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  Charles Holden - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Charles Holden's great-niece Dr Jean Ward in 1999 presented to the RIBA Architectural Library Drawings Collection many topographical drawings, family photographs and ephemera by or relating to him.
Charles Holden won the commission to design the new building for the University of London in competition with Sir Giles Scott amongst others.
Holden designed the tower to taper, to "appear with quiet insistence", yet it was the tallest building in London (except for St.
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  Charles Holden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Holden's great-niece Dr Jean Ward in 1999 presented to the RIBA Architectural Library Drawings Collection many topographical drawings, family photographs and ephemera by or relating to him.
Charles Holden won the commission to design the new buildings for the University of London in competition with Sir Giles Gilbert Scott amongst others.
Holden designed the tower to taper, to "appear with quiet insistence", yet it was the tallest building in London (except for St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Holden   (1204 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The library has been compared with Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art and Hill House and it is sometimes suggested that Mackintosh's designs were inspired by Holden's; however the designs were developed slightly earlier and, although bearing similarities in details are unlikely to have been influenced by Holden's design.
Holden's designs for the new and rebuilt stations on the Central Line extensions faired better, although they too were delayed by the war.
Charles Holden won the commission to design the new buildings for the University of London in competition with Sir Giles Gilbert Scott amongst others.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Charles_Holden   (1111 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Charles Holden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Holden was born in a little three-room house that stood at the southeast corner of Lyon street and Lafayette avenue, Grand Rapids, on the 7th of February, 1860, and is the eldest of the three children of Hon.
Holden, whose death occurred at Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1915, was a gracious gentlewoman whose memory is revered in the city that was long her home, and in the social and cultural circles of which she was a prominent figure.
Holden was for a number of years one of the most active and popular members of the Grand River Boat Club, of Lansing, Michigan, which he served as secretary, and while in the capital city he was a member of the Lansing baseball club that gained honors as one of the best in the state.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-Holden   (3141 words)

  
 Charles Holden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
London Transport executive Frank Pick engaged Holden as architect for several projects, including the southward extension of the Northern Line to Morden in 1925-6 and a new headquarters in 1928-30.
In contrast, Holden's design for the 55 Broadway headquarters, over St James's Park tube station, was original and modern: not just a building but a complete design.
Sir Charles Holden's great-niece Dr Jean Ward in 1999 presented to the RIBA Architectural Library Drawings Collection many topographical drawings, family photographs and ephemera by or relating to him.
www.bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/c/ch/charles_holden.html   (525 words)

  
 Charles Holden: Architect - Information Page
Born in Bolton 1875, Holden was later a partner in the Adams, Holden and Pearson Partnership, one of the most prolific and successful firms in Britain.
Holden embodied both the architecture of the modern and that of the past.
Holden believed architecture should be a collaborative effort, which explains why he declined a Knighthood, twice.
www.charlesholden.com   (261 words)

  
 londonist's Stalking Charles Holden - Platial.com
Charles Holden (1875-1960) is a man with two careers.
On the one hand, he gave us impressive Portland stone giants like the Senate House and 55 Broadway – two of London’s tallest buildings in their day.
These in particular show off Holden’s principles of ‘total design’.
www.platial.com /londonist/map/6619   (105 words)

  
 Anthony Holden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony Holden (born 22 May 1947) is a British journalist and writer, particularly known as a biographer of the British Royal family.
Holden is a keen poker player, and spent a year playing professionally while researching his 1990 book Big Deal.
Holden has also announced a sequel to be titled Bigger Deal, anticipated to be published in 2006, which will cover his second stint as a professional player, between the 2005 and 2006 WSOP events.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_Holden   (410 words)

  
 Charles Holden
Holden was about ten years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal from Ohio to Michigan, in 1845, and the family home was established on a pioneer farm in Byron township, Kent county.
Holden was united in marriage to Miss Marie Sprague, of Jamestown, New York, she being a graduate of the Jamestown Theological Seminary.
Holden is a thorough American in lineage and loyalty, and to his native state and city his loyalty is that of deep appreciation and gracious memories.
www.rootsweb.com /~mikent/white1924/personal/holdenc.html   (1636 words)

  
 Charles Albert Holden
His paternal great-grandparents were William and Jane (Crosby) Holden, the former of whom was a native of Dorchester, Mass., and an early settler in Portland.
Charles Holden, a native the Forest City, Me., for a number of years was prominently identified with the press of this State as the editor and proprietor of the Eastern Argus.
Charles Albert Holden was educated in the public schools of Portland.
www.rootsweb.com /~mesedgwi/chasholden.htm   (676 words)

  
 Books & Reading: Book Reviews
Charles was on the world's Top Ten Best-dressed Men list at age 4; was studying riding, dancing, gym and piano at 5; and was packed away from the family's eight palaces and castles to suffer in Spartan, sadistic boarding schools at 8.
In Charles's view, Holden was part of the pack of press propagandists hurling gobbets of misinformation at the public from Di's side.
The phone rang; the switchboard operator informed her that a man was on the line claiming he was her husband, Charles Windsor, "calling from a payphone down the block." Diana figured that an enterprising passerby had spied her flit from limo to lobby.
washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/books/reviews/charlesatfifty0125.htm   (794 words)

  
 Harry Holden
Archie's brother Charles was also in the battalion, and after training, the brothers were both part of the force that landed at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli peninsula on the 8th August 1915, an account of which can be read here.
Holden of Hillview-cottages, Steyning, has received a letter from Second Lieutenant F. Goring, 1/4 Royal Sussex Regiment [Territorials], to whose platoon her son, Private C. Holden, recently wounded, was attached.
The parents of Private H. Holden, Royal Sussex Regiment, of Steyning, who was killed in action in France within a week of his twenty-fourth birthday, are treasuring a letter their son received from a distinguished officer under whom he served, both in the Gallipoli peninsula and in France.
homepage.ntlworld.com /suelight/aaholden.html   (1545 words)

  
 Charles Holden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
London Transport executive Frank Pick engaged Holden as for several projects including the southward extension the Northern Line to Morden in 1925-6 and a new headquarters 1928-30.
Charles Dickens was one of the most popular writers of all time, creating some of the best-known characters in English literature.
Holden Village is perhaps the most remote retreat center in the contiguous 48 States.
www.freeglossary.com /Charles_Holden   (641 words)

  
 SPECIAL: PRINCESS DIANA, 1961-1997
Charles is the sole proprietor of estates totaling 131,744 acres (44 of them in the center of London) that bring him an annual income of $2.8 million -- not to mention 300 puffins a year from the Scilly Isles.
Charles was right by Diana's side when William arrived, and for a time he doted like a nanny.
Charles in turn is bored with what he calls the Hooray Henrys of Diana's circle and seeks out more serious people -- among them a number of older married women.
www.time.com /time/daily/special/diana/readingroom/8191/10_31.html   (2712 words)

  
 Holden
Holden Observatory was the second building on the new college campus and the first building in a wave of new buildings.
Charles Holden was a freshman in the class of 1877, co-founder of the SU crew team, and star basketball player, who died of a heart ailment before he graduated.
Holden Observatory was cleverly designed to house a variety of astronomical instruments plus research and teaching facilities in the first floor classroom.
suhep.phy.syr.edu /info/holden/holden.html   (1591 words)

  
 info: Charles_Holden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Bertha Grace 11 HOLDEN (1002) was born in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts 19 FEB 1875.
by Charles Holden, describes the confinement of three boys aged 10 to 12, in a jail with adults -- a reminder of conditions legislated against later in the century.
Charles Henry Holden was born in Bolton in 1875, and despite a difficult childhood he...
www.napoli-pizza.net /Charles_Holden.html   (1472 words)

  
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Robert Charles Holden (husband) appeals a final order of the Roanoke County Circuit Court regarding the equitable distribution of property and the award of spousal support.
In Holden I, husband contended that $17,000 of the value of the Bedford County property represented husband's separate property and, therefore, was not subject to the equitable distribution division as marital property.
While Holden I was pending before us, husband sought a hearing in the circuit court for reduction of the previously awarded spousal support.
www.courts.state.va.us /opinions/opncavtx/1815003.txt   (2522 words)

  
 Holden Heaven - Holden History from the 19th century.
Holden was a migrant who learned his trade in his home town of Walsall in Staffordshire, England.
Holden and Frost were forced by the popularity of there product to look for larger premises and to gear up for more production but when Henry Holden went to the Adelaide Bank they were reluctant to finance any further into there business.
Holden Motor Body Builders became the sole assembler of the General Motors Product in Australia so it was decided to develop Woodville but in the short term they bought some land nearby and expanded the factory.
holden.itgo.com /holden_history.html   (2250 words)

  
 Holden History
Holden was in use as another name for Howlin before 1685 when the will of Thomas HOLDEN of Bennett’s Bridge was proved.
It should be noted that HOLDEN is also an English surname, and that some families living in Ireland with the name HOLDEN may be of English origin and not from the HOWLIN origin.
HOLDEN is quite common in the north midlands of England.
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 phoenixnewtimes.com | News | President Unaccounted For
When Charles Holden first walked the halls of the White House, he was wearing an imitation Alpine mountaineering hat with a huge ostrich feather sticking out of it.
And now Charles Holden wants to return to the White House, but not just for a brief sightseeing tour in an Alpine hat with an ostrich plume--he wants to be your next president.
Charles Holden claims to have had more than 100 different jobs since he graduated from college in 1974, including manufacturing engineer, production planner, metal stamping worker, plastics fabricating laborer and door-to-door Electrolux vacuum salesman.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/1996-03-14/columns_1.html   (889 words)

  
 Holden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Although I generally refer to this family as Holden, because that is the form in which I first met them, the 19th century censuses suggest that they used the Holden/Holding forms fairly indiscriminately and the same person may switch from one spelling to the other.
Charles had a brother Henry who was about 20 years younger and lived with Charles's household in 1841 and 1851.
In the 1871 census Elizabeth is living with her maternal grandfather and in 1881 in the household of 3 unmarried Holden uncles.
website.lineone.net /~davghalgh/holden.html   (241 words)

  
 Salon Books | Charles At Fifty and Charles: Victim or Villain
Holden's sympathy for the princess is evident -- it's obvious he enjoyed a friendly relationship with her long after Charles had huffily severed their friendship over displeasure at his biographies.
Nevertheless, Holden doesn't shy away from presenting the warts-and-all sides of both their natures, as well as the often brutally biased way in which their relationship played out in the press.
Charles may be prickly and insensitive, but it's possible his biggest crime has been living out a disastrous marriage on a public stage.
archive.salon.com /books/sneaks/1998/12/07sneaks2.html   (865 words)

  
 Prince Charles ~ The Sustainable Prince
When Charles attended Trinity College in the late 1960s, he studied archaeology, anthropology, and history, all of which are key with regard to the environment and architecture.
Charles Schumer from the 10th District in New York, Lester Thurow, Dean of the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Jessica Tuchman Matthews from the World Resources Institute and member of the Council for Foreign Relations.
Gerald Paget, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
www.despatch.cth.com.au /Despatch/Vol93_Charles_sustainable.htm   (5073 words)

  
 Mail Tribune Online - Obituaries
Holden was 78 years old, and has been racing karts for almost 50 years.
Holden was born in Old Castle, Ontairo, Canada in Essex County and is survived by his only brother Lt. Col.
Viewing services for Charles Holden will be Friday night, Oct. 8, from 6 to 8 pm., and services will be held on Oct. 9, 2004 at 11 a.m.
www.mailtribune.com /archive/2004/1008/obit/obit.htm   (1574 words)

  
 Missoulian - Wednesday, February 18, 2004; James 'Jim' C. Peterson, Charles W. Holden, Elta Helen Sperry ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Charles was the youngest of nine children born to Lawrence and Bertha (Grenfell) Holden.
Charles was married to Nora Lorraine Eakes of Topeka, Kan., in 1945.
Charles was an active member in the IBEW, NEBF, Eighth District Electrical Union, the American Legion and was past president and lifetime member of Eagles Lodge No. 326 in Bozeman.
www.missoulian.com /articles/2004/02/19/obits/obits4.txt   (2519 words)

  
 In the Great Maelstrom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Charles J. Holden traces the evolution of these themes through the writings of four South Carolina conservatives—historian Frederick Porcher, social scientist Theodore D. Jervey, politician and historian Edward McCrady, Jr., and journalist William Watts Ball.
Charles J. Holden received a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University, and is an assistant professor of history at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
"Charles Holden has performed a real service in rescuing from historical oblivion post-Civil War South Carolina conservative intellectuals, who held fast to the anti-democratic strain that influenced the state during the antebellum era.
www.sc.edu /uscpress/2002/3476.html   (427 words)

  
 Bucknell Alums J.R. Holden, Charles Lee Participate in NBA Europe Live Tour :: Holden Leads CSKA Moscow to Victory over ...
Holden, who is now a Russian citizen and has also played for the Russian national team, is entering his fifth season with powerhouse CSKA Moscow.
Holden's team has won the Russian Championship in each of his first four seasons there, and CSKA Moskow claimed the prestigious Euroleague title in 2005-06.
Holden played 34 minutes in that contest and had finished with three points and five rebounds.
bucknellbison.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101306aab.html   (410 words)

  
 Londonist: Londonist Stalks…Charles Holden
Holden really didn’t learn his lesson about Epstein and commissioned the maverick sculptor to craft the slightly rude pieces ‘Day and Night’ for his building.
Holden also designed many of the surrounding buildings, though his complete scheme was never realised.
Holden is perhaps best known for his work on the Underground.
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 Charles W. Holden Biography
Charles W. Holden, 72 living at 404 W. Florence St., Fort Worth, Tex., was born on his father's farm in Murray co., Tenn., April 3, 1865.
His father, James K. Holden, with his family, migrated to Texas with an emigrant train of 20 covered wagons in 1869, settling in Lamar co. Four years later, 1873, the Holden family moved to [Brown?] co. and there established a farm.
Charles Holden secured work on the Coogin's cattle ranch when he was 11 years old.
gen.1starnet.com /bios/holdenc.htm   (4972 words)

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