Hughes

Hughes

1862-1948; U.S. statesman: chief justice of the U.S. (1930-41)
1905-75; U.S. businessman
1902-67; U.S. poet & writer
(born Edward James Hughes) 1930-98; Eng. poet: poet laureate (1984-98)

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A Welsh and English patronymic surname derived from the given name Hugh.
A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells.
A city in Alaska.
A city in Arkansas.
A town in Wisconsin.

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Yully Hughes stayed in her room, where her father told her to, not wanting to upset him.
English Puritans emigrated under the auspices of the Virginia Company to the Bermudas in 1612; and in 1617 a Presbyterian Church, governed by ministers and four elders, was established there by Lewis Hughes, who used the liturgy of the isles of Guernsey and Jersey.
Relay, Hughes, siphon recorder, &c.
Hughes in 1855.
In the Hughes instrument two trains of clockwork mechanism, one at each end of the line, are kept moving, at the same speed.

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