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John C. Wells

Accents of English was reviewed by the sociolinguist KM Petyt in the December 1982 edition of the Journal of the IPA.


Arnould Galopin

Galopin also wrote a number of science fiction novels in the Jules Verne and H.G. Wells style, including the remarkable Doctor Omega (1906), La Révolution de Demain (Tomorrow’s Revolution) (1909) and Le Bacille (1928), an uncannily prophetic tale of a mad scientist who uses biological warfare for revenge.

Battle of Piedmont

On Imboden's immediate left, Brig. Gen. John C. Vaughn's brigade of dismounted Tennessee and Georgia horsemen went into position.

Briant H. Wells

Wells served in the Spanish American War, fighting at the Battle of San Juan Hill.

Church of St Cuthbert, Wells

Part of the feature film Hot Fuzz was filmed here, the Church Fete Scene where Adam Buxton's character is crushed by a falling part of the Church roof.

Colorado Territory

Other notable explorations included the Pike expedition of 1806–07 by Zebulon Pike, the journey along the north bank of the Platte River in 1820 by Stephen H. Long to what came to be called Longs Peak, the John C. Frémont expedition in 1845–46, and the Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 by John Wesley Powell.

Food of the Gods II

Food of the Gods II, sometimes referred to as Gnaw: Food of the Gods II as well as Food of the Gods part 2, is a 1989 film that is a very loose sequel to the 1976 Bert I. Gordon film based on H.G. Wells' novel, The Food of the Gods.

G. P. Wells

Postgate had revised four previous editions following HG Wells' death in 1946, published in 1949, 1956, 1961 and 1969.

Grant City, Staten Island

Many of the streets are named after historical figures such as Lincoln Ave (after President Abraham Lincoln), Fremont Ave (after General John C. Fremont who was the first Republican candidate for President, as well as a Staten Island resident, in 1856), Adams Avenue (after President John Adams), Colfax Ave (after Abraham Lincoln's first Vice President)and Greeley Ave (after newspaper editor Horace Greeley).

Great Army of the Ant-Men

Like many other characters in the series who are inspired by another fictional work, the Ant-Men are inspired by the monster enemies from the Locust Horde in the game Gears of War and also draw elements from the 1905 short story "Empire of the Ants" by H. G. Wells.

H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come

The colony leader, Senator Smedley (played by John Ireland), and science advisor Dr. John Caball (played by Barry Morse, formerly of Space: 1999), try to contact Nikki (Carol Lynley), the leader of Delta 3, but instead hear from Omus (Jack Palance), the "Robot Master," Caball's former apprentice, and the newly self-proclaimed Emperor of that world.

Herbert Wells

H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells, 1866–1946), British author

Irish Dominion League

The Irish Statesman, a weekly journal promoting the views of the Irish Dominion League, ran from 27 June 1919 to June 1920, edited by Warre B. Wells and with contributions from W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, and George William Russell.

J. B. Van Hollen

His father is John C. Van Hollen, a realtor and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

James E.C. Perry

He was appointed by Governor Charlie Crist in March 2009 to replace retiring Justice Charles T. Wells and was Crist's fourth appointment to the supreme court.

Johann Reichhart

He cooperated with Allied chief executioner Master Sergeant John C. Woods in the preparations for further executions of those found guilty and sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Trials.

John C. Ainsworth

The Gold Rush did not live up to his expectations, so he found a job piloting a steamer on the Willamette River in Oregon.

John C. Churchill

He introduced bill H.R. 2634 on January 9, 1871 that would amend the Enforcement Act of 1870.

John C. Conner

He was reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served from March 31, 1870, to March 3, 1873.

John C. D'Amico

He graduated from St. Edward Elementary School and Weber High School in Chicago, then attended Northeastern Illinois University.

John C. Dvorak

Dvorak has mentioned in the past that he is a fan of MorphOS and used the Video Toaster in its heyday.

John C. Edmunds

His books, including Brave New Wealthy World (Pearson Prentice Hall 2003) have been praised and criticized for their advocacy of financial expansion.

John C. Goss

John C. Goss (born October 21, 1958, in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American artist and author and has lived most of his life in the Asia/Pacific region (Hawaii, Los Angeles, Bangkok).

John C. H. Lee

This section of the Ohio River Division of the Corps was tasked with completing a water-resources survey, as part of the Johnson Administration's War on Poverty.

John C. Hodges Library

Its special collections department includes notable collections such as the writings of James Agee and Alex Haley, as well as film director Clarence Brown.

John C. Ketcham

Ketcham was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 4th congressional district to the 67th United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1933.

John C. Mabee Handicap

In winning the 1971 race, Street Dancer set a new Del Mar course record then won again in 1972, breaking her own record.

John C. Mackie

He was Genesee County surveyor, 1952–1956 and was elected State Highway Commissioner of Michigan, 1957 and reelected in 1961 to a new four-year term.

John C. McKenzie

Mckenzie was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1925).

John C. Meyer

General Meyer then returned to a tactical flying unit in August 1950 when he assumed command of the 4th Fighter Wing at New Castle, Delaware.

John C. Nicholls

Nicholls was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881), was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880, but was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885).

John C. Waldron

Without fighter escort, his attack bombers vulnerably underpowered and lacking in defensive armament, and forced by the unreliability of their own torpedoes to fly low and slow directly at their targets, all of the Hornet's torpedo planes soon fell to the undivided attention of the enemy's combat air patrol of Mitsubishi "Zero" fighters.

John C. Watson

Watson was born in Frankfort, Kentucky on August 24, 1842, the grandson of renowned Kentucky politician John J. Crittenden.

John C. Waugh

John Clinton Waugh (born October 12, 1929) in Biggs, California is an American journalist.

John Donnelly

John C. Donnelly (1839–1895), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

John Inglis

John C. Inglis, former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

John O. Colvin

During college and law school he was employed by a private firm, Niedner, Niedner, Nack and Bodeux, of St. Charles, Missouri, and also worked for a number of political figures, including Missouri Attorney General John C. Danforth and Missouri State Representative Richard C. Marshall, both in Jefferson City; and for U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Congressman Thomas B. Curtis, in Washington, DC.

Junius F. Wells

Wells was also the author of eleven biographies, including those of John C. Frémont, Thomas L. Kane, Charles C. Rich, James A. Garfield, and Orson Pratt.

Justice Bell

John C. Bell, Jr., an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Kentlake High School

In February 2000 Chief Judge John Coughenour ordered the school to reinstate a student who had been suspended for creating an unofficial school website at home stating the school did not have the authority to punish students for exercising their freedom of speech outside of school.

Lord Arthur Hervey

In the 1870s one of Hervey's daughters trained the Mute Swans in the five sided moat at the Bishops Palace to ring bells, by pulling strings, to beg for food.

Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton

The airfield is also known as Munn Field in honor of Lieutenant General John C. "Toby" Munn, the first Marine Aviator to serve as the Commanding General of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Mount Linn

The mountain was named by John C. Frémont in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a senator from Missouri, who played an important roll in the acquisition of the Oregon Territory.

Nancy Morgan

She is a niece of John "Red" Morgan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during World War II in 1943, events which were later fictionalized in the movie Twelve O'Clock High.

Park-McCullough Historic House

The house was built in 1864-65 by attorney and entrepreneur Trenor W. Park (1823-1882), who was born in nearby Woodford, Vermont but amassed his fortune overseeing the mining interests of John C. Fremont in California.

Railroad Revival Tour

The 2012 tour was slated to include performances by Willie Nelson, Band of Horses, Jamey Johnson, and John Reilly and Friends.

Sadao Hasegawa

A few days before his death, Hasegawa had lunch with friend and American artist, John C. Goss.

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

Judging from his works, major influences on his style were Robert Louis Stevenson, G. K. Chesterton, Edgar Allan Poe, Nikolai Gogol, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and H. G. Wells.

Susan Goforth

Later in 2005, the two released H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds which she also starred in and produced on a low budget.

Wiggins, Colorado

Around 1900, Corona was renamed in honor of Oliver P. Wiggins, who served as a guide and scout for Captain John C. Frémont, on some of his explorations through northern Colorado in the 1840s.

Young Earth creationism

Price's work was subsequently adapted and updated by Henry M. Morris and John C. Whitcomb Jr. in their book The Genesis Flood in 1961.


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