Pym (p m), John 1584-1643. English Parliamentarian who moved for the impeachment of the advisers to Charles I. The king's effort to arrest Pym in the House of Commons (1642) precipitated the English Civil War. |
Pym [pɪm]
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1. (Biographies / Pym, Barbara (Mary Crampton) (1913-1980) F, British, WRITING: novelist) Barbara (Mary Crampton). 1913-80, British novelist, noted for such comedies of middle-class English life as Excellent Women (1952), A Glass of Blessings (1958), and The Sweet Dove Died (1978)
2. (Biographies / Pym, John (?1584-1643) M, English, POLITICS: politician) John. ?1584-1643, leading English parliamentarian during the events leading to the Civil War. He took a prominent part in the impeachment of Buckingham (1626) and of Strafford and Laud (1640)
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