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unusual facts about Harold R. W. Benjamin


Harold R. W. Benjamin

Harold Raymond Wayne Benjamin was born March 27, 1893 in Gilmanton, Wisconsin to Harold and Harriet Benjamin.


Arthur T. Benjamin

He was also featured in Mathemagics, a multimedia disc released for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer in 1994, which consists largely of short demonstrations and lessons by Benjamin in mental math and mathemagics.

Randi invited him to perform his mathematical tricks on a television program called Exploring Psychic Powers Live, co-hosted by Uri Geller.

Belcher-Ogden Mansion-Price, Benjamin-Price-Brittan Houses District

Bonnell served as a member of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey in 1692 and the last official reference to him is as a signer of the 1696 petition for relief against the oppression of the Lords Proprietor.

Berliner Helicopter

There it was flown by Air Service test pilot Harold R. Harris among others, achieving stable hovers of up to 15 feet.

Confederate settlements in British Honduras

Well-known Confederates who went to British Honduras included Colin J. McRae (former Confederate Financial Agent in Europe) and Joseph Benjamin (brother of Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin).

Duoplasmatron

Later development by Harold R. Kaufman resulted in the Kaufman Duoplasmatron which has been used for applications as diverse as semiconductor manufacture, and spacecraft propulsion.

Electrostatic ion thruster

and developed in practical form by Harold R. Kaufman at NASA Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center from 1957 to the early 1960s.

Harold R. Atteridge

Producer George Lederer showed enthusiasm and advised Atteridge to move to New York.

J. J. Benjamin

He then traveled through Syria, Babylonia, Kurdistan, Persia, the Indies, Kabul, and Afghanistan, returning June, 1851, to Constantinople, and then back to Vienna where he stayed briefly before heading to Italy.

Lieutenant Kijé

The storyline was written by Scott L. McGregor, with lyrics by Arthur T. Benjamin, and music, composed by Arthur Darrell Turner, added in time for the play to win the 1980 contest.

Mayor of Columbia, SC

Stephen K. Benjamin, who assumed office on July 2010 after a run-off election, is the current mayor of Columbia, and the first to be elected of African descent.

Robert Goldsand

Ivry, Benjamin, A Music Critic Performs, Practices What He Preaches, published in The New York Observer on September 10, 2006

Stephen K. Benjamin

In the early morning hours of April 21, 2010, Benjamin was on his way to an interview with WLTX when the SUV he was driving collided with another vehicle.

On March 2, 1999, Benjamin was appointed to the Governor's Cabinet by Governor Jim Hodges.


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