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Rolls-Royce plc
Rolls-Royce plc 65 Buckingham GateLondon SW1E SATEngland+ 44 171 222 9020Fax: +44 171 233 1733Web site: http://www.rolls-royce.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1884 as F.H. Royce and CompanyEmployees: 42,600Sales: Read more |
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Sir Henry Royce
Royce, Sir (Frederick) Henry (1863–1933). Royce was an engineer whose first large commission in 1882 was to install a system of electric street lighting in Liverpool. Two years later he moved to Manchester and established his own electrical engineering firm. With the advent of the automobile... Read more |
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Crewe
Crewe , town (1991 pop. 59,097), Cheshire, W central England. It is an important railroad junction with large locomotive and car works, including Rolls-Royce motors.... Read more |
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Charles Stewart Rolls
Rolls, Charles Stewart (1877–1910). Rolls was the third son of a wealthy Monmouthshire landowner, who served as Conservative MP for Monmouth 1880–5 and was created Lord Llangattock in 1892. He studied mechanical engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a bicycling... Read more |
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Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce , 1839-1914, American philosopher and polymath, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1859; son of Benjamin Peirce . Except for occasional lectures he renounced the regimen of academic life and was in government service with the Geodetic Survey for many years. Regarding logic... Read more |
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Josiah Royce
Josiah Royce 1855-1916, American philosopher, b. California, grad. Univ. of California, 1873. After studying in Germany and at Johns Hopkins, he returned to California to teach (1878-82). From 1882 until his death he was at Harvard, becoming a professor in 1892. Among his works are The Spirit of... Read more |
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Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis 1935– Vocalist A Gifted Athlete Appealed to Pop Fans Recorded Other Duets Selected discography Sources Combining the microphone mastery of the crooners, the vocal depth and technique made possible by classical training, and the image of innocence connected with the teen idols... Read more |
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Royston
Royston ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from a place in Hertfordshire, named as the ‘settlement of Royce’. The latter is an obsolete variant of Rohesia (see Rose). Royston is now widely used as a given name, especially among West Indians, although the... Read more |
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Loyalty
LoyaltyBIBLIOGRAPHYLoyalty can be defined as a feeling of attachment to something outside of the self, such as a group, an institution, a cause, or an ideal. The sentiment carries with it a willingness to support and act in behalf of the objects of one’s loyalty and to persist in that support over... Read more |
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Sinbad (actor)
Sinbad 1956–PERSONALOriginal name, David Adkins; born November 10, 1956, in Benton Harbor, MI; son of Reverend Doctor Donald (a Baptist minister) and Louise Adkins; married Meredith Fuller, 1985 (divorced, 1992); children: Paige, Royce Beckly. Education: Attended the University of Denver.... Read more |
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