John S. Morrill
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LOCATION: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Assistant Master and Professor of History, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. Consultant editor for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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Jacobite, in British history, a supporter of the exiled Stuart king James II (Latin: Jacobus) and his descendants after the Glorious Revolution. The political importance of the Jacobite movement extended from 1688 until at least the 1750s. The Jacobites, especially under William III and Queen Anne,…
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