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From today's featured article Hugh de Neville (died 1234) was the Chief Forester under the kings Richard I, John, and Henry III of England, and a sheriff of several counties over his lifetime. Neville was related to royal officials and a bishop, and was a member of Prince Richard's household. After Richard became king in 1189, Neville continued in his service, accompanying him on the Third Crusade. Neville remained in the royal service following Richard's death in 1199 and the accession of King John to the throne, becoming one of the new king's favourites and often gambling with him. He was named in Magna Carta as one of John's principal advisers, considered by a medieval chronicler to be one of King John's "evil counsellors". He deserted John after the French invasion of England in 1216, but returned to pledge his loyalty to John's son Henry III after the latter's accession to the throne that year. Neville's royal service continued until his death in 1234, though by then he was a less significant figure than he had been at the height of his powers. (Full article...) Recently featured: God of War II Eta Carinae German–Yugoslav Partisan negotiations Did you know... Erythranthe peregrina ... that Erythranthe peregrina (pictured) is a rare example of a species developing in multiple locations from parents that normally produce sterile hybrids? ... that the unroofing of hundreds of homes by Cyclone Althea in December 1971 prompted Queensland to overhaul its state-wide building codes? ... that the porch of Clapton Court in Somerset is two centuries older than the rest of the house? ... that in 1938, Georg Thurmair co-published the hymnal Kirchenlied, which had an ecumenical approach and became the germ cell for a common German Catholic hymnal? ... that the Micronesian imperial pigeon barks, moans, and coos? ... that Bonnie Burnard's 1999 debut novel, A Good House, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize? ... that the phonograph and gramophone company Edison Bell was required to use Edison's name? ... that Abraham Lincoln probably named his horse Old Bob to differentiate it from his son, "Young Bob"?

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Today's featured picture Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Although relativity is his most widely remembered achievement, he published more than 300 scientific papers (along with over 150 non-scientific works), and the Nobel Prize in Physics he received in 1921 was "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect"—a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory. Photograph: Ferdinand Schmutzer; restoration: Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Johan Zoffany Chapel of the Gate of Dawn Wivenhoe Park

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