Joseph Hume

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Joseph Hume, detail of a portrait by J.W. Walton, 1854; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 14, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 16, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 18, 2024
	Modified link of Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Joseph Hume.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Dec 13, 2017
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998