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2 unusual facts about Alpheus


Alpheus

Alphaeus, a father of two of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament.

Alfeios River, the Greek river which the mythological god refers to.


Akhtala Monastery

The common Christians saints are depicted below the Communion scene, including Pope Sylvester, Saint James the son of Alpheus, Saint John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, Gregory the Illuminator, Jacob of Mtsbin, Clement of Rome, Gregory the Thaumaturgist, Cyril of Alexandria and Eusebius of Caesarea.

Alpheus Hyatt

He and his wife, Audella Beebe, were the parents of famed sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington; their other children were Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor, who was also a sculptor though less well known, (and mother of the art historian A. Hyatt Mayor), and Alpheus Hyatt III.

Austin Lane Crothers

Crothers was born near Conowingo in Cecil County, Maryland, the eighth son of Alpheus and Margaret Crothers.

George E. Royce

Rice's father Captain Alpheus Royce (who was born Alpheus Rice and changed his name in middle age) led a company of Vermont militia in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Plattsburgh.

Howard Dwight Smith

Among these were Hughes Hall (music), the Alpheus W. Smith Laboratory (physics), the Agricultural Laboratories, the optometry building, and especially the St. John Arena and French Field House.

Ranunculus allenii

Ranunculus allenii was first described by American botanist Benjamin Lincoln Robinson in 1905, who noted collections in Quebec and Labrador, the first being by one John Alpheus Allen on 23rd July 1881 on Mount Albert in the Gaspé Peninsula.

Richard Dunn Pattison

She was the daughter of Rev. Alpheus Wilkes and brother of Paget Wilkes, whose biography she wrote.


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