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unusual facts about Dysart


Dysart Sail In Film Festival

The outdoor event saw films projected onto a huge white screen, representing a giant sail, hanging over the great quarry walls of medieval Dysart harbour.


Buckminster

The Dysart Mausoleum which stands near the church was built around 1800 by the trustees of the estate of Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart, who died in 1798.

Castletown Geoghegan

Lilliput, on the shores of Lough Ennel is in Dysart, a neighbouring village approximately 3 miles from Castletown Geoghegan.

Dysart Unified School District

In December 2009, Dysart Unified School District became the first Arizona School District to switch nearly one-third, or 3,000 of their desktop computer systems to a Linux based operating system from the proprietary Microsoft Windows.

Eric Dysart

Dysart originated the role of Gilbert and understudied the role of Seaweed J. Stubbs, and performed on the original Broadway cast recording.

John St Clair

John St Clair, Master of Sinclair (1683–1750), Scottish heir apparent and British MP for Dysart Burghs

Katherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart

John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart (born 22 October 1946), later her successor as Earl of Dysart and owner of the Rothiemurchus estate, married Philippa Chance on 8 May 1971 and has issue

Ralph Tollemache

The Tollemache family's names are parodied in Book 1, Episode 4 of James Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake, as Helmingham Erchenwyne Rutter Egbert (HERE) Crumwall Odin Maximus Esme Saxon (COMES) Esa Vercingetorix Ethelwulf Rupprecht Ydwalla Bentley Osmund Dysart Yggdrasselmann (EVERYBODY).

William Dysart

William Dysart (26 November 1929 – October 2002) was a Scottish actor, known for his role as Alec Campbell in the 1970s television series Survivors.

William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart

Lord Dysart's seats were Ham House, Petersham, Richmond, Surrey, and Buckminster Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart DL (3 March 1859 – 22 November 1935) in the Peerage of Scotland, was also a Baronet (cr.1793) in the Baronetage of Great Britain, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland (1881–1906), and Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.

Willis Dysart

In this respect Dysart is unique among the documented calculators, among whom several–most notably Dutchman Wim Klein–multiplied large numbers by breaking them up into groups of two-digit numbers but never three-digit numbers.


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