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George Pearson

George F. Pearson (1799–1867), former rear admiral in the United States Navy


Adams George Archibald

This allowed Archibald to run for the riding in a by-election, in which he defeated Liberal Frederick Pearson, 1585 votes to 1230.

Albert J. Pearson

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress, and instead resumed the practice of his profession.

Alfred Pearson

Alfred L. Pearson (1838–1903), lawyer and Union Army general in the American Civil War

Allard Hall

In 1976 construction began on the Curtis building, named for the Faculty's founding Dean, George F. Curtis, who died on October 23, 2005.

Big Hole River

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

Brown Grand Theatre

The last movie to be shown at the Brown Grand was the world premiere of The Devil and LeRoy Bassett which was written and directed by Robert E. Pearson, a native of Concordia.

Central United Church

The congregation has been served by several notable clergy, including Egerton Ryerson, historian George Playter and E.A. Pearson, the father of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

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.

Daniel R. Pearson

From 1981 to 1987, Pearson was the agricultural legislative assistant to former Sen. Rudy Boschwitz in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for legislative and regulatory issues under the jurisdiction of the Senate Agricultural Committee.

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.

Veenker took over as head basketball coach following the death of E. J. Mather.

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 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

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.

Halvard Lange

Mr. Lange was, together with Lester B. Pearson and Gaetano Martino, one of the "three wise men" on the "Committee of Three" advising NATO on ways to strengthen its non-military cooperation.

Henry C. Pearson

His correspondence with Heaney, and his comprehensive collection of Heaney books, manuscripts and memorabilia, is now housed at the University of North Carolina.

J. C. Pearson

Pearson began broadcasting NFL games since 2003 after spending several years calling college football for ESPN Plus, often paired with Chris Marlowe on Mountain West Conference games.

Pearson left Fox following the 2008 season to return to ESPN to call college football games on ESPN2 and ESPN with Dave Lamont.

James B. Pearson

Following his reelection in 1972, Pearson was appointed by Nixon as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly.

Pearson and Democrat Fred Harris of Oklahoma introduced the first major legislation with economic incentives for rural development.

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.

Kevin W. Pearson

As a general authority, he has served as a counselor in the church's Europe East Area, as an Assistant Executive Director of the Missionary Department, and since 2011, as a counselor in the Pacific Area, based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Lester B. Pearson Building

It is named after Lester B. Pearson, former external affairs minister, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Prime Minister of Canada.

Louis-Philippe Gélinas

He was appointed to the Senate for the Montarville, Quebec division on 11 June 1963 following nomination by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

Merson

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

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The NAACP's Baltimore chapter, under president Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson, challenged segregation in Maryland state professional schools by supporting the 1935 Murray v. Pearson case argued by Marshall.

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.

Richard Jenrette

Since the 1960s, Jenrette has bought and restored a series of significant historic American homes including Robert William Roper House in Charleston, SC; Millford Plantation in South Carolina; Ayr Mount in North Carolina; Estate Cane Garden on St. Croix; the George F. Baker House in New York City; and Edgewater, in Barrytown, New York.

Russia Leaves the War

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

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.

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.

Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline

Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline is a play by Canadian playwright George F. Walker first produced at Toronto Free Theatre in 1977.


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