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		A grandson of President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin was born in North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio to John Scott Harrison (later a U.S. Congressman from Ohio) and Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin.
		Harrison was born at Foulby in Yorkshire, the eldest son of a carpenter.
		Harrison sat as a commissioner (judge) at the trial and was the seventeenth of fifty nine commissioners to sign the death warrant of King Charles I. In 1650, Harrison was appointed to a military command in Wales where he was apparently extremely severe.
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	John Harrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Harrison (March 24, 1693–March 24, 1776) was an English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances.
		Harrison was born at Foulby in Yorkshire, the eldest son of a carpenter.
		The Harrisons were outraged and demanded their prize, a matter that eventually worked its way to Parliament, which offered £5000 for the design.
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	John Harrison -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Harrison was born at (Click link for more info and facts about Foulby) Foulby in (A former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties) Yorkshire, the eldest son of a carpenter.
		Harrison boarded a small ship to (Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic) Lisbon and back, and on their return the captain and navigator both praised the design.
		The Harrisons were outraged and demanded their prize, a matter that eventually worked its way to (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) Parliament, which offered £5000 for the design.
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	John Harrison (VC 1917) - Wikipedia
		John Harrison VC, MC (12 November 1890 - 17 April 1917) was an English 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.
		On 3 May 1917 at Oppy, France, owing to darkness, to smoke from the enemy barrage and our own, and to the fact that the objective was in a dark wood, it was impossible to see when our barrage had lifted off the enemy front line.
		A fund was raised in Hull to provide for young John’s education and he went on to serve as an officer in the 2d World War, he was killed in the defence of Dunkirk and is buried in the Dunkirk town cemetery.
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	John Harrison
		John Harrison (March 1693 - March 24 1776) was an English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances.
		When the ship returned Harrison waited for the 20,000 pound prize, but the Board refused to believe the accuracy was not just luck, and demanded another trial.
		The Harrisons were outraged and demanded their prize, a matter that eventually worked its way to Parliament, which offered 5000 pounds for the design.
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		John Harrison, the son of a plater and boilermaker at Earles Shipyard in Hull, was one of the greatest players in the history of Hull Rugby League Club.
		Harrison's posthumous citation was for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty".
		Paul Kenna, who was awarded the VC in 1898 after serving in Sudan and was killed at Gallipoli in 1915, was considered to be possibly the finest horseman of his age.
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	John Harrison - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		John Harrison (March 1693–March 24 1776) was an English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances.
		Harrison boarded a small ship to Lisbon and back, and on their return the captain and navigator both praised the design.
		The Harrisons were outraged and demanded their prize, a matter that eventually worked its way to Parliament, which offered £5000 for the design.
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	John Harrison [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		John HarrisonMichael John Harrison (born July 26, 1945), also known by his initials MJH, is a UK writer, mainly of science fiction and fantasy; he has also written one mainstream novel, Climbers (1989).
		Harrison was born at Foulby in YorkshireYorkshire is the largest traditional county of England, covering some 6,000 sq.
		The escapement was invented by John Harrison for use in his early Maritime chronometers, and was highly effective, though later abandoned in favor of alternative mechanisms which were smaller and lighter....
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		John Harrison (March 1693 - March 24 1776) was an English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances.
		The Harrisons were outraged and demanded their prize, a matter that eventually worked its way to Parliament, which offered 5000 pounds for the design.
		Harrison started work on his H5 while the testing was continuing, with H4 being sent around the world (and even the arctic).
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	Encyclopedia: March 24
		Events March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland, uniting the crowns of Scotland and England April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England in Westminster Abbey July 17 or July 19 - Sir Walter Raleigh arrested for treason.
		John Millington Synge John Millington Synge (April 16, 1871 - March 24, 1909) was an Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore.
		John Hersey, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914-March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist.
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		For the recipients of the Victoria Cross, see either John Harrison (VC 1857) or John Harrison (VC 1917) See also the author M.
		John Harrison John Harrison (March 1693–March 24 1776) was an English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances.
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		After receiving his VC Gibson was sent on a lecture tour of the United States by the government, partly to keep the new hero safe.
		John Harrison (1693—1776), watchmaker, born at Barton-on-Humber, was an English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances.
		John Nettleton was typical of many of the RAF crews in WWII, in that he was not English, he was a Rhodesian born in South Africa in 1917.
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		John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) was one of the greatest British magicians, particularly in the field of stage illusions created through sleight of hand.
		John Harrison was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross,...
		John Harrison was born in Yorkshire and followed his father's trade as a carpenter.
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	Jack Harrison VC, MC
		John (Jack) Harrison VC MC - was born in Hull on 12th November 1890 his father was a plater and boilermaker at the nearby Earles Shipyard.
		On the 3rd May 1917 the Hull brigade were to attack the German lines at Oppy wood, a well defended area and it was considered a vital area for the British to advance.
		A fund was raised in Hull to provide for young John's education and he went on to serve as an officer in the 2nd World War.
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		John Harrison (1693-1776) Father of the chronometer andquot;English clockmaker John Harrison, a mechanical genius who pioneered the science of portable precision timekeeping, devoted his life to this quest.
		Self-taught clockmaker John Harrison believes the answer lies in large mechanical clocks.
		Instead, it was a country clockmaker named John Harrison who would invent a clock that could survive wild seas and be used to calculate...
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	Christian Unity and the Role of Authority:
		The source of the so-called "dispute" at VC I was whether or not the doctrine was capable of being defined or not and the timing of the decision.
		Therefore, unless VC I was proposing a new concept, this commonly espoused interpretation of the decree is clearly in error and the words of Bishop Gasser to the Council Fathers before they voted on the decree specifically refuted this erroneous conception.
		Harrison were affirmed as "certain" by Vatican II by their inclusion in a Dogmatic Constitution (Lumen Gentium).
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		On 3rd May 1917 at Oppy, France, owing to darkness, to smoke from the enemy barrage and our own, and to the fact that the objective was in a dark wood, it was impossible to see when our barrage had lifted off the enemy front line.
		On 18th August, 1917 North-West of Lens, France during a strong enemy counter attack the Lewis gun in a forward position was buried by a shell and the crew, with the exception of a one man, killed.
		On 6th May 1917, near Bullecourt, France, seeing that a party of the enemy were likely to outflank his battalion, Corporal Howell, on his own initiative and exposed to heavy bomb and rifle fire, climbed to the top of the Parapet and bombed the enemy, pressing them back along the trench.
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	John Harrison - The Info Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Scholars today, however, consider this unlikely to be true, as clocks and watches of all kinds were rare and expensive at the time, and Harrison came from a family of fairly modest means.He was a man of many skills and used these to improve on the way clocks were built.
		H4 was an instrument of beauty, being of the shape of a large pocketwatch.H4 took 13 years to construct, and Harrison, now 68 years old, sent it on its transatlantic trial in the care of his son, William, in 1761.
		It was Gould, not Harrison, who gave them the designations H1 through H5.Today, the restored H1, H2, H3 and H4 can be seen on display in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich Observatory.
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	Victoria Cross Research - S
		John Harrison was killed and Lieutenant Salmon was fired upon and wounded in the thigh.
		VC Medal's Custodian was Coventry Cathedral, until it was stolen in 1982.
		On 30th November, 1917, whilst in command of a company in an isolated position, 1000 yards to the front of the main line and overlooking the enemy in a position in the Canbrai sector, in France, he observed the enemy preparing for an attack and sent back information to headquarters to this effect.
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	Neil Stuart - Mary Harrison Banks
		On 7 June 1917 in the Atlantic, Lieutenant Stuart was serving in HMS Pargust (one of the 'Q' or 'mystery' ships) which was inviting an attack by U-boats.
		Ronald's VC was awarded by ballot, he later achieved the rank of Captain.
		A description of the action which resulted in Ronald's VC can be found on Ronald's page on the Victoria Cross Reference.
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	Research guide U4: The collection of Victoria Crosses in the National Maritime Museum: NMM PORT
		John Sheppard is first recorded in the Navy in 1840 as an Ordinary Seaman.
		John Harrison was born in 1832 and entered the Navy as a Boy Second Class in 1850.
		A panic party was sent away and the U boat closed in - when she was about 50 yards from the Pargust, her commander gave the order to fire and the submarine was blown out of the water.
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	Victoria Cross
		Even where a VC to be sentenced to be hanged for murder, he should be allowed to wear his VC on the gallows".
		Originally the VC ribbon was blue for the Navy, and dark red for the Army.
		He was awarded the VC for conduct during the Boer War, and became a good friend of Crean (mentioned earlier).
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	Roll of Honour - Sussex - Copthorne School
		John Rodocanachi died in Calcutta at the early age of 58 in April 1912, Nettie later returned to England.
		She was the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Tippet Drake of Plumstead, Kent.
		He died of pneumonia on 1st November 1917 and is buried in Grave II D 3 in Tincourt New British Cemetery.
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	Research guide U4: The collection of Victoria Crosses in the National Maritime Museum : Uniforms & medals : ...
		The Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry, was instituted in January 1856 but was made retrospective to 1854 to cover the Crimean War.
		The first VC was awarded to C. Lucas on 21 June 1854, Mate on HMS Hecla during the Crimean War.
		At the time he was a Leading Seaman serving with the Naval Brigades when volunteers were asked for to climb a tree near the mosque in order to reconnoitre the enemy's position and to try to dislodge the mutineers who were throwing grenades down upon the gun crew of the Naval Brigades.
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	Jack Harrison VC
		John (Jack) Harrison, a schoolmaster, was a star wing three-quarter with Hull FC in the years before the Great War.
		During the battle for Arras in 1917 he charged an enemy machine gun position alone.
		League presented the Jack Harrison VC Memorial Trophy to the Combined Services Rugby League in the year 2000, to be contested for annually in the Inter-Services fixture between the Army and the
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		Harrison, owner of D & J Builders and Remodeling LLC in Sparta, found the Food Network barbecue cook-off appetizing.
		John Harrison Intel Corporation, JF1-13 2111 NE 25th Avenue Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA work: +1 503 712-8451 fax: +1 503 264-1790 email: I do formal verification at Intel Corporation.
		John's talented taste buds are so important to Edy's that they are...
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	John Harrison - Books Store
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		Indonesia's Chris John kept his WBA featherweight crown Sunday, stopping Tommy Browne in the 10th round and sending the Australian to his second loss in a title bout this year.
		HARRISBURG ---- Former state Rep. John Kennedy was having the trees trimmed at his Cumberland County house last week when the workman surprised him with a question.
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