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Stephen Girard
Stephen Girard , 1750-1831, American merchant, banker, and philanthropist, b. Bordeaux, France. Girard went to sea and at the age of 23 was a captain. In 1776 he settled in Philadelphia as a shipowner and merchant. He became wealthy and interested himself in the Bank of the United States. When its... Read more |
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Horace Binney
BINNEY, HORACE Horace Binney was born January 4, 1780. He graduated from Harvard in 1797 and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1800. In 1806, Binney became a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, serving until 1807. In 1808 he became a director of the first bank of the united states, then... Read more |
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Fisher-Price Inc
Fisher-Price Inc. 636 Girard Ave.East Aurora, New York 14052U.S.A.Telephone: (716) 687-3000Toll Free: (800) 432-5437Fax: (716) 687-3476Web site: http://www.fisher-price.com Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Mattel Inc.Incorporated: 1930Employees: 5,600Sales: $693.9 million (1998 est.)NAIC: 339932... Read more |
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Alexander Dallas Bache
Bache, Alexander Dallas (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19 July 1806; d. Newport, Rhode Island, 17 February 1867) physics. Bache was a great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and related to leading families of of Philadelphia, facts not insignificant in his future career. After graduating from West... Read more |
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Thomas Ustick Walter
Thomas Ustick Walter 1804-87, American architect, b. Philadelphia. In 1819 he entered the office of William Strickland in Philadelphia as a student. In 1830 he began practice, the county prison (1831) at Moyamensing, Philadelphia co., being his first important work. The main building of Girard... Read more |
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Stephen Phillips
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Stephen Price
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Stephen R. Swinburne
Swinburne, Stephen R. 1952-PersonalBorn November 8, 1952, in London, England; son of William Walter and Lillian Swinburne; married May 19, 1984; wife's name Heather; children: Hayley, Devon. Education: Castleton State College, B.A. Hobbies and other interests: Gardening, bird watching,... Read more |
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Dictionary of National Biography
Dictionary of National Biography. The brainchild of the publisher George Smith. The work began in 1882 with Sir Leslie Stephen as editor and the last volume appeared in 1900. Supplements and updates have followed and Oxford University Press have commissioned a new edition. The original... Read more |
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Stephen Bleecker Luce
Stephen Bleecker Luce 1827-1917, American naval officer, b. Albany, N.Y. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1841. In the Civil War he was head of the department of seamanship at the Naval Academy (then at Newport, R.I.) and served on blockade duty off the South Carolina coast. After the war he... Read more |
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Philadelphia
...such figures as the wealthy merchant Stephen Girard. Democratic feeling arose during...Carey, Freneau, J.N. Barker, R.M. Bird, J.A. Stone, Sara J...Boker, C.G. Leland, J.L. Long, R.H. Davis, Owen Wister, Agnes Repplier... |
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McLean, John
...sectional division of the Methodist church, but agreed that Stephen Girard lawfully could ban clergy from his academy (Vidal etal v. Philadelphia...Sandford, 1857). After Justices McLean and Benjamin R. Curtis announced plans to file dissents to Justice Samuel... |
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Girard Engineering PC.(Contractors)
Girard Engineering PC (Falls Church, Va.) promoted J. Andrew Marusich, P.E., and Stephen J. Millnick, LEED[R] AP, to principals of the company. |
 "Sun Publications (IL)")
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WILLIAM EXNER | RALPH MICHAEL FAUST | SALLY GIRARD
...of Camp Verde, Ariz., Stephen, of Rathdrum, Idaho...Alene, Idaho 83814. Sally Girard Sally Girard, age 85...1911, in Chicago. Mrs. Girard was a homemaker and a member...death by her husband, John R. Girard, who was the mayor ... |
 "The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)")
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Katherine L. Howell King Girard
...Katherine L. Howell King Girard, 65, Wexford---passed...parents, Marjorie L. and Stephen O. King, and her biological...Pennsylvania, son Hazen R Thomas III and wife Betsy...first husband, Hazen R Thomas, Jr. raising...she loved dearly. Ms. ... |
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Marusich, Millnick Promoted.(Girard Engineering, PC)(Brief article)
Staff Girard Engineering, PC, a leading mechanical...Andrew Marusich, P.E., and Stephen J. Millnick, LEEDA[R] AP, have both been promoted to...complexes and interior fit-outs. Stephen Millnick is a project manager and... |
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Landowning Estate Antagonizes Girardville, Pa., with Dump Plan.
...late Philadelphia millionaire Stephen Girard owned all the land "as far as...By the time he died in 1831, Girard had acquired more than 29,000...800 people is named after him, Stephen Girard is hardly remembered with great... |
 "Odessa American (Odessa, TX)")
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Philadelphia Charity Buys Huge Upstate Tract.
...century financier Stephen Girard. The new $7.2 million...J. Fumo and lobbyist Stephen R. Wojdak. The board...11th and 12th. The Girard Estate built the breaker...Philadelphia school set up under Stephen ... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Black woman leads former school for white boys only in Philadelphia
...the U.S. Capitol. Yet Girard's imposing walls and entrance...they did. Today, most of Girard's 620 students are black...descendant of a slave - believes Stephen Girard would support diversity and...re interesting, they'r |
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State has its eye on city Horst building
Paula Wolf The Stephen Girard estate trust in Philadelphia...Sen. Gibson Armstrong, R-13th District, said...learned several weeks ago the Girard estate trust was looking...20 million annually. Stephen Girard, who lived from ... |
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Fulton Bank Plans To Grow Downtown ; Expanding Penn Square Hq Building
...positives from this." R. Scott Smith Jr., chairman...the Philadelphia- based Girard Estate, a real estate...department store) next door. Girard used the Sovereign building...Philadelphia banker and merchant Stephen Girard, the estate also ... |
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Bill Lieberum, Internet 'Rockdoc, Dies.(Obituary)
By Gary Roskin William R. 'Bill' Lieberum, better known to habitues of...from a privately endowed school in Philadelphia, Girard College, named after its benefactor, Stephen Girard. This school takes in orphans and fatherless boys... |
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