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Dobson's Encyclopædia

Dobson also appealed strongly to the patriotic pride of the newly independent Americans; he used only American materials and craftspeople and his announcement of the first "American" encyclopedia was timed to agree with George Washington's selection as the first President under the new Constitution.


Ancrene Wisse

Dobson argues that the anchoresses were enclosed near Limebrook in Herefordshire, and that the author was an Augustinian canon at nearby Wigmore Abbey, in Herefordshire, named Brian of Lingen.

Angie Watts

However the trip to Venice was fraught with problems and Dobson, Leslie Grantham (Den) and Jane How (Jan) were hounded by the press at all times.

Barrie Dobson

Richard Barrie Dobson, FRHistS, FSA, FBA (3 November 1931 - 29 March 2013) was a British historian who was a leading authority on the legend of Robin Hood as well as a scholar of ecclesiastical and Jewish history.

Bryan Dobson

Bryan Dobson (born 10 February 1960) is a Irish newscaster with RTÉ in Ireland.

CA module series

Swords of Deceit (CA2) was written for character levels 10–15 by Stephen Bourne, Ken Rolston, Steve Mecca, and Michael Dobson and published in 1986.

David Seamands

He was a pioneer in the field of Christian counseling and was recognized as such at the 1992 Congress of Christian Counseling where, together with James Dobson, Larry Crabb and Gary Collins, he received the special "Paraklesis" Award.

Deborah Dobson

She has done hair styling for Dangerous Women, Kelly Kelly, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, General Hospital, So Little Time, "Undeclared, The Practice, and Eli Stone She is alternatively credited as Deborah Holmes Dobson and Deborah Dobson.

Denys Dobson

Five Northern District players supported the referee's statement that the language was used; three British players, Swannell, Bush and Dobson himself, claimed it was not.

Dobson, North Carolina

Tabitha Ann Holton who became the first licensed female lawyer in the Southern United States in 1878.

Dobsonian telescope

John Dobson, How and Why to Make a User-Friendly Sidewalk Telescope edited by Norman Sperling ISBN 0-913399-64-7 The book treats the "why" as importantly as the "how", sharing Dobson's philosophy on the importance of popular access to astronomy for proper appreciation of the universe.

Durrty Goodz

Mahorn's brother, a grime artist as well, known as "Crazy Titch" (real name Carl Dobson), was accused and later convicted of murdering 21-year-old Richard Holmes, and was sentenced to 30 years without parole.

Ebbie

She is soon brought back to a deserted Dobson's, where the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Jennifer Clement and Nicole Parker) show her the Christmases she has celebrated.

Ed Dobson

In January 2009, Dobson was interviewed on Good Morning America because he had attempted to live a year as Jesus had, observing Sabbath and Jewish holidays and festivals.

Frank Dobson

Dobson finished third behind the Conservative candidate Steven Norris, and just ahead of the Liberal Democrat candidate Susan Kramer.

Henry Austin Dobson

He has been compared with Randolph Caldecott, with which it has much in common; but Dobson's humour was not so "rollicking" and his portraiture not so broad as that of the illustrator of John Gilpin.

Henry Dobson

Dobson's political career began on 12 August 1891, when he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the electorate of Brighton.

If Your Memory Serves You Well

# "(Take Me for a Walk in the) Morning Dew" (Dobson)

James Murray Dobson

James Murray Dobson (Plymouth, England 1846 - Pescot, Longfield near Dartford, Kent, England, 27 February 1924) was a principal engineer of the Buenos Aires harbour works in the late 1880s.

John Christopher

A scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation made it possible for him to pursue a writing career, beginning with The Winter Swan (Dennis Dobson, 1949) under the name Christopher Youd.

Kevin Dobson

Dobson also appeared on the syndicated F/X: The Series for one season, playing Detective Leo McCarthy in 1996-97, and on the hit daytime drama series, One Life to Live and The Bold and the Beautiful.

After small acting roles on TV series such as The Mod Squad, Emergency! and Cannon, Dobson won the role of Lt. Theo Kojak's young partner, Det. Bobby Crocker, on the TV series Kojak, opposite Telly Savalas, after he signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1972.

Lewis Meeson Newsagent

With the head office based in Barker and Dobson’s home town of Liverpool, the chain went on acquired further newsagent chains such as, T H Sperring, NSS and Centre News.

Longineu W. Parsons III

Parsons joined Yellowcard in 1997 along with Ben Dobson, Todd Clary, Warren Cooke, Ben Harper, and Sean Mackin after meeting at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts.

Morning dew

"Morning Dew", a song by Bonnie Dobson that was covered multiple times

Patrick Howard-Dobson

In retirement he was Chairman of the Council of St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy.

Raymond Dobson

Later in the 1970s, Dobson served on the board of Gambia Airways (1974–77) and of Air Liberia (from 1976).

Sasha Dobson

Dobson is now rumored to be working with Jones on an album involving an all-female trio called Puss 'n Boots.

Dobson participated in Norah Jones' The Fall tour, providing guitar and percussion accompaniment as well as vocal harmonies.

Sidewalk astronomy

A Sidewalk Astronomer - a documentary about John Dobson's activities including sidewalk astronomy

South East Wales Metro

In April 2013, Barry led a private sector metro consortium, with the common aim of promoting the metro project, which included representatives from: Capita; Jones Lang LaSalle; Powell Dobson Urbanists; Steer Davies Gleave.

Tarleton

A hermitage in the chapel yard was occupied by Hugh Dobson, a hermit of the Order of St Anthony, in about 1530.

Technical University of British Columbia

Other prominent names who joined TechBC later included Michael Gurstein, John Bowes, Steve diPaola, Thecla Schiphorst, Michael Dobson, Robert Woodbury and V-chip inventor Tim Collings.

The Children's Encyclopædia

In May 1973 riots occurred in Jammu and Kashmir, India, in an area where Jamaat-e-Islami was gaining influence, sparked by the discovery that an illustration contained in The Book of Knowledge, which had been stored in a local library for decades, portrayed the Archangel Gabriel dictating portions of the Quran to the Moslem Prophet Muhammad.

Walter M. Jackson's company Grolier acquired the rights to publish it in the U.S. under the name The Book of Knowledge (1910).

Muslims offended by a visual depiction of Muhammad caused riots which left four dead and over a hundred wounded.

These British Book of Knowledge encyclopedias were edited not by Arthur Mee, but by a series of different editors including Harold FB Wheeler (The Book of Knowledge, circa 1935), John Alexander Hammerton (The Book of Knowledge, 1955) and Gordon Stowell (The New Book of Knowledge, 1959).

The Field Mice

Later, Field Mice members Wratten, Annemari Davies (Wratten's ex-girlfriend), and Mark Dobson briefly formed Yesterday Sky before becoming the more synth-oriented outfit Northern Picture Library, and then Wratten went on to form Trembling Blue Stars in 1995.

Thomas Pierce

Daniel Whitby, Meric Casaubon in 1665, and John Dobson defended Pierce, who himself retorted in 'A Specimen of Mr. Cressy's Misadventures,' which was prefixed to John Sherman's Infallibility of the Holy Scriptures.

Traces of Red

Jack Dobson, a homicide detective from Palm Beach, is flat on his back with a bullet in his chest.

Wayne Farms

Eventually, the company acquired processing plants in Danville, Arkansas, Laurel, Mississippi, Decatur, Alabama, Dobson, North Carolina, Pendergrass, Georgia, Enterprise, Alabama, College Park, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama.

Wild Things: Foursome

Carson Wheetly (Ashley Parker Angel), the son of a millionaire car racer named Ted Wheetly (Cameron Daddo), finds himself tangled up in a game of seduction and murder after a raunchy night with three beautiful women: Rachel Thomas (Marnette Patterson), Brandi Cox (Jillian Murray) and Linda Dobson (Jessie Nickson).


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