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Andrew Davidson

Andrew B. Davidson (1831–1902), Scottish professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages


Allan Davidson

Allan A. Davidson, lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada

Andrew B. Dickinson

Dickinson's appointment as U.S. Marshal was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 18, 1863, but Edward Dodd was appointed to succeed as U.S. Marshal on April 18, 1863, and Dickinson was on the same day re-appointed as U.S. Minister to Nicaragua.

He died in León, Nicaragua from complications after a fall from a mule, and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York).

Andrew Bray Dickinson (August 29, 1801 Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey – April 21, 1873 León, Nicaragua) was an American politician from New York.

Andrew B. Moore

He ordered the state militia to seize the arsenal at Mt. Vernon and Forts Morgan and Gaines on Mobile Bay, and he contributed more than five hundred troops to assist Florida Governor Madison S. Perry in capturing the Federal forts at Pensacola.

Andrew B. Murray Vocational School

The school closed in 1970 and the property was used by the Charleston County School District as its offices.

Andrew Moore

Andrew B. Moore (1807–1873), Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama

Ballantyne, Davidson, McIntyre v. Canada

Elizabeth Evatt, Nisuke Ando, Marco Tulio Bruni Celli and Vojin Dimitrijević filed a concurrence stating that the term "minority" shouldn't be interpreted "solely on the basis of the number of members of the group in question in the State party".

Barbara Ikai

She read Noam Chomsky's Noam Chomsky on The Generative Enterprise, A discussion with Riny Hyybregts and Henk van Riemsdijk., Vilayanur S. Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind, and Andrew B. Newberg's Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief.

David A. Davidson

Promoted from the rank of inspector, Davidson served as acting Chief of Police from November 19, 1938 to June 23, 1939, and was succeeded by Arthur C. Hohmann, a police lieutenant who was appointed chief by the Police Commission.

David Davidson

David A. Davidson, Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department

Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

The Indian Root Pills were first formulated and manufactured in 1854 by Andrew B. Moore (born around 1821, New York), who was then operating under the name A.B. Moore in Buffalo, New York.

Edward Davidson

Edward S. Davidson, professor of electrical engineering and computer science

Eric Davidson

Eric H. Davidson (born 1937), developmental biologist at the California Institute of Technology

Gordon Davidson

Gordon B. Davidson (born 1926), American business attorney and sponsor of Muhammad Ali

Isham Warren Garrott

Alabama Governor Andrew B. Moore sent Garrott to North Carolina as a commissioner to enlist his home state's aid in joining the secession movement.

J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson

In this post he was forced to deal with cuts in naval expenditure proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill, especially regarding the construction of new cruisers.

In his biography of Davidson in the Dictionary of National Biography, Robert Blake writes that Davidson's role in the appointment of Baldwin remains a puzzle.

James W. Davidson

Leaving in 1914, he spent CAN$250,000 of his own money to establish branches of Rotary International in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Jerusalem, Burma, Siam (Thailand), Java, and in several of the Malay states including Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Penang, Ipoh, Klang and Singapore.

In June 1897, he was appointed by President Cleveland consular agent for the island of Formosa, where he remained nine years, during which time he wrote numerous monographs on Formosan affairs.

In 1904, Davidson was appointed to Dalny, Manchuria, one of the political consulates, where he was expected to promote Secretary Hay's “open door” policy.

Joseph Baltzell Showalter

He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James J. Davidson.

Kenneth S. M. Davidson

In November 1942, Davidson started to run test on seaplane hulls for the Bureau of Aeronautics.

Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory

Current investigators include members of the Eric Davidson lab working on various marine biology related projects.

Margo L. Davidson

In late 2011, she voted for a bill to place more regulations on abortion clinics, she stated this was in reaction to the death of her cousin Semika Shaw, who died as a result of seeking an abortion with Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist who continued to operate in part because of the state not having more stringent regulations on facilities that perform abortions.

Olivia A. Davidson

From there, she attended the State Normal School at Framingham, Massachusetts (now Framingham State University).

Robert H. M. Davidson

Davidson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1891).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses).

Tahoma Vista Comfort Station

The design was supervised by Park Service Chief Architect Thomas Chalmers Vint, and site selection and development were undertaken by Park Service landscape architect Ernest A. Davidson.

William B. Davidson

He started in films in 1914 with Vitagraph and supported such well known stage and film actresses as Ethel Barrymore, Mabel Taliaferro, Charlotte Walker, Olga Petrova, Viola Dana, June Caprice, Edna Goodrich, and Mae West.


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