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3 unusual facts about Arthur F. H. Newton


Arthur F. H. Newton

In Rhodesia he founded the Bulawayo Harriers and set amateur records for 60 and 100 miles.

After this race he returned to England and ran the London to Brighton course in 5:53:43, beating the previous record by over an hour.

When the London to Brighton race started as an annual event in 1951 the trophy for the winner was called the Arthur Newton Cup.


Acrylic paint

Acrylic paints with gloss or matte finishes are common, although a satin (semi-matte) sheen is most common; some brands exhibit a range of finish (e.g., heavy-body paints from Golden, Liquitex, Winsor & Newton and Daler-Rowney).

Air Florida Flight 90

Trivers, R. L. & Newton, H. P. The crash of flight 90: doomed by self-deception?

Arthur Bentley

Arthur F. Bentley (1870–1957), American political scientist and philosopher

Arthur F. Bentley

Arthur Fisher Bentley (October 16, 1870 in Freeport, Illinois – May 21, 1957 in Paoli, Indiana) was an American political scientist and philosopher who worked in the fields of epistemology, logic and linguistics and who contributed to the development of a behavioral methodology of political science.

Arthur F. DeFranzo

On that day, near Vaubadon, France, he was wounded while rescuing an injured man from hostile fire.

Arthur F. Foran

Dick Foran was a famous B-movie actor, while Walter E. Foran followed in his father's footsteps in the New Jersey Senate.

Arthur F. Gorham

Gorham left Miami when he received the principal Congressional appointment to West Point from Rep. William L. Fiesinger.

His name was added in a ceremony on October 6, 1949 presided over by West Point Superintendent Major General Bryant Moore and Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt Vandenberg.

In November 1941 he graduated from the newly created Airborne School receiving a "Certificate of Proficiency" signed by then Major Robert Sink and, more importantly, a set of silver jump wings.

Arthur F. H. Mills

Captain Mills (Wellington College, Berkshire, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst) was wounded in World War I at La Bassée and wrote a pair of books, his first, about that experience: With My Regiment: From the Aisne to La Bassée (J. B. Lippincott & Co.: Philadelphia, 1916) and Hospital Days (T. Fisher Unwin: London, 1916) under the pseudonym Platoon Commander.

Arthur F. Lederle

Born in Leland, Michigan, Lederle graduated from Eastern Michigan College in 1909, and received an LL.B. from Detroit College of Law in 1915, an LL.M. from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1923, and an LL.D. from Wayne State University in 1952.

Arthur F. Odlin

From 1901 to 1904, Odlin was a judge of the Court of First Instance in Manila in the then-U.S. controlled Philippine Islands, reportedly the first court to be created in the Philippines under U.S. rule.

Arthur F. Wright

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Arthur Wright, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 70+ works in 200+ publications in 6 languages and 8,800+ library holdings.

Arthur Knight

Arthur F. Knight (1865–1936), American inventor credited with invention of steel golf clubs

Augustus Octavius Bacon

During the Civil Rights Movement, the use of Bacon’s park was the subject of a Supreme Court Case entitled Evans v. Newton which was decided in 1966.

Burns Fellowship

Arthur F. Burns Fellowship for United States journalists with German language skills, organized by the International Center for Journalists

C. M. Newton

In 1968 legendary football coach and athletic director Paul "Bear" Bryant, who had been the coach for the University of Kentucky's football team during Newton's playing days, called Rupp looking for someone to turn around the University of Alabama's basketball program.

Charles Newton

Charles D. Newton (1861–1930), NY State Attorney General, 1919–1922

Frances E. Newton

Jonathan Dimbleby writes that Newton was scrupulous in keeping notes of the cases she examined.

Knowing and the Known

Knowing and the Known is a 1949 book by John Dewey and Arthur Bentley.

Lady Dorothy Mills

Lady Dorothy married Captain Arthur F. H. Mills of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry after he was wounded in the First World War in 1916, being presented at the ceremony with a wedding ring made from a bullet that had been surgically removed from his ankle after he was wounded in combat at La Bassée, France.

Longfellow, Oakland, California

Founders Huey P. Newton and David Hilliard grew up on 47th Street and West Street respectively, and the Second Black Panther Party Office was located on the 4400 block of Martin Lurther King Jr.

Marcellin College, Auckland

They founded St Benedict's College (secondary) and St Benedict's School (primary) near St Benedict's Church, Newton in 1886, and in 1898 a large new school was built on the opposite corner from the church.

Michael A. Newton

Michael A. Newton (born July 19, 1964, Baddeck, Nova Scotia) is an award-winning Canadian statistician.

Robert C. Newton

Robert C. Newton Camp # 197 of Little Rock was named for him and was the oldest continually run camp of the Arkansas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, as well as the oldest continually active camp west of the Mississippi River.

Roy C. Newton

In 1952, his leadership was recognized with the presentation of the IRI Medal by the Industrial Research Institute.

Saul B. Newton

At its peak in the 1970s, the therapeutic community founded by Newton and Pearce had several hundred members living on the Upper West Side.

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

The concept of "Symbiotaxiplasm" originated from Arthur F. Bentley in his book Inquiry Into Inquiries: Essays in Social Theory, which Greaves described as "those events that transpire in the course of anyone's life that have an impact on the consciousness and the psyche of the average human being, and how that human being also controls or effects changes or has an impact on the environment".

Walter Travis

The Schenectady Putter was invented by Arthur F. Knight, a General Electric engineer, who created a model reflecting his ideas in the summer of 1902 at his home course, Mohawk Golf Club in Schenectady, NY.

Weihsien Compound

Mary C. Wright and Arthur F. Wright, historians of China; Professors at Yale University; Mary was the first tenured woman professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University


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