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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: JT?
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> Does  anyone know the origin of the name "Jethro Tull"?   I'm told by a
> friend that it comes from literature,  as does "Uriah Heap" (you all do
> remember Uriah Heap don't you?).  Uriah Heap, I believe, had its origin
> in a story by Charles Dickens.
> -- 

	Jethro Tull was an 18th century English gentleman farmer who made
interesting contributions to the study of agriculture as a science. You
can probably find his books in a good university library.
-- 
  

jcpatilla

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