a foreign-sounding name

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• Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet — Infobox Person name = Sir John Brunner image size = 200px caption = John Brunner in 1885 birth date = February 8 1842 birth place = Everton, Liverpool, England death date = July 1 1919 death place = Chertsey, Surrey, England education = St.… …   Wikipedia