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British fencing writer known for The Use of the Broad Sword (Norwich, 1746), which relates Highland broadsword practice to the scimitar and illustrates cuts, guards and disarms.
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English clergyman, poet and royal chaplain. His late collection Sermons and Devotions, Old and New includes a Discourse of Duels; the life dates are approximate.
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English royal prince Thomas of Woodstock, son of Edward III, Duke of Gloucester and Lord High Constable of England. Active in military and political affairs under Richard II, he is the submitting authority associated with the ordinances for single combats before the king.
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British Army major, formerly associated with the War Department, credited with The Art of Attack and Defence covering fencing, bayonet, singlestick and boxing.
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Joint author statement for the 1808 two-volume Collection of Remarkable and Interesting Criminal Trials, including material on murder, assault and duelling. Their individual identities remain unresolved.
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Walter Calvert is represented in the reviewed catalogue records as author of “Duelling on the Stage — and Off” (1891). No additional biographical identity or secure life dates are asserted beyond these linked manifestations.
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British politician, collector, and author connected with the documentation of Indian and Oriental arms and armour. His handbook for the India Museum became an important reference work for the study of South Asian weaponry and military material culture, making him relevant to the broader arms-history side of the database.
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English poet associated with Oxfordshire. His verse dialogue Sword and Buckler, or Serving-Man’s Defence was printed in 1602 under the name William Bas.
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English jurist, judge and legal scholar whose Commentaries on the Laws of England became a foundational exposition of English common law. William Blackstone’s treatment includes the legal framework surrounding homicide and duelling.
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English mathematician, engineer, and artillery writer whose works occupy an important place in early modern practical military science. `The Arte of Shooting in Great Ordnaunce` is a key text in the bibliography for artillery and ordnance practice, linking mathematical reasoning, service experience, and early technical print culture.
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British soldier and writer, identified on the title page as a former private in the 10th Royal Hussars. He wrote military reminiscences and practical works including Duelling Days in the Army.
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English political philosopher, novelist and radical writer, best known for An Enquiry concerning Political Justice (1793).
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