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719 Albert

Discovered in 1911 by Johann Palisa, the asteroid was named after one of the Imperial Observatory in Vienna's major benefactors, Albert Salomon von Rothschild, who had died some months before.

Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton

Duchess Anne's building of 1714 survived until its demolition in 1932, a plaque commemorating the site being subsequently erected by Hamilton Civic Society, the Hamilton family continuing as benefactors of the school (see article Hamilton Academy.)

Atlantic Philanthropies

In Australia, AP has invested up to $250m and is one of the key benefactors to the University of Queensland, funding a project to build the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).

Butley Priory

Only the gatehouse remains today, which is very well preserved and displays stone sculpted heraldic escutcheons of its many benefactors, similar to the surviving gatehouse of Kirkham Priory in Yorkshire.

Campion College, Jamaica

Reverend John J. McEleny, S.J.,D.D., Bishop of Kingston, and was dedicated to the memory of Mr. Martin A. Waters of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., whose bequest along with other benefactors made the erection possible.

Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Kenyon College and Gambier were named for Lord Kenyon and Lord Gambier, the largest benefactors to the establishment of the college and new diocese.

Foundling Museum

The museum examines the work of the Foundling Hospital's founder Thomas Coram, as well as the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel, both major benefactors of the institution.

Gambier, Ohio

Gambier is the home of Kenyon College and was named after one of Kenyon College's early benefactors, Lord Gambier.

Giancarlo Vitali

Among which the remarkable The Portrays of Benefactors of the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan commissioned by the framework Foundation Ca' Granda.

John Kitto

One of his benefactors was the Exeter dentist Anthony Norris Groves, who in 1824 offered him employment as a dental assistant.

Kingdom of León

Few in Europe would have known of this immense new wealth in a kingdom so isolated that its bishops had virtually no contact with Rome, except that Ferdinand and his heirs (the kings of León and Castile) became the greatest benefactors of the Abbey of Cluny, where Abbot Hugh (died 1109) undertook construction of the huge third abbey church, the cynosure of every eye.

Koskinen Stadium

The stadium is named in honor of Duke benefactors John Koskinen and Patricia Koskinen.

Maureen Anderman

She remained active on Broadway throughout the 1980s appearing in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1980), Macbeth (1981), Einstein and the Polar Bear (1981), You Can't Take It With You (1983–1984), Benefactors (1985–1986), and Social Security (1987).

Peter Jan Beckx

With the help of benefactors he did his schooling in Testelt and then the municipal school of Aarschot.

Sage Chapel

Besides the university founders and chapel benefactors, others interred there include University president Edmund Ezra Day and his wife, former New York Governor Alonzo Cornell, philanthropist Jennie McGraw, her father John McGraw, and her husband,librarian & book collector Willard Fiske.

St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere

The benefactors at this time included the local industrialist and politician Henry Schneider.

Strathmore, Alberta

The CPR named the town after one of its benefactors: Claude Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of Strathmore.

Theta Xi

William S. Mason, considered to be one of the greatest benefactors and supporters of Theta Xi, was the main supporter of the fraternity's adoption of Benjamin Franklin as its patron saint.

Thomas Cope

At the time of his death he was chairman of the Convalescent Home at Woolton, and the Consumptive Hospital in Mount Pleasant, Liverpool until his death and was one of the main benefactors.

Totino-Grace High School

The first class graduated in 1970 and 10 years later, in 1980, the school was renamed to Totino-Grace High School in honor of generous benefactors Jim and Rose Totino, owners of the national frozen pizza chain famous for their frozen pizza rolls.


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