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unusual facts about Augustus B. Woodward


Augustus B. Woodward

His biographer, Arthur M. Woodford, describes Woodward as a prototype of Washington Irving’s Ichabod Crane.


Alice B. Woodward

This project was followed by the stories of two Gilbert and Sullivan operas and even more children's books all with coloured illustrations.

Augustus B. R. Sprague

He served as sheriff of Worcester County from 1871 to 1890 and was a member of the Worchester City Council.

He was also descendant from Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.

Chalacot

However, a little more than generation later Chalacot had declined; Guglielmo Massaia found only 200 houses with about 1,000 inhabitants and in the 1880s Augustus B. Wylde reported he counted only 80 houses there.

Charles Woodward

Charles N. "Chunky" Woodward - (1924 - 1990), Canadian merchant and rancher, grandson of Charles A. Woodward

Charles A. Woodward - (1852-1937), Canadian merchant, founder of the Woodward's Department Stores Limited and Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Clark H. Woodward

Forcing rights of condemnation under eminent domain, the yard took over the old Wallabout Market abutting it to the east, using the expanded space to build two additional 1100-foot dry docks, a new foundry, several subassembly shops, and a materials laboratory.

As commander of the New York Navy Yard from October 1, 1937 to March 1, 1941, Admiral Woodward was not only charged with the construction of warships, but he also had oversight of the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, located on the eastern side of Wallabout Bay; the Material and Chemical Laboratories at the Navy Yard; and numerous supply depots around the borough of Brooklyn.

In 1940, the Brooklyn Eagle carried numerous speeches of his in which Woodward warned not only of America's "third-place" status, but also that the United States Army lacked the strength to repel a potential attack on the Navy Yard if an enemy managed to break through the nation’s naval defenses.

James Anthony Lawson

In the 1860s he built a Victorian gothic mansion by the sea in Shankill called Clontra which was designed by Deane & Woodward.

James Woodward

James F. Woodward American professor of physics and history, CSU Fullerton, California, USA

James G. Woodward (1840 – 1923), American newspaperman and politician, serving as a four-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

James T. Woodward (1837 – 1910), American banker and owner of a major thoroughbred horse dynasty

Jonathan M. Woodward

He also appeared as Dr. Jason Posner in the 2001 film Wit, which was based on the play of the same name written by Margaret Edson.

He performed with Big Dance Company at Dance Theater Workshop, HERE Arts Center and the Viewpoints Conference in New York as well as the Exit and Via Festivals in France and the Polverigi Festival in Italy.

Santonic acid

It was synthesized from santonin by base-mediated hydrolysis of a lactone followed by a multistep rearrangement process by R. B. Woodward.

Stuart Schreiber

He joined the research group of Robert B. Woodward and after Woodward's death continued his studies under the supervision of Yoshito Kishi.

Susan L. Woodward

During her time in Washington DC she taught graduate seminars at Georgetown, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.

Tekezé River

Augustus B. Wylde records a related tradition that near the source of the Tekezé, at the location of Eyela Kudus Michael church, is the true resting-place of the Ark of the Covenant.

Walthall Robertson Joyner

He defeated Thomas Goodwin (incumbent mayor James G. Woodward didn't run) in 1907 and under his leadership a memorial was made of the Wren's Nest after Joel Chandler Harris's death.

Westminster, Maryland

Theodore E. Woodward, Nobel Prize nominee, renowned researcher in the field of medicine

William Culham Woodward

Heir to the Woodward's department store chain founded by his father Charles A. Woodward in 1891, he started out in 1907 as a bookkeeper for the store, ultimately rising to become company president in 1937 upon his father's death.


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