Other persons William Hamilton Infobox scientist name W. D. Hamilton image WD Hamilton.jpg image size 200px caption W. D. Hamilton, 1996 birth date Birth date 1936 8 1 df y birth place Cairo , Egypt death ... biography of evolutionist W. D. Hamilton. Oxford University Press. See http www.oup.com uk catalogue ... Paulo faculty de William D. Hamilton es William Donald Hamilton fr William Donald Hamilton it William Donald Hamilton nl William Donald Hamilton ja nn William D. Hamilton pl William Donald Hamilton pt W. D. Hamilton simple W.D. Hamilton fi William D. Hamilton uk ... an Erd s number of 5. ref His path to Erd s William D. Hamilton coauthored with Robert M. May ... for Kin selection , Hamilton s rule influences Ronald Fisher influenced Richard Dawkins awards religion Atheism Atheist signature filename only footnotes William Donald Hamilton Royal Society FRS ref ... century. ref http www.edge.org 3rd culture hamiltonhamilton index.html Obituary by Richard Dawkins ... Lives 2 Feb 2010 ref Hamilton became famous through his Theoretical biology theoretical work expounding ... of the forerunners of sociobiology , as popularized by E. O. Wilson . Hamilton also published important ... Research Professor at Oxford University . Early life Hamilton was born in 1936 in Cairo , Egypt , the second of seven children. His father A. M. Hamilton was a New Zealand born engineer. His mother B. M. Hamilton was a medical doctor , also from New Zealand. The Hamilton family settled in Kent . During the Second World War , the young Hamilton was evacuated to Edinburgh . He had an interest ... needed six months to recover. Hamilton stayed on an extra term at Tonbridge to complete the University ... as he was viewed as only a statistician. Hamilton was excited by Fisher s chapters on eugenics ... through the stodgy prose, Hamilton later blamed Fisher s book for his getting only a British undergraduate degree classification Degree classification 2 1 degree. Hamilton s rule Main Hamilton s rule ... more details
Infobox Person name D. Hamilton Jackson image Hamilton Jackson.jpg caption birth date September 28, 1884 birth place Estate East Hill , St. Croix , Danish West Indies death date 1946 death place other names known for Leader of civil rights movement, labor movement occupation Educator, bookkeeper, newspaper editor David Hamilton Jackson 1884 1946 was a resident of the United States Virgin Islands . At the time of his birth, the Territory was under the rule of Danish West Indies . Jackson was an important figure in the struggle for increased civil liberties and workers rights on the islands. He petitioned for freedom of the press , was involved in the territory s labor movement , and, when the Danish West Indies became the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1917, he lobbied for citizenship for the islanders. Jackson worked as an educator and later a bookkeeper before becoming involved in the politics of the Danish West Indies. He traveled to Denmark and successfully petitioned for the repeal of a 1779 law which prohibited independent newspapers and enforced strict censorship on all publications in the territory. Upon returning home, he established the first free newspaper, The Herald . The date of this event, November 1, is celebrated as an annual public holiday known as Liberty Day , D. Hamilton Jackson Day , or Bull and Bread Day in the U.S. Virgin Islands. With the help of Ralph Bough, Jackson organized the first labor union in the Danish West Indies in 1913. He lobbied for the transfer of the islands from Danish control to American control, and after the sale of the islands to the United ... http www.stx.k12.vi JacksonWEBpage about.html St. Croix Public School D. Hamilton Jackson Biography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jackson, D. Hamilton ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... Indies DATE OF DEATH 1946 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jackson, D. Hamilton Category 1884 births Category ... United States Virgin Islands activists no David Hamilton Jackson ... more details
Orleans, Louisiana Category Louisiana Republicans US mil bio stub de HamiltonD. Coleman ...Hamilton Dudley Coleman May 12, 1845, New Orleans, Louisiana March 16, 1926, Biloxi, Mississippi was a businessman and politician who served one term in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana s 2nd congressional district , 1889 91. Coleman served in Washington Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War , and was part of the Confederate army that surrendered at Battle of Appomattox Courthouse Appomattox . He returned to New Orleans and became a manufacturer and dealer of farm equipment, and an organizer of New Orleans s first electric lighting company. He was elected as a Republican Party United States Republican to Congress in 1888, but lost his bid for reelection to Matthew D. Lagan , the previous holder of the seat. Coleman was the last Republican elected to the House from Louisiana until David C. Treen in 1973. He was the last Republican to hold this seat, until Joseph Cao won it from Bill Jefferson in 2008. Coleman ran for Congress two more times, for governor twice, and for lieutenant governor once, losing each time. From 1899 1905, he was the melter and refiner for the United States Mint in New Orleans. He died in Biloxi in 1926 and is buried at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. External links Portal Biography CongBio C000619 Retrieved on 2009 04 16 s start s par us hs USRepSuccessionBox state Louisiana district 2 before Matthew D. Lagan years 1889 1891 after Matthew D. Lagan s end LARepresentatives Persondata NAME Coleman, HamiltonD. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Confederate Army soldier and American politician DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1845 PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans, Louisiana DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1926 PLACE OF DEATH Biloxi, Mississippi DEFAULTSORT Coleman, HamiltonD. Category 1845 births Category 1926 deaths Category Confederate States Army soldiers Category People of Louisiana in the American Civil War ... more details
James Douglas Jim Hamilton born 29 November 1954 is an US econometrician currently teaching at University of California, San Diego . His work is especially influential in time series and energy economics . He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1983. Published works Time Series Analysis Princeton University Press, 1994 Advances in Markov Switching Models Physica Verlag, 2002 Coedited with Baldev Raj External links http www.econbrowser.com Econbrowser blog http weber.ucsd.edu jhamilto jvita.pdf Vita at UCSD PDF Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hamilton, James D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 29 November 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hamilton, James D. Category 1954 births Category Time series econometricians Category Fellows of the Econometric Society Category University of California, Berkeley alumni Category University of California, San Diego faculty Category Living people ... more details
Infobox Politician name Edward D. Hamilton image imagesize caption office Oregon Secretary of State Oregon ... United States Whig Party occupation Attorney spouse Katherine Royer Edward D. Hamilton October 3, 1801 ... of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers publisher D. Mason & Co. location Syracuse, NY year 1890 pages 334 url http books.google.com ?id UsKKpvOVRRUC&pg PA499&dq edward hamilton oregon ref Edward D. Hamilton ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hamilton, Edward D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ... December 12, 1883 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hamilton, Edward D. Category Secretaries of State of Oregon .... Later he practiced law and was a judge in Portland, Oregon Portland . Early life Hamilton was born .... ref name Oregon Hamilton moved to Portsmouth, Ohio , where he served in the militia and was the editor ... In 1830, Hamilton married Katherine Royer in Ohio, with one daughter the result of the marriage. ref ... American War he served with then General Zachary Taylor , with Hamilton s rank being captain. ref name ... Party politician Hamilton to the position of Oregon Secretary of State Secretary of the Oregon Territory ... pages 632 url http books.google.com ?id ZUMOAAAAIAAJ&pg PA632&dq edward hamilton nominated 22zachary taylor 22 ref Hamilton replaced Democrat Kintzing Prichette , taking office on September 18, 1850 ... Legislature legislature moved the capitol to Salem, Oregon Salem , but Hamilton and Gaines ... books?id ZUMOAAAAIAAJ&pg PA497&dq edward hamilton oregon&as brr 1&ei iSljSZj DYS6lAT1i5nEDA&client ... Salem as the capitol. ref name carey Hamilton remained in office until May 14, 1853. ref name sos Later years After leaving office Hamilton remained in Oregon. He formed a law partnership with Benjamin Stark in 1854 in Portland, Oregon Portland . ref name Oregon Hamilton was also the secretary for the now ... volume 29 34 pages 5 url http books.google.com ?id 8 0QAAAAIAAJ&pg RA1 PA5&dq edward hamilton oregon ... ?id N8AUAAAAYAAJ&pg PA354&dq edward hamilton oregon ref He then served as county clerk. ref ... more details
binders, and helix mimetics. ref cite web title Andrew D. Hamilton work Department of Chemistry Yale ... cite web title Profile for Andrew D. Hamilton work Department of Chemistry Yale University url http ...Other persons Andrew Hamilton Infobox university chancellor name Andrew David Hamilton image caption order Vice Chancellor university of the University of Oxford term start 1 October 2009 term end 30 September 2016 predecessor John Hood successor order2 Provost education Provost university2 of Yale University term start2 1 October 2004 term end2 1 October 2008 predecessor2 Susan Hockfield successor2 birth date 3 November 1952 birth place death date death place alma mater residence Oxford profession religion spouse Jennifer children Alastair, Claire and Malcolm signature website footnotes Andrew David Hamilton born 3 November 1952 is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford . Early life He was a pupil at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford and studied chemistry at the University of Exeter . After studying for a master s degree at the University of British Columbia he received his PhD .... ref cite web url http www.europaeum.org europaeum ?q node 923 title Professor Andrew Hamilton publisher ... biophysics Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University . Hamilton s research ... europaeum ?q node 923 title Professor Andrew Hamilton publisher The Europaeum accessdate .... On 3 June 2008, University of Oxford Oxford University announced Andrew Hamilton s nomination for the post ... Fellow of Kellogg College . Private Life Hamilton lives in Oxford with his wife Jennifer. He has ... stories 2008 080603.html accessdate 2008 06 03 cite web title Professor Andrew Hamilton confirmed ... Incumbent S end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hamilton, Andrew David ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Hamilton, Andrew David Category 1952 births Category Living people Category Alumni of the University ... College, Oxford Category Old Guildfordians Academic administrator stub ja D zh ... more details
Thomas W. Hamilton may refer to Thomas Watt Hamilton , perpatrator of the Dunblane massacre Thomas W. Hamilton , recipient of an List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients G L American Civil War Medal of Honor Thomas William Hamilton , of the Independence Party of New York Thomas Wm. Hamilton , the child actor cast as Barnaby in a 1946 adaption of a comic strip by Crockett Johnson Thomas Wm. Hamilton , planetarium director and author of Useful Star Names and The Brick Moon hndis Hamilton, Thomas W. ... more details
Infobox engineer image image size if image is smaller than 250px caption name W. Hamilton Barnum nationality USA birth date 1878 birth place death date November 11, 1937 death place education spouse parents children discipline institutions American Philatelic Society br Philatelic Sons of America practice name significant projects Active in early days of philately in encouraging the growth of the hobby significant design significant advance significant awards APS Hall of Fame W. Hamilton Barnum 1878 1937 , of Cleveland, Ohio , was a stamp collector who helped advance philately during the early years of the hobby. Collecting interests Barnum started his collection of postage stamps in 1890 at the age of 12 and joined stamp clubs in his area, such as the Garfield Perry Stamp Club in Cleveland, which he joined as a member in 1895 and served as club president in 1902. Philatelic activity Barnum was active in organized philately. At the American Philatelic Society then called the American Philatelic Association he became an active member in 1894 and served the society in a variety of positions including being named to the Board of Vice Presidents. He was also active in the Philatelic Sons of America the largest stamp club in the United States at the time during the time when it started to attract young collectors. For the remainder of his life and philatelic career he made it a point of participating in all major activities of both philatelic societies. Honors and awards For his efforts in establishing the hobby of stamp collecting, Barnum was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1942. See also Philately References http www.stamps.org Almanac alm halloffame 1942 45.htm Barnum W. Hamilton Barnum Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Barnum, W. Hamilton ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1878 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1937 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barnum, W. Hamilton Category 1878 births Category 1937 deaths ... more details
Daniel W. Hamilton ...other people Daniel Hamilton Daniel Webster Hamilton December 20, 1861 August 21, 1936 was a one term Democratic United States House of Representatives U.S. Representative from Iowa s 6th congressional district . Born near Dixon, Illinois , Hamilton moved to Miami County, Kansas , with his parents, in 1868 and to Prairie Township in Keokuk County, Iowa , in 1874. He attended the country schools and graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in June 1884. He was Admission to the bar in the United States admitted to the bar in 1884. Returning to Keokuk County, he commenced practice in Sigourney, Iowa . He served as Postmaster of Sigourney from 1894 to 1898. In November 1906, Hamilton ran as a Democratic Party United States Democrat against longtime Republican Congressman John F. Lacey in the general election for Iowa s 6th congressional district. After defeating Lacey, Hamilton became the only Democrat in Iowa s congressional delegation in the 60th United States Congress Sixtieth Congress. He ran for re election in 1908, and won renomination from his party s district convention. However, in a general election in which Republicans swept all major races on the ballot in Iowa, Hamilton was defeated by Republican Nathan E. Kendall in a close race. In all he served in Congress from March 4, 1907 to March 3, 1909. He resumed the practice of law in Sigourney. In 1918, he was elected judge of the district court of the sixth judicial district of Iowa, in which capacity he served until his death in Rochester, Minnesota , on August 21, 1936. He was interred in No. 16 Cemetery, near Thornburg, Iowa Thornburg , in Keokuk County. References reflist CongBio H000107 IARepresentatives Bioguide Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hamilton, Daniel Webster ALTERNATIVE ... August 21, 1936 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hamilton, Daniel Webster Category 1861 births Category ... more details
Frederick William Hamilton March 30, 1860 &ndash May 22, 1940 ref http books.google.com books?id vp7VAAAAMAAJ&q Frederick W. Hamilton tufts 1940&dq Frederick W. Hamilton tufts 1940&hl en&ei sWc7Tf6gDoKglAeMs4CVBw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved 0CCsQ6AEwAg ref was an American Universalist Church of America Universalist businessman and the fourth president of Tufts University from 1905 to 1912. Born in Portland, Maine , he received his Bachelor of Arts from Tufts in 1880 and his Master of Arts postgraduate Master of Arts in English literature and philosophy in 1886, in addition to an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 1889 and, from St. Lawrence University , an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1906. As president, due to his strong opposition to coeducation , he created a separate Jackson College for women, with a separate faculty and administration. He resigned in 1912 due to having lost the trust of the Tufts Community. He later became manager of a forestry company and died in Boston in 1940. He was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , and a member of Theta Delta Chi ref name Sixth Catalogue of Theta Delta Chi cite book title Sixth Catalogue of year 1911 url http books.google.com books?id sAACAAAAYAAJ&printsec frontcover&lr PPA1,M1 accessdate 2009 06 15 ref . References references http www.tufts.edu home timeline html 1906 p hamilton.html Tufts Interactive Timeline External links gutenberg author Tufts Presidents Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hamilton, Frederick William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1860 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1940 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hamilton, Frederick William Category 1860 births Category 1940 deaths Category Tufts University alumni Category People from Portland, Maine Category Members of the Universalist Church of America Category 20th century Christian Universalists Category 19th century Christian Universalists ... more details
William Oliver Hamilton was the Kansas Jayhawks third head basketball coach, from 1910 to 1919. Coach Hamilton bridged the gap between Phog Allen s two tenures as Kansas coach. Hamilton came to the University of Kansas in 1909 as track and basketball coach, and accepted the athletics director s position in addition to his coaching duties. Prior to his appointment at Kansas, he served as director of physical education at Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City , Mo., and acted in the same capacity at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. Hamilton s teams compiled a 125 59 .679 overall record and were 83 46 .643 in conference. The Hamilton led Jayhawks captured five Missouri Valley Conference championships, including three straight from 1910 1912. Under his guidance three players achieved All American status Tommy Johnson in 1909 KU s first All American in any sport , Ralph Lefty Sproull in 1915 and A. C. Dutch Lonborg in 1919. References http www.rockchalk.com seasons coaches.sht Rock Chalk Zone KansasBasketballCoach Category American basketball coaches Category Kansas Jayhawks athletic directors Category Kansas Jayhawks men s basketball coaches Category College men s basketball head coaches in the United States ... more details
Evolutionary biologist W. D. Hamilton William D. Hamilton . http www.stephenjaygould.org people william hamilton.html Source The Unofficial Steven Jay Gould Archive William D. Hamilton, Richard D. Alexander. Because the subject is no longer alive and we know of no free alternative, fair use is deemed necessary. Non free promotional image has rationale yes ... more details
Use mdy dates date June 2011 Infobox person bgcolour silver name D. W. Griffith image GriffithDW.jpg ... title Famous Methodists publisher Adherents.com accessdate June 5, 2011 ref D. W. ... cite web url http www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk USAgriffith.htm title D. W. Griffith publisher ... June 5, 2011 ref Film career File Walthall with DW Griiffith2.jpg right 200px thumb D. W. Griffith ... Aitken cite web url http www.cobbles.com simpp archive dwgriffith.htm title D. W. Griffith Hollywood ... in the creation of Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios. File DW Griffith.jpeg thumb left 250px Griffith at a rolltop ... dwgriffith.html title D. W. Griffith 1875 1948 publisher Gildasattic.com accessdate June ... thumb right Stamp issued by the United States Postal Service commemorating D. W. Griffith ... hated Hollywood except for its treatment of D. W. Griffith. No town, no industry, no profession ... HistMarker.JPG thumb left California Historical Marker marking the site of D. W. Griffith s movie ranch in Sylmar, California In 1953, the Directors Guild of America instituted the D. W. ... D. W. Griffith filmography The Taming of the Shrew 1908 film The Taming of the Shrew 1908 Money Mad ... See also Portal Biography D. W. Griffith House References Reflist Further reading Lillian Gish, The Movies .... W. Griffith New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973 Richard Schickel, D. W. Griffith An American Life New York Simon and Schuster, 1984 Robert M. Henderson, D. W. Griffith His Life and Work New York Oxford University Press, 1972 William M. Drew, D. W. Griffith s Intolerance Its Genesis and Its Vision ... A. Knopf, 1968 Seymour Stern, An Index to the Creative Work of D. W. Griffith , London The British ...., 1968 Edward Wagenknecht and Anthony Slide, The Films of D. W. Griffith New York Crown, 1975 William ... Valkyries Richard Wagner , D. W. Griffith, and the Birth of Classical Cinema , in Modernism modernity ... and Eileen Bowser, D. W. Griffith American Film Master Garden City, New York Doubleday, 1965 cite ... more details
W. D. Cocker 1882, Rutherglen &ndash 1970 was a Scottish poet who wrote in both Scots language Scots and English. Life W. D. Cocker was born into a family of Glasgow merchants. ref name Edinburgh Maurice Lindsay and Lesley Duncan, The Edinburgh book of twentieth century Scottish poetry , p.378 ref In the First World War , he served with the Highland Light Infantry , and was taken prisoner in 1917. His war poetry is fairly limited in scope, but includes the poems Up the Line to Poelkapelle , The Sniper poem The Sniper and a five part sonnet cycle entitled Sonnets in Captivity . After the war Cocker entered the account department of the Daily Record Scotland Daily Record , and was the paper s drama citic until retirement in 1956. ref name Edinburgh He is best known for his humorous poems in Scots, often on Biblical themes, such as The Deluge , on the story of Noah and the Flood. References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cocker, W. D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1882 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1970 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cocker, W. D. Category 1882 births Category 1970 deaths Category Scottish poets Scotland bio stub ... more details
File Dkbkpl34.jpg thumb right Map of the Glasgow docks in 1909 showing D & W Henderson & Co. David & William Henderson and Company was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding company, based on Clydeside . The company was founded in 1872 and continued to operate until 1936. The company shipyard was on the northern banks of the River Clyde at the point where the River Kelvin joins the Clyde. The company was originally founded in 1835 as Tod and McGregor by David Tod Shipbuilder David Tod and John Macgregor carrying out marine engineering work. ref http www.gracesguide.co.uk Tod and McGregor ref External links http www.gracesguide.co.uk D. and W. Henderson and Co Grace s Guides D. and W. Henderson and Co Notes reflist Category Companies based in Glasgow Category Shipbuilding companies of Scotland Category Defunct shipbuilding companies of the United Kingdom Category Defunct companies of Scotland Category 1872 establishments in Scotland Category Companies established in 1872 Category Companies disestablished in 1936 Scotland company stub de D. & W. Henderson & Company ... more details
W. D. Richter born 7 December 1945, New Britain, Connecticut New Britain , Connecticut is a screenwriter and has occasionally film director directed and film producer produced . He is best known for adapting Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 , directing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension , and helping write Big Trouble in Little China . Biography Richter graduated from Dartmouth College and attended USC film school. He began script writing for Hollywood in the 1970s. He wrote the hit comedy Slither 1973 film Slither 1973 , followed by two similarly styled comedies, Peeper film Peeper 1975 and Nickelodeon film Nickelodeon 1976 . He branched into other genres starting with the Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake in 1978. He continued writing scripts throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 1980s Richter formed his own production company with producer Neil Canton , Canton Richter, and directed the sci fi cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension . The film did poorly at the box office and the company broke up. Richter continued to write screenplays however, and has since written Home For The Holidays and Stealth film Stealth . Filmography Slither 1973 film Slither 1973 Peeper film Peeper 1975 Nickelodeon film Nickelodeon 1976 with Peter Bogdanovich Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1979 adaptation Dracula 1979 film Dracula 1979 Brubaker 1980 All Night Long 1981 film All Night Long 1981 Hard Feelings 1982 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across ... for the Holidays 1995 Stealth film Stealth 2005 External links imdb name id 0725379 name W. D. Richter Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Richter, W. D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ..., W. D. Category 1945 births Category Living people Category American film directors Category American ... from Connecticut US film director 1940s stub de W. D. Richter fr W.D. Richter ... more details
Infobox nrhp name D. W. Voorhies House image caption location 410 Washington St., St. Martinville, Louisiana Google map coords for that address ll , which converts to following DMS coords lat degrees lat minutes lat seconds lat direction N long degrees long minutes long seconds long direction W locmapin area less than 1 acre ref name nrhpinv2 built 1903 ref name nrhpinv2 architect architecture Queen Anne architecture Queen Anne Revival , Eastlake added October 16, 2008 ref name newlistings2008oct24 cite web url http www.nps.gov history nr listings 20081024.HTM title Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places, October 24, 2008 accessdate 2008 10 28 work New listings publisher National Park Service ref governing body mpsub refnum 08001011 ref name newlistings2008oct24 D. W. Voorhies House is a house in St. Martinville, Louisiana . The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 2008. ref name nrhpinv2 Cite document title PDFlink http www.nps.gov history nr feature weekly features VoorhiesHouse.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination D. W. Voorhies House 32 KB date Summer, 2008 author National Register Staff, Division of Historic Preservation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana publisher National Park Service postscript . 25 pages including plan, and 11 photos, exterior and interior ref ref name newlistings2008oct24 The house was built in 1903 with many decorative features, all of which survive, although one, the front door, was moved to a different location in the house. The details include fishscale shingles, an oculus , and beaded rails in a wraparound porch. ref name nrhpinv2 It is the 16th property listed as a featured property of the week in a program of the National Park Service that began in July, 2008. ref name newlistings2008oct24 ref name featured cite web url http www.nps.gov history ... Places DEFAULTSORT Voorhies, D. W., House Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places ... more details
Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mooney, D. W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1882 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mooney, D. W. Category 1882 deaths ... more details
Infobox NRHP name D. W. Griffith House nrhp type image DW Griffith House.JPG caption location La Grange, Kentucky lat degrees 38 lat minutes 24 lat seconds 30 lat direction N long degrees 85 long minutes 23 long seconds 2 long direction W locmapin Kentucky area built 1905 architect Unknown architecture No Style Listed added June 3, 1976 governing body Private refnum 76000935 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The D. W. Griffith House is a historic building in La Grange, Kentucky La Grange , Kentucky in the United States . It was owned by movie director D. W. Griffith , who rose to fame with his movies Birth of a Nation and Intolerance film Intolerance . The house was originally constructed in 1905 as a home for a Charles and Sue Smith, but it later became a funeral home. Griffith bought it as a residence for his mother Mary in 1913, who lived there until her death a year later. ref Mills, Gloria. D.W.Griffith House NRHP Form Kentucky Heritage Commission, 1975 Sec. 8 pg. 3 ref Afterward, Griffith s sister Ruth lived there until she died in 1934 then Griffith s brother and his family lived in the house. After D. W. Griffith married his second wife, they moved to the home in 1936, staying there until 1939 when Griffith went to California to work on a film. Griffith sold the house in 1940, but his niece lived there until 1950, when it was sold once again to be made into apartments. Griffith never returned to the area, not even to receive the honorary doctorate in literature the University of Louisville gave him in 1945. New owners in 1974 returned the house to a more home like use. ref name Mills Sec. 8 pg. 2, 3 Mills Sec. 8 pg. 2, 3 ref ref Kleber, John E. Encyclopedia of Louisville . University Press of Kentucky . pg. 360. ref Griffith had always considered La Grange his hometown, having spent his boyhood at a nearby farm until his mother had to sell it for debts left after his father died, and even signed in hotel registers as being from the town, no matter where he was actually ... more details
William Dempsey Valgardson born 7 May 1939 is a Canadian novel ist, short story writer , and poet . Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba , and raised in Gimli, Manitoba , he completed his Bachelor of Arts BA at United College , Bachelor of Education BEd at the University of Manitoba , and his Master of Fine Arts MFA at the University of Iowa . He was a long time professor of writing at the University of Victoria in British Columbia . His writing often focuses on cultural differences and involve irony and symbol ism. His short stories involve normal people in normal situations, yet under certain circumstances, lead unusual and surprising lives. Valgardson has won numerous awards and accolades including the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for The Girl With the Botticelli Face 1992 and the Books in Canada First Novel Award for Gentle Sinners 1980 . His short story, Bloodflowers , was included in Best American Short Stories Best American Short Stories 1971 . Bibliography Bloodflowers Ten Stories 1973 God is Not a Fish Inspector 1975 In The Gutting Shed 1976 Red Dust 1978 Gentle Sinners 1980 What Can t Be Changed Shouldn t Be Mourned 1990 The Girl With the Botticelli Face 1992 Thor 1994 The Hockey Fan 1995 Sarah and the People of Sand River 1996 Garbage Creek and Other Stories 1997 The Divorced Kids Club 1998 Frances 2002 A Matter of Balance Unknown Date External links http www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com index.cfm?PgNm TCE&Params A1ARTA0010853 W. D. Valgardson s entry in http www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com index.cfm?PgNm HomePage&Params A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Valgardson, W. D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Novelist, short story writer, poet DATE OF BIRTH 7 May 1939 PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Valgardson, W. D. Category 1939 births Category Canadian novelists Category People from Winnipeg Category Living people Category Canadian people of Icelandic descent Category Io ... more details
Infobox MP honorific prefix small The Honourable Honourable small br name D. E. W. Gunasekera honorific suffix br small Member of Parliament MP small image office Minister of Constitutional Affairs & National Integration majority predecessor successor term start 2004 term end 2010 office2 Minister of Rehabilitation & Prison Reforms majority2 predecessor2 successor2 term start2 2010 term end 2 constituency MP3 National List parliament3 Sri Lanka majority3 predecessor3 successor3 term start3 2004 term end3 birth date birth date and age 1935 03 04 birth place death date death place nationality flagicon Sri Lanka Sri Lanka n spouse party Communist Party of Sri Lanka otherparty United People s Freedom Alliance relations children residence 128 Beddagana Road, Pitakotte alma mater occupation profession religion Buddhism in Sri Lanka Buddhist signature website footnotes Don Edwin Weerasinghe Gunasekera is a Sri Lanka n politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister. See also Cabinet of Sri Lanka References cite web url http www.parliament.lk directory of members ViewMember.do?memID 1487 title DEW GUNASEKARA work Directory of Members publisher Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gunasekera, D. E. W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1935 03 04 PLACE OF BIRTH Sri Lanka DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gunasekera, D. E. W. Category Sri Lankan politicians Category Living people Category 1935 births Category Government ministers of Sri Lanka Category United People s Freedom Alliance politicians Category Sri Lankan Buddhists Category Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka Category Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Category Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka Category Sri Lankan communists SriLanka politician stub ta ... more details
NOTOC These are the films directed by the pioneering American filmmaker D. W. Griffith 1875 1948 . According to the Internet Movie Database , he directed 534 films between 1908 in film 1908 and 1931 in film 1931 . center D. W. Griffith filmography 1908 1908 D. W. Griffith filmography 1909 1909 D. W. Griffith filmography 1910 1910 D. W. Griffith filmography 1911 1911 D. W. Griffith filmography 1912 1912 D. W. Griffith filmography 1913 1913 D. W. Griffith filmography 1914 1914 D. W. Griffith filmography 1915 1915 D. W. Griffith filmography 1916 1916 D. W. Griffith filmography 1918 1918 D. W. Griffith filmography 1919 1919 D. W. Griffith filmography 1920s 1920s D. W. Griffith filmography 1930s 1930s center 1908 col start col 2 The Adventures of Dollie The Fight for Freedom The Tavern Keeper s Daughter The Black Viper The Red Man and the Child Deceived Slumming Party The Bandit s Waterloo A Calamitous Elopement The Greaser s Gauntlet The Man and the Woman The Fatal Hour For Love of Gold Balked at the Altar For a Wife s Honor Betrayed by a Handprint Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court The Girl and the Outlaw Behind the Scenes The Red Girl The Heart of O Yama Where the Breakers Roar A Smoked Husband The Stolen Jewels The Devil The Zulu s Heart col 2 Father Gets in the Game Ingomar, the Barbarian The Vaquero s Vow The Planter s Wife Romance of a Jewess The Call of the Wild 1908 film The Call of the Wild Concealing a Burglar After Many Years The Pirate s Gold The Taming of the Shrew 1908 film The Taming of the Shrew The Guerrilla The Song of the Shirt The Ingrate A Woman s Way The Clubman and the Tramp Money Mad 1908 film Money Mad The Valet s Wife The Feud and the Turkey The Reckoning The Test of Friendship An Awful Moment The Christmas Burglars Mr. Jones at the Ball ... D. W. Griffith Category Filmographies Griffith, D. W. Category Films directed by D. W. Griffith fr Filmographie de D. W. Griffith it Filmografia di David Wark Griffith pl Filmografia Davida Warka Griffitha ... more details
Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Davis, D. W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician ... OF DEATH Boise, Idaho Boise , Idaho DEFAULTSORT Davis, D. W. Category 1873 births Category 1959 ... Welsh emigrants to the United States Idaho politician stub de D. W. Davis sv D.W. Davis ... in 1931 as a special advisor to President Herbert Hoover . Governor David W. Davis died on August ... more details
William Henry Denham W. H. D. Rouse 30 May 1863 &ndash 10 February 1950 was a pioneering British teacher who advocated the use of the Direct method education Direct Method of teaching Latin and Greek language Greek . Life Born in Calcutta India on 31 May 1863 ref name CLP http www.aristarchus.unige.it cphcl schede.php?word nt Catalogus Philologorum Classicorum ref , Rouse gained a double first in the Classical Tripos at the University of Cambridge , where he also studied Sanskrit . He became a Fellow of Christ s College, Cambridge in 1888. ref Venn id RS882WH name Rouse, William Henry Denham ref After brief spells at Bedford School and Cheltenham College , he became a schoolmaster at Rugby School , where he encouraged Arthur Ransome against his parents wishes to become a writer. Ransome later wrote, My greatest piece of good fortune in coming to Rugby was that I passed so low into the school ... that I came at once into the hands of a most remarkable man whom I might otherwise never have met. This was Dr W.H.D. Rouse. ref name Ransome The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome , Hart Davis ed , Jonathan Cape, London 1976, p.52. ref Rouse was appointed headmaster of The Perse School , Cambridge, in 1902. While in charge, he restored it to a sound financial footing following a crisis. As a teacher he believed firmly in learning by doing as well as seeing and hearing although the curriculum at the Perse was dominated by classics, he urged that science should be learned through experiment and observation. He was a strong personality, described by the archivist of The Perse School as the school ... Island on 10 February 1950. ref name CLP References reflist The Living Word W. H. D. Rouse and the Crisis ..., W. H. D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 30 May 1863 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 10 February 1950 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rouse, W. H. D. Category 1863 births Category 1950 deaths ... Loeb chose W. H.D. Rouse, together with two other eminent Classical scholars, T. E. Page and Edward ... more details
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