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Charles Warren
Charles Warren 1868-1954, American lawyer and historian, b. Boston. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1892. An assistant U.S. Attorney General (1914-18), he served as a special master in important cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. He drafted the Espionage Act (1917), which was used... Read more |
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Whitney Warren
Whitney Warren 1864-1943, American architect, b. New York City, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. He began practice in New York City in 1894. Later he joined with Charles D. Wetmore in a firm that had one of the most extensive practices of its time and was known for the designing of large... Read more |
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Charles Warren Thornthwaite
THORNTHWAITE, CHARLES WARREN(b. Pinconning, Michigan, 7 March 1899;d. Arlington, Virginia, 11 June 1963), geography, climatology.Thornthwaite changed the course of climatology in the twentieth century and influenced the development of the modern field of climatology. He devised the eponomous... Read more |
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Glens Falls
Glens Falls city (1990 pop. 15,023), Warren co., E central N.Y., in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts. and on the Hudson River; settled 1762, inc. as a city 1908. Major industries include lumber, paper, and electronics. A navy training center is there. Noteworthy are Cooper's Cave and the Hyde... Read more |
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Warren De la Rue
De La Rue, Warren (b. Guernsey, 15 January 1815; d. London, England, 19 April 1889) chemistry, invention, astronomy. Warren de la Rue was the eldest son of Thomas de la Rue, a printer, and Jane Warren. His early education was at the Coll Read more |
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Hiram Warren Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson 1866-1945, American political leader, U.S. Senator from California (1917-45), b. Sacramento, Calif. His role as attorney in the successful prosecution of Abe Ruef , political boss of San Francisco, led to his election (1910) as governor of California. Johnson broke the... Read more |
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Samuel Warren
Samuel Warren 1807-77, English lawyer and author. He wrote many legal texts, Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician (1832), and the extremely popular novel Ten Thousand a Year (1841).... Read more |
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Barton Warren Stone
Barton Warren Stone 1772-1844, American clergyman of Kentucky. With four other ministers he withdrew from the Presbyterian Church and in 1804 began to form new churches whose members called themselves simply Christians . Through his acquaintance with Alexander Campbell he sought to merge (1832)... Read more |
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Charles Grey 2d Earl Grey
Charles Grey Grey, 2d Earl 1764-1845, British statesman. Elected to Parliament in 1786, he was one of those appointed to manage the impeachment of Warren Hastings . From 1792 he was a leader of the movement for parliamentary reform and opposed the repressive policies of Sir William Pitt. He... Read more |
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The Eighth of January
Eighth of January, The (1829), a play by Robert Penn Smith. [Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia), in repertory.] The War of 1812 has divided the Bull family. John Bull ( William Warren), its aging patriarch, remains loyal to England, although he refuses to take an active part in the battle. His... Read more |
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MOVIE PRODUCER VISITS PEARSON TO PROMOTE CHKALOV MOVIE
...fame will rival that of Charles Lindbergh. Producer Warren Weideman visited Vancouver and Pearson Air Museum on Thursday...their ANT 25 aircraft at Pearson Field on June 20, 1937...briefly to a group at Pearson Air Museum about why... |
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Golf: Draw for the first round of the Jacobs Creek Open
...USA) 8.10: Doug Garwood (USA) Han Lee (Kor) David Bransdon (NSW) 8.20: Michael Pearson (USA) Andrew Tschudin (Vic) Charles Warren (USA) 8.30: Adrian Percey (SA) Kevin Johnson (USA) David McKenzie (Vic) 8.40: Ty... |
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Charles P. Schluter
BARABOO, Wis. - Charles Pearson Schluter, 92, of Baraboo...County, son of Orra and Maude (Pearson) Schluter. As a child, he...As a high school student, Charles worked and resided at the Warren Hotel in Baraboo, sending his... |
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Charles Home Sales
...recently recorded in Charles County and supplied to...Lumpkins to Elaine J. Pearson, $184,000. KEMPSFORD FIELD PL., 3635-Charles B. Vann Jr. to Lisa...11810, No. 58-Charles E. and Deborah M. Carrington to Debra Warren and William ... |
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Lewand & Pearson.(wedding register 2008)
...Rachel Kathryn Lewand and Ashton Charles Pearson Jr. were united in marriage at...the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Charles Pearson Sr. of Oxford. He is the grandson...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rev. Warren Black officiated the double... |
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William R. Warren II.(Local)
...Marine Corps Col. William R. Warren and Judith Binder Warren of Beaufort, S.C. Bill...survived by his wife, Robin R. Warren and her parents Edward and...Campostella Road, with Pastor Charles Pearson officiating. Burial will be... |
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The love that dared write its name
...and compiled by Neil Pearson, is a literary landmark...earlier exist," says Pearson. "There's a 17th...Pleasure of His Company by Charles Warren Stoddard, The Transgressor...undercover ever since," says Pearson. "Before the Chatterley... |
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Real Estate
...57,000. Brommer, Charles S. Jr., and Brommer...330 N. Third St. to Pearson, R. Wayne, and Pearson, Luann L., for...for $23,858. Charles & Mull Builders LP...J., and Charles, Warren Jr., conveyed 469... |
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Deeds Recorded
...57,000. Brommer, Charles S. Jr., and Brommer...330 N. Third St. to Pearson, R. Wayne, and Pearson, Luann L., for...for $23,858. Charles & Mull Builders LP...J., and Charles, Warren Jr., conveyed 469... |
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Rosson Walker.(2007 Wedding Register)
...officiated by Rev. Warren Black. Prelude music...Matthews, harpist; Charles Gates, trumpeter...Cantrell of Tupelo. Charles Walker served his son...and Rush Mayo, Chip Pearson, and Michael Warren of Oxford served as... |