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  William Barton Rogers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Barton Rogers (1804-1882) is best known for incorporating the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1861.
He attended the College of William and Mary and served as Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry there for 8 years from 1828 until 1835.
He then served as Professor of Natural Philosophy for 19 years (1835 to 1853) at the University of Virginia, and was Chair of the Department of Philosophy there before serving as President of MIT from 1861 to 1870.
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 William Rogers (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William D. Rogers, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and subsequently Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs under Gerald Ford.
William Findlay Rogers, a congressman from New York from 1883 to 1884.
William Nathaniel Rogers, a congressman from New Hampshire from 1923 to 1924 and 1931 to 1936.
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 William Barton Rogers - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For other men named William Rogers, see William Rogers (disambiguation).
William Barton Rogers (born 1804) incorporated the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1861.
However, it was not opened until 1865, due to the American Civil War.
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 William Rogers (disambiguation) - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
William P. Rogers, U.S. Attorny General under Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State under Richard Nixon.
William Vann Rogers, Jr., a congressman from California from 1943 to 1944.
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 William Barton Rogers: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For other men named William Rogers, see William Rogers (disambiguation) (additional info and facts about William Rogers (disambiguation)).
William Barton Rogers (born 1804) incorporated the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (An engineering university in Cambridge) (MIT) in 1861.
However, it was not opened until 1865, due to the American Civil War (Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865).
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 Science Fair Projects - Will Rogers
Rogers was born in Indian Territory in what would later become the state of Oklahoma.
Through Rogers' continuing series of columns between 1922 and 1935, as well as in his personal appearances and radio broadcasts, he won the loving admiration of the American people, poking jibes in witty ways at the issues of the day and prominent people – often politicians.
Rogers married Betty Blake (1879-1944) in 1908, and they had four children: William Vann Rogers (1911-1993); Mary Amelia Rogers (1913-1989), who married Walter Brooks II; James Blake Rogers (1915-2000), who married Margeurite Astre Kemmler (1917-1987), and after her death married Judith Braun; and Fred Stone Rogers (1918-1920), who died of diphtheria as an infant.
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William C. Rogers III (additional info and facts about William C. Rogers III), commander of the U.S.S. Vincennes when it shot down an Iranian airliner.
William D. Rogers (additional info and facts about William D. Rogers), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and subsequently Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs under Gerald Ford (38th President of the United States; appointed Vice President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)).
Bill Rogers, the official announcer of Disneyland (An amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney) and Walt Disney World (A large amusement park established in 1971 southwest of Orlando) since 1991.
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 William C. Rogers III - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation William C. Rogers III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Commander William C. Rogers III, native of San Diego county, was the captain of USS Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser with the Aegis Combat System.
Nine months after the incident, on March 10, 1989, Rogers' wife Sharon escaped with her life when a pipe bomb attached to her minivan exploded, while she was driving.
While many immediately suspected that terrorists were responsible, Associated Press reported later that the most likely suspect had a personal vendetta against Rogers and the FBI denied terrorist activity http://www.milnet.com/sepoct89.htm.
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He died after collapsing while given a speech at MIT in which his last words were "bituminous coal".
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 Will Rogers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The one-week spot ran on into 1916, and Rogers' obvious popularity resulted in an offer to be one of the comic acts on the more-famous "Ziegfeld Follies." Ziegfeld saw comedians as mere 'stage-fillers' who entertained the audience while the stage was reset for the next spectacle of beautiful girls in stunning costumes.
Rogers managed to not only hold his own, but to achieve star status, with both his roping and his precise satire on the daily news.
While Rogers enjoyed adding film acting to his entertainment experience, his time in silent movies suffered from the obvious restrictions of silence--not the strongest media for him, having gained his fame as a commentator on stage.
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 WILL ROGERS FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The key event in Rogers' stage career was his securing a one-week engagement in New York, in the fall of 1915, for showman Florenz_Ziegfeld's "Midnight Frolic." This variety revue, beginning at midnight in the top-floor night club of Ziegfeld's New Amsterdam Theatre, drew many influential--and regular--customers.
Rogers moved permanently to the West Coast in 1919, when the Goldwyn company moved to join the rise of film-making in California.
Rogers' home, stables, and polo fields are preserved today for public enjoyment at Will_Rogers_State_Park in Pacific_Palisades, CA.
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 Will Rogers - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
From 1925 to 1928, Rogers traveled the length and breadth of the United States in a "lecture tour".
An avid booster of aviation, Rogers undertook a polar flight with a fellow Oklahoman, Wiley Post, in the summer of 1935.
Rogers came to life for modern audiences in the Tony Award winning musical, the Will Rogers Follies, and he was also portrayed on the stage by James Whitmore in the one-man show Will Rogers U.S.A. edit]
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 William Rogers (disambiguation) - TheBestLinks.com - Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Will Rogers, Bill Rodgers, ...
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William Rogers, William Rogers (disambiguation), Dwight Eisenhower, Richard...
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III Kt (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is the co-founder and current Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft.
Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington to William Henry Gates, Jr, a corporate lawyer, and Mary Maxwell, board member of First Interstate Bank, Pacific Northwest Bell and the national board of United Way.
Gates went to Lakeside School, Seattle's most exclusive prep school, and later on went to study at Harvard University, but dropped out without graduating.
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 William Dawes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
William Dawes was the first one sent to Lexington by Doctor Joseph Warren.
THE JUROR is a humdinger of a novel, filled with some really nasty characters, a strong heroine, a gifted young child, a PI with a heart, and several plot twists along the way.
William Herbert 1772-1851: Actor, Antiquary and First Librarian of the Guildhall Library
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 Articles - Yale University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Similarly, the decorative friezes on the buildings depict contemporary scenes such as policemen chasing a robber and arresting a prostitute (on the wall of the Law School), or a student relaxing with a mug of beer and a cigarette.
The architect, James Gamble Rogers, added to the appearance of great age of these buildings by splashing the walls with acid[4], deliberately breaking their leaded glass windows and repairing them in the style of the Middle Ages, and creating niches for decorative statuary but leaving them empty to simulate loss or theft over the ages.
William F. Buckley's 1951 book, God and Man at Yale, criticized Yale for indoctrinating liberalism, undermining Christianity, and failing to dismiss radical professors.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Will Rogers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Rogers' birthplace is open to the public and is located two miles east of Oologah, Oklahoma, on land overlooking his original ranch now covered by the reservoir Lake Oologah.
At Epcot, an Audio-Animatronic Will Rogers is seen twirling his lasso and speaking in The American Adventure's 1930s sequence.
In Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun was erected by Spencer Penrose in 1937.
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 William Barton Rogers - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation William Barton Rogers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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He died after having collapsed while giving a speech at MIT in which his last words were "bituminous coal".
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 New York Yankees - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The American League's Baltimore franchise became the New York franchise when its new owners, Frank Farrell and William Devery, were able to find a ballpark location not blocked by the Giants.
General manager Bob Watson was dismissed when the Yankees failed to repeat in 1997 and was replaced by Brian Cashman.
The 1998-2000 Yankees were the first team to "three-peat" with World Series victories since the Oakland Athletics of the early 1970s.
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 ★ Books by Will Rogers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
At one point, he was even asked to run for governor of Oklahoma, the party hoping to benefit from his immense popularity.An avid booster of aviation, Rogers undertook a polar flight with a fellow Oklahoman, Wiley Post, in the summer of 1935.
Rogers was interred beside him.Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was named after him, as was the U.S. Navy submarine USS Will Rogers.
This artikel Rogers is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License.
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 Toronto Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Highway 407 ETR is not located within Toronto proper, but is a major highway in the Greater Toronto Area acting as a secondary by-pass around the northern end of Toronto, stretching from Burlington in the west to Pickering in the east.
Toronto's most famous landmark is the CN Tower, a 553 metre (1815 feet) tall steel and concrete transmission tower, the tallest free-standing land structure in the world.
Directly west of it is the Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome), the world's first sporting arena to feature a fully retractable roof.
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 Patentee Index
Talish, Roger J.; Urgovitch, Kenneth J.; Krompasick, Donald E.; James, Anthony; Rankhorn, Wayne; Tanis, Kevin; and Ludecker, Robert Scott 06932308 Cl. 248-226.11.
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Johnson, Roger N.; to Radiant Optics Radiant energy source systems, devices, and methods capturing, controlling, or recycling gas flows 06932079 Cl. 126-92B.
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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1861 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
With the charter approved, Rogers began raising funds, developing a curriculum and appraising suitable real estate.
His efforts were hampered by the Civil War, and as a result its first classes were held in rented space at the Mercantile Building in downtown Boston in 1865.
The Maclaurin buildings, in many ways the public "entrance" of MIT, were designed by William Welles Bosworth based on plans developed by wealthy alumnus and hydraulic engineer John Ripley Freeman.
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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chattingham
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 William Clark - Art History Online Reference and Guide
William Clark (August 1, 1770 - September 1, 1838) was an explorer who accompanied Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
He was the younger brother of Revolutionary War figure George Rogers Clark.
He was commissioned a lieutenant in the regular army in 1792, and was assigned to Anthony Wayne's regiment, where he served a four-year tour and participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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 ipedia.com: Chicago, Illinois Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Chicago is considered to be one of the largest Democratic strongholds in the United States, as an example, the citizens of Chicago have not elected a Republican mayor since 1927 when William Thompson was voted into office.
Illinois Institute of Technology, is located around S 33rd Street and the Green Line stop (35th-Bronzeville-IIT), and is known for its Mies Van Der Rohe-designed campus in addition to its groundbreaking work in aeronautics research.
University of Chicago, a rigorous institution known for having the most Nobel Prizes asoociated with it than any other university, it is essentially analogous to Hyde Park, the south side neighborhood it calls home.
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 Dictionary will   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1861, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts approved a charter for the incorporation of the "Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston Society of Natural History," submitted by William Barton Rogers, a distinguished natural scientist.
This was an important first step toward establishing what Rogers hoped would become a new kind of independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized America.
The Star Trek episode "Bread and Circuses" uses a shot of the Great Dome to depict a generic building on a planet dominated by ancient Roman culture.
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