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Andrew I. Porter

He had been calling science fiction writers in the Bronx and Manhattan telephone books to discuss science fiction, and Donald Wollheim put him in touch with local science fiction fandom in New York City.


1889 Ottawa Hockey Club season

The captain was Frank Jenkins, and the other players were Halder Kirby, Jack Kerr, Nelson Porter, Ross, George Young, Weldy Young, Thomas D. Green, William O'Dell, Tom Gallagher, Albert Low and Henry Ami.

Albert G. Porter

Because he had supported the strikers in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, he was able to gain the endorsement of the Knights of Labor, who turned out a large labor vote in his favor.

Andrew J. Porter

Currently, Porter lives in San Antonio, Texas, where he is an Associate Professor of English at Trinity University and directs the creative writing program.

Anise K

His professional breakthrough occurred in 2006 when Anise moved to Los Angeles and was working alongside the Three time Grammy Award winning producer KC Porter.

Some of the biggest names in the music industry have been involved in the development of the single including Phil Tan as mixing engineer and producer KC Porter.

Archibald S. Clarke

Clarke was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Peter B. Porter and served from December 2, 1816, to March 3, 1817.

Battle of Moore's Mill

The Missouri State Militia commanders and Union Volunteers began to converge on Joseph C. Porter’s recruiters and associated guerrillas, fighting small action at Vassar Hill on July 19, Florida on July 22, and Santa Fe on July 24.

Bernard Durning

He rose through the ranks of the studio as assistant to Edwin S. Porter, Charles Brabin, and John Hancock Collins.

Charles H. Porter

He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Ashland, New York.

Christopher D. Porter

The individuals on the label's roster are largely tech house or tribal house artists, and includes Paolo Mojo, Dr Kucho!, Supernova, Sabb, Chuck Love, Maher Daniel, and John Creamer & Stephane K.

Clifton Cliff Jail

From 1880 to 1899, ten baby-gauge locomotives were purchased from the H. K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh and delivered to the railend at La Junta, Colorado, where they were offloaded and sent to Arizona overland.

Desperate Poaching Affray

The film, along with Frank Mottershaw's film A Daring Daylight Burglary, is considered to have helped launch the chase sub-genre and influenced Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery.

Edmund W. Wells

He was appointed to the newly created 4th district by President Benjamin Harrison and his nomination was supported by U.S. Senator William B. Allison of Iowa, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, Arizona Territorial Governors Richard C. McCormick, Anson P. K. Safford, and Lewis Wolfley, Arizona Territorial Justices Charles G. W. French and William W. Porter, Arizona Territorial Secretary John J. Gosper, and Oakes Murphy.

Edwin S. Porter

He collaborated with several other filmmakers, including George S. Fleming.

In his Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) and Life of an American Fireman (1903) he followed earlier films by France's Georges Méliès and members of England's Brighton School, such as James Williamson.

Endoplasmic reticulum

The lacey membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum were first seen in 1945 by Keith R. Porter, Albert Claude, Brody Meskers and Ernest F. Fullam.

Fitz John Porter

He came from a family prominent in American naval service; his cousins were William D. Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut.

Halle Brothers Co.

When the planned subway failed to materialize (then-County Engineer Albert S. Porter refused to go forward with the project believing that the future of local transportation was linked to the freeway), Halle's was forced to continue the shuttle service.

Jane Louise Kelly

After graduation, she clerked for Judge Donald J. Porter of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Jerry Porter

Jerry D. Porter, General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene

Jill Santoriello

Her current project is writing a musical of the 1913 Eleanor H. Porter novel Pollyanna.

John Tsitouris

Then, in Detroit's half of the sixth inning, the Tigers scored two runs on a home run by Charlie Maxwell and an RBI double by J. W. Porter.

Keith R. Porter

Keith Porter was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on June 11, 1912, and became a citizen of the United States in 1947.

Knox–Porter Resolution

The United States House of Representatives had its own slightly different resolution introduced by Representative Stephen G. Porter, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

National Competitiveness Report of Armenia

The first ACR was published in 2008; the preface for the report was written by Armenia’s Minister of Economy, Nerses Yeritsyan, and Harvard University Professor, Michael E. Porter, a leading authority on competitive strategy and international competitiveness.

Optical comparator

The first commercial comparator was a creation of James Hartness and Russell W. Porter.

Patrick K. Porter

In 1992 Porter earned his doctorate degree in Psychology and Christian counseling from Louisiana Baptist University.

Paul A. Porter

In 1942, Porter left CBS to join the Office of Price Administration as deputy administrator, and then assistant director of the Office of Economic Stabilization under Fred M. Vinson.

He was succeeded as chairman by sitting commissioner Charles R. Denny.

Peter A. Porter

In 1907, he was elected as an Independent Republican to the 60th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1909.

Philadelphia Demokrat

The Demokrat was founded in May 1838 by a number of German-speaking Democrats, for the purpose of supporting David R. Porter as a candidate for governor, against Joseph Ritner.

Pollyanna Grows Up

Pollyanna Grows Up is a 1915 children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter.

Skinner Butte

U.S. Representative from Oregon Charles O. Porter was one of the people who had advocated for the removal of the cross.

Stellafane

The Springfield Telescope Makers grew out of a class on how to make telescopes that was started by Russell W. Porter in Springfield, Vermont in August 12, 1920.

Stephen G. Porter

Porter was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death.

Stephen Porter

Stephen G. Porter (1869–1930), former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Thomas Porter

Thomas F. Porter (1847–1927), Massachusetts politician and mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts

Tokomaru, New Zealand

Highlights include a 1904 Fowler traction engine, an 1897 Aveling & Porter portable engine and a huge 335 hp Filer & Stowell stationary engine-compressor ex the Imlay Freezing Works, Wanganui.

United States Ambassador to South Vietnam

The Deputy Ambassadors and their periods of service in Vietnam are: U. Alexis Johnson (June 1964–September 1965), William J. Porter (September 1965–May 1967), Eugene M. Locke (May 1967–Jan 1968), Samuel D. Berger (March 1968–Mar 1972) Charles S. Whitehouse (March 1972–August 1973).

William A. Porter

As a student at Adams State College, Porter and other students would take turns visiting and reading aloud to the aged and infirmed former governor of Colorado, Billy Adams.

William H. Porter

On October 6, 1908, Porter was elected to serve as President of the New York Clearing House.

William J. Porter

After a chance meeting with United States Minister to Hungary John Flournoy Montgomery, Montgomery invited Porter to come with him to Budapest as his private secretary in 1936.

William Watson Andrews

He contributed articles on the Catholic Apostolic church to the Bibliotheca Sacra and McClintock and Strong's Cyclopœdia, prepared for the Life of Porter a chapter on Dr. Porter as "A Student at Yale," and published many reviews, orations, sermons, and addresses, and The Miscellanies and Correspondence of Hon. John Cotton Smith (1847).


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