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unusual facts about Frank H. Knight



Adventist Mission

George R. Knight, The Fat Lady and the Kingdom (Boise, Idaho: Pacific Press, 1995)

Albion W. Knight, Jr.

He later helped found the Church of England (Continuing), a conservative church in England that opposes both the growth of Anglo-Catholic practices and doctrines within the Church of England and the more liberal religious and social stance of the Church of England.

Arthur Knight

Arthur F. Knight (1865–1936), American inventor credited with invention of steel golf clubs

Austin M. Knight

Born in Ware, Massachusetts to future American Civil War veteran Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia Cutter Knight, Austin Melvin Knight was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from Florida on June 30, 1869, graduating in 1873.

A younger sister, Bertha Knight Landes, served as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928, the first female mayor of a major American city.

Ballycarbery Castle

The castle was passed onto Sir Valentine Browne following the death of its owner Donal McCarthy More.

BJC HealthCare

The current facility houses the Charles F. Knight Emergency and Trauma Center, which is a 52,000-square-foot, 61-bed Level I trauma center that includes two full-body CT scanners and six trauma/critical care rooms.

Charles F. Knight

A Republican, he has supported John Ashcroft, Bush Cheney '04, Rudy Giuliani, Roy Blunt, John McCain, Mitt Romney.

David Knight

David M. Knight (born 1936), English professor of history of science and philosophy

Ernst König

He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Frank Buck

Frank H. Buck (1887–1942), Democratic party U.S. Representative from California 1933–1942

Frank H. Brumby

Brumby commanded the Grey Fleet, assigned to defend against an amphibious assault by the Blue force commanded by Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, whose objective was to take one or all of Ponce, San Juan, Culebra and St. Thomas, and who finally succeeded in landing Marines on Culebra on the fifth and last day of the exercise.

Frank H. Buck

In 1900, together with Burton E. Green (1868-1965), Charles A. Canfield (1848-1913), Max Whittier (1867–1928), William F. Herrin (1854-1927), Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), William G. Kerckhoff (1856–1929), W.S. Porter and Frank H. Balch, known as the Amalgated Oil Company, he purchased Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas from Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker and renamed it Morocco Junction.

Frank H. Easterbrook

As a young judge in one of his early opinions, Kirchoff v. Flynn, 786 F.2d 320 (CA7 1986), a lawsuit over an arrest for feeding pigeons in a park, Easterbrook used such language as "trundled to the squadrol" to describe an arrest; and states of the pigeon-feeder that she "will never be confused with the 30th Earl of Mar, whose hobby was kicking pigeons".

Frank H. Fleer

It was not until 1928 that Walter Diemer was able to refine the formulation and market it as Dubble Bubble.

Frank H. Hiscock

He was born in 1856 to L. Harris Hiscock, a lawyer and assemblymen who founded the Hiscock & Barclay law firm in Syracuse, New York, and who was murdered on 4 June 1867, by General George W. Cole, a brother of Cornelius Cole.

Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac Medical School is one of about a dozen new medical schools established in anticipation of increased demand for medical professionals following the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the aging of the baby boomer generation.

Frank H. Ono

In a ceremony at the White House on June 21, 2000, his surviving family was presented with his Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton.

Frank H. Spearman

His western novel Whispering Smith – the title character of which was modeled on real-life Union Pacific Railroad detectives Timothy Keliher and Joe Lefors (though the name of the titular hero was apparently derived from another UPRR policeman, James L. "Whispering" Smith) – was made into a movie on eight separate occasions, four silent films in 1916, 1917, 1926, and 1927, with later versions in 1930, 1935, 1948 and 1952.

Frank H. T. Rhodes

He was appointed as a member of the National Science Board under President Ronald Reagan, and as a member of the President's Educational Policy Advisory Committee by President George H.W. Bush.

Frank H. Woody

After teaching for several years he began moving westward in 1852 before eventually settling in what was then called Flathead county (today's Ravalli and Missoula Counties in Washington Territory where he was paid to drive supplies for trade with the native populations.

In 1866 Woody was appointed to serve as Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County and also acted as Probate Judge as well as post master and finally Deputy Clerk of the Second Judicial District Court of Missoula.

Frank Reid

Frank H. Reid (1850–1898), American soldier, teacher, city engineer and vigilante

George Knight

George R. Knight (born 1941), Seventh-day Adventist Church historian

Henry Fairfield Osborn

As a curator, he assembled a remarkable team of fossil hunters and preparators, including William King Gregory, Roy Chapman Andrews, a gentleman allegedly a possible inspiration for the creation of the fictional archeologist Indiana Jones, and Charles R. Knight, who made murals of dinosaurs in their habitats and sculptures of the living creatures.

John S. Knight

During the latter part of World War II, Knight took a leave from the newspaper business, serving as Director of the US Office of Censorship, in London.

Knight International Center

Famed newspaper publisher, James L. Knight donated over one million dollars towards the cost of the arena.

Michael E. Knight

Knight co-starred in the off-Broadway play Wrong Turn at Lungfish, and he appeared in the ABC movie for television She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal, and in the off-Broadway Cakewalk with Linda Lavin.

In his personal life, Knight was married from June 27, 1992 – 2006 to One Life to Live star Catherine Hickland.

Monica Sjöö

Sjöö was highly critical of many of the ideas and personages of the New Age movement, including Alice Bailey, J. Z. Knight and "Ramtha", and Gene Roddenberry for some of the ideas behind Star Trek.

Neighborhoods in Akron, Ohio

where famous residents such as John S. Knight, Senator Charles Dick, presidential candidate Wendell Willkie, industrialist Paul Litchfield, and Alcoholics Anonymous founder Dr. Robert Smith as well as the founders of Good Year and Firestone rubber companies, have lived here.

Pete Knight High School

The high school was named after test pilot and politician William Joseph "Pete" Knight.

Peter Knight

William J. Knight (1929–2004), American test pilot, astronaut and politician nicknamed "Pete"

Preston Burke

On June 7, 2007, ABC announced it had decided not to renew Washington's contract, and that he would be dropped from the show after an on-set incident with fellow cast members T.R. Knight and Patrick Dempsey.

Raymond L. Knight

Returning to his base, he volunteered to lead 3 other aircraft in reconnaissance of Bergamo airfield, an enemy base near Ghedi and 1 known to be equally well defended.

On that day and the following day, in the northern Po Valley, Italy, he repeatedly volunteered to lead attacks on enemy air bases and exposed his aircraft to intense hostile fire in low-altitude reconnaissance and strafing missions.

Roland F. Seitz

His catalog included compositions by many famous march composers including W. Paris Chambers, Harold Josiah Crosby, Charles E. Duble, Frank H. Losey, George Rosencrans, and Charles Sanglea.

Stephen T. Owens

He represented Afeni Shakur, the mother of Tupac Shakur, and the Estate of Tupac Shakur in a racketeering (civil RICO) lawsuit against Marion "Suge" Knight, Death Row Records and their attorney, David Kenner, which resulted in the Estate's recovery of the unreleased master tapes recorded by Tupac prior to his murder in 1996.

Temple University School of Medicine

Frank H. Krusen, originator of the field of physical medicine, establishing the first such department in the US at Temple University Hospital (1929).

Thomas E. Knight

Knight was portrayed by actor Ken Kercheval in the 1976 TV movie Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys.

Thomas Todd

He was labelled the most insignificant U.S. Supreme Court justice by Frank H. Easterbrook in The Most Insignificant Justice: Further Evidence, 50 U. Chi.

Virgil City, Missouri

Virgil City has been the home of two members of the United States House of Representatives: Charles Germman Burton (a Republican) and Frank H. Lee (a Democrat).

Walter Travis

The Schenectady Putter was invented by Arthur F. Knight, a General Electric engineer, who created a model reflecting his ideas in the summer of 1902 at his home course, Mohawk Golf Club in Schenectady, NY.

Waterton, Bridgend

Sir Gilbert Denys(d.1422) of Siston, Gloucestershire was probably born in about 1350 in Glamorgan, probably the son of John Denys of Waterton.

William F. Herrin

In 1900, together with Burton E. Green (1868-1965), Charles A. Canfield (1848-1913), Max Whittier (1867–1928), Frank H. Buck (1887-1942), Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), William G. Kerckhoff (1856–1929), W.S. Porter and Frank H. Balch, known as the Amalgated Oil Company, he purchased Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas from Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker and renamed it Morocco Junction.


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