to the Pope and asked for his excommunication of Robert Bruce. It was first printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker and was the third translation into English approved by the English Church authorities. He was replaced around 1600 by Robert Armin, who played roles such as Touchstone in As You Like It and the fool in King Lear. He was succeeded by Robert Bruce and John Comyn as joint Guardians, but they could not see past their personal differences. Cromwell was born in Huntingdon on 25 April 1599 to Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward. Cromwell's father Robert was of modest means but still a part of the gentry class. As a younger son with many siblings, Robert inherited only a house at Huntingdon and a small amount of land. The next time Carlisle was besieged, in 1315, Robert the Bruce would be leading the attack. Apart from Wren and Evelyn, it is known that Robert Hooke, Valentine Knight, and Richard Newcourt proposed rebuilding plans. The Lord Brouncker, Mr Boyle, Mr Bruce, Sir Robert Moray, Sir Paule Neile, Dr Wilkins, Dr Goddard, Dr Petty, Mr Ball, Mr Rooke, Mr Wren, Mr Hill. At some point in early 1296, Robert married his first wife, Isabella of Mar, the daughter of Domhnall I, Earl of Mar and his wife Helen. Show More Sentences Additionally, Jacobitism became the subject of romantic poetry and literature, notably the work of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott. It is also around this time that Robert would have been knighted, and he began to appear on the political stage in the Bruce dynastic interest. Chambers was appointed architectural tutor to the Prince of Wales, later George III, and in 1766, with Robert Adam, as Architect to the King. Rolt and Robert Aickman has helped revive interest in the UK's canals to the point where they are a major leisure destination. By the end of 1827 the company had also bought Chittaprat from Robert Wilson and Experiment from Stephenson. Piccadilly Gardens has monuments dedicated to Queen Victoria, Robert Peel, James Watt and the Duke of Wellington. Nelson's aunt, Alice Nelson was the wife of Reverend Robert Rolfe, Rector of Hilborough, Norfolk and grandmother of Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe. After making repairs, Nelson and Agamemnon sailed again on 26 October, bound for Tunis with a squadron under Commodore Robert Linzee. Wellington was gradually superseded as leader of the Tories by Robert Peel, while the party evolved into the Conservatives. However, as growing noble youths, outdoor pursuits and great events would also have held a strong fascination for Robert and his brothers. As king, Robert certainly commissioned verse to commemorate Bannockburn and his subjects' military deeds. His mother was by all accounts a formidable woman who, legend would have it, kept Robert Bruce's father captive until he agreed to marry her. Faced with a large army led by Henry de Percy and Robert de Clifford, they entered negotiations in June. It remained in the king's hands until 1312 when Robert the Bruce granted the earldom of Moray to his nephew, Thomas Randolph. Amongst its leaders were James, the High Steward of Scotland and Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow. David II died childless in 1371 and was succeeded by his nephew Robert II of the House of Stuart. The reigns of both Robert II and his successor, Robert III, were marked by a general decline in royal power. Despite Scone's decline throughout the late medieval period, it some considerable fame for musical excellence through the composer Robert Carver. In 1834, William dismissed the Whig Prime Minister, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, and appointed a Tory, Sir Robert Peel. This was when, on the death of Robert III in 1406, his heir, who became James I, was a prisoner in England. Show More Sentences Walter and Robert were named as foresters of Exmoor when they witnessed an early 13th century grant to Forde Abbey. When Robert Hooke criticised some of Newton's ideas, Newton was so offended that he withdrew from public debate. Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on 12 February 1809, at his family's home, The Mount. Instruction began under the charge of another St Andrews graduate Robert Rollock. Mar died suspiciously in 1480 and his estates were forfeited and possibly given to a royal favourite, Robert Cochrane. While Robert and Thomas were out of the country in 1469 the king asserted his control, executing members of the Boyd family. Hooke's reputation was revived during the twentieth century through studies of Robert Gunther and Margaret 'Espinasse. Hooke's diaries also make frequent reference to meetings at coffeehouses and taverns, and to dinners with Robert Boyle. However, in Germany, Hermann Helmholtz became aware both of Joule's work and the similar 1842 work of Julius Robert von Mayer. They were defeated by forces under Robert I at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, securing de facto independence. Four years later he took over Hall's Academy in Waddington, outside Lincoln, following the death of Robert Hall. Less than seven weeks later, on 25 March Bruce was crowned as king Robert I at Scone. After only two years of preparation under his coach, Robert Alfred Herman, Hardy was fourth in the Mathematics Tripos examination. Rivals John Comyn and Robert the Bruce, grandson of the claimant Robert Bruce of Annandale, were appointed as joint guardians in Wallace's place. Published editions of medieval poetry by John Barbour and Robert Henryson and the plays of David Lyndsay all gained a new audience. It seems that the idea came to Papin whilst working with Robert Boyle at the Royal Society in London. He was the second child of Robert and Mabel Stephenson, neither of whom could read or write. The bard of Scotland Robert Burns' 1785 poem Halloween is recited by Scots at Halloween, and Burns was influenced by Mayne's composition. It was due to this, in their future dealings with Parliament, that it became clear that the authorities preferred Robert to his father. It was set up as Robert Stephenson and Company, and George's son Robert was the managing director. Show More Sentences Charles Lawrence was the Chairman, Lister Ellis, Robert Gladstone, John Moss and Joseph Sandars were the Deputy Chairmen. It was revived after union with England in 1707 by figures including Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson and James Macpherson. It was found impossible to drain the bog at Chat Moss, and one of the men on the site, Robert Stannard suggested timber in a herring bone layout. The English army under command of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester was of no real benefit to the Dutch rebellion. Proposed from 1844, the supporting and surveying engineers were George and Robert Stephenson. This myth is construed by Robert Graves and others as reflecting a clash between the inhabitants during Mycenaean times and newer immigrants. In more recent years, notable athletes have included Ron Delany, Mary Peters, John Treacy, Eamonn Coghlan, Sonia O'Sullivan and Robert Heffernan. In 1720, he married Margaret Douglas, daughter of the landed Robert Douglas of Strathendry, also in Fife. The current Organist and Director of Music of the Minster is Robert Sharpe. Colonel Robert Gibbon, the governor, complained that he gave more trouble than ten cavaliers. Meanwhile, Anselm publicly supported Henry against the claims and threatened invasion of his brother Robert Curthose. John's elder brother Robert Lilburne also later became active in the Parliamentary cause, but seems not to have shared John's Leveller beliefs. It was the 118th engine from the locomotive works of Robert Stephenson and stood under patent protection. One of its ministers, Robert McEvoy, is secretary of an evangelical and creationist pressure group, the Caleb Foundation. He was born in rooms at the University of Glasgow He was from an academic family, his younger brother being Robert Hamilton, the economist. He covers over forty scientists, with special attention paid to Francis Bacon, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton. The expressionistic gesture and the act of painting itself, became of primary importance to Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, and Franz Kline. The film was Robert De Niro's first motion picture, and the first film in the United States to appeal an X rating. The original King's College London Chapel was designed by Sir Robert Smirke and was completed in 1831 as part of the King's building. Sir Robert Smirke's design of King's was sympathetic to that of Somerset House which is situated adjacent to the Strand Campus. Show More Sentences An early description of Castlerigg stone circle can be found in the 1843 book The Wonders of the World in Nature, Art and Mind, by Robert Sears. The artists were Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. In 1214, while the king was at Windsor Castle, Robert Fitzwalter led an army into London and laid siege to the Tower. In the early 17th century, Robert Smythson was commissioned to draw a plan of the castle before any changes were made. Two important painters in the establishment of America's pop art vocabulary were Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. Through Rossetti, Morris came to associate with poet Robert Browning, and the artists Arthur Hughes, Thomas Woolner, and Ford Madox Brown. On a trip to Europe, circa 1820, he met the Irish physician Robert James Graves. Other prominent architects of the early Georgian period include James Paine, Robert Taylor, and John Wood, the Elder. Over 1981 and 1982, Summers recorded his first album with Robert Fripp, I Advance Masked. There is no evidence however that this Robert Hood, although an outlaw, was also a bandit. The church was built in the late eleventh century by Robert de Lacy, the 2nd Baron of Pontefract. Clapton stated blues musician Robert Johnson to be his single most important influence. In Robert de Boron's Merlin, Arthur obtained the British throne by pulling a sword from a stone. Several decades later, the poet Robert de Boron retold this material in his poem Merlin. His parents, Robert Rookwood and Dorothea Drury, were wealthy landowners, and had educated their son at a Jesuit school near Calais. Collaborators included George Harrison, Phil Collins, Daryl Hall, Chaka Khan, Mick Jones, David Sanborn and Robert Cray. In September 1998, Bowie launched an Internet service provider, BowieNet, developed in conjunction with Robert Goodale and Ron Roy. In February 1737 though, he spent the night at Puckeridge, with his wife, her maid and a man called Robert Nott. During a ferocious battle, Teach and several of his crew were killed by a small force of sailors led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard. The author Robert Lee speculated that Teach may therefore have been born into a respectable, wealthy family. Show More Sentences The album's hard rock edge included conspicuous guitar contributions from Robert Fripp, Chuck Hammer and Pete Townshend. Lieutenant Robert Maynard of HMS Pearl was given command of two commandeered sloops, to approach the town from the sea. Another member of the close circle around the king was Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, who in this period emerged as the king's favourite. He also secured a legal ruling from Chief Justice Robert Tresilian that parliament's conduct had been unlawful and treasonable. Sir Robert Cotton pasted a cutting from the Breviary of Margaret of York on folio 160 verso. By 1599 it was the possession of Sir Robert Cotton, who signed it on folio 12 recto. The young Robert Hooke came to London to follow an apprenticeship with Lely before being given a place at Westminster School by Richard Busby. David Robert Jones was born on 8 January 1947 in Brixton, South London, England. The Norwich Society of Artists was founded in 1803 by John Crome and Robert Ladbrooke as a club where artists could meet to exchange ideas. That Robert took personal pleasure in such learning and leisure is suggested in a number of ways. In 1974, Oldfield played guitar on the critically acclaimed album Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt. His last major works, including a large version of The Light of the World, were completed with the help of his assistant, Edward Robert Hughes. Jane Morris was also photographed by John Robert Parsons, whose photographs were painted by Rossetti. Man and Superman, completed in 1902, was a success both at the Royal Court in 1905 and in Robert Loraine's New York production in the same year. These included Laurence Nowell, Matthew Parker, Robert Bruce Cotton and Humfrey Wanley. Many private antiquarians and book collectors, such as Sir Robert Cotton, used their own library classification systems. The main poets of this Scottish group were Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas. This led Easton and others including Robert Steele to argue that the text spurred Bacon's own transformation into an experimentalist. His father, Robert Owen, was a coal miner, while his mother belonged to the family of Thomas Edwards, poet and writer. Chambers suggested Polonius's advice to Laertes may have echoed Burghley's to his son Robert Cecil. Show More Sentences His mother was the eldest daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and the sister of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Eddi Reader has released two albums, Sings the Songs of Robert Burns and The Songs of Robert Burns Deluxe Edition, about the work of the poet. Bacon soon became acquainted with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth's favourite. Similarly Robert Boyle, a prominent advocate of the experimental method, held that we have innate ideas. In 1974, Daniel Minoli and Robert Bear described a number of properties of hyperperfect numbers. Aphra Behn, Matthew Prior, and Robert Gould, by contrast, were outsiders who were profoundly royalist. If Behn is a curious exception to the rule of noble verse, Robert Gould breaks that rule altogether. According to historian Robert Middlekauff, Common Sense became immensely popular mainly because Paine appealed to widespread convictions. Grant seriously called into question the dependability of Froissart's writings as an effective source for Robert II's reign. If one man could be said to be responsible for the creation of the Russian bogy, it was a much-decorated British general named Sir Robert Wilson. John Fenwick was apprenticed on 31 May 1612 to Robert Bewick of Newcastle upon Tyne, boothman. However, Robert Charles Dallas in his Recollections states that Byron was born in Dover. His poetry was set to music by many Romantic composers, including Mendelssohn, Carl Loewe, and Robert Schumann. Landmark Keats biographers since include Sidney Colvin, Robert Gittings, Walter Jackson Bate and Andrew Motion. In March, Robert returned to Dundonald Castle in Ayrshire where he died on 19 April and was buried at Scone on 25 April. The wife of Saher was Margaret sister and coheir of Robert Earl of Leicester, whose seal exhibits a cinqfoil. Following the death of Robert Southey in 1843 Wordsworth became Poet Laureate. While not specifically mentioning Hobbes, he attacks Sir Robert Filmer who had the same definition. She is a high priestess of the Church of the SubGenius, a devotee of the music of Tom Waits and Robert Smith, and of goth and cyber subcultures. In 1937, Belloc was invited to be a visiting professor at Fordham University by university president Robert Gannon. Find more words! 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