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 William Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hobson was appointed as lieutenant governor (ratified on July 30, 1839) and British consul to New Zealand (confirmed on August 13, 1839).
Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands on January 29, 1840 with a small group of officials, including an Executive Council comprised of the Colonial Secretary Willoughby Shortland, Colonial Treasurer George Cooper and Attorney-General Francis Fisher.
William Hobson (September 26, 1792- September 10, 1842), was the first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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 Frederick Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The gun then jammed and so Sergeant Hobson rushed forward at the advancing enemy with bayonet and clubbed rifle, holding them back until he himself was killed by a rifle shot.
Frederick Hobson was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Sergeant Hobson, although not a gunner, grasping the great importance of the post, rushed from his trench, dug out the gun and got it into action.
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 Bulmer Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hobson resigned as a member of the Supreme Council of the IRB, and was fired from his job as Dublin correspondent for the newspaper the Gaelic American, leaving him in financial straits.
Hobson, a Protestant from County Tyrone, was one of the founding members of the Volunteers, and served as their secretary before the Rising.
Hobson was kidnapped by the organisers of the rising to stop him from spreading news of MacNeill's order, and was held in a safehouse in Phibsborough until the Rising was well underway.
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 H47 - Funky living in the heart of the city! [Inner city apartments, 47 Hobson St, Auckland]
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 John A. Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Atkinson Hobson, was born in Derby, England, the son of William Hobson and Josephine Atkinson on.
John Atkinson Hobson (July 6, 1858 – April 1, 1940) was an English economist and imperial critic, widely popular as a lecturer and writer.
During his coverage of the Second Boer War, Hobson began to form the idea that imperialism was the direct result of the expanding forces of modern capitalism.
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 Thomas Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hobson was one of the primary benefactors of the new stream.
In addition to his contribution to English vernacular, Hobson is also remembered for his involvement in the construction of Hobson's Brook, a man-made watercourse built in 1614 to provide clean drinking water to the city of Cambridge.
Thomas Hobson (1544?-1631), sometimes called "The Cambridge Carrier," is best known as the name behind the expression Hobson's choice.
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 Hobson's choice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New American, published by the John Birch Society, used the term "Hobson's Choice" to describe mainstream media outlets that purport to offer a range of choices to viewers/readers, while in reality doling out the same homogenized propaganda.
Hobson was a stable manager renting out horses to travellers; the site of his stables is now part of St.
Hobson's Choice is somewhat different from a Catch-22 situation, where both (or all) choices available contradict each other.
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 Peter Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hobson throws further light on this basic claim by examining what occurs in cases where, for genetic or environmental reasons, infants are denied the opportunity to investigate intersubjective relationships.
Hobson's argument constitutes a challenge to certain flavors of sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology, in that it traces the conception of the human mind back to a 'cradle' of social interactions, without which consciousness in the full, human sense is unobtainable.
Hobson, or Peter Hobson, is a Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at University College London known for his work on autism and experimental child psychology.
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 Mark Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hobson had admitted grievous bodily harm and was spared a jail term, receiving a community punishment.
Mark Hobson, born 1969, is a British murderer who killed his ex-girlfriend and her twin sister in 2004 before killing an elderly couple who lived nearby.
Hobson, who was 34 at the time of the murders, was a former binman from Selby, North Yorkshire.
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 Dave Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hobson served as an Ohio state senator from 1982 to 1990, serving as President of the Ohio Senate from 1988 to 1990.
Hobson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Withrow High School in Cincinnati in 1954.
David Lee Hobson (born October 17, 1936) is an American politician of the Republican party who serves as a U.S. representative from the seventh congressional district of Ohio (map), based in Springfield, Ohio.
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 Valerie Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valerie Hobson (April 17, 1917- November 13, 1998) was a British actress, who appeared in a number of British films during the 1940s and 1950s.
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 Butch Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clell Lavern "Butch" Hobson (born August 17, 1951 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) is a former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball.
Hobson hit 28 home runs with 93 RBI in 1979, but a year later, an ensuing injury to his right elbow left him inactive for almost two campaigns.
Before the 1981 season, Hobson was sent to the Angels along with Rick Burleson in the same trade that brought Carney Lansford and Mark Clear to Boston.
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 William Hobson Biography / Biography of William Hobson Biography
Hobson governed New Zealand as lieutenant governor under the jurisdiction of the governor of New South Wales, but in May 1841 New Zealand became a separate crown colony with Hobson as governor.
William Hobson was born at Waterford, Ireland, on Sept. 26, 1793.
William Hobson (1793-1842) was a British naval commander and governor of New Zealand.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - hobson-jobson
Hobson, John Atkinson (1858-1940), English social reformer and economist, identified with the underconsumption theory which states that unequal...
Hobson, Richmond Pearson (1870-1937), American naval officer, author, and reformer who was a pioneer in the fight for a national ban on alcoholic...
Hobson, William (1793-1842), British naval officer and first governor of New Zealand.
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 Biography of Congressman Dave Hobson
In those positions, Congressman Hobson is able to support high-tech research and development that is key to economic growth in the 7th District, and to care for the environment by funding water and sewer infrastructure projects, and the cleanup of Cold War-era nuclear sites in Portsmouth, Miamisburg and Fernald in Ohio.
Congressman Hobson and his colleagues worked to modernize the Medicare program by adding a prescription drug benefit and more choices for seniors, so they can find the coverage that best meets their needs.
As the former chairman of the Ohio Senate Health Committee, Congressman Hobson has worked in Congress to preserve the basic values of American health care, including: access, security, affordability, choice and fairness.
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 HOBSON, William - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
William Hobson was born at Waterford, Ireland, on 26 September 1793, the son of Samuel Hobson (B.A., Dublin, 1772), assistant barrister for the County of Cork, and Martha, née Jones.
Hobson, however, was spared this ignominy, for he died at Auckland on 10 September 1842, survived by his wife (died 1876), one son, and four daughters.
To add to Hobson's unpopularity in the south he refused to move the seat of government to Cook Strait, where there was a rapidly growing European population, but chose rather to be guided by Henry Williams, who urged the claims of the Waitemata.
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 Valerie Hobson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Valerie Hobson (April 17 1917- November 13 1998) was a (The people of Great Britain) British actress, who appeared in a number of British films during the (The decade from 1940 to 1949) 1940s and (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s.
In 1952 she divorced her first husband - the film producer Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan (1904-2002) - and married the MP (Click link for more info and facts about John Profumo) John Profumo, giving up acting shortly afterwards.
She was born in (A division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland) Northern Ireland.
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 Bride of Frankenstein
Valerie Babette Louise Hobson was born on 14 April 1917 in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland, the daughter British Army officer.
In 1946, Hobson offered an exquisite performance as Estella in David Lean's adaptation of Dickens' Great Expectations; ironically, she had played a smaller role in the 1934 Universal version of the same Dickens novel, but her part had wound up on the cutting room floor.
Returning to the British film industry in 1936, Hobson developed into one of the most popular and versatile leading ladies in the business.
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 Hobson, Thomas
In his 13th year his parents, James and Elizabeth Hobson, crossed the Atlantic.
THOMAS HOBSON was a native of Cumberland county, Eng.
Hobson died March 6, 1854, and was laid at rest in the Mount Pleasant cemetery.
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 Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hobson is a surname, and may refer to
Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870 - 1937) U.S. Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient, and U.S. Congressman from Alabama
Thomas Hobson, English stable manager responsible for origin of the phrase Hobson's choice
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 Butch Hobson Returns To Manage Nashua Pride (Atlantic League) - Baseball on MLN Sports Zone - A Minor League News Magazine
Hobson's run with the 2004 Pride was only slightly less successful than the previous year, when Nashua took Somerset to the brink before falling in the championship series.
Hobson said that those scares are behind him, and that he'd love to lead the Pride for as long as possible.
Hobson, a native of Alabama, and Nashua were meant for each other, and even a brush with a coronary couldn't keep seperate them.
www.minorleaguenews.com /baseball/independent/atlantic/pride/2005/05/06/01.html   (528 words)

  
 Butch Graves
Butch and femme are terms often used in the lesbian and gay subcultures to describe a person'sapproximate adherence of traditional masculine and feminine gender roles respectively, within a same-sex relationship, or to describe an individual generally.
Among homosexuals the practices of 'femmeon femme' and 'butch on butch' sex preferences are sometimes repressed by cultural morés.
The terms butch and femme often are used to describe lesbians or gay men, though, less commonly, they can beused to describe straight men and women also.
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 Sox hire Hobson as scout<: 2/5/97
And Hobson, whose career seemingly was destroyed because of a drug charge last spring, is returning with the Boston Red Sox, the organization that fired him as its major league manager after the 1994 season.
Hobson, as a first-time offender, ultimately was offered participation in a diversion program, a provision of which is to be 60 hours of community service.
Hobson has been hired to perform scouting duties, as well as to speak to young athletes about the dangers of substance abuse.
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 USATODAY.com
Hobson was elected to the U.S. House in 1990 after eight years in the Ohio Senate, where he had developed a reputation as an authority on health care issues.
In Congress, Hobson acted as a moderator among lawmakers after the federal shutdown in 1996 because of a budget impasse and served on the House ethics committee when then House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an ally of his, was being investigated.
Hobson was among a delegation of lawmakers who went to Iraq following the war to visit with troops and U.S. military leaders.
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 22332
Dave Hobson was elected to the U.S. House in 1990, defeating Democrat Jack Schira with 62 percent of the vote.
Dave Hobson was born in 1936 in Cincinnati and now resides in Springfield, Ohio.
Hobson was a member of the Ohio Air National Guard from 1958 to 1963.
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 Hobson City News - Topix.net
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In conjunction with National Fire Prevention Month, the Exchange Club invited local firefighter Randy Childs to its meeting on Thursday and asked him to address how the city's fire department operates and the...
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 Hobson Genealogy Page
Sarah Hobson born: abt 1874 married: 8 March 1805 in TN died: 1864 in TN spouse: David Burleson Jr.
Nathaniel Hobson born: 13 November 1789 in SC married: 27 October 1812 in TN died: 1853 in MS spouse: Martha James children:
Edy/Ada Hobson born: abt 1779 in NC married: abt 1795 in NC died: 26 December 1838 in AL spouse: Moses Burleson children:
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 Hobson
His father, William Hobson, was the editor of the Derbyshire Advertiser, jointly owning the paper and also playing a large role in local politics.
Hobson was the first appointment to the Stokes lectureship.
To many Hobson is better known for the Gifford lectures he gave on The domain of natural science at the University of Aberdeen in 1921-22 than for his mathematical contribution.
www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Mathematicians/Hobson.html   (856 words)

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