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George Houston

George F. Houston (1896–1944), American B-western film actor and singer


Allen Ranch

He arrived at the young town of Harrisburg (modern east Houston) and soon after married into the Thomas family which had come to Texas as part of Stephen F. Austin's original colony.

American Institute of Electrical Engineers

The 1884 founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) included some of the most prominent inventors and innovators in the then new field of electrical engineering, among them Nikola Tesla, Thomas Alva Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin J. Houston, and Edward Weston.

Animal Cops: Houston

The Houston SPCA served as the coordinator of relief efforts for animals trapped in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Antonio de Bellis

Other autograph works are the Scene of a sacrifice in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Finding of Moses the National Gallery, London and The Liberation of St. Peter at Whitfield Fine Art, London.

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes has its headquarters in the America Tower in the American General Center in Neartown, Houston.

Big Hole River

Conservationist George F. Grant, Trout Unlimited and local ranchers combined forces to oppose the dam, successfully defeating the proposal in 1967.

Brays Oaks, Houston

Femin said that the increases in the crime rates are due to a post-September 11 attacks willingness to report crime instead of a true increase in crime.

Chen Chi

Chi's works have been shown extensively throughout the United States including at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1948); the Miami Beach Art Center (1952); the La Jolla Art Center and the Witte Museum (1953); and the Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum in Seattle (1955).

Cottage Grove, Houston

named after Robert Louis Stevenson The school opened in 1915 as Cottage Grove High School.

Dani Romain

Dani Romain is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer, who has been the writing and production partner of George F. Walker in the television series This Is Wonderland, The Line and Living in Your Car, and the film Niagara Motel.

George Brady

George F. Brady (1867–?), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

George Dewar

George F. Dewar (1865–?), physician and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada

George Dillon

George F. Dillon, 19th century Catholic writer and anti-Masonic conspiracy theorist

George F. Bond

The Silent War: The Cold War Battle Beneath the Sea, New York: Simon & Schuster.

George F. Fitzpatrick

George Fitzpatrick married Phyllis Sinanan, sister of Mitra and Ashford Sinanan, uniting the Fitzpatrick family with another prominent political family of Trinidad (see Ashford Sinanan, Ambassador, Leader of the Opposition, Democratic Labour Party (DLP), West Indies Federation, Founder of the West Indian National Party (WINP) and High Commissioner to India.

George F. Green

G. F. Green (George Frederick Green, 1911–1977), British fiction writer

George F. Keane

They lived in Westport, Connecticut, and have three children, the oldest of which is composer and producer Brian Keane.

After the dot-com bubble burst he advocated for the creation of a new index in place of the S&P 500, and worked with Research Affiliates in the development of the Fundamental Index.

George F. L. Charles Airport

George F. L. Charles Airport was renamed on 4 August 1997 in honor of Saint Lucia politician Sir George Frederick Lawrence Charles (1916–2004).

George F. Le Feuvre

Unable to find a civil service post in Quebec, George joined the civil service in Ottawa.

George F. MacDonald

Inspired as much by the ideas of Marshall Mcluhan and Disney's Epcot Center as by other museums like the Smithsonian Institution, MacDonald's version of the museum included interactive displays, replicas, and an IMAX theatre.

George F. Marion

George F. Marion, who was born in San Francisco, California was father of writer George Marion Jr. and he died of a heart attack at the age of 85 years in Carmel, California, USA.

George F. McFarland

Countered in a rough recruiting race by cavalryman John K. Robison, McFarland gathered from the county just over 30 men, which he transported to Camp Curtin in Harrisburg.

George F. Veenker

In football, Veenker had responsibility for coaching the ends, including College Football Hall of Fame end, Bennie Oosterbaan.

George Fuller

George F. Fuller (1869–1962), industrialist in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

George Marion

George F. Marion (1860–1945), American actor and director of stage and screen

George R. Brown

The organization donates to notable institutions such as Rice University, Southwestern University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

George Warren

George F. Warren, agricultural economist and author, contemporary of Henry Charles Taylor

George Willison

George F. Willison (1896–1972), writer and editor who specialized in American history

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company

He partnered with fellow insurance salesman Norman O. Houston and businessman George A. Beavers, Jr. to secure 500 pre-paid life insurance applications as well as the $15,000 deposit required by California.

Greta Pratt

She is the author of two books of photographs, Using History (Steidl, 2005) and In Search of the Corn Queen (National Museum of American Art, 1994), and her works are represented in major public and private collections, including the National Museum of American Art: Smithsonian Institution, The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Portland (Oregon) Art Museum, and Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Gryposaurus

Gryposaurus is based on specimen NMC 2278, a skull and partial skeleton collected in 1913 by George F. Sternberg from what is now known as the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, along the Red Deer River.

Henry Houston

Henry A. Houston (1847–1925), American teacher, businessman and politician

Henry H. Houston (1820–1895), Philadelphia businessman and philanthropist

Hubert Vo

Vo currently serves as a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 149th District which contains part of Harris County including part of west Houston and the suburbs of Alief and Katy.

James Houston

James M. Houston, Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College, Vancouver

John J. Cove

Around the same time, he became influenced by the structuralist approaches of Claude Lévi-Strauss and, through the help of George F. MacDonald, began an intensive study of the Tsimshianic narratives collected by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon.

Memorial Park, Houston

The ashes of former professional golfer Dave Marr were spread over the course after Marr's death, as Memorial Park was the course where Marr learned to play golf.

Merson

George F. Merson (1866–1959), Scottish pharmacist who produced surgical catgut

North Dakota Legislative Assembly

Under the approval of Governor George F. Shafer, the current Art Deco capitol was built as a replacement between 1931 to 1934 in the midst of the Great Depression.

Plain Clothes Theatre Productions

In 2006 the company produced a double bill of plays by Canadian playwright George F. Walker from his 'Suburban Motel' collection of plays; namely Problem Child and Criminal Genius.

Presiding Patriarch

In 1937 George F. Richards, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was officially called, sustained, and set apart to the office of Acting Presiding Patriarch.

Robert Houston

Robert G. Houston (1867–1946), American lawyer, publisher and politician

Russia Leaves the War

Russia Leaves the War (1956) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by George F. Kennan.

Stephen D. Houston

From 1978–79 he spent a year as an exchange student at Edinburgh University, Scotland, where he participated in his first field trips, excavating Mesolithic and Neolithic bog sites in Offaly and Mayo counties, Ireland, and at a Bronze Age henge near Strathallan, Scotland.

The Art Guys

"The Art Guys: Think Twice," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1995

The War Between the Tates

He is an admirer and scholar of the work of George Kennan, the diplomat who devised President Harry Truman's policy of containment of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War.

Tokihiro Satō

Sato’s photographs are held throughout the world in public and private museums including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York); the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Art Institute of Chicago; the Cleveland Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art (Saitama, Japan); Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo); Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane); and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

Tylosaurus

A photograph of a Tylosaurus skull was taken by George F. Sternberg about 1926 after he collected and prepared the specimen.

William Henry Long

Under the guidance of George F. Atkinson, Long performed field work at Cornell University, which eventually led to a PhD degree awarded from the University of Texas in 1917.


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