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English antiquary, author, poet and civic figure associated with Canterbury. John Brent investigated Kentish archaeology and served as honorary curator of Canterbury Museum, whose antiquities he catalogued in 1875.
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Scottish Episcopal clergyman, theologian and controversialist. John Cockburn published religious and political works, including the anti-duelling treatise The History and Examination of Duels in London in 1720.
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English clergyman and writer on law, morality, and social discipline. His 1729 survey of ancient laws includes duelling among the offences treated.
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British cavalry major-general who devised the 1796 sword exercise and later helped found the Royal Military College.
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Scottish Catholic prelate, rector of the Royal Scots College at Valladolid and author of Reflections on Duelling and on the Most Effectual Means of Preventing It (1790).
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British army captain and martial writer best known for `A Treatise upon the Useful Science of Defence`. His work is especially important because it links smallsword, backsword, and boxing within a single analytical framework, preserving valuable observations on practice, timing, measure, and the fighting culture of eighteenth-century Britain.
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British fencing master and former member of the 2nd Life Guards, author of the illustrated 1880 manual Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre and Bayonet, and Sword Feats.
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English clergyman, author, compiler, publisher and medical empiric who produced practical works on conduct, language, history, law, health and domestic life. John Trusler’s A System of Etiquette included observations on prudence and duelling.
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English antiquary and numismatist who founded and edited the Numismatic Journal and served as secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His historical interests also included the origin and development of the bayonet.
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English merchant, traveller, social reformer and prolific writer. Jonas Hanway traded in Russia and Persia, helped establish charitable and maritime institutions in London, and addressed the welfare, discipline and moral conduct of soldiers in The Soldier’s Faithful Friend.
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