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  Sir Robert Calder
Robert Calder was the second son of Sir Thomas Calder of Muirton, Moray-shire, and was born at Elgin on the 2d of July, 1745.
Captain Calder, who belonged to the rear-division, so fully sympathized in their feelings, that, although his vessel was within a short distance of a large French two-decker, that could have blown him out of the water by a single broadside, he kept his place, until he was peremptorily ordered by signal to retire.
Sir Robert Calder was thus to abide the first brunt of the onset, and upon the stoutness of his resistance the issue of the great trial between France and England would mainly depend.
www.electricscotland.com /history/other/calder_robert.htm   (2400 words)

  
 Robert Calder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calder was educated at the grammar school of Elgin, and entered the Royal Navy in 1759 at the age of fourteen.
Calder held his position with a force greatly inferior to that of the enemy, and refused to be enticed out to sea.
Calder returned to England in early October 1805, thus missing the battle of Trafalgar.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Calder   (870 words)

  
 RICHER DUST CONCEALED - Robert Calder - Penguin Books
Calder was a ’39er, one of the Canadians who had sailed to Great Britain in December 1939, and he had served in Europe until the day the Germans surrendered, in May 1945.
On the first occasion that Grandma Calder had sent a package of books and chocolate overseas to Ken, she was dismayed to learn that it had fallen apart in the mail.
So respected was Grandpa Calder that, when he retired several years later, the earnest young man who replaced him returned to Moose Jaw from his first southern road trip empty-handed and nearly in tears of frustration: the café owners wouldn’t pay him, they would give their money only to “Mr.
www.penguin.ca /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670043132,00.html?sym=EXC   (4914 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Robert James Calder, soldier and public official, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 17, 1810, the son of James H. and Jane E. (Caldwell) Calder.
In 1836 Calder joined the army at Gonzales and was elected captain of K Company, First Regiment of Texas Volunteers, which he commanded at the battle of San Jacinto.
Calder received 640 acres of land for his service and was appointed marshal of Texas by Burnet in 1836.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/CC/fca9.html   (403 words)

  
 Martin - pafg75 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Robert J CALDER was born about 1879 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Jean CALDER "Jeanie" was born in 1880 in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland.
Robert BRUCE was born on 11 Jul 1274 in Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, England.
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 The Bukowski Agency - A Richer Dust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
In A Richer Dust, author Robert Calder reconstructs his uncle's life and death using Captain Calder's wartime journal, family documents and correspondence, and military records, as well as interviews with officers and men who served with Calder, with the hundred-year-old sister of his wife's lover, and with his wife's sister.
Vividly recreating the horrendous battlefield conditions in Italy and Holland, Robert Calder captures his uncle's wartime experience as, amid bombs and artillery fire, amid seas of mud and endless rain, soldiers kept alive a vision of home and hearth to keep them going.
Robert Calder is a professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan, as well as an award-winning author: Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham won the 1989 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction, and A Richer Dust is a winner of the 2003 John V. Hicks Manuscript Award for literary non-fiction.
www.thebukowskiagency.com /RicherDust.htm   (2091 words)

  
 ScotsteXt! Roughs
Though Robert McLean Calder cannot be ranked among the outstanding poets of his country, he at least deserves a worthy place on the roll of minor bards.
Mr Calder took a prominent part in most of them, and was on more than one occasion "decidedly the star of the evening." Through his exertions a local minstrel troupe of ten artistes was got together, and all were effectively drilled by him for their respective parts.
Mr Calder threw himself with characteristic ardour into the undertaking, and all along was an especial favourite; in fact it was largely owing to his exertions that the Association was begun.
www.scotstext.org /roughs/robert_mclean_calder/robert_mclean_calder.asp   (18697 words)

  
 Calder Race Course
Calder Racing Secretary Bob Umphrey passed away Monday evening from complications of a massive heart attack and stroke he suffered on Sunday.
It was the beginning of a new era of Thoroughbred sport at Calder, when horses from all over the country would come to Miami not only in the wintertime, but also in the middle of the summer season.
Major stakes winners were coming to Calder for the day of sprints and, under his watch, the Summit’s Princess Rooney Handicap was advanced to Grade I status in 2006.
www.calderracecourse.com /news/track_news/track_news_010306.html   (890 words)

  
 ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre | The Archive | Bramwell, Series 4
Robert Bramwell goes to the country estate of the brewery heiress.
Robert Bramwell and Aubrey Savier are having a dueling courtship with Mrs.
Robert is at the center of tonight's story.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/archive/221/554e.html   (289 words)

  
 Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calder signalled for the action to be broken off at 20:25, aiming to continue the battle the next day.
Calder was unwilling to attack a second time against superior odds, he had to protect the damaged Windsor Castle and Malta, and he had to consider the possibility that the previously blockaded fleets at Rochefort and Ferrol might put to sea and effect a junction with Villeneuve's combined fleet.
Calder was relieved of his command, court-martialled, and sentenced to be severely reprimanded for his failure to seek action on 23 and 24 July.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Finisterre_(1805)   (1435 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 02.05.01
Robert Ackerman, The Myth and Ritual School: J. Frazer and the Cambridge Ritualists.
I urge Hellenists to read Ackerman, learn from him, and be grateful that he thinks the reception of a chapter in the history of classical scholarship influential enough, outside of classics, to have written two books about it.
Thanks also are due Robert A. Segal, editor of the series Theorists of Myth, for including this volume.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1991/02.05.01.html   (1121 words)

  
 The Believers Movie: screenwriting tips
He acts as chairman of the drug rehabilitation organization that Lopez innocently assisted, and Robert has convinced a group of New York City couples to offer their children as human sacrifices in fl magic rituals for the obtaining of wealth and power.
Robert obtained power through them because the children were sacrifices to the gods.
The reason they were done was so that people like Robert Calder would not have to worry about how to achieve success.
www.scriptologist.com /Magazine/Tips/Believers/believers.html   (821 words)

  
 History of Brazoria County Sheriff's Department
HISTORY OF Captain Robert J. Calder, a veteran of San Jacinto, was appointed marshal of the Republic of Texas by President David G. Burnett in 1835.
WILLIAM W. Was elected the second sheriff of Brazoria County of the Republic of Texas on February 6, 1843 and served until February 3, 1845.
ROBERT R. Was elected on November 3, 1964; re-elected November 5, 1968, November 7, 1972, November 2, 1976 and served until January 1, 1981.
www.brazoria-county.com /sheriff/History/history2.htm   (1375 words)

  
 Calder,Robert Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
In Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmarish, suspenseful, and deeply disturbing novel, Dr. Jekyll experiments with a drug that splits his personality into good and evil elements.
Far more than in his famous novels, it was in verse that Robert Louis Stevenson felt able to give direct expression to his deepest feelings about friendship, love, and nostalgia.
Robert Herrick was born in 1591 in Cheapside, London to Nicholas, a goldsmith, and Julia.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Calder,Robert   (553 words)

  
 DCI Online - Obituary -
Robert Vernell Calder of Austin died Saturday, April 8, 2006, at his home.
Calder was born Nov. 22, 1914, in Garden City, Utah, to Thomas and Eva (Pope) Calder.
Calder is survived by his wife, Helen Calder of Austin; two sons, Robert Gary Calder and Thomas Bramwell Calder, both of Austin; two daughters, Joan Lorraine Calder-Egan of Oceanside, Calif., and Joycebeth Calder-Emanuel of Fort Collins; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
www.deltacountyindependent.com /Issues/2006/04-12/obits/calder.html   (224 words)

  
 james bond multimedia | David Calder (Sir Robert King) images
Sir Robert King played by David Calder is the first ally of The World Is Not Enough.
After returning the money to Sir Robert, he tells M that he might try and steal Bond, who quips, “Construction is not exactly my speciality”.
Sir Robert King is a softly spoken, well-respected distinguished gentleman who is a personal friend of M’s after they read law together at Oxford.
www.jamesbondmm.co.uk /bond-allies/david-calder.php   (248 words)

  
 The Facts
The grand jury at this session indicted Walter Williams for murder, John Chaffin for assault with attempt to murder, R.L. Biggs for larceny, Robert Hodge for murder, Isaac Jamison for assault with intent to kill and J.P. Cause for assault and battery with intent to kill.
Franklin directed that Sheriff Calder be paid $50 for having summoned the grand jurors, and also ordered that John L.D. Bynum turn over all unfinished business of the courts (those operating before the Republic of Texas began) to Calder.
The capital of the Republic of Texas was moved from Columbia to the new town of Houston after just one session of the Legislature, with an accompanying decrease in activity and population in Brazoria County.
www.thefacts.com /story.lasso?ewcd=a93a4e39e11663fa   (866 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Calder, 'Myth and Ritual School' URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/bmcr/bmcr-v2n05-calder-myth BMCR 2.5.1, Review of Ackerman, *The Myth and Ritual School* Robert Ackerman.
Rev. by W.M. Calder III Gilbert Murray in 1912 sent Wilamowitz a copy of Jane Harrison's Themis.
See Anton Bierl, William M. Calder III, Robert L. Fowler (editors), *The Prussian and the Poet: The Letters of Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff to Gilbert Murray (1894-1931)* (Hildesheim 1992).
www.infomotions.com /serials/bmcr/bmcr-v2n05-calder-myth.txt   (1167 words)

  
 Calder: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU
Calder: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU
Jim Calder has recieved two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and is the recipient of the Rockefeller's U.S. - Mexico Fund for Culture to create a new work which will tour the U.S. - Mexican border.
He has received grants to develop new work from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, The Ford Foundation and Inroads.
filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu /object/CalderJ   (146 words)

  
 CALDER, SIR ROBERT - Online Information article about CALDER, SIR ROBERT
CALDER, SIR ROBERT - Online Information article about CALDER, SIR ROBERT
Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
Stirling was ordered to join Sir R. Calder and cruise with him to intercept the fleets of See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BUN_CAL/CALDER_SIR_ROBERT.html   (781 words)

  
 CCMA - Calder Quartet & Robert Thies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Calder Quartet’s first CCMA performance in 2004 stunned our patrons and the board couldn’t wait for an opportunity to invite them back.
This is his first time appearing in Cedar City as part of the Calder Quartet.
Highlight Feb. 27 on your calendar and be at the Heritage Center Theater to hear the Calder Quartet with Robert Thies “Live!” The Quartet will also inspire Iron County students with a concert on Wednesday the 28th.
www.heritagectr.org /CCMACalder.htm   (288 words)

  
 MS082  CALDER PAPERS 1844 - 1875   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The Calder family of Wilmington traced its ancestry back to Marks (1757-1833) and Rachel Benjamin (1762-1847) Lazarus of Charleston, South Carolina.
William Calder], is the source of the Calder documents in this Collection.
Receipt for Robert E. Calder in the amount of $1045 for the third installment and interest on purchase of house
library.uncwil.edu /web/collections/manuscript/MS082.html   (267 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Robert Louis Stevenson : Selected Poems: Books: Jenni Calder,Robert Louis Stevenson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
by Jenni Calder (Author), Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
Robert Louis Stevenson established his reputation with novels such as Treasure Island and Dr.
Be the first person to review this item.
www.amazon.ca /Robert-Louis-Stevenson-Selected-Poems/dp/075381742X   (221 words)

  
 Time as a Human Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
A multidisciplinary text on time is a challenging and exciting project, and this volume makes that challenge accessible to the lay reader and the specialist alike.
The theoretical and philosophical concepts of time are treated in three foundational discussions by Robert Banks, Richard Taylor, and David Skelton.
The book concludes with summations of the issues and comments on the future of time research by legal scholar Donna Greschner, English professor Robert Calder, and philosophy professor Ernest McCullough.
www.ucalgary.ca /UofC/departments/UP/1-895176/1-895176-04-2.html   (287 words)

  
 William Calder Marshall ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Lemuel Francis Abbott - Captain Robert Calder c.
Merigot, Calder Castle, plate opposite page 111 in the book Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners in Scotland During the Years 1799 and 1800 by John Stoddart (London: William Miller, 1801), vol.
The "mirror stage" when children first recognize themselves is widely understood as a critical phase of human development.
www.wwar.com /masters/m/marshall-william_calder.html   (1595 words)

  
 Robert Bowie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Robert, between the ages of 18 and 26, went from County Sutherland to Inverness, and then emigrated from Glasgow to the United States aboard the Siberian in 1893.
Jean married Costello and had two children, Robert and Barbara.
There were three children (not sure by which marriage) Diane, Caren and Mark.
www.familypangaea.net /FGDS-RobertBowie.htm   (181 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Tri-Valley Acquires Admiral Calder Calcium Mine From Sealaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The property is located on the northwestern coast of Prince of Wales Island, part of the Alexander Archipelago in southeast Alaska between Juneau and Ketchikan.
The Mine, deposit and local geographic features are named after Rear-Admiral Robert Calder, a British naval officer who served under Horatio Nelson and fought a number of successful actions against the French during the Napoleonic Wars.
Select will be calling the Mine and operation the "Admiral," representing its history and maritime location.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=91035   (841 words)

  
 Robert Creeley Bibiolography
Vincent Prestianni, "Robert Creeley: An Analytical Bibliography of Bibliographies," Sagetrieb 10, 1-2 (1991): 209-213.
Stephen Fredman, "'A Life Tracking Itself': Robert Creeley's Presences: A Text for Marisol," Poet's Prose: the Crisis in American Verse, 2nd.
Robert Von Hallberg, "Robert Creeley and John Ashbery: Systems," American Poetry and Culture, 1945-1980 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985): 36-61;
wings.buffalo.edu /epc/authors/creeley/bib.html   (1663 words)

  
 Calder, Robert J.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Calder, Robert J. Calder, Robert J. Catalog Number: P97-061-0073
Subject Terms: Calder, Robert J; sheriff; Brazoria County
Description: Robert J. Calder, first sheriff of Brazoria County, Republic of Texas.
www.bchm.org /Photos/p3354.html   (29 words)

  
 The Calder Gazette - News and Opinion
That this phenomenon has continued and expanded through four decades is actually quite an amazing accomplishment.
Be informed via e-mail whenever a news item, opinion piece, story or feature is posted on the Calder Gazette.
2004-09-09 - Heather Bachman Becomes the 7th Calder Gazette Writer
www.calder.net   (447 words)

  
 Robert L. Calder/Guendolyn E. Tolson
Name: Heather Michelle Calder Born: Private at: Married: at: Died: at: Spouses:
Name: Andrew Tolson Calder Born: Private at: Married: at: Died: at: Spouses:
Name: Thane Churchill Calder Born: Private at: Married: at: Died: at: Spouses:
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