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Died in 1742
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Nicholas Amhurst |
Author |
16-Oct-1697 |
12-Apr-1742 |
The Craftsman |
| Nathan Bailey |
Lexicographer |
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27-Jun-1742 |
Dictionarium Britannicum |
| Richard Bentley |
Critic |
27-Jan-1662 |
14-Jul-1742 |
Reformed classical scholarship |
| Edmund Halley |
Astronomer |
8-Nov-1656 |
14-Jan-1742 |
Predicted return of Halley's Comet |
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