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unusual facts about Jacob B. Blair


Jacob B. Blair

He was a probate judge for Salt Lake County, Utah from 1892 to 1895, and surveyor general of Utah from 1897 to 1901.


Anita K. Blair

Blair and two other women involved in this organization, Rosalie (Ricky) Gaull Silberman and Barbara Olson, subsequently co-founded the Independent Women's Forum (IWF) in 1992, serving as the organization's first General Counsel and as executive vice-president.

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

Speakers included: Sen. Daniel Inouye; Adm. Dennis C. Blair, then Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; Dr. William James Perry, former Secretary of Defense; and retired Lt. Gen. H.C. Stackpole (USMC) APCSS president.

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus

Having finished his studies at Leiden, he went to Paris, where, under the instruction of Sebastien Vaillant (1669–1722), Jacob Winslow (1669–1760) and others, he devoted himself especially to anatomy and botany.

Cecil R. Blair

The book Easter Pony received international acclaim and was listed as one of the year's best books by the American Library Association in the year it was published.

Blair was never reconciled to the election of Randolph, who had been a Bolton High School classmate of Blair's two older children.

Charles A. Blair

Blair held several public offices including serving as prosecuting attorney for Jackson County.

Clarence Harris

On February 1, 1960, Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (later Jimbaeel Khazan), Frank McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond, four young African-American students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), entered the downtown Greensboro Woolworth's and sat at the "whites only" lunch counter.

David Blair

David H. Blair (1868–1945), Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1921–1929

Dennis Blair

Dennis C. Blair (born 1947), former U.S. Director of National Intelligence and retired U.S. Navy admiral

Ezell A. Blair, Jr.

Blair graduated from Dudley High School, where his father taught, and was awarded a B.S. in sociology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 1963.

Foramen spinosum

The foramen spinosum was first described by the Danish anatomist Jakob Benignus Winslow in the 18th century.

Francis Blair

Frank S. Blair (1839–1899), Virginia lawyer and Attorney General of Virginia

George A. Blair

Cypress Gardens A special tribute was held at Cypress Gardens on March 30, 2008

Blair became the star of the Cypress Gardens daily water ski show - the longest running ski show in the world - in his hometown of Winter Haven, Florida.

George Blair

George A. Blair (born 1915), businessman, entrepreneur, and waterskier

Henry Blair

Henry W. Blair (1834–1920), U.S. Representative and Senator from New Hampshire

Henry W. Blair

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Jacob B. Agus

Agus's rabbinic career included Congregation Beth Abraham, Norfolk, Virginia, 1934–1936; Temple Ashkenaz, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1936–1940; Agudas Achim North Shore Congregation, Chicago, 1940–1942; and Beth Abraham United Synagogue Center, Dayton, Ohio, 1942–1950.

James B. Dudley High School

Ezell A. Blair, Jr., African American civil rights activist, graduated from Dudley High School.

James T. Blair, Jr.

He received the Air Medal, Legion of Merit, and Bronze Star among other awards as he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Joe F. Blair

He persuaded senior quarterback John Kaleo to speak to the media for the first time a week before the season.

John H. Blair

The Blair Islands, in Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica, were named after him by AAE Commander Douglas Mawson.

Lauralee Bell

The daughter of soap opera creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, and sister to Bill Bell, Jr. and Bradley Bell as well as sister-in-law to Maria Arena Bell, Lauralee was offered a bit role as a model, Christine "Cricket" Blair, on her parents' show The Young and the Restless in 1983 and that followed into a contract role in 1986.

Menahem ben Saruq

Thus Rashi in the second half of the eleventh century refers to Menahem as a philological authority; Rashi's grandson, Jacob b. Meïr Tam, composed a work for the special purpose of vindicating Menahem against the attacks of Dunash; and (about 1140) Menahem ben Solomon composed in Italy a dictionary which was based for the most part on the "Mahberet."

Robert Blair

Robert M. Blair (1836–1899), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

Robert Noel Blair

Born in Buffalo, NY, Robert Blair is the brother of aviation pioneer Charles F. Blair, Jr., husband of Hollywood actress Maureen O'Hara.

Steven W. Plattner

Plattner conducted oral history interviews with the project's key photographers—Clyde Hare, Harold Corsini, Esther Bubley, Russell Lee, James P. Blair, Richard Saunders, Elliott Erwitt, Sol Libsohn, and Arnold S. Eagle—and co-authored and edited Witness to the Fifties, published in 1999 with the help of a grant from the Howard Heinz Endowment.

Thom Bierdz

In the mid and late 1980s, Phillip Chancellor III is involved in a "love triangle" with Christine "Cricket" Blair and Nina Webster.

Too Much To Know

Too Much To Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age (Yale University Press, 2010) is a bestselling book by American author Ann M. Blair.

USS Pontoosuc

Seven of Pontoosucs sailors received the Medal of Honor for their actions during this campaign: Cabin Boy John Anglin, Coxswain Asa Betham, Boatswain's Mate Robert M. Blair, Captain of the Forecastle John P. Erickson, Landsman George W. McWilliams, Chief Quartermaster James W. Verney, and Sailmaker's Mate Anthony Williams.

William Price Williamson

Another descendant of Confederate Chief Engineer William Price Williamson is Admiral Dennis C. Blair, United States Navy (Ret.), nominated for the post of Director of National Intelligence in the Obama administration.

William R. Blair

In 1917, the Army established the Signal Corps Radio Laboratories at Camp Vail, in eastern New Jersey.

William W. Blair

The following day, he was ordained as a high priest and on October 7, 1858 at a church conference in Zarahemla, Wisconsin, Blair was ordained an apostle of the reorganization and he became a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles.


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