April 1 – George A. Wilson, United States Senator from Iowa from 1943 till 1949.
Wilson Peak - Elevation 14,017 feet - This peak high in the San Juan mountains above the old mining structures in the Silver Pick Basin was named for A.D. Wilson, a chief cartographer with the Hayden Survey.
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During the 1890s, Wilson relocated to Oakland, California where he and other civic leaders organized the Athenian Bank (later renamed the Security Bank and Trust of Oakland).
Allen B. Wilson (1824–1888), American inventor of the sewing machine shuttle
Albert E. Wilson (died 1861), American pioneer and merchant in Oregon Country
Alfred L. Wilson (1919–1944), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
On January 12, 1935, Wilson was elected vice president of Eastern Racing Association, Inc., a corporation formed to open the Suffolk Downs thoroughbred race track in East Boston.
Before the end of the year, Nathaniel Wheeler, of the firm of Warren, Wheeler & Woodruff, of Watertown, Connecticut, saw one of the machines in New York city, contracted with E. Lee & Co. to make 500, and induced Wilson to remove to Watertown to superintend the work.
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He was born at Willet, Cortland county, N.Y., October 18, 1834 the son of a wheelwright.
Andrew P. Wilson (1886–after 1947), British director, playwright, teacher, and actor
She helped create the CASCaM program with funding and support from the University of North Texas, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the United States Department of Education, and the United States Department of Energy.
During the 1950s he was a Research Associate in woods at the Chicago Natural History Museum where he kept some of his collections.
In 1945 he was conferred the Freedom of the City of Dijon.
After emerging triumphant in a tournament staged in Sri Lanka in 1980, Tai took his undefeated kickboxing record of 45–0–0 (44 knockouts, 33 in the first round)into a title shot at reigning world lightheavyweight kickboxing champion, Don Wilson of the United States.
In order for an animal to be considered eusocial, it must satisfy the three criteria defined by E. O. Wilson.
General James H. Wilson ordered the 3rd and 4th Regular Pennsylvania Artillery to provide artillery support for the frontal assault on the Baños, while Troop C covered the right side against flanking.
Benjamin F. Wilson (1922–1988), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
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Ben F. Wilson (1876–1930), American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
Rossignol says that Fallen City is based around the "broken windows theory" of James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, which says that keeping an area in good-repair changes a populations outlook and so prevents further vandalism and prevents a descent into more serious crimes.
That plantation and all of the furnishings were subsequently burned when Wilson's Raiders went through that area, the irony being that Mobile itself never became a battleground as had been anticipated.
In 1953 he received his M.A. degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and became the acting director of the Office of Public Information, U.S. Department of Defense, under Secretary Charles E. Wilson; and the director of the Office of Public Information, Department of Defense, for Secretaries Wilson and Neil H. McElroy.
He graduated from Freeburg High School in Freeburg, Illinois After highschool, he enlisted and served as a combat soldier in the U.S. Army.
Roger B. Wilson, who later became Governor of Missouri, was a member of Central Methodist's rugby teams in the early 1970s.
Charles Erwin Wilson should not be confused with the Charles E. Wilson who was the CEO of General Electric and served President Truman as the head of the Office of Defense Mobilization.
He joined the U.S. Navy in World War II and served in the submarine force in the Pacific theater and was awarded the Silver Star and Gold Star.
One of Clyde Wilson's most public cases ended in adultery charges that broke up billionaire Donald Trump's marriage to his first wife, Ivana.
Clyde N. Wilson (a professor of history at the University of South Carolina)
The park is named for Justin P. Wilson in honor of his work to help make the vision of the Cumberland Trail a reality.
Dandelion Fire is a 2009 children's fantasy novel by N. D. Wilson.
David G. Wilson, the son of Michael G. Wilson, is head of Creative & Business Affairs for Eon Screenwriters Workshop Ltd, as well as Vice-president of Global Business Strategy for Eon Productions.
John "Weenie" Wilson, Hall of Fame football, basketball, and baseball coach
The album includes the singles "Do I," which peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, "Rain Is a Good Thing", Bryan's first number one hit on the country chart, and "Someone Else Calling You Baby."
Glenn Miller biographer and confidant George T. Simon reviewed the song in the March, 1938 issue of Metronome magazine, describing it as "much swing, fun, and good Kitty Lane singing."
Edwin Bidwell Wilson, American mathematician and pioneer in vector analysis
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress.
Moving to Chicago, he filled the post of assistant state attorney for Cook County, Illinois, from 1912 until his retirement in 1947.
Edwin P. Wilson (1928–2012), American intelligence official and CIA officer
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Edwin H. Wilson (1898–1993), American Unitarian and humanist leader
As a company grade officer, Wilson served as an Air Traffic Control Officer at Yuma and Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Stations and as an Instructor at Marine Corps Development and Education Center's Instructional Management School.
Wilson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to September 30, 1897, when he resigned to become postmaster.
He settled in Winona, Minnesota and read law in the offices of Lewis & Simpson and William Mitchell, a former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, before being admitted to the bar at Rochester in October 1862.
Glen P. Wilson (1923–2005), executive director of the National Space Society
Hugh E. Wilson, American college football, baseball and basketball coach
With Roch Carrier, the then National Librarian, he developed and led the process to link the National Archive and National Library as a unified institution.
Ian E. Wilson (born 1943), chief Librarian and Archivist of Canada
In the fall of 1967 he returned to Florida to coach at Titusville High School.
MacDonald was frequently made the butt of jokes in the show and when she came on the tune "Folks Are Dumb Where I Come From" would often be played (a reference to MacDonald coming from Queensland).
James Arthur Wilson is a mathematician working on special functions and orthogonal polynomials who introduced Wilson polynomials, Askey–Wilson polynomials and the Askey–Wilson beta integral.
Grant promoted him to brevet major general on May 6, 1864, and had him assigned to command a division of cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, which he did with boldness and skill in numerous fights of the Overland Campaign and in the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
Wilson's university text American Government (now coauthored with John J. DiIulio, Jr.) is widely sold.
Jeffrey L. Wilson (born 1974), consumer technology and video game editor
The 21st century has witnessed a vigorous revival of the idea of human nature in the hands of authors like Edward Wilson, Steven Pinker and Jesús Mosterín.
His book The Official Razzie Movie Guide was published in 2005 for the 25th anniversary of the Razzie awards.
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Wilson traditionally held pot luck dinner parties at his house in Los Angeles on the night of the Academy Awards.
J. S. Wilson (1888–1969), Colonel John Skinner "Belge" Wilson, Scottish Scouting luminary and friend of General Baden-Powell
In December, Ways of Love was voted the best foreign language film of 1950 by the New York Film Critics Circle.
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"The Miracle" originally premiered in Europe in 1948 as the anthology film L'Amore with two segments, "Il Miracolo" and "La voce umana", the latter based on Jean Cocteau's play The Human Voice and also starring Magnani.
J. S. Wilson (1888-1969), prominent figure in the Scout movement worldwide, and contemporary of Lord Baden-Powell
Joseph G. Wilson, an Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
Their son, Justin P. Wilson, is a Republican politician in Tennessee and an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University.
Justin P. Wilson (born 1945), comptroller and former deputy governor of Tennessee
Indiana athletic director Fred Glass announced the dismissal of Bill Lynch and the rest of the coaching staff on November 28, 2010, following a third straight season with only one conference victory.
In 1918, Wilson went overseas as the assistant director of the AEF division of laboratories and infectious diseases.
Lieutenant Wilson was deployed to the Pacific theater with the 9th Marines in February 1943, making stops at Guadalcanal, Efate, and Bougainville.
Valerie Plame, CIA operative and wife of U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson whose identity was released by White House officials.
Marvin R. Wilson is an American evangelical Biblical scholar, and Harold J. Ockenga Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.
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Wilson taught at Barrington College for eight years before he became a Professor at Gordon in 1971 and has been there ever since.
His first marriage was to Helen Weinberg Wilson which produced two daughters: Erica Silverman, a literary agent, and Victoria Wilson, editor and publisher at Alfred A. Knopf.
"Cerebral growth" is also a pun, as one of the objects of the museum is a human horn.
Neal C. Wilson's son, Ted N. C. Wilson, would follow his father's footsteps and is the current president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Neal C. Wilson, General Conference president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1979–1990
In 1925, O.W. Wilson became chief of police of the Fullerton Police Department for two years.
Leading the competition with a comfortable 5½ points before the last event - a 200m race with a 100kg weight on the back - the very heavy 400lb Wilson lacked the endurance and running speed to complete the course quickly and ended up losing by just half a point to the much lighter Jón Páll Sigmarsson in the overall.
Felzmann, on saying these things, is being inconsistent with a testimony he wrote in 1980 saying that Escrivá is "a saint for today." (Documentation Service Vol V, 3, March 1992) They claim that former members, called "apostates" by their former organization, often lend their voices to coalitions fighting their previous religious organizations (see Dr. Bryan R. Wilson).
Pheidole harlequina is a species of ant that was discovered and described by American biologist E. O. Wilson"E. O."
He then became an assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County, Michigan.
Robert L. Wilson (1920–1944), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
In the summer of 1970, he enlisted in the Arkansas Air National Guard and attended basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
During the Nanjing Massacre, Wilson was the sole surgeon responsible for treating the victims of the ongoing atrocities (although several nurses were still available) and, along with John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin, was instrumental in the establishment of the Nanjing Safety Zone, which sheltered more than 200,000 people within its confined walls.
His works were frequently included in Lorenz Publishing's serials during this era, and many were subsequently anthologized.
Roger B. Wilson (born 1948), American Democratic politician, former Governor of Missouri
Opposition to her opinion is rooted in the 1952 United States Supreme Court Joseph Burstyn, Inc v. Wilson case which is generally regarded as the beginning of the end of motion picture censorship in the United States.
The Scottsdale team of 1973, which had been captain-coached by Bob Wilson, was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005, the first club to receive such an honour.
The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.
Skepta has released five singles off his third studio album Doin' It Again (first with a major label), titled "Bad Boy", "Rescue Me", "Cross My Heart" featuring Preeya Kalidas, "So Alive" and "Amnesia", as well as a video for the Hello Good Morning (Grime Remix).
Their firm is regarded as Vermont's best ever collection of legal talent, producing two Governors (Wilson and Davis), one state Attorney General (Carver), and one state Supreme Court Justice (Keyser).
Mad Scientist Hall of Fame: Muwahahahaha! is a semi-satirical non-fiction book by Daniel Wilson and Anna C. Long published in August 2008.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he volunteered for U.S. Army service and served as a non–commissioned officer in the 13th New York Regiment.
In 1926, he created one of the most recognizable brand names in the world, known as Wilson Sporting Goods.
Thomas D. Wilson (born 1935), information scientist researching information-seeking behaviors
He had a brief career in cinema, thanks in part to his student Michael G. Wilson, where his best known part was as Chang in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker.
Edward "Tug" Wilson (1921-2009), British Army colonel and founder and first commander of the Abu Dhabi Defence Force
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Kenneth L. Wilson (1896-1979), American discus thrower and amateur athletics administrator
On May 18, 1992, the amendment was officially certified by Archivist of the United States Don W. Wilson.
It was actually invented by Allen B. Wilson in 1850, just one year before he would invent the rotary hook design that would eventually prevail over all other lockstitch bobbin driver designs.
The bridge was used as an access route in April 1865 by Wilson's Raiders during the American Civil War, a cavalry group led by Union Army General James H. Wilson.
Welcome W. Wilson served in the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations as a five-state Director of Civil and Defense Mobilization, a division of the Executive Office of the President.
Wilson met his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Johnson, at Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1936 and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1937 before marrying in 1938.
In 1944 he became commander of the 16th Photographic Squadron, responsible for photographic mapping and charting missions in South America, Alaska and the continental United States.
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On October 15, 2011, team owner C. J. Wilson said that he would miss the season due to its interference with the 2012 Major League Baseball season.
Among the TV and film stars that Ojala taught to shoot included James Arness, Robert Culp, James Garner, Kevin Kline, Paul Newman, Hugh O'Brian, Clint Walker, and Thomas F. Wilson.
However, despite his impressive record, his one loss had been a third round knockout against Darroll "Doin' Damage" Wilson on HBO the previous year which halted his momentum and hurt his status as one of the premier up-and-coming heavyweights.
Famous factories included Wheeler & Wilson, which produced sewing machines and exported them throughout the world, Remington UMC, Bridgeport Brass, General Electric Company, American Graphophone Company (Columbia Records), Warner Brothers Corset Company (Warnaco) and the Locomobile Company of America, builder of one of the premier automobiles in the early years of the century.
Isolated islands have been known to have greater levels of endemism since the 1970s when the theory of Island biogeography, formulated by Robert MacArthur and E.O. Wilson was developed.
Jean-Yves Thériault vs. Don "The Dragon" Wilson was a middleweight kickboxing bout that took place in Montreal, Canada on December 18, 1984, which ended in a decision draw.
Consisting of wealthy planters, businessmen, and New Orleans's Regular Democratic Organization political bosses, the political leadership of the state united behind the candidacy of U.S. Congressman Riley J. Wilson of Ruston in July 1927.
Efforts to arrange deals included incorporating a company in Pretoria, South Africa, and sending Bernie Houghton with two Nugan Hand employees to the United States to meet Edwin P. Wilson.
The episode featured guest performances by Luke Adams, John Bunnell, Max Burkholder, Noah Gray-Cabey, Christine Lakin, Brittany Snow, Mae Whitman, and Tom Wilson, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series.
It includes interviews with many leading scientists, such as Edward O. Wilson and Jared Diamond.
The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of the The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.