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John Henry Challis (6 August 1806 – 28 February 1880) was an Anglo-Australian merchant, landowner and philanthropist, whose bequest to the University of Sydney allowed for the establishment of the Challis Professorships.

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John Henry Challis

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allowed for the establishment of the Challis Professorships. Challis was born in England, the son of John Henry Challis, sergeant in the 9th Regiment, and...

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John Challis

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John Spurley Challis (16 August 1942 – 17 September 2021) was an English actor. He had an extensive theatre and television career but is best known for...

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Challis Professorship

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The Challis Professorship are professorships at the University of Sydney named in honour of John Henry Challis, an Anglo-Australian merchant, landowner...

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Challis House

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Vernon, the NSW Government Architect, using funds from the Challis Bequest. John Henry Challis (1806–1880), an English born merchant and philanthropist...

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University of Sydney

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first woman to graduate with an MA in 1887. Most of the estate of John Henry Challis was bequeathed to the university, which received a sum of £200,000...

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Martin Place

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Martin Place include: Sydney Cenotaph, located between the GPO Building and Challis House, commemorates Anzac forces who served in World War I, as well as...

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List of Australian Club members

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Landowner Robert Campbell, Politician Hon Sir John Carrick AC KCMG Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy AC John Henry Challis, Benefactor University of Sydney General...

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List of people from Folkestone

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(Are You Being Served?); established Folkestone Repertory Theatre John Henry Challis (1809–1880) philanthropist Fred Cheesmur (1908–1987) association footballer...

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The Green Green Grass

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sequel/spin-off of the long-running sitcom Only Fools and Horses and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness, and Jack Doolan. Four series and three Christmas specials...

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John Lonyson

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single individual. Challis (1978), pp. 134–135 Cooper (2012), pp. 94–95 Challis (1978), p. 322 Martin 1892, pp. 24–25 Strype, John (1720). "TOWER of London...

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Henry Yule

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to the care of the Reverend James Challis, at Papworth Everard near Cambridge. The other resident pupils were John Neale and Harvey Goodwin. (Neale co-founded...

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Wigmore Abbey

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farmers.[citation needed] The ruins themselves were sold to British actor John Challis (best known as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses), who lived in the abbot's...

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William Montagu Manning

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were charging succession duty on the John Henry Challis estate on too high a scale. Manning's portrait by Sir John Watson Gordon, paid for by public subscription...

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Master of the Mint

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Retrieved 2012-07-15. Dictionary of National Biography [full citation needed] Challis 1992, p. 259. "New Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint". The Times. No. 36972...

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Discovery of Neptune

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communicated to Airy a few weeks later. Adams certainly gave Challis no detailed calculations and Challis was unimpressed by the description of his method of successively...

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Edward VI

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He collected globes and maps and, according to coinage historian C. E. Challis developed a grasp of monetary affairs that indicated a high intelligence...

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Joshua John Miller

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Joshua John Miller (born December 26, 1974) is an American actor, screenwriter, author, and director. Miller co-writes with his life partner M. A. Fortin;...

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Max Brand

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David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Henry Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost. He also wrote under his real name. As George Challis, Faust wrote...

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Groom of the Robes

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General Biographical Dictionary. "John Copynger". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-03-26. C. E. Challis, 'Sharington, Sir William (c...

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Robin Sachs

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Professor Castle (2012) – Announcer NCIS (2012) – MI5 Inspector Andrew Challis Number 10 (1983) – Sir Edward Hamilton An Unbending People (2011) – (voice)...

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