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3 unusual facts about Donald G. Payne


Candlemas Island

Candlemas Island is the setting of a novel by Ian Cameron, The White Ship (1975), which tells of a disastrous expedition to the island in 1975 where members of the expedition must contend with ghosts of Spaniards shipwrecked on the island in 1818.

Donald G. Payne

His most famous book is probably Walkabout (1959), first published as The Children and later made into a movie featuring Jenny Agutter.

Prince Patrick Island

Prince Patrick Island is the setting for a work of fiction, the novel The Lost Ones (1961) by Ian Cameron (Donald G. Payne).


4th Virginia Cavalry

The field officers were Colonels Stephen D. Lee, William H. F. Payne, Beverly Robertson, William C. Wickham, and W.B. Wooldridge; Lieutenant Colonels Charles Old and Robert Randolph; and Majors Alexander M. Hobson and Robert E. Utterback.

Anticlericalism and Freemasonry

According to historian Stanley G. Payne, members of the Masonic lodges played a major role in the rise of Portuguese liberalism and anticlericalism.

C. F. Payne

He also provided the original illustrations for the first three "Molly" books in the American Girl series.

Charles F. Pfister

Driven into receivership, the monopoly was re-organized by Pfister, F.G. Bigleow and state Republican boss Henry C. Payne as The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER&L).

Charles Payne

Charles T. Payne (born 1925), great uncle of US President Barack Obama

Darfur Peace and Accountability Act

The Darfur Genocide Accountability Act (H.R. 1424) was introduced on March 17, 2005, by Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ).

David Payne

David L. Payne (1836–1884), U.S soldier and pioneer, "Father of Oklahoma"

David N. Payne (born 1944), professor of photonics at the University of Southampton

Deep Fork River

Soldiers from Fort Reno constantly patrolled the area after Wells hired several of David Payne's lieutenants to work at his store.

Donald Alexander

Donald G. Alexander, American lawyer and justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Donald G. Alexander

Donald G. Alexander was appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 1998 by Governor Angus S. King.

He served in Washington, D.C. as an assistant to Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie and as Legislative Counsel for the National League of Cities.

Donald G. Bloesch

Donald G. Bloesch (b. 1928, Bremen, Indiana, d. Aug. 24, 2010) was a noted American evangelical theologian.

Donald G. Cook

After retirement, Cook was elected to the Board of Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Crane Corporation, HawkerBeechcraft Corporation and USAA Federal Savings Bank.

Donald G. Fink

He chaired the IRE Television System Committee, and was a member of the NTSC committee in the early 1950s; the 525-line resolution of NTSC television was his proposal.

Donald G. Jackson

Throughout his career Jackson worked with several filmmakers, including Roger Corman and James Cameron, but it was not until he began a long collaboration with American filmmaker Scott Shaw that the team created Zen Filmmaking.

Donald G. Kelly

In the 1975 nonpartisan blanket primary, also known as the jungle primary, the first ever held in Louisiana in which all candidates regardless of party appear on the same primary ballot, Kelly upset freshman Senator Paul Lee Foshee, Sr., of Natchitoches.

Donald Payne

Donald M. Payne (1934–2012), former U.S. Representative from New Jersey, father of Donald Payne, Jr.

George C. Payne

George C. Payne was an American doctor attached to the Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division, as part of which he did work in Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Harry Payne

Harry D. Payne (1891–1987), St. Louis architect most notable for Houston-area structures

House of Asturias

Stanley G. Payne, A History of Spain and Portugal, Volume 1, Chapter Three (The Early Christian Principalities and the Expansion of

Jimmy D. Long

However, he was surprisingly defeated for a ninth term in the House in the 1999 nonpartisan blanket primary by his fellow Democrat, Thomas Taylor Townsend, who is a nephew and law partner of former Democratic State Senator Donald G. Kelly of Natchitoches.

John H. Hager

Hager was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1997, defeating Democrat Lewis F. Payne, Jr. Hager is believed to be the first disabled individual to serve in an elected statewide office in Virginia.

Leonard A. Payne

Leonard Allan Payne died on 18 February 1919 while serving with the Army of Occupation in Germany.

Lewis F. Payne, Jr.

Payne was elected as a Democrat to the 100th United States Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Dan Daniel and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (serving from June 14, 1988 to January 3, 1997).

Perry-Payne Building

Begun in 1888 and completed in the following year, the Perry-Payne Building was named for its owner and his family: it was erected for politician Henry B. Payne, and "Perry" was his wife's maiden name.

Thryptomene 'F.C. Payne'

By 1967 the cultivar had become a "garden favorite" in Australia and was featured in a gardening guide for native plants in the Australian Women's Weekly.

Two-phase electric power

Donald G. Fink and H. Wayne Beaty, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, Eleventh Edition,McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978, ISBN 0-07-020974-X

William B. Nulty

Appointed a Maine Supreme Court justice by Maine Governor Frederick G. Payne (R) in 1949, McNulty died in office on September 11, 1953.

William D. Payne

Assemblyman Payne's Amistad legislation established the Amistad Commission to incorporate African American history and contributions into the K-12 curriculum in New Jersey schools and, the practice of racial profiling by law enforcement and all civil service employees has been criminalized in New Jersey by landmark legislation of which Assemblyman Payne was the lead sponsor.

Among legislation successfully sponsored and cosponsored by Assemblyman Payne are legislation allocating funds which enabled the Newark Boys Chorus to perform in the Union of South Africa, a bill providing $750,000 to establish school-based mentoring programs for at-risk students in Abbott Districts.

Wintergreen Resort

The following year, however, Melba Investors, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bankers Trust Co. of New York acquired Wintergreen from Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, and Lewis F. Payne, Jr. founded Wintergreen Development, Inc. to operate the resort and serve as the developer and managing agent.


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