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3 unusual facts about Frank O. Salisbury


An Airman's Letter to His Mother

A portrait of Flying Officer Rosewarne (painted from his mother's photographs) by Frank O. Salisbury was unveiled on 18 September 1941 and although his mother attended she wished to remain anonymous desiring to be known only as "the mother of the young unknown warrior".

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Fifteen of the works were painted by Frank O. Salisbury (1874–1962), one of the great English portrait painters of the Twentieth century.

Siren suit

Winston Churchill was a famous wearer, having a pin stripe version which he wore during the war years and then for portraits by Oscar Nemon and Frank O. Salisbury after the war in the 1950s.


1970–71 Manchester United F.C. season

Following speculation that the Celtic manager Jock Stein would take over during the close season of 1971, Leicester City manager Frank O'Farrell was given the United job.

Bert E. Salisbury

He was married on September 20, 1930, to Dorothy MacMillan, daughter of E. J. McMillan, well known in Canton, New York in South Presbyterian Church in Syracuse.

Son, William Root Salisbury was born on June 20, 1911, in Syracuse.

Salisbury was director of the First National Bank of Syracuse and Morris Plan Bank, Syracuse.

Some of his other duties included, president of the Billy Sunday Business Men's Club of Syracuse; trustee of Syracuse University and Cazenovia Seminary.

For a short period after 1890, while he was still attending college, Bert Salisbury was also employed by the Solvay Process Company in Solvay, New York on the southern edge of Syracuse.

Son, Robert Salisbury, was born on December 25, 1906, in Syracuse.

The family lived at 1810 West Genesee Street in Syracuse and their summer home was located on Fourth Lake in the Adirondack Mountains.

In February 1891, Salisbury was hired by Pass & Seymour, Inc. in Syracuse.

On December 3, 1895, Bert Salisbury was married to Mary Patterson Pharis of Syracuse who was born on June 24, 1871, in Geddes.

There were 43 students in his class including Edward S. Van Duyn, (1872–1955) who later was a prominent surgeon in Syracuse.

Bert Eugene Salisbury (May 28, 1870 – October 20, 1946), was appointed president of Onondaga Pottery Company (O.P.Co.), later renamed to Syracuse China in 1913, and president and general manager of Pass & Seymour, Inc. in Solvay, a suburb of Syracuse, New York, in 1914.

Katherine Pharis Salisbury (born February 13, 1905 – November 19, 2003) married Harold Locke Hazen (August 1, 1901-February 21, 1980) on September 5, 1928 in her parents' home at 1810 West Genesee Street.

Bishopstone, Salisbury

At one time, above this was a window designed by Pugin and executed by William Wailes.

Brad Gooch

His most acclaimed work is a biography of the poet Frank O'Hara, City Poet.

Brian Merriman

In the 20th century, a number of translations have been produced, including notable English versions by Arland Ussher, Frank O'Connor, Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, David Marcus, Ciarán Carson, Thomas Kinsella and a partial translation by Seamus Heaney.

Frank B. Salisbury

A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salisbury argues that there is evidence of God having created life.

Frank Horton

Frank O. Horton (1882–1948), United States Representative from Wyoming

Frank O. Horton

During the Spanish-American War he served as a private in Company C, Fiftieth Iowa Regiment in 1898; he moved to Saddlestring, Wyoming in 1905 and engaged in livestock raising.

Frank O'Bannon Highway

A by-pass of Paoli, which has been tentatively numbered as SR 237, is one of the state's Major Moves projects scheduled to begin construction in 2012.

Frank O'Donnell

Francis Martin O'Donnell (born 1954), Irish national, Ambassador of SMOM to Slovakia and retired former UN Resident Coordinator

Frank Hugh O'Donnell (1846–1916), Irish nationalist writer and politician

Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (1894–1976), Irish critic, playwright and politician

Frank O'Driscoll Hunter

In 1944 the Earl of Halifax, then Britain's Ambassador to the U.S., presented to General Hunter, in the name of the King of England, the CBE, "Commander of the military division of the most excellent order of the British Empire."

Frank O'Farrell

While Torquay manager he returned to West Ham to sign three players, John Bond, Ken Brown and Bill Kitchener.

Frank O'Leary

As the son of a career Army officer, O’Leary moved with his family to many different states during his childhood.

George Salisbury

George R. Salisbury, Jr. (1921–2010), Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives

Indiana State Road 237

The redesignation is due to SR 37's designation being transferred to a new route (the Frank O'Bannon Highway) from I-64 to SR 64 and SR 145 between St. Croix and Eckerty.

Melissa S. May

She was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon in 1998.

New York Poets Theatre

Productions included Loves Labor, an eclogue by Frank O'Hara, Three Travelers Watch a Sunrise by Wallace Stevens, and di Prima's own Murder Cake.

Nic Pizzolatto

His collection of short fiction Between Here and the Yellow Sea was long-listed for the 2006 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and named one of the top five fiction debuts of the year by Poets & Writers Magazine.

Peter Grippe

While primarily known as a sculptor working in bronze and clay, he created a portfolio of etchings by 21 artists (examples include Willem de Kooning, Jacques Lipchitz, and Peter Grippe himself) and 21 poets (including Frank O'Hara, Dylan Thomas, and Thomas Merton) in a work entitled 21 Etchings and Poems.

Poetry Project

Housed in the historic St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, the grounds are the site of historic memorials to poets Paul Blackburn, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Scholnick, W.H. Auden, Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan, and others.

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann

The precision of description of this style never left him, but merged in his poetry with influences from William Carlos Williams, Frank O'Hara, and Ted Berrigan.

Savery, Wyoming

Two recent state representatives, the late George R. Salisbury, Jr., and his son-in-law, Patrick F. O'Toole, both Democrats, came from Savery.

St Gerard's School

Frank O'Reilly, Irish banker, businessman; 23rd Chancellor of the University of Dublin.

The Empty Family

The Empty Family was shortlisted for the 2011 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.

Thomas-Morse R-5

Despite these problems, the two R-5s, flown by Captain Frank O'Driscoll Hunter and Lieutenant Clayton L. Bissell were amongst the starters for the Pulitzer Race on 14 October.

United States Grazing Service

The late Wyoming State Representative George R. Salisbury, Jr., of Carbon County worked for the Grazing Service prior to World War II.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Frank O'Hara wrote a poem named after him, "Mayakovsky", in which the speaker is standing in a bathtub, a probable reference to his play The Bathhouse.

William Edward Zeuch

In 1917, at Ruskin College in Florida, along with the husband and wife combination of Kate Richards O'Hare and Frank O’Hare, Zuech created the basis for a school that would focus on educating the future leaders of an emerging class of workers.


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