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Pius VII (1740-1823) to intercede on behalf of the Patamona, but, unfortunately, while waiting for his audience, he became bored and proceeded to climb to the top of the dome of St Peters, leaving his gloves stuck on the lightning conductor. The pope was not amused and made him bring them down, and the subsequent audience was less than successful.
Gray (1913-2008), Professor of Anaesthesia at the University of Liverpool from 1959 to 1976: it is today known widely as the Liverpool technique. Waterton was a great champion of the Amerindian peoples of Guyana and used his fame as a scientist and naturalist to plead their cause, although his case was often undermined by his numerous eccentricities. In 1817 he visited the Vatican to ask Pope
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