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Born	Scotland
Died After	1384
Subjects Of Study	history of Scotland

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Scottish writer

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Walter Bower

Scottish historian

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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English politician and author

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Roman historian

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French illustrator

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English poet

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Portuguese historian

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French author and lawyer

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William Camden

British historian

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Greek Orthodox patriarch

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George Pachymeres

Byzantine scholar

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