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From: plutchak@uwmacc.UUCP (Joel Plutchak)
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Subject: Re: JT?
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 09:48:21 EST
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In article <803@sdcsvax.UUCP> darrell@sdcsvax.UUCP (Darrell Long) writes:
>Does  anyone know the origin of the name "Jethro Tull"?   I'm told by a
>friend that it comes from literature...
>-- 
>Darrell Long
>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
>University of California, San Diego
  This is, once again, off the top of my head, since I don't keep my
reference materials here at work, but Jethro Tull had some fairly
important part in agronomy centuries ago in England.  Exact details
should be available in any comprehensive encyclopaedia.  As to why 
Ian & company chose the name, I don't know; perhaps somebody else
can answer that question?
         - joel plutchak