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William Henry Drummond
William Henry Drummond 1854-1907, Canadian poet, b. Ireland. For several years he worked and practiced medicine in frontier Canadian communities. There he came to know the French Canadians, whom he celebrated in his best poems, using their dialect of English. His published volumes include The... Read more |
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Henry Farrell
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Henry Chettle
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Henry Condell
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Henri Gheon
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Henry III (Holy Roman Empire)
Henry III 1017-56, Holy Roman emperor (1046-56) and German king (1039-56), son and successor of Conrad II. He was crowned joint king with his father in 1028, and acceded on Conrad's death in 1039. Under Henry III the medieval Holy Roman Empire probably attained its greatest power and solidity. In... Read more |
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Battle of Tinchebrai
Tinchebrai, battle of, 1106. Henry I and his elder brother Robert of Normandy had been in contention over the succession to England and Normandy since 1100, when William II ‘Rufus’ died. In 1106 Henry sought to settle the issue. Whilst besieging Tinchebrai castle (near Vire,... Read more |
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William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson 1843-1942, American artist and pioneer photographer of the West, b. Keeseville, N.Y. After serving with the Union army in the Civil War he traveled overland to California (1866-67), part of the way on a Mormon wagon train, and then settled in Omaha, Neb. (1868). Engaged in... Read more |
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William Henry Bragg
Bragg, William Henry (b. Westward, Cumberland, England, 2 July 1862; d. London, England, 12 March 1942) physics. Born on his father Read more |
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George Henry Williams
WILLIAMS, GEORGE HENRY George Henry Williams served as U.S. attorney general from 1871 to 1875. A state and territorial judge, as well as a U.S. senator, Williams was nominated to be chief justice of the United States by President ulysses s. grant in 1873, but he was never confirmed. According to... Read more |
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Window on the West: The Frontier Photography of William Henry Jackson.
Lawlor, Laurie Window on the West: The Frontier Photography of William Henry Jackson 1999. 132pp...Grade 6 & Up Born in 1843, William Henry Jackson spent the...imaginations of what the ... |
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The Frontier Photography of William Henry Jackson.(Review)
Window on The West: The Frontier Photography of William Henry Jackson. Laurie Lawlor. New...accounts of the "winning of the West" but this one is special. This...development of the territories ... |
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The medium is the message. (The National Museum of Photography, Film and...
...National Museum of Photography, Film and Television...called "Imaging Frontiers," which advances...experimental results of William Henry Fox-Talbot's...negative of the windows at Lacock Abbey...based in Bradford, West ... |
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CHANGING LAND VALUES IMAGINATIVE EXHIBIT AT THE HENRY REFLECTS AMERICA'S...
...the Henry Art Gallery...made the West look as distant...itself. William Rau's photograph...Paintings like William Merritt Chase...shows off the Henry's strong photography collection...New Frontiers,'' ... |
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EXHIBIT OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKES YOU PLACES COLLECTION FOCUSES ON EXPLORATION
...H. - All photography is a form...American West. He later...are by such frontier masters as...Sullivan, and William Henry Jackson...period of photography, when photographers...passengers at the windows of a ... |