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frederick temple

archbishop of Canterbury and educational reformer who was sometimes considered to personify, by his rugged appearance and terse manner as a schoolmaster and bishop, the ideal of "manliness" fashionable during the Victorian era (1837-1901) in Britain

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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