Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: George Thomas Staunton


Related Topics

In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Thomas
Thomas A. Anderson Thomas A. Anderson is a Keanu Reeves.
Thomas Cavalier-Smith Thomas Cavalier-Smith is a professor of Evolutionary Biology at the eukaryotes.
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (1350-1397) was an English nobleman and a councilor of...
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/thomas.html   (6661 words)

  
 The Morrison Collection : Other Collections : The Staunton Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
George Thomas Staunton was born on May 26th 1781, son of Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801) of Clydagh, Co. Galway.
Sir George Leonard Staunton was appointed Secretary to the first British embassy to China, led by Lord Macartney, that left England in 1792 and returned in 1794.
On the voyage out to China, the young George Staunton studied the Chinese language under the tutorship of the embassy's two Chinese interpreters.
uk.geocities.com /Morrison1782/Other/Staunton.html   (657 words)

  
 George Thomas Staunton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Sir George Thomas Staunton, (A member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight) Baronet, (May 26, 1781 - August 10, 1859) was an English traveller and (A specialist in oriental subjects) Orientalist.
Between 1818 and 1852 he was MP for several English constituencies, finally for (A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base) Portsmouth.
He was a member of the East India Committee, and in 1823, in conjunction with (additional info and facts about Henry Thomas Colebrooke) Henry Thomas Colebrooke founded the (additional info and facts about Royal Asiatic Society) Royal Asiatic Society.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_thomas_staunton.htm   (210 words)

  
 HOWARD STAUNTON - LoveToKnow Article on HOWARD STAUNTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
HOWARD STAUNTON - LoveToKnow Article on HOWARD STAUNTON
Stauntons services to chess literature were very great, and the game in England owes much of its later popularity to him, while for thirty years he was the best player in England, perhaps in the world.
For his important works on the subject see CHESS.
87.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STAUNTON_HOWARD.htm   (254 words)

  
 Welcome to bluegreyrelics.net
He was facing Brigadier General George H. Thomas' Federal command which was twice as large as his own.
Four hundred rifles and some ammunition, have been ordered from Staunton, to Major Goff Va. Vols., at Beverly Randolph Co., who has been directed to communicate their arrival to Col. Porterfield, and take his directions as to their disposition.
Thomas promises and agrees to perform the duties of a medical officer, agreeably to the Army Regulations, at Genl Hosp.
www.bluegreyrelics.net /Autographs/Autographs.htm   (3326 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.