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unusual facts about Francis P. Matthews


Francis Matthews

Francis P. Matthews, 49th United States Secretary of the Navy and the 8th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus


Alden E. Matthews

At first he worked in Changle, where his job was to help strengthen the churches in that area.

Barkly West

Z.K. Matthews (1901 - May 1968), prominent black academic who became a president of the African National Congress and assisted in the drafting of the Freedom Charter, was born at Winters Rush outside Barkly West.

Cedric Wright

Among that social circle were Richard M. Leonard and his wife Doris, Francis P. Farquhar and his wife Marjorie, David Brower and his wife Anne, Edgar Wayburn and his wife Peggy, and Wright's best friends, Ansel Adams and his wife Virginia.

Francis Murphy

Francis P. Murphy (1877–1958), Republican 73rd Governor of New Hampshire

Francis P. Duffy

Duffy Square—the northern half of New York City's Times Square between 45th and 47th Streets—was named in his honour.

Francis P. Filice

Among Filice's scholarly work in the field of parasitology was a study based upon his doctoral research to characterize the life cycle of the medically significant parasite causing Giardiasis.

Francis P. Smith

Before his death, he resided at the Holy Ghost Animation Center in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park.

An obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted that Smith's presidency "guided the university through a major post-World War II expansion fed by the influx of veterans studying under the G.I. Bill" and "supervised an expansion of the school's physical plant, improvements in faculty benefits and the founding of WDUQ, the city's first college radio station".

Frank C. Matthews

In September 2010, critically acclaimed Hollywood director F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, Set It Off, Friday, Law Abiding Citizen) bought the TV and film rights to Respect The Jux.

Frank Matthews

Frank C. Matthews (born 1972), African-American writer of urban fiction

J. B. Matthews

In 1964, with his health in decline, Matthews left the employ of the Hearst organization and sold a substantial part of his files to the Church League of America based in Wheaton, Illinois, before passing to Jerry Falwell's Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

James L. Usry

A Republican, Usry served as mayor from 1984 to 1990, after defeating Mayor Michael J. Matthews in a recall election.

James M. Matthews

At the public meeting, held at the New York Historical Society in January 1830, Jonathan M. Wainwright of Grace Episcopal Church, echoing the thinking of the group, proposed a curriculum based on "useful instruction".

Joseph Matthews

J. B. Matthews (1894 – 1966), former Methodist churchman, chief investigator for the Martin Dies, Jr.

Joseph W. Matthews (1812–1862), American politician who served as Governor of Mississippi

Joseph W. Matthews

Joseph Warren Matthews (1812–1862) was an American politician who served as Governor of Mississippi from 1848 to 1850.

Mall St. Matthews

The mall expanded again in 1995 with a new wing and the addition of Dillard's, and in 1997 Lord & Taylor followed suit.

Mark A. Matthews

Born in Calhoun, Georgia in a family beset by post Civil War poverty, Matthews grew up in the environment of Southern revivalism and, later, post-Reconstruction radical agrarian politics.

Munda Airport

The first American aircraft landed at Munda on August 14, 1943 with landings by F4U Corsairs piloted by Robert Owen of VMF-215, a 44th Fighter Squadron (44th FS) P-40 Warhawk and a J2F Duck with Marine Brigadier General Francis P. Mulcahy aboard.

Nelson E. Matthews

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress.

Newport Networks

Founder, Sir Terence H. Matthews has a history of naming companies after places in South Wales, from where he originates.

Old Roman Catholic Church in North America

The Most Reverend Francis P. Facione is the Titular Archbishop of Devon and the current Presiding Bishop of this Independent Catholic denomination.

Orangeburg–Calhoun Technical College

In January 1993, the Industrial/Technology, Business/Computer Technology and Faculty Administration buildings were named in honor of Joe K. Fairey II (the Fairey family owns the St. Matthews Chevrolet dealership since 1926, which is now located across the street on the other side of US 601), John O. Wesner, Jr. and Ben R. Wetenhall, respectively.

Peter Matthews

Peter H. Matthews (1873–1916), American operator of policy gambling

Rube Ferns

He defeated such men as "Mysterious" Billy Smith, Eddie Connolly, Bobby Dobbs, William "Matty" Matthews, Frank Erne, Owen Zeigler, "Scaldy" Bill Quinn, Harry Pigeon, Frank "Dutch" Neal, Paddy Purtell and Shorty Ahearn.

St. Matthews, South Carolina

The Calhoun Academy is the private co-educational college preparatory school that is located in St. Matthews.

Thomas Matthews

Thomas Stanley Matthews, better known T. S. Matthews and also Tom Matthews, (1901-1991), American editor for Time Magazine (1929-1953) (and Stanley Matthews' grandson)

Vladimir Peniakoff

He married Pamela Firth on 2 April 1948 (she went on to marry T. S. Matthews, former editor of Time magazine, after Popski's death).


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