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  John Marshall (archaeologist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir John Hubert Marshall (19 March 1876–17 August 1958) was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1931.
Marshall was born in Chester and educated at Cambridge.
Marshall also failed to incorporate the basic technique of stratification, taking vertical slices at strategic locations around the dig to reveal the layers that accumulated with the succession of destruction and rebuilding of the site by generations of inhabitants.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Marshall_(archaeologist)   (237 words)

  
 John Marshall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
John Marshall was the oldest of 15 children of Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith Marshall.
Marshall participated in several battles of the Revolutionary War as an infantry officer, was at Valley Forge with Washington during the winter of 1777-78, and eventually was promoted to captain and given the title "general" in the Virginia militia.
Marshall's brilliant solution was to recast the case as one involving the Court's power to engage in judicial review, that is, to ascertain whether an Act of Congress meets the requirements of the Constitution.
www.michaelariens.com /ConLaw/justices/marshallj.htm   (1730 words)

  
 John Marshall
Marshall represented Henrico County in the House of Delegates from 1784 to 1787, and in June of 1788 was a delegate to the state convention called to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Marshall gained a reputation for adherence to a strict republican ideal of subordinating self-interest to the public good, controlling oneself by reason, and maintaining a sense of duty.
By his opinions, Marshall increased the power of the Supreme Court as a branch of the federal government, emphasized the role of the judiciary in the states, and reinforced the national supremacy of the federal government.
www.lva.lib.va.us /whoweare/exhibits/marshall   (1105 words)

  
 Marshall, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Marshall presided as circuit judge and interpreted the clause in the Constitution requiring proof of an “overt act” for conviction of treason so that Burr escaped conviction because he had engaged only in a conspiracy.
Marshall’s difficulties with President Jackson reached their peak when Marshall declared against Georgia in the matter of expelling the Cherokee, a decision that the state flouted.
Marshall in his arguments drew much from his colleagues, especially his devoted adherent, Justice Joseph Story, and he was stimulated and inspired by the lawyers pleading before the court, among them some of the most brilliant legal minds America has seen, including Daniel Webster, Luther Martin, William Pinkney, William Wirt, and Jeremiah Mason.
www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MarshalJ.html   (888 words)

  
 From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: John Marshall
John Marshall born on September 24, 1755, eleven weeks after Braddock's defeat during which most of the British officers, including Braddock, were killed or wounded.
Marshall was chosen to speak in favor of a strong judiciary.
John Marshall returned to the United States to be enthusiastically received by most of the country.
odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/jmarshall/marsh.htm   (2284 words)

  
 John Marshall Essay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
John Marshall (Chief Justice 1801-1835) solidly established the Supreme Court, and the judiciary branch, as an equal counterpart to the legislative and executive branches.
John Marshall perceived the Constitution as the supreme foundation of the land and strived to uphold its principles, but he believed that the proper manner in which government fulfilled its role would compromise the integrity and original intention for the Constitution.
John Marshall's respect for the Constitution and willingness to see the United States prosper propelled him to enforce a strong federal government that united, supervised, and regulated the separate states.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Lobby/1777/papers/hmarshall.html   (675 words)

  
 The Madison Era: Judicial Review: Marbury v. Madison: Chief Justice John Marshall
John Marshall (1755-1835) was fourth chief justice of the United States and a Congressman from his native state of Virginia.
Marshall was nominated to be chief justice of the United States in 1801 (1801–1835).
Marshall believed that the Constitution was designed to be "adapted to the various crises of human affairs." Above all, he emphasized national supremacy over the interests of the individual states and the protection of property rights.
www.jmu.edu /madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives/era/judicial/justice.htm   (265 words)

  
 United States District Court for the District of Columbia
John Marshall (1755-1835), one of the most significant chief justices of the Supreme Court and a principal founder of judicial review, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, the son of a prosperous farmer and a member of the colonial House of Burgesses.
Marshall, who was a first-hand witness to the weak government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, became the leading supporter of the new federal Constitution in Virginia in 1787.
Marshall's conduct of the Aaron Burr trial for treason in 1807, in which Burr was acquitted, further aroused Thomas Jefferson's animosity toward the conservative Federalist chief justice.
www.dcd.uscourts.gov /marshall.html   (742 words)

  
 Retrospective of the Anthropologist and Filmmaker John Marshall, 6/05
Through a skillful mix of footage from the 1950s and late 1970s, Marshall presents a powerful view of the dramatic transformation of Ju’/hoansi life, from independent hunter-gatherers, to despised minorities, as told through the impassioned voice of the indigenous narrator, a woman Marshall had known since she was a child.
Marshall’s inclusion of his story is not self-indulgence on the part of the filmmaker, but necessary information for understanding Ju’/hoan history which has been shaped by the complex machinery of national development and global economies.
Marshall was the cameraman on Frederick Wiseman’s "Titicut Follies," the scathing expose of Bridewater State Hospital released in 1967.
www.nefilm.com /news/archives/05june/marshall.htm   (2369 words)

  
 John Marshall Harlan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is about the pre-World-War-I US Supreme Court justice; for his grandson, the mid-20th-century holder of the same position, see John Marshall Harlan II.
John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833 – October 14, 1911) was an American Supreme Court associate justice.
Linda Przybyszewski: The Republic According to John Marshall Harlan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Marshall_Harlan   (864 words)

  
 Speech - October 6, 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Marshall says that the Constitution is a written agreement among the several states and the people in those states, and the courts have always had the final say in interpreting the provisions of a written agreement.
John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth were both able jurists by the standards of their time, but neither of them had the vision of constitutional government that Marshall did.
Marshall was certainly no more "learned in the law" than his colleagues on the Court, and there were probably several of those who would have been thought more learned than he was.
www.supremecourtus.gov /publicinfo/speeches/sp_10-06-00.html   (2264 words)

  
 Current.org | "A Kalahari Family" documentary series
John Marshall, during an interview with Current in November [1995] while in Washington to screen a rough cut of A Kalahari Family for the American Anthropological Association, is asked whether he knew as a young man that he would continue his mother's work.
Marshall, who has an NEH postproduction grant to organize the material and prepare the script, was also in Washington to make copies of some of the 16mm film he shot nearly five decades ago that is now archived at the Smithsonian.
Marshall is using interviews and archival material from other filmmakers to fill in the major gap that resulted from his 20-year absence.
www.current.org /prog604.html   (1554 words)

  
 The Supreme Court Historical Society
JOHN MARSHALL was born on September 24, 1755, in Germantown, Virginia.
Marshall was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1799, and in 1800 was appointed Secretary of State by President John Adams.
Marshall died on July 6, 1835, at the age of seventy-nine.
www.supremecourthistory.org /02_history/subs_timeline/images_chiefs/004.html   (223 words)

  
 Pete's Equipment | The Marshall Stack | Whotabs | Pete Townshend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
John bought the second, fourth, seventh and eighth (or 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th) produced by Marshall; Pete bought the ones in between (the first was bought by the Flinstones’ bassist).
John’s and Pete’s desire (and escalation) to have the loudest gear was the impetus for Marshall to build the first 100-watt amplifiers.
Marshall gear played an integral role in the explosive stage act the band was developing in the London clubs, before audiences of buzzed mod kids.
www.thewho.net /whotabs/marshallstack.htm   (4396 words)

  
 John Marshall
h Marshall, a linen draper from Leeds, and Mary Cowper, was born in Rawdon in 1765.
Marshall was also involved in the founding of a Mechanics' Institute and an Literary and Philosophical Society in Leeds.
Marshall the gladdest of the glad on returning to his beautiful home among the mountains, free to stay in the quiet retirement that you all love so much.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TEXmarshall.htm   (1379 words)

  
 FindLaw Constitutional Law Center: Supreme Court: Justices: John Marshall
Marshall was a participant in the Revolutionary War as a member of the 3rd Virginia Regiment.
Marshall was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1782, 1787, and 1795.
Marshall was instrumental in establishing the court's authority in the national government.
supreme.lp.findlaw.com /supreme_court/justices/pastjustices/marshall.html   (729 words)

  
 John Marshall
John Marshall was born on September 24, 1755 at Germantown (now Midland) in what became Fauquier County, Virginia four years later.
John Marshall spent the winter of 1777-1778 with the troops in Valley Forge.
Marshall represented tenants of Lord Fairfax.] From this time, he maintained leadership of the bar of Virginia.
www.ushistory.org /valleyforge/served/marshall.html   (536 words)

  
 Marshall, John Hubert - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Marshall, John Hubert
As director general of archaeology in India 1902–31, he was responsible for extensive surveys and excavations, including those at Mohenjo Daro and Harappa in northwestern India (now Pakistan), which brought to light the previously unknown Indus Valley civilization.
As director general of archaeology in India, Marshall reorganized the department of archaeology and contributed to the development of a cultural identity for Indian archaeology beyond textual and art-historical sources.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Marshall,+John+Hubert   (233 words)

  
 Amazon.com: What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Marshall, in contrast, was an officer in the Continental Army and experienced in very concrete ways the inadequacies of the confederation government that preceded the establishment of our present constitution.
Ultimately, John Marshall prevails in his bid to establish the Supreme Court as the final arbiter of the Constitution and the authoritative voice for the constitutional supremacy of the federal government over the states.
Marshall was more modest, able to mingle easily with ordinary men and women, but convinced that the United States was destined to become a strong nation and that the Supreme Court could play a key role in achieving its destiny.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684848708?v=glance   (2677 words)

  
 "The Great Chief Justice" at Home
Marshall’s public duties in Washington, D.C., and on circuit in Virginia and North Carolina, consumed an average of less than six months a year.
John Marshall’s public and private roles were intertwined at home.
A Locket and a Strand of Hair--Symbols of
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/49marshall/49marshall.htm   (225 words)

  
 Remembering John Marshall - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
While Marshall was not one of the Framers of the Constitution, as the author of such landmark decisions as Marbury v.
Marshall's reputation as the greatest and most influential of America's judges has obscured the fact Marshall assumed his duties as chief justice in 1801 amid charges the institution he would lead had been radically politicized by Federalists like President John Adams, who appointed him.
Marshall and Jefferson were political opponents but were in complete agreement that the success of self-government required the intellectual and moral development of the American people.
www.washtimes.com /commentary/20050923-090549-5492r.htm   (770 words)

  
 John Marshall 250th Birthday Celebration--John Marshall House
Chief Justice Marshall was buried with Masonic honors in Shockoe Cemetery by Richmond Randolph Lodge #19.
This is a rare opportunity to visit John Marshall's boyhood homes (the Hollow built in 1765 and Oak Hill built in 1773) and later houses built by his sons.
John Marshall served as an officer in the Culpeper Minutemen and the Continental Army.
www.apva.org /marshall/calendar/250.php   (1587 words)

  
 John Marshall Middle School - USD 259   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
John Marshall Middle School is a high-energy center that concentrates on student learning.
Marshall recognizes the worth of all people through a process of continual growth, so that everyone becomes a teacher and each individual is a student.
All interested parties are encouraged to attend the monthly Monday meetings and give their input so that we can continue to make Marshall a continuous learning community that is cohesive, meets the standards of excellence and needs of our diverse population.
www.usd259.com /middle/marshall.html   (1263 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - John Marshall Harlan, 1833–1911, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Supreme Court, ...
John Marshall Harlan, 1833–1911, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Biographies
John Marshall Harlan 1833–1911, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1877–1911), b.
Admitted to the bar in 1853, he served in the Civil War as a colonel in the Union army until 1863, when he became attorney general of Kentucky.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/HarlanJ1.html   (467 words)

  
 The Supreme Justice
Without Marshall's landmark opinions defining the national government's powers, the government Washington founded might not have acquired competencies -- and society might not have developed the economic sinews -- sufficient to enable Lincoln to preserve the Union.
Marshall made constitutional law a bulwark of the sanctity of contracts, the bedrock of America's enterprise culture.
Marshall's jurisprudence built the bridge to 1862, the year it became clear that many men would have to die in a protracted conflict to preserve the Union and that many would be willing to do so.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/24/AR2005092400524.html   (770 words)

  
 Marshall County History
Marshall County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on March 12, 1835, from parts of Ohio County.
John Wetzel and his family were the first English settlers to build a cabin in the county.
The county was named in honor of John Marshall, who at the time was the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
www.polsci.wvu.edu /wv/Marshall/marhhistory.html   (2212 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/John Marshall
John Marshall (September 24, 1755–July 6, 1835), Chief Justice of the United States and principal founder of American constitutional law and the Supreme Court of the United States' power of judicial review.
Appointed Chief Justice on January 20, 1801, Marshall continued to serve as Secretary of State until the end of Adams' administration March 4, 1801.
Marshall's home in Richmond, Virginia has been preserved by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/John_Marshall   (531 words)

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