"His appointment as abbot may have been an excellent thing for the monastery, but it cannot be denied that it was a great misfortune for science."
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Archaeologists from EnglandFellows of the Royal SocietyCatholics from EnglandNon-fiction authors from EnglandUniversity of Birmingham faculty
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Mendel, Mendelism (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
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Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
Bertram Coghill Alan Windle (8 May 1858 – 14 February 1929) was a British author.
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