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person who
practices archery is
typically called an archer, bowman, or
toxophilite. The
oldest known evidence of the bow and
arrow comes from
South African...
- The Fair
Toxophilites is an 1872 oil
painting by the
British artist William Powell Frith depicting three young women practicing archery. It also known...
- century. Sir
Ashton Lever, an
antiquarian and collector,
formed the
Toxophilite Society in
London in 1781,
under the
patronage of
George IV, then Prince...
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English writing." The word "Toxophilus" was
invented by Ascham. The noun "
toxophilite",
meaning "a
lover or
devotee of archery, an archer", is
derived from...
- the
sport of
archery and give
awards and
medals each year at the
Royal Toxophilite Society and
school competitions. The Bowyers'
Company mostly exists as...
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racehorse and a
Leading sire in
Australia and New Zealand. He was
sired by
Toxophilite, his dam was a bay mare (1857) who was a half-sister to
General Peel’s...
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Carbine Carbine c. 1897 Sire
Musket (GB)
Grandsire Toxophilite Dam
Mersey (GB)
Damsire Knowsley ****
Stallion Foaled 1885 Died 1914 (aged 28–29) Country...
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person who is fond of or an
expert at
archery is
sometimes called a
toxophilite. The most po****r
competitions worldwide are
called target archery. Another...
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Foundation of the
Toxophilite Society at
Leicester Square, London; it
later gained royal patronage and
became the
Royal Toxophilite Society in 1787. Events...
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Ancient Forest of
Arden are an
exclusive society of
longbow shooting toxophilites,
founded (or
possibly re-founded) in 1758 in the
village of Meriden,...
