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William Allen
William Allen 1704-80, American jurist, b. Philadelphia. He and his father-in-law, Andrew Hamilton, decided the choice of Philadelphia instead of Chester as provincial capital, and he helped finance the building of Independence Hall. Allen was (1750-74) chief justice of Pennsylvania, secured (1763)... Read more |
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William Allen White
White, William Allen (1868–1944), born in Kansas, purchased the Emporia Gazette (1895) and became a famous independent editor following publication of his editorial What's the Matter with Kansas? (Aug. 15, 1896), a conservative attack on the Populists, indirectly aiding McKinley's election.... Read more |
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William Herbert
Herbert, William (b. Highclere, Hampshire, England, 12 January 1778; d. London, England, 28 May 1847) natural history. The third son of the first earl of Carnarvon and of the daughter of the earl of Egremont, Herbert was educated at Eton and at Oxford University. He received the B.A. in 1798, the... Read more |
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William Kidd
William Kidd 1645?-1701, British privateer and pirate, known as Captain Kidd. He went to sea in his youth and later settled in New York, where he married and owned property. In 1691 he was rewarded for his services against French privateers. While in London in 1695 he was commissioned by the earl... Read more |
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Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, bipartisan organization formed in May 1940 by Republican, William Allen White (1868–1944). It was the first to fight American isolationism at a national level and to combat the America First Committee. But it was non-interventionist and... Read more |
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Emporia
Emporia , city (1990 pop. 25,512), seat of Lyon co., E central Kans., in the Flint Hills between the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers; inc. 1857. It is a commercial and shipping (railroad and highway) center for a large cattle and farm area. It has grain elevators, stockyards, industries processing beef... Read more |
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Vernon L. Kellogg
Kellogg, Vernon Lyman (b. Emporia, Kansas, 1 December 1867; d. Hartford, Connecticut, 8 August 1937) entomology, zoology. Kellogg was the son of a college professor, Lyman Beecher Kellogg, and Abigail Homer kellogg. Although he had shown a considerable interest in the animals of his native... Read more |
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Charles Henry Butler
BUTLER, CHARLES HENRY Charles Henry Butler served as the Supreme Court reporter of decisions from 1902 to 1916. Butler was born June 18, 1859, in New York City. He was the son of William Allen Butler, a lawyer, and the grandson of benjamin f. butler, U.S. attorney general during the administration... Read more |
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Manchester martyrs
Manchester martyrs. On 18 September 1867 Thomas Kelly and Timothy Deasy, two leading Fenians, were being transported from the court‐house in Manchester to the county jail when the police van containing them was attacked. The prisoners escaped, but an unarmed police sergeant was shot... Read more |
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Boyne
Boyne river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Bog of Allen, Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland, and flowing NE through Co. Meath, past Trim, to the Irish Sea near Drogheda. Salmon is caught in the river. In the battle of the Boyne (July, 1690) near Drogheda, the armies of King William III... Read more |
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Butler, William Allen
Butler, William Allen (1825–1902), lawyer, teacher, and leader in New York civic affairs, was noted for his biographies, novels, and society... |
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White, William Allen
White, William Allen (1868–1944), born in Kansas, purchased the Emporia Gazette (1895) and became a famous independent editor following publication... |
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Allen, William
Allen, William (1532–94). Founding principal of Douai College (1568–85) and cardinal (1587). A Lancashireman...the core of English catholicism alive against government attempts to extinguish it. Revd Dr William M. Marshall |
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Allen, (William) Hervey
Allen, [William] Hervey (1889–1949), born in Pittsburgh, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and served in World War I, as he... |
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Ginsberg, Allen
Ginsberg, Allen (1926–), New Jersey‐born poet, after graduation from Columbia and...includes The Yage Letters (1963), correspondence with William Burroughs; Indian Journals (1970); Allen Verbatim (1974), lectures; The Vision of the Great... |
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Crazy Gang, The
...act teams— Bud Flanagan [ Robert Winthrop, originally Chaim Reuben Weintrop] (1896–1968) and Chesney Allen William Allen (1894–1982); Jimmie Nervo [ James Holloway] (1897–1975) and Teddy Knox [ Albert Edward Cromwell-Knox... |
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catholicism
...dependent on priests who had to be trained in missionary seminaries in Europe. The first of these was founded by Cardinal William Allen at Douai in Flanders and in Rome in the 1570s. The priests, subjected to the law of treason, went in fear of their... |
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Manchester martyrs
...During the attempt, Police Sergeant Charles Brett was killed, causing strong anti-Irish feeling. Three Fenians, William Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien, were executed for the murder on 23 November. There was widespread indignation... |
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Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, bipartisan organization formed in May 1940 by Republican, William Allen White (1868–1944). It was the first to fight American isolationism at a national level and to combat the America... |
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Plains Region
...transitional Indian Territory; Edna Ferber's Cimarron tells of the Oklahoma land rush and its aftermath; E.W. Howe and William Allen White, both Kansas editors, wrote stories of local life; Willa Cather describes the life of the region in many novels... |
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Allen, William Henry
Allen, William Henry (1784–1813) naval officer born...Providence, Rhode Island. In January 1807 Allen was ordered to the frigate Chesapeake as...by the Chesapeake in return was fired by Allen, who took a live coal from the galley... |
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Allen, William
Allen, William (1532–94). Founding principal of Douai College (1568–85) and cardinal (1587). A Lancashireman, educated at Oriel... |
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Huggins, William
Huggins, William (1824–1910)English amateur astronomer and spectroscopist. Inspired...series of pioneering spectroscopic observations, helped by the chemist William Allen Miller (1817–70) and later by his wife, Margaret Lindsay Huggins... |
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Jesuits
...relations between Elizabeth and the papacy, culminating in the bull of excommunication of 1570, changed the situation. William Allen had already founded a seminary at Douai and about 100 catholic priests had made their way back to England by 1580... |
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catholicism
...dependent on priests who had to be trained in missionary seminaries in Europe. The first of these was founded by Cardinal William Allen at Douai in Flanders and in Rome in the 1570s. The priests, subjected to the law of treason, went in fear of their... |
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Manchester martyrs
...During the attempt, Police Sergeant Charles Brett was killed, causing strong anti‐Irish feeling. Three Fenians, William Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O' Brien, were executed for the murder on 23 November. There was widespread indignation... |
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Allentown
Allentown, Pennsylvania/USA Northampton The town was laid out by William Allen, the mayor of Philadelphia, in 1762. He named it Northampton. It was renamed after its founder in 1838. |
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Douai
...16th cent., when it formed part of the Spanish Netherlands, Douai was a gathering place for English recusants. William Allen established a college there in 1568 to train clergy for the English mission, and a translation of the Bible, still... |
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Manchester
Manchester an industrial city in northern England.Manchester Martyrs three Fenians, William O'Meara Allen, Michael Larkin, and William O'Brien, who were hanged at Manchester in 1867, for their part in the rescue of Thomas Kelly... |
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Casey, William Joseph
Casey, William Joseph (1913–87) intelligence officer, lawyer, and CIA director...was appointed as CIA director and became the longest-serving DCI since Allen Dulles in the 1950s. With the freedoms permitted by the 1980 Intelligence... |
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...assembled, often over a long period.” (Carleton K. Allen, Law in the Making, 7th ed.; 1964.)· “But much of...in present personnel files is highly subjective.” (William O. Douglas, Points of Rebellion; 1970.) As Albert... |
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New guard comes out for William Allen
...2000 New guard comes out for William AllenFriends, supporters, political...converged on the homeof newly elected William Allen, Democratic district leader of...always been controversyconcerning William Allen. I first heard his name in 1996... |
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WILLIAM JAMES ALLEN, 94, FORMER DENVER CIVIL DEFENSE BOSS.(Local)
...Mike Patty News Staff Writer William James ``Jack'' Allen, former Denver civil defense...normalcy to the community.'' Allen was born April 7, 1907, in Mobile, Ala., to William Allen Sr. and Katye Lee Taylor... |
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LEONARD PITTS JR. TO RECEIVE 2010 WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION NATIONAL...
...Miami Herald, will receive the William Allen White Foundation's National...Pitts speaks in the tradition of William Allen White as a voice for his community...said Ann Brill, dean of the William Allen White School of ... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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WILLIAM ALLEN UNPLANNED DEPARTURE.(LOCAL)(Editorial)
William B. Allen may have been unprepared for the political...consequence. Then in the grip of Gov. George Allen's political disdain for a system widely...process that resulted in the hiring of William Allen, a conservative scholar and former ... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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OBIT - RIGNEY, WILLIAM ALLEN
William Allen Rigney, 44, of Boones Mill...great determination and faith. Allen has gone to Heaven to join his dad, William Claude Rigney (Junior), who...Rigney, Cecil and Ruth Fralin. Allen is survived by his mother, Mildred... |
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U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Allen attacks National Collegiate Athletic...
...CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSIONER ALLEN ATTACKS NATIONAL COLLEGIATE...Civil Rights Commissioner William Allen today attacked the National...make the argument that William Perry is worse off for...prize in literature?" Allen asked. ... |
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John William Allen, exec in bakery industry
John William Allen, former chairman and chief executive officer of J.W...years. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Janice Allen; two sons, J. William and Douglas W. Allen; his sister, Laura Allen McCoy; and five ... |
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Civil Rights Commissioner Allen addresses journalist conference on...
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSIONER ALLEN ADDRESSES JOURNALIST CONFERENCE ON...U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner William Allen this morning delivered a speech entitled...still requires some "fine-tuning," Allen stated that "things have never been... |
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LEONARD PITTS JR. TO RECEIVE 2010 WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION NATIONAL...
...Miami Herald, will receive the William Allen White Foundation's National...Pitts speaks in the tradition of William Allen White as a voice for his community...said Ann Brill, dean of the William Allen White School of ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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WILLIAM ALLEN, 64.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mayor William D. Allen, 64, of Riverledge Road died Monday at home after a long...and its vestry. Survivors include his wife, Dolly Hamm Allen; two sons, William D. Allen Jr. of Glens Falls and David J. Allen of Hudson; a ... |
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