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  Tait Archibald Campbell: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Archibald Tait was only unusual in his eminence...mental exercises.
Archibald Campbell Tait was a Broad Churchman, a Scot who retained much...See R. Davidson and W. Benham, Life of Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, 2 vols.
Edinburgh-born Archibald Campbell Tait was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1868 to 1882.
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 Rare Book Collection-Archibald Henderson Collection of George Bernard Shaw
Archibald Henderson, a professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina, established the collection in 1948.
It should also be noted that, because of his unique relationship to Shaw, many of Henderson's copies were inscribed to him by the playwright, sometimes with accompanying commentary on the contents or history of the text in question.
The Henderson Collection also contains a substantial number of manuscripts, including correspondence between the playwright and his biographer and drafts of Henderson's writings (sometimes with accompanying comments and suggestions by Shaw).
www.lib.unc.edu /rbc/Shaw-wb2.html   (677 words)

  
 RPL History Room - Henderson Law Office
The Archibald Henderson Law Office is a one-story frame building with a low-hip roof and a Flemish bond foundation.
Henderson was a lawyer and a congressman whose chief distinction was gained in a long and extensive practice.
Owned by several men of distinction, the Archibald Henderson Law Office is typical of a number of similar buildings which served lawyers in courthouse towns throughout the South.
www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us /HistoryRoom/NatlReg/hendersonlaw/description.html   (595 words)

  
 Newspaper Article: Dr. Archibald Henderson, Cultural Leader of the South
Eckenrode, director of the Division of Archaeology and History of the State of Virginia, "Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the University of North Carolina, is the leading Southern intellectual of this age.
At some later date Dr. Henderson plans to publish the companion work, "Washington's Northern Tours." The critics were unanimous in high praise of the book as a work of profound research, great erudition, and charming style.
Henderson's personal charm has a way of weaving itself, subconsciously, through his historical writing with the result that his work is not only better history, but more entertaining.
richmondthenandnow.com /Newspaper-Articles/Archibald-Henderson.html   (1216 words)

  
 Curiosities of Glasgow citizenship: ARCHIBALD HENDERSON [ebook chapter] / George Stewart, 1881
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON was a well-known Virginia merchant, and chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in 1787.
His firm of Archibald Henderson and Co. were among the leading tobacco importers when the Chamber was founded.
His son was Richard Henderson, Town-Clerk of Glasgow, who lived, as his father before him had done, in the tenement still standing at the south-west corner of Virginia Street.
gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /stecit/stecit14058.htm   (193 words)

  
 The United States Marine Corps Historical Company - 12th District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Although Colonel Henderson was Commandant, he did not hesitate to personally lead his Marines in action against the Indians, and did so quite successfully.
Henderson had always given his best for the Marine Corps and was well recognized for his leadership and foresight.
Henderson was succeeded in office by Lieutenant Colonel John Harris, who was given the rank of Colonel Commandant.
www.usmc-hc.com /history/brief/archibald_henderson.htm   (3250 words)

  
 Clan Henderson Society of the United States - History's Henderson (US Edition)
We have merely listed these as people of Henderson origin who have come to fame one way or another, some by positive means and you know the rest.
He was father to Archibald Henderson of Marine Corps fame.
While going over to England to meet with Shaw, Archibald met Mark Twain on the ship he was travelling on sparking Henderson's interest in that great man. He is still honored for his mathematics as well including a prize given at UNC for mathematical excellence.
www.clanhendersonusa.org /historyshendersons_us.htm   (757 words)

  
 Extended Family Tree of Lorna Henderson - Person # 1352
This John is presumably the same John Henderson, one of "three judicious honest Farmers and disinterested Persons to be valuators of the Grounds to be designed" in the petition in Nov 1771 where the Minister's grazing for a horse and two cows was legally defined.
It is possible that Archibald's children were taught by the Peter Henderson referred to as teacher at Bridge of Allan in 1800.
     An Inventory of the estate of Archibald Henderson was taken on 25 Mar 1828 at Bridge of Allan, STI, SCT, The SCAN index reads: Henderson Archibald 25/3/1828 Smith, at Bridge of Allan, husband of Margaret McGwan or McEwan Stirling Sheriff Court.
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 Henderson Family Genealogy Forum
Hendersons on Richmond, Va 1920 Census - Lois Carey 10/25/06
Hendersons, Caroline Co. Va- 1900 Census - Lois Carey 10/24/06
Magnus Henderson and Helen Sutherland - Alethea Gaukel 10/14/06
genforum.genealogy.com /henderson   (982 words)

  
 Welcome to Henderson
Alexander Henderson Elementary School opened its doors for students during the fall of 1985 and is situated within the community of Montclair.
The school is named for Alexander Henderson (1738 - 1815), who came from Scotland to Virginia about the year 1756, settled first in Colchester, later moving to Dumfries.
One of his six sons, Archibald Henderson, became the fifth commandant of the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1820 until 1859.
www.pwcs.edu /Henderson/history.htm   (121 words)

  
 Twain and Archibald Henderson
Archibald Henderson (1877 - 1963) was a descendant of Salisbury's Henderson family, financiers of Daniel Boone's trek into Kentucky.
Archibald was a multi-talented mathematics professor at the University of North Carolina, whose scholarly interests included mathematics, history and literary criticism.
Henderson was on his way to meet with Shaw in England when he made the acquaintance of Mark Twain, also a passenger on the same ship.
www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us /HistoryRoom/digitalarchives/Twain   (517 words)

  
 The Henderson House
In the 1790, the house was rented and later purchased by Alexander and Sara Henderson.
Archibald because the fifth and longest-serving commandant of the Marine Corps.
The Henderson House, according to his will, was to be sold with the town lots following the death of his wife, which occurred on December 14, 1816.
www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Equator/6490/hendersonhouse.html   (327 words)

  
 Grand Panjandrum -- Monday, Jun. 06, 1949 -- Page 1 -- TIME
In time, Henderson became head of the mathematics department at the University of North Carolina, one of the top historians of the South, and a biographer of George Bernard Shaw.
A group of scholars, critics and historians had written sketches and tributes for a book about him (Archibald Henderson: The New Crichton, edited by Samuel Stevens Hood; Beechhurst Press; $5).
Henderson also wrote one of the first full-length biographies of Mark Twain, a 500,000-word history of his state, and a recondite mathematics treatise, "The Derivation of the Brianchon Configuration for Two Spatial Point-Triads." Once, two universities (Oklahoma and Tulsa) offered him presidencies in the course of a single evening.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,801924,00.html   (709 words)

  
 Colonel (Brevet Brigadier General) Archibald Henderson | Official Recruiting Site for the U.S. Marine Corps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
On 17 October 1820, at the age of 37, Lieutenant Colonel Henderson was appointed the fifth Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Henderson was best remembered for 1836 war with the Creek and Seminole Indian tribes in Georgia and Florida, who were waging war against the United States.
Henderson placed himself in command and headed to Florida.
www.marines.com /page/Colonel-Archibald-Henderson.jsp   (126 words)

  
 Henderson, Andrews, Rowe, Wight, Sinton, Fairbairn, Bain, Manson, McAdie and more, ie the extended family tree of Lorna ...
HENDERSON - Descendants of Archibald HENDERSON and Margaret McEWAN
     Archibald Henderson was born on 20 Sep 1815 at Bridge of Allan, Lecropt, PER, SCT.
Archibald Henderson was a provision merchant, deceased, when son Donald Cowper married in Nov 1871.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~hendersonandandrews/p4218.htm   (804 words)

  
 Archibald Henderson - Birthday, occupation and personality
He is often referred to as the "Grand old man of the Marine Corps," serving in the Corps for 53 years Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, Henderson was commissioned in 1806.
He participated in several shipboard engagements and was decorated for bravery.
The sword presented to Henderson upon completion of the action was inscribed with the words, "From Tripoli to the Halls of the Montezumas," giving the opening words to the Marines Corps hymn.
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 HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY
The community was greatly shocked last evening by the announcement of the sudden death of General Henderson.
He took an active part in the Creek campaign, in the years 1836-7, having volunteered to that service, an example which was followed by every member of his staff in consequence of his gallant service during that and other Indian wars, he was made General by brevet on the 4th of March, 1843.
The funeral of the late lamented General Archibald Henderson took place at 1 o'clock today.
www.congressionalcemetery.org /Research/History_Cemetery/Funerals/Henderson1859.html   (642 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Henderson
Henderson, James Henry Dickey (1810-1885) — of Oregon.
Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; brother of Thomas Henderson; father of Archibald Henderson and Leonard Henderson.
Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; uncle of Archibald Henderson and Leonard Henderson.
www.politicalgraveyard.com /bio/henderson.html   (1349 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Archibald Henderson": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Commissioned a year before the "mutiny" on the Constitution and later to serve on that frigate, Lieutenant Archibald Henderson, a punctilious, dour Scot from Dumfries, Virginia, remembered the episode for years.
CPT Archibald Henderson, commanding the Marines aboard USS Constitution, who so distinguished himself in the taking of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant, 20...
Capt Archibald Henderson, who came to be the Marine Corps' longest serving commandant, distinguished himself in the battle.
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 The Conquest of the Old Southwest by Archibald Henderson, Ph.D. (Book) in History
The Conquest of the Old Southwest by Archibald Henderson, Ph.D. (Book) in History
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Archibald Henderson's "The Conquest of the Old Southwest" is a series of short articles about the settlement of Western Virginia and Western North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky in the last half of the 18th century.
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 John Henderson/Mary Ritchie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Name: Donald Henderson Born: 1828 at: Scotland Married: at: Died: at: Spouses:
Name: Archibald Henderson Born: 1832 at: Scotland Married: at: Died: at: Spouses:
Name: William Henderson Born: 1843 at: Scotland Married: at: Died: 1924 at: New Brunswick Spouses: Martha Robertson
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 The Conquest of the Old Southwest by Archibald Henderson - Free eBook
The Conquest of the Old Southwest by Archibald Henderson - Free eBook
Thus was formed what might be called a rancher's frontier, thrust out in advance of the ordinary farming settlements and serving as the first serious barrier against the Indian invasion.
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 Powell's Books - George Bernard Shaw Man of the Century by Archibald Henderson
Powell's Books - George Bernard Shaw Man of the Century by Archibald Henderson
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 Amazon.com: Mark Twain: Books: Archibald Henderson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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by Archibald Henderson "In the past, the attitude of the average American toward Mark Twain has been most characteristically expressed in a sort of complacent and chuckling satisfaction..." (more)
Making Great Decisions in Business and Life by David R. Henderson
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 The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence by Archibald Henderson, Ph.D.
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by Archibald Henderson, Ph.D. Member of the Faculty of the University of North Carolina, Author's Club of London, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, Etc.; Author of "Interpreters of Life, and the Modern Spirit," "Mark Twain," "George Bernard Shaw; His Life and Work.," Etc.
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