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Charles O. Dexter

Using the Chinese species Rhododendron fortunei, he produced hybrids characterized by dense foliage, large stature and flowers of superior size and color, many of which were also fragrant.


Andrews Causeway

The President, at 11:05 a.m., alighted from his car and was greeted by Mrs. Charles O. Andrews (widow of the former United States Senator) and Mr. Charles O. Andrews, Jr.

Bradhurst Schieffelin

With Charles O'Conor and Horace Greeley, he formulated a petition introduced into the United States Congress by Roscoe Conkling for the prevention of the appropriation for the use of religious corporations of public moneys or property.

Charles O. Gill

Remaining in Harland he collaborated with his Yale football teammate Gifford Pinchot in writing The Country Church - The Decline Of Its Influence and The Remedy published by Macmillan Company in 1913.

With Gifford Pinchot he co-authored two influential books on the state of rural churches in the United States.

Charles O. Paullin

Harold D. Langley, "Remembering a Forgotten Naval Historian," Naval History, vol.

In 1933, Columbia University awarded Paullin and John Kirtland Wright the Loubat Prize for their Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States (1932).

Raised in Greene County, Ohio, Paullin attended Antioch College from 1890 to 1893, but before his graduation transferred for his final year at Union Christian College, Merom, where he took his bachelor of science degree in 1893.

Commodore John Rodgers; captain, commodore, and senior officer of the American Navy, 1773-1838.

He then taught mathematics at Key Mar College in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1893-94, before beginning his graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University in 1894-1895.

Charles O. Perry

On returning to the United States, Perry began to concentrate on designing public sculptures, with Continuum outside the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., being his most prominent work.

Charles O. Wright

He defeated incumbent James Turgeon to pick up the Ribstone electoral district for his party.

Charles O'Connor

C. Y. O'Connor (Charles Yelverton O'Connor, 1843–1902), Irish-born engineer of New Zealand and Australia

Charles O'Connor (musician) (born 1948), English musician, member of the Irish group Horslips

Charles O'Hea

He was the man who, in 1867, called a public meeting to discuss the potential for a change of name, as "Pentridge" was seen as too evocative of the gaol.

Charles O'Malley

Charles J. O'Malley (1866–after 1939), Irish financier and newspaper reporter in the United States

Charles O'Neal

O'Neal was the father of actor Ryan O'Neal and screenwriter/actor Kevin O'Neal and grandfather of Tatum and Griffin O'Neal.

Together with Abe Burrows, O'Neal adapted his 1949 novel Three Wishes for Jamie McRuin for the short-lived 1952 musical Three Wishes for Jamie.

O'Neal's television credits include The 20th Century Fox Hour and The Untouchables.

O'Neal attended the University of Iowa, then moved to San Diego, where he joined an acting troupe that included his future wife Patricia Callaghan.

Charles O'Neill

Charles Gordon O'Neill (1828–1900), Australasian philanthropist and politician

Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill (1779–1841), Irish politician, peer and landowner

Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill

He died on 25 March 1841 with no heirs; as such the earldom became extinct and the viscountcy transferred to his younger brother John O'Neill, 3rd Viscount O'Neill.

DOCUMERICA

Photographers included Danny Lyon, Gene Daniels, Marc St. Gil, Anne LaBastille, Bill Strode, Charles O'Rear, Jack Corn, Tomas Sennett, Erik Calonius, Yoichi Okamote, Ken Hayman, and John H. White.

Feardorcha Ó Cellaigh

He was related to Colonel Charles O’Kelly (1621–1695) who fought in the Irish Confederate Wars and at the Battle of Aughrim, and was the author of a book on the Williamite Wars, The Conquest of Cyprus.

Jim Harrick

Shortly before the start of the 1996–97 season, he was accused of falsifying receipts at a student-athlete recruiting dinner when two current players, Cameron Dollar and Charles O'Bannon, joined the table.

John T. Hoffman

As it turned out, the Tweed scandals wrecked Hoffman's chances and the nomination eventually was split between those Democrats supporting liberal Republican Horace Greeley and those supporting the "pure" Democrat, New York attorney Charles O'Conor.

Main Street, Gibraltar

The street's route has only had minor adjustment when the front of the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned was re-modeled and downsized in 1801 in order to straighten the street on the orders of the British Governor, Charles O'Hara.

National Catholic Welfare Council

In June, two months after America's entry into the European war, Paulist Father and Catholic World editor John J. Burke, Catholic University sociology professor William Kerby, Paulist Father Lewis O'Hern, and the former Secretary of Labor, Charles O'Neill, met in Washington, D.C. to formulate an official Catholic response to the war.

Samuel Dexter

Samuel W. Dexter, founder of Dexter, Michigan, was his son.

Skinner Butte

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

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

He extends his right hand toward the sword carried by the surrendering British officer, General Charles O'Hara, who heads the long line of troops that extends into the background.


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