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	Simon Fraser (general) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simon Fraser (1729-1777) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War who was killed in the Battle of Bemis Heights.
		Simon was a younger son of Alexander Fraser of Balnian, Scotland, by his second wife Jean Mackintosh and was born in Scotland in 1729.
		Fraser came to Canada with the British forces in the French and Indian War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Fraser_(general) (528 words)

	Simon Fraser (general): bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Simon Fraser (1729-1777) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War (The revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783), killed in the Battle of Bemis Heights (additional info and facts about Battle of Bemis Heights).
		Fraser came to Canada (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) with the British forces in the French and Indian War (A war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes); 1755-1760).
		As Morgan and Benedict Arnold (United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)) regained control of the Continentals (additional info and facts about Continentals), his column also took some casualties from friendly fire.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Si/Simon_Fraser_(general).htm (588 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		He was the eighth and youngest child of Simon Fraser, who was descended from the Frasers of Culbokie and Guisachan, a cadet branch of the Frasers of Lovat, and Isabella Grant, daughter of the laird of Daldregan.
		Simon Fraser and William, his eldest son, enlisted in July and took part in the battle of Bennington on 17 August, when the British were decisively defeated.
		Fraser was unable to go as far into the Strait of Georgia as he wished to do, and when he hurried back up the river the Indians pursued and harassed his party as far as the vicinity of Hope.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38559 (3389 words)

	Jacobites of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The four Frasers profiled in Jacobites of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire in the Rising of 1715 by Alistair and Henrietta Taylor (1934) are Charles, Lord Fraser of Muchalls, William Fraser of Inverallochy, Captain Simon Fraser and the Hon.
		The deceased Hugh Lord Lovat’s uncle, Thomas Fraser of Beaufort (1631-1699), strongly opposed the match and his 29 year-old son, Captain Simon Fraser of Beaufort, succeeded in preventing the proposed marriage by stringing Lord Saltoun from a tree and extracting from him a promise not to pursue the match.
		Simon Fraser failed in his attempts to marry the young Lovat heiress himself, eventually raping and forcibly marrying her mother, the 31 year-old dowager Lady Lovat.
	www.electricscotland.com /canada/fraser/jacobites.htm (1393 words)

	Saratoga
		After serving in Canada, Simon Fraser was transferred to Germany as a major in the army on the staff of Ferdinand of Brunswick, was commissioned a major in the 24th Regiment of Foot, and in 1768 became its lieutenant-colonel.
		In Ireland Fraser was aide-de-camp to Jeffrey Townshend, the lord lieutenant, and in 1770 was appointed Irish quartermaster general.
		Fraser died the next morning at eight o'clock and, even though the redoubt was now within full range of the advancing Americans, Burgoyne complied with the dying wish of his comrade.
	www.clanfraser.ca /saratoga.htm (2112 words)

	Simon Fraser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simon Fraser- a Canadian explorer who was the first non-First Nations person to reach the Lower Fraser overland.
		Simon Fraser Tolmie- the premier of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933.
		CGSG Simon Fraser- a Canadian Coast Guard vessel built in 1960 and now decommissioned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Fraser (162 words)

	Alan Fraser - Scotland - Clan Fraser
		Sir Alexander Fraser's younger brother Sir Simon Fraser was slain in battle at Halidon Hill in 1333.
		This Simon Fraser is considered to be the father or grandfather of a Hugh Fraser who is documented as owning the lands of Lovat and the Aird in 1367.
		However, because Sir Simon Fraser, the 11th Lord Lovat, sided with Bonnie Prince Charlie in the Battle of Culloden, he was the last Lord to be executed by England in 1747 at the age of 80 and his title and estates were declared forfeit to England.
	myducksoup.com /scotland/fraser.shtml (872 words)

	Simon Frasier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Simon Fraser was born May 20, 1776, in the small rural hamlet of Mapletown in Hoosick Township, New York, near Bennington, Vermont.
		As a partner, Fraser was selected to oversee the extension of the company's activities to the land west of the Rocky Mountains from 1805-1808.
		Simon and Catherine Fraser were buried in a single grave, which exists to this day in the Roman Catholic cemetery at St. Andrews West.
	www.3rd1000.com /history3/explorers/frasier/frasier.htm (742 words)

	A MEMOIR OF THE EXPLOITS OF CAPTIAIN ALEXANDER
		Lieutenant Fraser's special qualification was that he spoke fluent French and as a young officer of education and intelligence complemented the rough character of Croghan.
		Fraser had attacked an American guard of some two hundred and fifty men but they had retreated after their commanding officer was killed.
		Brigadier-General Simon Fraser, Alexander's uncle, led the Advanced Corps of the British Regiments then stationed in Canada (8th King's Regiment excepted) plus his own 24th regiment of Foot and various Provincial volunteers, Canadians, and Indians as were attached to the Army.
	www.csmid.com /history.html (11437 words)

	Simon Fraser
		He was the youngest son of Alexander Fraser, of Balwain and Glendo, of the Lovat family, by a daughter of Angus Mackintosh, of Killachy.
		To Burgoyne the loss of Fraser was a severe blow, and contemporary military writers affirm that, had he lived, the British would have made good their retreat into Canada.
		General Fraser's temper was warm, open, and communicative, but reserved in matters of confidence.
	www.famousamericans.net /simonfraser (760 words)

	Saratoga Battlefield Tour Stop 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A grievously wounded Simon Fraser was carried here to the Taylor Cabin, which had been taken over as a residence by Baroness Riedsel, the wife of the German commander.
		The bleeding General was brought into the room where a cheerful dinner party to which he had been invited was being held.
		Simon Fraser died at 8:00 on the morning of October 8, 1777.
	www.revolutionaryday.com /usroute9/saratoga/tour10.htm (116 words)

	Graduate Programs at Simon Fraser University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Simon Fraser University's Specialist MBA Program was designed for people who wish to specialize in one area, such as marketing or finance.
		It is normally pursued as a general program that promotes the acquisition of the knowledge and skills needed to function effectively in increasingly complex educational settings.
		Simon Fraser University's Harbour Centre Campus is a highly functional education and meeting complex.
	www.gradschools.com /listings/institutionsout/simonfraser.html (1384 words)

	Brigadier-General Simon Fraser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Simon Fraser was the youngest son of Hugh Fraser of Balnain.
		He was commander of General John Burgoyne's elite Advance Corps in the campaign from Canada in 1777, commanding the British grenadier battalion, British light infantry battalion, the 24th Regiment, the company of British marksmen (commanded by his nephew, Captain Alexander Fraser), Indians, and companies of British artillery, Canadian militia, and Loyalists.
		My poor wife." Prayers were said, then he asked General Burgoyne to have him buried at six O'clock in the evening, on a hill, which was a sort of redoubt.
	www.silverwhistle.co.uk /lobsters/fraser.html (218 words)

	Timothy Murphy
		At the Battle of Bemis Heights (Second Battle of Saratoga), 7 October 1777, Murphy is reputed to have shot and killed Sir Francis Clerke and General Simon Fraser.
		It was at the Battle of Bemis Heights (Second Battle of Saratoga), 7 October 1777, that Murphy is reputed to have fired the shots that killed Sir Francis Clerke and General Simon Fraser, throwing the British command of the battle into disarray.
		Early in 1781, Murphy reenlisted in the Pennsylvania Line under General Wayne and was present for the final battle of Yorktown.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/Timothy_Murphy (878 words)

	The Directory of Canadian Universities - Simon Fraser University
		In its 40 years of existence, Simon Fraser University has continually sought to deliver a progressive and responsive university education.
		The innovation that characterizes Simon Fraser University is reflected in its architecture, in a breathtaking mountain setting near one of Canada’s most cosmopolitan cities.
		Simon Fraser University has also pioneered ways of serving the needs of its full and part-time students.
	www.aucc.ca /can_uni/our_universities/simon_fraser_e.html (731 words)

	For Money, Gallantry and Love (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although Brigadier General Simon Fraser of Balnain was a reasonably well known British army officer during the American Revolution, little information was available about his personal life, so I turned to the Toronto Reference Library.
		Grant of Percy Street, London, married, as her second husband, Simon Fraser who, on his death at Saratoga in October 1777, left everything to ‘my loving wife Margaretta Henrietta Fraser’, who was her own executrix.
		According to Colonel James Fraser, two celebrated paintings by John Graham, depicting General Fraser’s death, were presented to his widow.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/canada/gallantry_love.htm (875 words)

	Simon Fraser Student Society - Canadian Federation of Students Local 23
		The Simon Fraser Student Society is the students’ union at Simon Fraser University.
		Students at Simon Fraser University stand in solidarity with more than 450,000 students across Canada, as Local 23 of the Canadian Federation of Students.
		As members of the Canadian Federation of Students, the Student Society works collectively with more than 70 students’ unions across the country to ensure that student issues and concerns are represented at the provincial and national level.
	www.sfss.ca (160 words)

	Tartans.com :: View topic - Fraser Naming Patterns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Simon Fraser was of Balnain, a well-known Fraser family in Stratherrick.
		Sort of on the subject of Fraser naming patterns; with three of my grandchildren having been born in Australia, I was just advised by my niece in Vancouver that her daughter in Melbourne, Australia had a son recently, so the Down Under faction of my family just increased.
		More recent generations, in both Scotland and Canada, seem to have abandoned the old system and often use names that are in fashion at the time.
	tartans.com /mesgboard/viewtopic.php?p=104540&... (1770 words)

	Computational Robotics and Motion Planning Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A main objective here is to develop formal and practical approaches to incorporate sensing for geometric reasoning, in particular motion planning of manipulators.
		While our framework will be general, we will test the resulting algorithms with a particular modality of sensing, range sensing.
		For the experimental set-up, a range scanner was a natural choice for the ease with which it provides distances to nearest objects.
	www.ensc.sfu.ca /research/kamal (829 words)

	Simon Fraser Archives Display
		General Services was originally responsible for building construction and plant maintenance, as well as for many other services such as traffic, security, fire prevention, purchasing, bookstore operations, central stores, mail, and food services.
		The scheduling of space was an important concern of the new university, and the Manager chaired a Space Usage Committee, charged with room allocation.
		In August 1967, General Services was reorganized into three sections: Physical Plant and Planning, Purchasing, and Ancillary Services.
	aabc.bc.ca /WWW.sfua.archbc/display.SFU-80 (695 words)

	Clan Fraser
		The Frasers of Lovat are descended from Sir Alexander Fraser's younger brother, Simon, who also fought at Bannockburn, and each chief of Clan Fraserof Lovat is known as MacShimi (son of Simon).
		Simon Fraser (1667-1747), 11th Lord of Lovat, was one of the more colorful characters in the history of the Highlands.
		Fraser of InverallochyA short history of Simon Fraser of Inverallochy.
	www.mv.com /ipusers/becky (810 words)

	Simon Fraser University
		You are free to propose your own, but you should clear it with me. Once you have some idea of what you want your project to be, you should come see (preferably during office hours) so I can give you more guidance.
		My general expectation is that the project should take you 20-25 hours.
		For example, the ANL learner could be enhanced with so-called “boosting” techniques which are widely used for learners in general.
	www.cs.sfu.ca /~oschulte/projects.htm (855 words)

	The Man Who Shot Simon Fraser
		Brigadier General Simon Fraser was dead, shot through the intestines while rallying his troops that clear afternoon of October 7
		The idea that in the midst of battle the General could have seen the distant marksman and recognize that the man had shot him seems very remote.
		Graham, James, Life of General Daniel Morgan of the Virginia Line of the Army of the United States, p.
	earlyamerica.com /review/2003_summer_fall/fraser.htm (642 words)

	Mexus\Simon\Fraser\University
		Simon Fraser University was founded in 1965 and has been growing rapidly with an excellent reputation as Canada's best comprehensive university by Maclean's Magazine.
		The University has two campuses: the main campus is located on a small mountain in Burnaby a half-hour drive from downtown Vancouver.
		Simon Fraser University's academic year consists of three four-month semesters.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /dept/mexus/exchanges/universities/simonf.htm (396 words)

	Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer
		In 1805 he was chosen to inaugurate the company's operations beyond the Rocky Mts., and after exploring and establishing trading posts on the upper reaches of the Fraser River, he and John Stuart and 20 companions explored (1808) the same river to tidewater.
		In 1811, Fraser was placed in charge of the important Red River department of his company, where he came into conflict with the earl of
		Fraser's journals of the expedition were edited by W. Lamb (1960).
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0819516.html (262 words)

	Simon Fraser University
		Simon Fraser has faculties of arts, sciences, applied sciences, business administration, education, and graduate studies.
		SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: SFU centre for dialogue nanamed for Morris J. Wosk.
		SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: SFU appoints new President, ch chair of the Burnaby Mountain Community Corporation.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0845303.html (235 words)

	SSRN-The Theory of Human Capital Revisited: On the Interaction of General and Specific Investments by Christoph ...
		ANKE S. Simon Fraser University - Department of Economics; University of Bonn - Economic Science Area; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
		In his seminal work, Becker (1964) argues that employers will not be willing to invest in general training when labor markets are competitive.
		We show that there exists an incentive complementarity between employer-sponsored general and specific investments: the possibility to provide specific training leads the employer to invest in general human capital.
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=285757 (353 words)

	explorer simon fraser
		Introduction - Simon Fraser and the Roller Coaster River
		___"Simon Fraser is remembered mainly as the explorer of what is now called the Fraser River (named after him by David Thompson).
		He was also responsible for the first British settlements west of the Rockies." These pages are designed for young explorers, but students of all ages will find the information useful.
	www.archaeolink.com /explorer_simon_fraser.htm (176 words)

	Chemistry Virtual Textbook
		These are all in Web-viewer format and may be useful links for course resources pages.
		This project began in the late 1980's as a means to supplement (or in some cases to largely replace) the conventional textbook treatments of various topics in courses in General Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry.
		The motivation was in most cases to provide alternatives to what seem to be the rather shallow standardized treatments of certain topics presented in many commercial textbooks.
	www.chem1.com /acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html (1648 words)

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