Infobox Chief Justice image Melville Weston Fuller Chief Justice 1908.jpg imagesize caption office Chief ... Center MelvilleFuller date 2009 12 12 publisher url http www.fjc.gov servlet tGetInfo?jid 805 work ... alma mater Bowdoin College signature MelvilleFuller Signature.svg Melville Weston Fuller February ... to be Fuller. I am cordially yours, Melville W. Fuller. He was married twice. He married ...?page gr&GRid 5580 MelvilleFuller memorial at Find a Grave . ref ref See also , Christensen, George ... last Ely first James W. title The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888 1910 publisher Columbia ... L. authorlink title Melville Weston Fuller Chief Justice of the United States 1888 1910 publisher The Macmillan ... date 1994 location New York pages 590 isbn 0815311761 refend External links Commonscat Melville W. Fuller http www.michaelariens.com ConLaw justices fuller.htm Ariens, Michael, MelvilleFuller . http ... Court Historical Society. http www.answers.com topic melvillefuller Orth, John V. Answers.com MelvilleFuller. http www.mackinac.org 7642 Reed, Lawrence W. March 10, 2006 , Melville W. Fuller ... U.S. Supreme Court composition CJ Fuller U.S. Supreme Court composition court lifespan cj Melville ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Fuller, Melville Weston ALTERNATIVE NAMES ..., Maine DATE OF DEATH July 4, 1910 PLACE OF DEATH Sorrento, Maine DEFAULTSORT Fuller, Melville Weston ... States federal judges appointed by Grover Cleveland cs MelvilleFuller de Melville W. Fuller it Melville Weston Fuller no MelvilleFuller pl Melville Weston Fuller pt MelvilleFuller sk MelvilleFuller sv MelvilleFuller zh .... Early life and education Fuller was born in Augusta, Maine . Both his maternal grandfather, Nathan Weston and paternal grandfather, Henry Weld Fuller were judges. His father was a well known lawyer ... six months at Harvard Law School , leaving without graduating in 1855. Law practice Fuller first ... more details
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wiktionary MelvilleMelville may refer to tocright Places In Australia Melville, Western Australia the suburb City of Melville, Western Australia the local government authority Melville Island, Northern Territory in Australia In Canada Melville, Saskatchewan Melville, Ontario Melville Peninsula , Nunavut Melville Island, Canada , shared between Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada In New Zealand Melville, New Zealand In South Africa Melville, South Africa In the United States Melville, Louisiana Melville, Montana Melville, New York Melville, Oregon Melville, Rhode Island Melville, West Virginia Other islands for more islands, see Melville Island disambiguation People See Melville surname Things HMS Melville , three ships of the Royal Navy HMAS Melville , a ship and a shore establishment of the Royal Australian Navy R V Melville , oceanographic research vessel Melville album , 1991 album by the Rheostatics Melville AFC, a former New Zealand football team, now part of Melville United disambig ca Melville cs Melville de Melville es Melville fr Melville it Melville lv Melvils lt Melvilis nl Melville pl Melville pt Melville ro Melville ru fi Melville sv Melville vo Melville ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2007 The Melville is a skyscraper located at 1189 Mellvile Street in Downtown Vancouver Downtown Vancouver s Coal Harbour neighbourhood. The tower stands at 122 m, or 42 storeys tall, to the top of the main roof, a reported 141 m to the top of the glass sail , and has 232 suites. The building was built in 2007 and is the sixth tallest building in the city. The Melville is the tallest fully residential building in western Canada. There is also a smaller building as part of the complex, which serves as a hotel. The hotel is under the Loden brand, a boutique hotel chain. See also List of tallest buildings in Vancouver References Reflist External links http www.city.vancouver.bc.ca commsvcs planning dpboard 2004 reports 550bute.htm City of Vancouver Development Permit Board report. http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id 139152 The Melville at emporis.com coord missing British Columbia DEFAULTSORT Melville Category Skyscrapers in Vancouver Category Hotels in British Columbia Category Residential buildings completed in 2007 Category Skyscrapers between 100 and 149 meters Category Residential skyscrapers in Canada Canada hotel struct stub BritishColumbia struct stub vancouver stub ... more details
Wiktionary Fuller may refer to People with the surname Fuller surname Fuller, a worker who cleanses wool through the process of fulling Fuller s Brewery in London Fuller s earth , clay used for filtering and purifying Fuller weapon , groove in a knife or sword blade, to lighten and stiffen the blade USS Fuller USS Fuller , the name of two ships of the U.S. Navy Fuller, California , in Imperial County Fuller Brush Company Fuller metalworking , a tool used to form metal when hot Fuller Theological Seminary , the largest multi denominational seminary in the world, located in Pasadena, California disambig ca Fuller cs Fuller de Fuller Begriffskl rung fr Fuller it Fuller sv Fuller zh ... more details
1973 Melville Eastham 1885 1964 MelvilleFuller 1833 1910 Melville J. Herskovits 1895 1963 Melville ...Other uses Melville disambiguation Mergefrom Melville family date May 2009 see also Melville family wiktionary MelvilleMelville is a surname and a given name . The surname has two different origins Scotland ... personal name Maoilmhichil means devotee of Saint Michael . ref name ancestry.com Melville family history http www.ancestry.com facts Melville family history.ashx?fn Melville&Submit Check meaning Melville Name Meaning and History Retrieved on 2008 04 20 ref The surname is sometimes spelled without the terminal e Melvill. Given name The given name Melville is of English and Scottish origin. The name is derived from the Scottish surname. ref name ancestry.com Melville family history People Surname Alan Melville writer , English playwright, composer, lyricist, scriptwriter and performer Alan Melville 1910 1983 , South African cricketer Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville died 1754 Andy Melville born 1968 , Welsh footballer Andrew Melville 1545 1622 , Scottish theologian Arthur Melville 1858 1904 , Scottish painter Betty Leslie Melville died 2005 , American conservationist David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, 2nd Earl of Melville 1660 1728 , Scots aristocrat, politician, and soldier David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven, 5th Earl of Melville 1722 1802 Fred Melville Frederick John Melville 1882 1940 , early British philatelist George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville George Melville, 4th Lord Melville 1636 1707 , became 1st Earl of Melville in 1690 George W. Melville 1841 1912 , United States admiral George Whyte Melville 1821 1878 , Scottish novelist Gertrude Melville 1884 1959 , Australian politician Henry Melville 1798 1871 , Anglican priest Herman Melville 1819 1891 , American author of Moby Dick several people , James Melville disambiguation James Melville ... more details
Infobox writer name Herman Melville image Herman Melville.jpg caption Herman Melville, 1870 birth date ... signature Herman Melville signature.svg Herman Melville August 1, 1819 &ndash September ..., he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the Melville Revival in the early 20th century ... and published by the Library of America . Biography Early life, education, and family Herman Melville ... added an e to the family surname seemingly at the behest of Melville s brother Gansevoort. ref cite book last Levine first Robert Steven title The Cambridge companion to Herman Melville year 1998 publisher ... MadR43q1bRYC ref Part of a well established and colorful Boston family, Melville s father spent a good ... of Melville s family was Hudson Valley Dutch. His maternal grandfather was General Peter Gansevoort ... by Gilbert Stuart, which is described in Melville s 1852 novel, Pierre or, The Ambiguities Pierre , for Melville wrote out of his familial as well as his nautical background. Like the titular character in Pierre, Melville found satisfaction in his double revolutionary descent. ref Parker, Vol. I ... brother, Thomas Melville , who eventually became a governor of Sailors Snug Harbor . Melville ... people.hofstra.edu John l Bryant Melville Extracts Volume 2042 extracts042 may80 pg01.html Herman Melville at the Albany Academy , Melville Society Extracts , May 2003, no. 42, pp. 1, 4 10. Accessed August 4, 2008. ref Early working life Melville s roving disposition and a desire to support himself ... based on his experiences of this journey. File Herman Melville 1846 47.jpg thumb right Herman Melville, c. 1846 47. The three years after Albany Academy 1837 to 1840 were mostly occupied with teaching ... known as the Herman Melville House Troy, New York Herman Melville House in Lansingburgh, New York ... title National Register of Historic Places Registration Herman Melville House date May 1992 accessdate ... began that day. The vessel sailed around Cape Horn and traveled to the South Pacific. Melville left ... more details
Melville Brown may refer to Sir Melville Richmond Brown, 3rd Baronet 1866 1944 of the Brown Baronets Melville W. Brown , film director See also Brown surname hndis Brown, Melville ... more details
Image 1st Earl of Melville.jpg thumb 200px George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville . Earl of Melville is a title in the Peerage of Scotland . It was created in 1690 for the Scottish soldier and statesman George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville George Melville, 4th Lord Melville . He was made Lord Raith, Monymaill and Balwearie and Viscount of Kirkcaldy at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland ... Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven . Lord Melville was succeeded upon his death in 1707 by his eldest surviving ... of Leven . The title Lord Melville , of Monymaill, was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1616 for Robert Melville, an Extraordinary Lord of Session under the judicial title Lord Murdochairnie, with remainder to his elder brother, John Melville. He was succeeded by his son, Robert, the second Lord ... of the title with remainder to his heirs general bearing the name of Melville. Lord Melville died childless and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, John Melville, the third Lord, grandson of the aforementioned John Melville, elder brother of the first Lord. The third Lord was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned fourth Lord, who was created Earl of Melville in 1690. Lords Melville 1616 Robert Melville, 1st Lord Melville 1547 1621 Robert Melville, 2nd Lord Melville d. 1635 John Melville, 3rd Lord Melville d. 1643 George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville George Melville, 4th Lord Melville 1636 1707 created Earl of Melville in 1690 Earls of Melville 1690 George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville 1636 1707 Alexander Melville, Lord Raith 1655 1698 David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, 2nd Earl of Melville 1660 1728 For further Earls of Melville, see Earl of Leven . See also Melville House , built by the 1st Earl. Melville family Viscount Melville , created in 1802 for politician Henry Dundas. References rayment lundy DEFAULTSORT Melville Category Earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland Melville Category Earldoms Category Lists of Scottish people Melville ... more details
Melville is the name of a notable and nobility Scots family originally from Fife in eastern Scotland . Alan Melville , English playwright, composer, lyricist, scriptwriter and performer Alan Melville , South African cricketer Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville d. 1754 Andy Melville , Professional Footballer Andrew Melville 1545 &ndash 1622 Scottish theologian and reformer Arthur Melville , Scottish painter Betty Leslie Melville , American conservationist David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, 2nd Earl of Melville 1660 1728 David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven David Melville, 6th Earl of Leven, 5th Earl of Melville 1722 1802 Ewan James Melville , British singer Fred Melville Frederick John Melville 1882 1940 an early British philatelist, George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville George Melville, 4th Lord Melville 1636 1707 became 1st Earl of Melville in 1690 George W. Melville , 1841 &ndash 1912 United States admiral George Whyte Melville , Scottish novelist Gertrude Melville , Australian politician Henry Melvill , Anglican priest Herman Melville , American author of Moby Dick Jackson Melville , fictional character from Gilmore Girls several people , James Melville disambiguation James Melville James Melville 1535 1617 , Scotland Scots Ambassador to the court of Elizabeth I of England Queen Elizabeth ... James Melville 1556 1614 James Melville Labour politician James Melville 1885&ndash 1931 , British Labour Party politician, Solicitor General 1929 1930 Jean Pierre Melville , French film director Kerry Reid , Australian tennis player Kerry Melville Michael Linning Melville , Governor of Sierra Leone ... pilot Neil Melville , Australian actor Pauline Melville , British actress Philip Melvill , Falmouth philanthropist Ronald Melville , English botanist Ronald Ruthven Leslie Melville, 11th Earl of Leven Ronald Ruthven Melville, 11th Earl of Leven, 10th Earl of Melville 1835 1906 Sam Melville 1934 &ndash ... more details
Melville Island may refer to Australia Melville Island Australia , in the Northern Territory Canada Melville Island Northwest Territories and Nunavut , in northern Canada Melville Island, a small island in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, British Columbia Melville Island, a small island near Dundas Island, British Columbia Dundas Island near Prince Rupert, British Columbia Melville Island, a small island at the head of the northwest arm of Halifax Harbour , Nova Scotia disambig ca Illa de Melville de Melville Insel ko ja no Melville Island pt Ilha Melville ro Insula Melville fi Melvillensaari zh ... more details
One ship and one naval base of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Melville after Melville Island Northern Territory Melville Island . HMAS Melville naval base , a naval base in Darwin, which operated from 1940 until its destruction by Cyclone Tracy in 1974 HMAS Melville A 246 , a Leeuwin class hydrographic survey vessel commissioned in 2000 and active as of 2012 See also HMS Melville , three ships of the Royal Navy Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Melville, Hmas Category Royal Australian Navy ship names sl HMAS Melville ... more details
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Melville HMS Melville 1805 6 was an 18 gun brig sloop , previously the French ship Naiade . She was captured in 1805 and sold in 1808. HMS Melville 1813 6 , also known as HMS Lord Melville , was a 14 gun brig launched in 1813, renamed HMS Star in 1814 and sold in 1837. HMS Melville 1817 6 was a 74 gun third rate launched in 1817, used as a hospital ship from 1857 and sold in 1873. See also HMCS Melville HMAS Melville Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Melville, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
James Melville may refer to James Melville 1556 1614 , Scottish divine and reformer James Melville of Halhill 1535&ndash 1617 , Scottish diplomat and memoir writer James Melville politician 1885&ndash 1931 , British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Gateshead 1929&ndash 1931 James Melville author , pseudonym of British author Roy Peter Martin b. 1931 James Cosmo Melvill 1845 1929 , British malacologist hndis name Melville, James ... more details
Image 1stViscountMelville2.jpg thumb 200px Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville Viscount Melville , of Melville in the County of Edinburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1802 for the notable lawyer and politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville Henry Dundas . He was made Baron Dunira , in the County of Perth, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Dundas, who was the fourth son of Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the elder , declined an earldom in 1809. He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount, who was also a noted politician. He assumed for himself the additional surname of Saunders, which was that of his father in law. His son, the third Viscount, was a General in the British Army . His nephew, the sixth Viscount, was a diplomat. As of 2011 the titles are held by the latter s great great grandson, the tenth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2011. The family seat is Wey House, near Norton Fitzwarren in Somerset . Viscounts Melville 1802 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1742 1811 Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville 1771 1851 Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville 1801 1876 Robert Dundas, 4th Viscount Melville 1803 1886 Robert Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville 1835 1904 Charles Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville Charles Saunders Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville 1843 1926 Henry Dundas, 7th Viscount Melville Henry Charles Clement Dundas, 7th Viscount Melville 1873 1935 Henry Charles Patric Brouncker Dundas, 8th Viscount Melville 1909 1971 Robert David Ross Dundas, 9th Viscount Melville 1937 2011 Robert Henry Kirkpatrick Dundas, 10th Viscount Melville b. 1984 See also Dunira, Perthshire References Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David editors . Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage 1990 edition . New York St Martin s Press, 1990. rayment British viscounts Category Viscountcies Melville Category Dundas family de Viscount Melville pl Wicehrabia Melville ... more details
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Melville , in honor of George W. Melville , an engineer and arctic explorer. USS Melville AD 2 , was a destroyer tender , launched in 1913 and struck in 1947 USNS Melville T AGOR 14 , is a Robert D. Conrad class oceanographic research ship Robert D. Conrad class oceanographic research ship , launched in 1968 and chartered to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography for operation as R V Melville . She is currently in active service. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Melville Category United States Navy ship names ... more details
See also Thomas Melvill Thomas Melville was a sailor and later governor of Sailors Snug Harbor , and the younger brother of author Herman Melville . ref GHOSTS OF STATEN ISLAND, from the artsjournal web site, http www.artsjournal.com artopia 2005 09 ghosts of staten island.html ref ref http www.melville.org dedicate.htm Melville s Dedications Bot generated title ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Melville, Thomas Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing Category American sailors US bio stub ... more details
File Melville bay hunting boat.jpg thumb 300px An Inuit hunting boat in southern Melville Bay. Late morning fog and iceberg s in the background. File melville Bay.svg thumb right Location of Melville Bay shaded area to the northwest of Greenland Melville Bay lang kl Qimusseriarsuaq , is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland . Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago , it opens to the south west into Baffin Bay . Its Kalaallisut name, Qimusseriarsuaq , means the great dog sledding place . ref cite web url http www.dpc.dk sw6715.asp title Melville Bay accessdate 2008 05 29 author last first authorlink coauthors date year month format work publisher Danish Polar Center pages language doi archiveurl archivedate quote Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref coord 75 45 N 61 00 W type waterbody scale 4000000 display title External links http www.wikimapia.org lat 75.75&lon 61.00&z 11&l 3&m a&v 2 Satellite image . Source WikiMapia References reflist Upernavik Archipelago Category Melville Bay Category Upernavik Archipelago Greenland geo stub ca Badia de Melville da Melville Bay es Bah a Melville fr Baie de Melville it Baia di Melville no Melville Bay pl Melville zatoka ru ... more details
Image Boothia and melville peninsula 1.PNG thumb Boothia and Melville peninsulas, Nunavut, Canada. Melville Peninsula is a large peninsula in the Canada Canadian Arctic . Since 1999, it has been part of Nunavut . Before that, it was part of the District of Franklin . It s separated from Southampton Island by Frozen Strait . ref cite web url http www.bartleby.com 69 68 F03568.html title Frozen Strait year 2000 publisher The Columbia Gazetteer of North America accessdate 2008 04 07 ref The narrow isthmus connecting the peninsula to the mainland is styled the Rae Isthmus after famed arctic explorer John Rae explorer Dr John Rae . References Reflist Further reading div class references small Bolton, Thomas Elwood. Geology of Ordovician rocks, Melville Peninsula and region, southeastern district of Franklin . Ottawa Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 1977. ISBN 066000822X Dredge, Lynda A. 2000. Age and Origin of Upland Block Fields on Melville Peninsula, Eastern Canadian Arctic . Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography . 82, no. 4 443 454. Dredge, L. A. Quaternary Geology of Southern Melville Peninsula, Nunavut Surface Deposits, Glacial History, Environmental Geology, and Till Geochemistry ... of the Prince Albert Hills, Western Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories . Ottawa, Canada Geological ... Penrhyn Group and Its Archean Basement Complex in the Lyon Inlet Area, Melville Peninsula, District ... and Melville Peninsula . Copenhagen Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1933. Schau, Mikkel. Geology of the Archean Prince Albert Group in the Richards Bay Area, Northeastern Melville Peninsula, District of Franklin ... 68 N 084 W region CA NU scale 3000000 display title name Melville Peninsula Peninsulas of Nunavut Category ... Melville de Melville Halbinsel es Pen nsula de Melville fr P ninsule de Melville it Penisola di Melville lt Melvilio pusiasalis ja pl P wysep Melville a pt Pen nsula de Melville ro Peninsula Melville ru , uk ... more details
Melville Peak coor dm 62 1 S 57 41 W is a prominent summit topography peak surmounting Cape Melville , the east cape of King George Island Antarctica King George Island , in the South Shetland Islands . This peak, which was probably known to early sealers in the area, was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908 10. It takes its name from nearby Cape Melville. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of King George Island South Shetland Islands KingGeorgeIslandAQ geo stub ... more details
Infobox football club clubname Melville United image Image Melville United.jpg fullname Melville United Association Football Club nickname founded 1972 as Melville ground Gower Park, Hamilton West, New Zealand capacity chairman flagicon New Zealand Harry Noorland manager flagicon New Zealand Steve Williams league Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier season Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier 2011 Final league standings 2011 position Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier , 3rd kit alt1 pattern b1 whitesholders pattern la1 redlower pattern ra1 redlower pattern sh1 whitesides leftarm1 ffffff body1 ff0000 rightarm1 ffffff shorts1 ff0000 socks1 ffffff kit alt2 pattern b2 whitesholders pattern la2 whiteborder pattern ra2 whiteborder pattern sh2 whitebottom pattern so2 000000 leftarm2 000000 body2 000000 rightarm2 000000 shorts2 000000 socks2 ffffff Melville United AFC is a professional football soccer club in Melville, New Zealand Melville , Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton , New Zealand . It competes in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier . History The club was formed in 1996 from the merger of Melville AFC founded 1972 and Waikato United founded 1988 . The team play at Gower Park, which has been home to Melville United, and before that Melville AFC, since 1981. Waikato United had itself been formed as the result of a merger between several local clubs, most notably former Chatham Cup winners Hamilton Technical Old Boys and Hamilton AFC . Notable Players Marco Rojas External links http www.melvilleunited.co.nz Club website http www.rsssf.com tablesn nz05.html New Zealand 2004 05 Season Results Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier Category New Zealand association football clubs Category Association football clubs established in 1996 Category Sport in Hamilton, New Zealand NewZealand footyclub stub fr Melville United Association Football Club ... more details
Rodney Melville is a presiding judge in Santa Barbara County s Superior Courts of California superior court . He is most notable for being the judge in Michael Jackson s People v. Jackson 2005 child molestion trial , in which Jackson was acquitted . Biography Melville studied at San Diego State University and Hastings College of the Law , University of California. ref name Biogs.com http www.biogs.com famous melvillerodney.html Biogs.com ref Melville became an attorney for the firm Melville & Iwasko and became a State Certified Specialist in Family Law . He served as a Deputy District Attorney in the San Bernardino County District Attorney s Office for two years. ref name Biogs.com In 1987, Melville was appointed to the Municipal Court Bench in 1987. After three years he was promoted to the Superior Court. ref name Biogs.com Melville retired as a judge for the Superior Court in 2007, having served 17 years. ref http www.sbcourts.org general info judicial officers melville.htm ref People v. Jackson In 2005, Michael Jackson was accused of child molestation by a 13 year old boy. The case People v. Jackson went to court and Melville was appointed the presiding judge. Prior to the start of the trial, Melville banned cameras from the courtroom, put a gag order on both sides and oversaw a three day jury selection procedure. ref name Biogs.com References reflist People v. Jackson Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Melville, Rodney ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Melville, Rodney Category Living people Category American judges Category San Diego State University alumni Category University of California, Hastings College of the Law alumni US judge stub de Rodney Melville ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 John Ward Melville January 5, 1887 June 5, 1977 was an United States American philanthropist , and businessman, born to Frank Melville, Jr. Ward Melville attended college at Columbia University , where he was active in the Columbia Daily Spectator and the Philolexian Society . Following graduation in 1909, Melville joined his father s shoe company and married Dorothy Bigelow. Upon the United States entrance in World War I , Melville became a soldier of the US Army. After the war, Melville continued to work in his father s company Melville Corporation , eventually taking control of it in 1922, when he created the Thom McAn shoe line. He would also serve as a member of the school board in Setauket, New York , a town on Long Island , where he donated the land for the high school which was named after him. From 1948 to 1949 he was the 66th President of the Saint Andrew s Society of the State of New York. Melville was very active in many philanthropic works around the Three Village Central School District three village area Stony Brook, New York Stony Brook , Setauket, New York Setauket , Old Field, New York Old Field and the surrounding towns. These ranged from restoring old buildings, to natural conservation to supporting education. Among these works was the donation of land that would be used for the site of the State University of New York at Stony Brook . Later, he would be made Chairman of the Council of that university by Governor Averill Harriman . Melville died in 1977 and is buried in Setauket at the Caroline Church and Cemetery . Ward Melville ... that serve various needs are named after him, including a local high school Ward Melville High School . The Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library main library at Stony Brook University is named for his father. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Melville, Ward ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... DEFAULTSORT Melville, Ward Category 1887 births Category 1977 deaths Category American philanthropists ... more details
Image Melville water heathcote.jpg thumb 250px Melville water, picture taken from Heathcote point looking west Melville Water is a significant section of the Swan River Western Australia Swan River in Perth, Western Australia Perth , Western Australia . It is located west of and downstream of Perth Water from which it is separated by the Narrows Bridge . Name Melville Water was named in 1827 by Captain James Stirling Australian governor James Stirling , after Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville 2nd Viscount Melville . The land south of Melville Water was named Melville Water Park Estate in the area that is now Applecross, Western Australia Applecross and was subdivided for development in 1896. ref http www.heritageaustralia.com.au search.php?state WA®ion 61&view 1328 www.heritageaustralia.com.au Melville . Accessed 22 March 2006. ref ref City of Melville Suburb Fact Sheet Melville . http www.melville.wa.gov.au service areas community dev community info Melville.pdf Available . Accessed 22 March 2006. ref Extent Panorama image File Pt walter pano gnangarra.jpg fullwidth 9349 fullheight 2036 caption Panorama of Melville water looking east from Mosman Park, Western Australia Mosman Park . height 350 With the Narrows Bridge on the Swan river as its upstream or easterly limit, and Point Heathcote to Como Jetty as the end of the Canning River Melville water extends to the west to the Point Resolution to Point Walter . In that space it has marine parks Swan Estuary marine park in Lucky Bay and Alfred Cove, water ski areas Waylen Bay, and Point Walter as well as the Narrows Personal water craft freestyling area . The main ferry and tour boat route passes through the centre of the open water in the centre of the river. ref Swan and Canning Rivers Boating Guide pamphlet version dated August 2007 published by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure for online pdf http ... locations ref http www.dpi.wa.gov.au imarine 19128.asp ref within the bounds of Melville Water ... more details
Ronald Melville 1903 1985 was an English botanist , based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew . He is chiefly remembered for his wartime research into Rose hip rosehips as a source of vitamin C, prompted by the epidemic of scurvy amongst children owing to the reduced importation of fresh fruit. His research concluded that hips from the common Dog Rose Rosa canina held the highest concentration of the vitamin. In later years, he challenged the two species taxonomy of the British elms proposed by Richard Hook Richens Richens ref name Richens Richens, R. H. 1984 Elm , Cambridge University Press. ref , identifying five distinct species, several varieties and numerous complex hybrids ref name MelvilleMelville, R. 1978 . On the discrimination of species in hybrid swarms with special reference to Ulmus and the nomenclature of U. minor Mill. and U. carpinifolia Gled. . Taxon 27 345 351, 1978. ref . Melville also compiled the world s first Red Data Book , published in 1970, listing all known threatened plants. He was made a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1938. The tree Acacia melvillei is named in his honour. Publications Contributions to the study of British elms. 1. What is Goodyer s Elm? The Journal of Botany, Vol. 76 . July, 1938. The Story of Plants and their Uses to Man co author John Hutchinson , 1948. Ulmus canescens an eastern Mediterranean Elm. Kew Bulletin 499 502, 1957. The Elms of the Himalaya co author Hans Heybroek , Kew Bulletin No. 26 1 , 1971. On the discrimination of species .... carpinifolia Gled. . Taxon 27 345 351, 1978. botanist MelvilleMelville, R References reflist External links http www.kew.org heritage people melville.html Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Botanists Melville. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Melville, Ronald ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1903 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1985 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Melville ... stub es Ronald Melville ... more details
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