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2. Joseph Miller Huston - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Miller Huston (February 23, 1866 – 1940) was an architect notable for designing the third (and current) Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. Construction started in 1902 of his Beaux-Arts design. He was one of five people convicted of graft in 1910 after a state investigation of cost overruns in association with construction and ...

3. Henepola Gunaratana - Wikipedia

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   ISBN 978-0-231-10868-3. One of these is Henepola Gunaratana, a Sri Lankan monk who leads the Bhavana Society, a practice center located in the Shenandoah Valley of West Virginia, based on Theravada monasticism but incorporating American adaptations. Born in Sri Lanka in 1927, Gunaratana was ordained at the age of twelve, trained as a novice for ...

4. Dhammananda Bhikkhuni - Wikipedia

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   Dhammananda Bhikkhuni (Thai: ธัมมนันทา; RTGS: Thammanantha), born Chatsumarn Kabilsingh (Thai: ฉัตรสุมาลย์ กบิลสิงห์; RTGS: Chatsuman Kabinsing) or Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Shatsena (Thai: ฉัตรสุมาลย์ กบิลสิงห์ ษัฏเสน; RTGS: Chatsuman Kabinsing Satsena; 6 October 1944), is a Thai ...

5. Queen Victoria - Wikipedia

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   Signature. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political ...

6. Maria Kaupas - Wikipedia

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   Died. 17 April 1940. (1940-04-17) (aged 60) Chicago, Illinois, United States. Maria Kaupas, SSC, (January 6, 1880 – April 17, 1940) was an American religious sister who founded the Sisters of Saint Casimir in the Catholic Church. [1] She was born Casimira Kaupas in Ramygala, Russian Empire. At the age of 17, she emigrated to the United States ...

7. Yifa - Wikipedia

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   www.woodenfish.org. Yifa ( Chinese: 依法, born 1959) is a Taiwanese scholar and writer and the founder of the organization, Woodenfish Foundation. She is a nun ordained in 1979 by Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist organization in Taiwan. Yifa holds a law degree from the National Taiwan University, a masters in comparative philosophy from the ...