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Adventist Mission

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

Albion W. Knight

His son, Albion W. Knight, Jr., also became a minister in the Episcopal Church, before joining the United Episcopal Church of North America and becoming its presiding bishop.

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.

Allyn Abbott Young

Young's other famous students, strongly influenced by him, included Frank H. Knight, Edward Chamberlin, Nicholas Kaldor and Lauchlin Currie.

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.

As President of the Naval War College from December 15, 1913 to February 16, 1917, Knight was extensively quoted in Hudson Maxim's influential 1915 book Defenseless America, which exhorted America to rearm.

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 Farr

He was eventually named CEO in October 2000 succeeding Charles F. Knight who had held the position for the previous 27 years.

David Knight

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

Dennis A. Ross

He went on to serve briefly as an Associate with the law firm of Holland & Knight and was in-house counsel to Walt Disney World.

Dryptosaurus

Although largely unknown now outside of academic circles, a famous painting of the genus by Charles R. Knight made it one of the more widely known dinosaurs of its time, in spite of its poor fossil record.

Ernst König

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

George Knight

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

George R. Knight

During the 1990s Knight became particularly well known for his fresh insight and popularization of Seventh-day Adventist history.

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.

During his retirement, John Knight devoted much of his time to the raising of Thoroughbred race horses at his Fourth Estate Stable based in Miami, Florida.

Knight International Center

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

The complex is named after famed newspaper publisher, James L. Knight.

Margaret E. Knight

The first was Hannah Wilkinson Slater, wife of industrialist Samuel Slater: she invented two-ply thread, becoming in 1793 the first American woman to be granted a patent.

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.

Michael Knight

Michael E. Knight (born 1959), American actor known for work in daytime soap operas

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.

Orchard Wyndham

Sir John Wyndham (died c. 1580), second son of Sir Thomas Wyndham (d.1521) by his first wife Eleanor Scrope, daughter and heiress of Richard Scrope of Upsall Castle, Yorkshire, inherited Orchard from his wife Elizabeth Sydenham (d.1/1/1571), daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Sydenham of Orchard, Somerset.

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"

Peter O. Knight Airport

The airport was named for prominent attorney and businessman Peter O. Knight, namesake of Holland & Knight.

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.

R. J. B. Knight

For the English cricketer, administrator, and schoolmaster, see Roger Knight

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.

On the morning of 24 April, he volunteered to lead 2 other aircraft against the strongly defended enemy airdrome at Ghedi.

Robert H. Knight

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, Knight was interviewed by anchor Bryant Gumbel on the CBS morning program The Early Show Thinking he was off air after the segment, Gumbel profanely cursed Knight, who has been featured on virtually every major network news or talk show.

Rock Prophecies

The film tells the story of Robert M. Knight, a rock photographer born and raised in Honolulu, who holds the distinction of being one of the first photographers to capture Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, and the last to photograph Stevie Ray Vaughan.

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.

Thomas E. Knight

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

Traffic light

They were promoted by the railway engineer J. P. Knight and constructed by the railway signal engineers of Saxby & Farmer.

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.


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