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  Today in History: September 3
Douglass, born Frederick Bailey, the son of a fl mother and an unidentified white father, was born into slavery on a plantation in Tuckahoe, Maryland, circa 1817.
Only a small boy when his mother died, Frederick Bailey lived with his grandmother in the slave quarters until he was eight years old, when he was "hired out" and sent to work in the home of Hugh Auld.
Douglass wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in part to refute charges that it was impossible that someone of his accomplishments could have been a slave.
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  Charles
Charles Baxter Charles Baxter is an 1947 in University of Minnesota.
Charles Cooley Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) was an sociologist.
Charles I, Duke of Bourbon Charles I of Bourbon (Duke of Burgundy.
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 Charles Darwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809 and died at Down House, in Kent on 19 April 1882.
He made several extended inland expeditions in South America and explored and collected extensively in all these areas, afterwards writing an account of his experiences that is today recognized as an important record of natural environments as well as a classic of travel literature.
Colp, Ralph, To Be an Invalid: The Illness of Charles Darwin (Chicago, 1977).
www.thoemmes.com /encyclopedia/darwin_c.htm   (4256 words)

  
 Virgil Thomson: Vignettes - Beginnings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
When Stein and Thomson wrote together as a unit, the music was exactly right and appropriate; without her text it is a different story: the music then (in the way that music is considered abstract) has to fend for itself.
Thomson was not the only American who migrated to Paris, as any of the infinite books on the subject attest, but the city resonated a deep chord in him; he was endowed with a Parisian soul.
Thomson said she was very "decent in spite of it all." Butts was a heavy drinker, took opium, adored all-night parties, dabbled in mysticism, believed in incantatory magic -- all the fads and crazes Thomson would have no part of.
www.virgilthomson.org /vignettes.html   (5355 words)

  
 Thomas Thomson
Thomson at the bar, where, to gain a high name at this period, it was necessary to be wholly, as well as completely, a lawyer and orator.
Thomson to the honorary office of vice-president; and afterwards, in 1832, in consequence of the death of Sir Walter Scott, the distinguished president of the club, Mr.
Thomas Thomson, the Society has to deplore the loss of one, whose contributions to our antiquarian literature, and to the facilities of the historical student of the Records of Scotland, have conferred a boon upon the country, such as it would be difficult to over-estimate in value.
www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/men/thomson_thomas.htm   (2239 words)

  
 Charles Olson Library
Olson 0310 Maximus from Dogtown--II / Charles Olson.
Olson 0318 Morgengryets arkeolog / Charles Olson ; dikt i utvalg og gjendikting ved Torleiv Grue.
Olson 0826 Eastern antecedents of the Grangers / Frederick Merk.
charlesolson.uconn.edu /Personal_and_Professional_Life/library.htm   (15882 words)

  
 James Thomson
James Thomson (September 11, 1700 - August 27, 1748) was a Scottish poet.
He was born at Ednam in Roxburghshire, and educated at the University of Edinburgh.
After Talbot's death, however, Thomson fell out of favour with the prince, and his career ended with The Castle of Indolence, his best-known work, which was published just before his own death.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_thomson.html   (303 words)

  
 The Charles Dickens connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Catherine Thomson Hogarth and Charles John Huffam Dickens marry at St. Luke's in Chelsea.
Charles & Catherine's first child, Charles Culliford Boz, is born.
Charles and Catherine were eventually to have nine more children over the next fifteen years.
www.hogarth.org.uk /dickens.htm   (1124 words)

  
 Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1817-75), architect, a biography
The epithet 'Greek' was derived from his passionate allegiance to the classical styles of Greece, Egypt and Asia, and his status as one of the greatest and most adventurous exponents of the Neo-Classical style in Europe.
Thomson's buildings are, however, rich in incised Greek ornament and other details such as acroteria, column capitals, decorative ironwork and his ubiquitous urns and Egyptianate chimneypots, the latter manufactured by the Garnkirk Coal Company which commissioned Thomson and (1823-63)
Much of this posthumous realisation of Thomson's work is concentrated in the city's southern districts and includes the astonishing, convex, Salisbury Quadrant, Nithsdale Road (1877) and its neighbouring tenements and villas.
www.glasgowsculpture.com /pg_biography.php?sub=thomson_a   (894 words)

  
 Knitting Circle Virgil Thomson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Virgil Thomson began to study music at the age of 5, and by the age of 12 he was playing the organ at his family's church, Calvary Baptist Church, and at other churches in Kansas City.
For three years Virgil Thomson was assistant and accompanist for Archibald T. Davision who was also French-trained and was the conductor of the Harvard Glee Club.
Synopsis: "This is a biography of Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) as a composer, a critic and a gay man. It chronicles his search for a place in the world and how he came to accept his sexuality.
myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~stafflag/virgilthomson.html   (1149 words)

  
 LHCMA catalogue: MAURICE (a) Frederick Barton (b) John Frederick - section 3
F.M. Cavan to Frederick Barton Maurice, forwarding a letter not here and asks if Frederick Barton Maurice could fill the place, since he has explained to Admiral Macken he is not in a position to do so, his policy is complete cooperation with Air and Navy.
Detailed reply to Frederick Barton Maurice's letter of 12 Jan criticizing the application of his scheme to the lessons of war and his figures, which he considers are underestimated.
Frederick Barton Maurice "The Size of the Army of Xerxes in the Invasion of Greece, 480 B.C." Reprinted from the Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol.
www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma/cats/maurice/ma90-03.htm   (7430 words)

  
 Charles Fillmore Home Page
The Unity movement was founded by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore in the late 1880s.
Charles Fillmore was born August 22, 1854 on an Indian reservation near St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Charles Fillmore remained active at Unity until his death at age 93 on July 5, 1948.
charlesfillmore.wwwhubs.com   (508 words)

  
 Anthruster-Thomson, CF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
ANSTRUTHER-THOMSON, CHARLES FREDERICK ST CLAIR, Major, was born 6 May 1855, eldest surviving son of John Anstruther-Thomson, of Charleton, Fife.
He entered the Army as Sub-Lieutenant, unattached, 13 June, 1874; was gazetted to the 2nd Dragoons 13 June, 1874; to the 17th Lancers 28 August 1875, becoming Lieutenant, 2nd Life Guards, September 1876; Captain 12 January 1885, and Major 12 January 1895.
He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with six clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Charles Frederick St Clair Anstruther-Thomson, Major, 2nd Life Guards.
www.angloboerwar.com /DSO/a/anthrusterthomson_cf.htm   (234 words)

  
 Janus: The Papers of Sir Charles Frederick Goodeve
Charles Frederick Goodeve was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada, 21 February 1904, the son of Frederick William Goodeve and Emma Hand.
Much of Charles Goodeve's original arrangement of the papers has been preserved.
Biographical information was obtained from "Who Was Who 1897-1996" (A and C Black) and F. Richardson, "Charles Frederick Goodeve 1904-1980" in "Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society" volume 27 (1981).
janus.lib.cam.ac.uk /db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0014/GOEV   (988 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Thompson-garcia to Thomson
Thomson, Frederick W. — of Onondaga County, N.Y. Democrat.
Son of James C. Thomson and Mary (Dack) Thomson; married to Florence Elvira Sanford.
Thomson, Thaddeus Austin (1853-1927) — also known as Thaddeus A. Thomson — of Texas.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/thomson.html   (801 words)

  
 Cavendish, Lord Frederick Charles --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The chief secretary had arrived in Dublin only that day and was walking in the city's Phoenix Park in the evening when set upon by members of a nationalist secret society, the Invincibles.
William Thomson, who became Lord Kelvin of Largs (Scotland) in 1892, was one of Great Britain's foremost scientists and inventors.
Speech by Frederick Douglass celebrating Lincoln and his assistance to the cause of African-American freedom given April 14, 1876.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9021914   (842 words)

  
 Charles Robert Maturin
The Fatal Revenge: or, The Family of Montorio; A Romance by Charles Robert Maturin.
MÜLLER, W. Charles Robert Maturins romane ‘The Fatal Revenge’ and ‘Melmoth the Wanderer,’ ein beitrag zur Gothic romance.
Myths of Consciousness in the Novels of Charles Maturin.
www.pagedepot.com /thesicklytaper/MATURIN.HTM   (1009 words)

  
 Charles R Grizzle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Charles R Legg David A Booth - Appetite: Neural and Behavioural Bases
Charles R Henderson - Penal and Reformatory Institutions [Russell Sage Foundation Reprint]
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 FREDERICK GENEALOGY HOMEPAGE
John Frederick was the first family member that we have records on.
John Frederick was born 12 Sept. 1787, died 15 Dec. 1864 buried in the Ellerton Brethren Cemetery, and married Mary Ann Easterday on 9 Nov. 1839 in Frederick Co. Maryland.
Daniel David Frederick; b.1 Mar. 1849, Frederick Co., Maryland.
www.greatnorthern.net /~terryf/Frederick.html   (2040 words)

  
 Charles Robert Maturin
Charles Robert Maturin and the Gothic Genre." 0565
, Beverley J. Charles Robert Maturin and the Romance of Terror.
Tragedy in the Novels of Reverend Charles Robert Maturin
users.stargate.net /~ffrank/MATURIN.htm   (1206 words)

  
 Virgil Thomson - Composer Essay - Part I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
It printed a magazine that, arrogantly immature as it must have been, was based on the same concept of the now-famous American and European "little magazines" of that period --
, etc. Virgil Thomson's band of little warriors also deemed it their mission to foster and promulgate the avant-garde for the benefit of humankind.
he writes "Thomson is the real disciple of Erik Satie and divides his time between New York and Paris to the great benefit of cultural relations between the countries."
www.schirmer.com /composers/thomson/essay1.html   (5266 words)

  
 Canada in the Making - Glossary
Charles was at first neutral in the Seven Year's War, but became a French Ally in 1761.
In 1896, he was briefly minister of the interior in Sir Charles Tupper's government.
In 1899, he was elected premier of Manitoba, but resigned shortly afterward to run in the federal election.
www.canadiana.org /citm/reference/biographies_e.html   (11062 words)

  
 A Biography Charles Haanel (1866-1949) - Author of The Master Key System
Charles F. Haanel was a noted American author and businessman who belonged to the American Scientific League, The Author’s League of America, The American Society of Psychical Research, the St. Louis Humane Society and the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce.
He resigned his position in order to start his own company and eventually founded one of the largest conglomerates of his time.
It was this book that inspired Bill Gates to drop out of the University and pursue his dream of "a computer on every desktop." You probably know the results.
charleshaanel.wwwhubs.com   (880 words)

  
 ADAMS, FREDERICK UPHAM
With a foreword by Charles S. Sherrington and a chapter on Theory and Practice by Bernard Darwin.
Signed by Fred Hawtree, Peter Thomson, Peter Dobereiner, and Philip A. Truett on the limitation page and by Ionicus on a special hand-colored illustration by him.
Spine sunned and frayed a bit at head and tail, cloth rubbed in a few spots; shaken, 1 plate loose, upper hinge cracked, still a desirable copy of a rare book. (1000/1500).
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 GENUKI: Tetbury, Gloucestershire - Kelly's Directory, 1897
George Frederick Jn, Grocer and Wine and Spirit Dealer Church Street.
Tetbury Liberal Club (Charles Cook Sec) Long Street.
Thomson Alexander Low, Chemist and Druggist Long Street.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/GLS/Tetbury/Kelly1897.html   (1119 words)

  
 FREDERICK GEORGE KEYES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Politically he was also conservative; he stated to me on several occasions that the demise of Western Civilization could indeed be traced to the imposition of the income tax in the United States in 1913.
On December 11, 1970, MIT established the Frederick George Keyes Professorship of Chemistry and the announcement was made by James R. Killian, Jr., then chairman of the MIT Corporation.
Killian stated, "We wish to mark this anniversary in a proper way as an expression of our esteem for his distinguished career, and of our appreciation of his many different kinds of contributions to MIT." I had the privilege of being the first Frederick George Keyes professor.
www.nap.edu /readingroom/books/bio73h/keyes.html   (1960 words)

  
 WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
William Frederick Cody, scout and showman, made famous in part by the fiction written about him, was born on a farm in Scott County, Iowa, February 26, 1846, the fourth of the eight children of Isaac and Mary Ann (Leacock) Cody.
His father was an unsuccessful farmer, and when William was five years old the family moved to LeClair, a one-horse village on the Mississippi, much run down since steamboat days.
Charles Boswell and Lewis Thomson, "The Man Who Built Buffalo Bill," True, July, 1956, 32-33, 96-108.
www.niulib.niu.edu /badndp/cody_william.html   (2896 words)

  
 AllRefer Encyclopedia - British And Irish History, Biographies Encyclopedia
Charles I, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Charles II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
• Gloucester, Henry William Frederick Albert, duke of
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 (Isabella THOMSON - Murray TWAMLEY )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
John Sudden Dominion THOMSON (1 JUL 1869 -)
Lorne Stanley THOMSON (1 APR 1886 - 5 JUN 1887)
Robert THOMSON (27 DEC 1804 - 10 SEP 1890)
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 Charles R. Fisher
Fisher, C. Toward an appreciation of hydrothermal-vent animals: their environment, physiological ecology, and tissue stable isotope values.
In; Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems: Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Geochemical Interactions, S. Humphris, R. Zierenberg, L. Mullineaux, and R. Thomson eds.
Hourdez, S., Frederick, L. A., Schernecke, A., and C. Fisher.
www.bio.psu.edu /People/Faculty/Fisher/fisher.htm   (2645 words)

  
 Top 100 - Project Gutenberg
History of the United States by Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard (365)
History of the United States by Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard (2474)
History of the United States by Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard (7152)
gutenberg.org /browse/scores/top   (2496 words)

  
 Gothic Writers — www.greenwood.com
Douglass H. Thomson, Jack G. Voller, Frederick S. Frank
Celebrating the literary gothic's academic revival over the past ten years, this volume's 54 essays discuss 18th- and 19th-century British authors associated with gothic in its heyday and includes entries for American, Canadian, and Japanese writers of the 20th century....Appropriate for reference or circulating collections in academic libraries.
Jane Austen and the Northanger Novelists (Lawrence Flammenberg,Carl Grosse, Francis Lathom, Eliza Parsons, Regina Maria Roche, Eleanor Sleath) by Douglass H. Thomson and Frederick S. Frank
www.greenwood.com /catalog/GR0500.aspx?print=1   (509 words)

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