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  2. History of English - Wikipedia

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    e. English is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands. The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern ...

  3. List of most commonly learned second languages in the United ...

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    Below are the top second languages studied in public K-12 schools (i.e., primary and secondary schools). The tables correspond to the 18.5% (some 8.9 million) of all K-12 students in the U.S. (about 49 million) who take foreign-language classes. K-12

  4. Education in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Education in the Thirteen Colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries varied considerably. Public school systems existed only in New England. In the 18th Century, the Puritan emphasis on literacy largely influenced the significantly higher literacy rate (70 percent of men) of the Thirteen Colonies, mainly New England, in comparison to Britain (40 percent of men) and France (29 percent of men).

  5. List of Wharton School alumni - Wikipedia

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    President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2015-); former dean of the Wharton School (1999-2007) Ramchandran Jaikumar: Daewoo Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School: Matin Ahmed Khan: Dean and director, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, 1972–77 [citation needed] Jay Penske

  6. Category:People educated at The Harrodian School - Wikipedia

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    People educated at The Harrodian School. Former pupils of The Harrodian School, Barnes, London, England, are known in some circles as Old Harrodians .

  7. List of countries by English-speaking population - Wikipedia

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    The census also asked for the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual: 52% or 19,460,850 reported English as their only mother tongue, 165,320 reported both English and French as mother tongues, 533,265 reported English and a non-official language as mother tongues, and 33,900 reported English, French ...

  8. List of Jesuit educational institutions - Wikipedia

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    The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in the Catholic Church have founded and managed a number of educational institutions, including the notable secondary schools, colleges, and universities listed here. Some of these universities are in the United States where they are organized as the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities .

  9. My Almost Famous Family - Wikipedia

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    Premise The 11-part series was about a blended family of five siblings and their parents who performed together as the house band, 'We're in Perfect Harmony', of a fictional chat show. It was written by a team of writers that included Gail Renard and Emma Reeves. Production Composer and performer Richie Webb, whose credits include the BBC Radio 4 series 15 Minute Musical, was the show's ...