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 James Eli Watson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watson attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana and graduated in 1886.
Watson campaigned for Republican candidates throughout the 1880s and moved to Rushville, Indiana in 1893.
Watson died in 1948 Washington D.C. at the age of 83.
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 257. James Eli Watson (1864-1948). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989
JAMES E. —Frank R. Kent, Senator James E. Watson, The Atlantic Monthly, February 1932, p.
Watson did not use this saying in his memoirs, As I Knew Them (1936), but on p.
Watson’s “long association with politics began at the age of twelve when he accompanied his father to the Republican national convention of 1876…;.
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 James Dewey Watson
James Dewey Watson was born on April 6, 1928 in Chicago Illinois.
James' entire childhood was spend in Chicago, where he attended the Horace Mann Grammar School for eight years, then another two years at South Shore High School.
Watson then became a member of the Harvard Biology Department faculty as Assistant Professor in 1956, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1958 and then to Professor in 1961, where he researched the role of RNA in protein synthesis.
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 Encyclopedia: James Watson
James Watson was born in Hudson, New York, in 1850.
James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 – November 22, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer born in the village of Fingal in Ontario, Canada.
James Watson James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is one of the discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule.
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 James Watson
James D. Watson is best known for his discovery of the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), for which he shared with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
Watson steered the Laboratory into the field of tumor virology, from which emerged our present understanding of oncogenes (cancer genes) and the molecular basis of cancer.
Watson assumed the position of the President of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in January 1994.
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 James Eli Watson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Watson campaigned for Republican candidates throughout the 1880s and moved to (additional info and facts about Rushville, Indiana) Rushville, Indiana in 1893.
Watson tested his party's support in 1928 when he ran against (31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for re-election by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)) Herbert Hoover for the Republican presidential nomination.
Watson died in 1948 (The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles l'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791) Washington D.C. at the age of 83.
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 Watson - new and used books
Watson, John H. 1975 Hodder and Stoughton Marks the first publication of a heretofore unknown and astounding eposide in the career of Sherlock Holmes as recorded by his closest friend and chronicler, Dr John H Watson.
James Watson (1775-1820) known as Doctor Watson, was librarian of the Portico Library in Manchester, a wit, eccentric and drinker.
Watson established a reputation as a political radical with "An Answer to the Disquisitions on Government and Civil Liberty" (1782) and a sermon entitled "The Principles of the Revolution Vindicated" (1776).
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 James Watson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Watson, painter of 77 portraits held by the U.S. National Portrait Gallery [[1]]
James D. Watson, biologist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
James Eli Watson, U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana
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 James Watson - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
James Watson, painter of 77 portraits held by the U.S. National Portrait Gallery
Sir James Watson, (1801-1889) stockbroker and Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1871-1874.
James Lopez Watson, U.S. Federal judge (first fl judge to head a federal court in the south)
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 James Watson - Biography
James Dewey Watson was born in Chicago, Ill., on April 6th, 1928, as the only son of James D. Watson, a businessman, and Jean Mitchell.
Young Watson's entire boyhood was spent in Chicago where he attended for eight years Horace Mann Grammar School and for two years South Shore High School.
Watson's Ph.D. thesis, done under Luria's able guidance, was a study of the effect of hard X-rays on bacteriophage multiplication.
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 Elmira Prison Camp OnLine Library - Submitted Information - Confederate Index - U-Z
Watson was paroled from Elmira Prison on March 14, 1865 and sent to the James River for exchange; he was exchanged at Camp Lee, near Richmond, Virginia, on March 19, 1865.
Watson applied for a Widow's Pension at Mexia, Limestone County, Texas, on November 17, 1930; her application was approved on November 18, 1930.
James was wounded in the left eye on 1 July 1863 but returned to duty and was captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse.
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In 1869 a contract was let by the board of education of Clinton District to James Watson and Charles H. Duncan for a new school building which was erected on the same spot where the old log building had stood.
James S. Watson was elected to the House of Representatives in 1880 and served two years.
Watson, and Charles H. Duncan served as president of the board of education of Clinton district for thirty-six years of the fifty-eight years of history of the free schools in the State.
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 The Future of Life: James Watson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
James D. Watson is known for his discovery of the structure of DNA, for which he shared a 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins.
In 1968 Dr. Watson became director and in 1994 president of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York.
Watson's honors include the Eli Lilly Award in Biochemistry, the Albert Lasker Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London, and the Charles A. Dana Distinguished Achievement Award in Health.
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 Archives: Biographical Sketch of James Dewey Watson
James D. Watson is known internationally for his discovery of the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), for which he shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins.
Watson was also responsible for developing the Laboratory’s meeting and publications programs.
Between 1988 and 1992, Dr. Watson was responsible for directing the US Human Genome Project, a multi-million dollar effort to map human genes and to sequence the human genome.
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 A History of the United States Patent Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were generally opposed to the awarding of limited monopolies to inventors, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton were in favor of providing inventors with rewards for their inventions.
Arguing for the necessity for expanded patent protection, Eli Whitney wrote to Congress in 1812 that he "was soon reduced to the disagreeable necessity of resorting to the courts of Justice for the protection of his [intellectual] property." Whitney found it difficult to enforce his cotton gin patent against numerous acts of infringement.
Eli Whitney's cotton gin patent is filed as the first patent under the classification 19/61 which is "Textiles: Fiber Preparation/Seed Boards." Since the issuance of this patent in 1774, 79 additional patents that innovated improvements off this original patent were issued.
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 Francis Harry Compton Crick & James Dewey Watson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Together with James Dewey Watson he was a Warren Triennial Prize Lecturer in 1959 and received a Research Corporation Award in 1962.
In 1951, James Watson met Maurice Wilkins and saw the x-ray diffraction pattern of crystalline DNA.
At this time, James Watson also met Francis Harry Compton Crick and together they discovered in March 1953, the structure of the DNA molecule known as the double helix.
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 Genealogy.com: The Family of Hal Watson b. 1907 Blossom, TX d. 1979 Dallas,
His siblings were born mostly in AR but grew up in Lamar County, TX and lived in both Lamar and Fannin counties northeast of Dallas near the Red River.
My dad's grandfather, James Eli Watson, fought in the War Between the States on the Confederate side in an AR unit.
Eli's wife was a Perry and apparently from GA. There was a prominent Perry, George Washington Perry from whom my grandfather derived his given name.
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Watson to Jane Wilson, by Jacob Maurer, J. P., Apr 13 Apr 10; David Beams to Elizabeth Kimes, by R. Latta, Apr 20 May 3; Washington Earl to Mary Ann Hogue, by G. Hoffman, J. P., May 4 May 13; Daniel Rupe to Mary Ann Alton, by Wm.
Keen to Minerva Franklin, Aug 1; by James Blake, J. Aug 5; Ezra Dickinson to Elizabeth Lounsbery, Aug 15; by J. Wannamaker Aug 13; John McEndaffer to Sarah Walker, Aug 27; by Geo.
Barney Mar 3; Samuel Tilbury to Elizabeth Ross, Mar 6; by Orrin Clark Mar 8; James Abbott to Mary Haswell, Mar 9; by Geo.
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 james watson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
James Watson, British radical, Chartist, founding member of the London Working Men's Association [1]
James D. Watson, biologist and co-discoverer of DNA
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
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 "W" Famous People
Watson, Charles Roger (1873-1948) Missionary and educator, born in Cairo, Egypt.
Watson, James Eli (1864-1948) US representative and senator, born in Winchester, Indiana, USA.
Woolton, Frederick James Marquis, Baron (1883-1964) Politician and businessman, born in Liverpool, Merseyside, NW England...
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 Watson, Emily - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Watson, Emily   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
An accomplished character performer, Watson first won international acclaim for her debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1998).
She was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award for her interpretation of celebrated cellist Jacqueline Du Pré in Hilary and Jackie (1998).
Watson is married to British writer and actor Jack Waters, with whom she performed in a stage production of Taming of the Shrew.
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 Encyclopedia: James Eli Watson
Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government.
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 – November 9, 1924), was a Republican statesman and noted historian.
Reportedly, he justified his refusal by saying, "I may welcome a repentant sinner into my church, but I wouldn't want him to lead the church choir." 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday.
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A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING In 1869 a contract was let by the board of education of Clinton District to James Watson and Charles H. Duncan for a new school building which was erected on the same spot where the old log building had stood.
It is known that the band of warriors who killed James Brain and captured his two sons, Isaac and Benjamin, in Snowy Creek Glade, camped at this place on the first night of their retreat toward the Ohio River.
James, the son of Lewis, was the father of Emma Guthrie, deceased, and Adolph.
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James H. Cowser and the rest of the Waston family arrive in Lowndes County, Mississippi shortly after 1837.
James H. and family are found in Wood County, Texas during the 1870 census.
Census Eli Watson James H. Cowser (Are Robert and Isabella Watson living with James and Louisa?) Richard Cowser John Watson Alex.
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 ★ Reviews for Watson,_James
James, who survived the first of many assassination attempts when he was still in his mother's womb, was a justifiably nervous man, always alert to any threat to his person and position.
Yet Eli idealizes his dad, imagining that his dad (and his dad's new wife and baby) would love to have Eli drop in on them.
As much as Eli idealizes his dad, he detests his stepfather, who is portrayed as a loving father figure.
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 NMRC Scholars and Experts
James Alleman is a professor at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.
James A. Bachtell is currently a Staff Attorney with the Institute for Public Representation, a public interest law firm and clinical education program founded by Georgetown University Law Center in 1971.
James L. Gattuso is a r esearch fellow in regulatory policy in the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, where he handles regulatory and telecommunications issues for The Heritage Foundation.
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 TERRY FAMILY HISTORIAN MARCH 1984
Eli Terry in 1809 formed a company with Silas Hoadly and another man, Seth Thomas, whose name still is perpetuated in American-made clocks.
The wife of James Terry was the former Mary Anne Hutchenson, daughter of a wealthy Augusta, Ga. family, who it was said, had as her bodyguard an African prince who wore a ring in his nose.
Cochran was married in Febru- ary, 1857, to Sarah Ross, daughter of James and Becky Ross of Livingston County.
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 Lieutenant Benjamin Woodruff Descendants - Page 5
James was born about 1822 in Lewis Co., Virginia.
Ada married James Nicholas on 5 Feb 1898 in Jackson Co., Ohio.
Eli Watson Levering was born about 1865 in Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., Ohio.
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 James Eli Watson - Information
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 Genealogy of East Hampton Families
Eli Parsons of North West and had ch.) the other three daus.
James Z. 7 and Sherman 7, twins, b.
James W., Irena A., Arietta L. 168 Mary Alice 9, md. Daniel Bellows, r.
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