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Nelson, Horatio

Church: St. Paul’s Cathedral (in City of London, London).
Title: Viscount.
Profession: Admiral.
Sex: Male.
Virtue(s): Achievement/success*, Glory, Public service/spirit*, Splendour.
Language: Only English.
Year of death: 1805.
Year of headstone: 1818.
Age at death: 47 (classed as: Adult).

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