Alfred the Great at the Battle of Ashdown mb-code 1238161 St Andrews spire (right) is

St Andrews spire (right) is a well known landmark

from the scale insect Dactylopius coccus

William Clifford was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1874

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Alfred the Great at the Battle of Ashdown mb-code 1238161 St Andrews spire (right) isAlfred the Great at the Battle of Ashdown, 871 (1913). Alfred the Great (849 899) at the Battle of Ashdown, 8 January 871, leading the West Saxon army of his brother, King Ethelred, to victory against the invading Danes. Illustration from The Northmen in Britain by Eleanor Means Hull, published 1913.