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3200 Phaethon

Simon F. Green and John K. Davies discovered it in images from October 11, 1983 while searching Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) data for moving objects.

Arbeiter Ring Publishing

Founded by Todd Scarth and John K. Samson in Winnipeg in 1996, the publishing company was originally based in The Old Market Autonomous Zone (or A-Zone), which also houses Mondragon Bookstore and Coffee House, and other radical and worker-run organizations.

Camp Fremont

General John K. Cannon completed his initial military training at Camp Fremont.

Catherine Galbraith

Catherine Galbraith (née Catherine Merriam Atwater; January 19, 1913 – October 1, 2008) was an American author who was the wife of economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith, and the mother of four sons: diplomat and political analyst, Peter W. Galbraith, economist James K. Galbraith, attorney J. Alan Galbraith, and Douglas Galbraith who died in childhood of leukemia.

Criticisms of neoclassical economics

James K. Galbraith on his article A contribution on the state of economics in France and the world asks himself: "Is there anything missing even from the hotly contested domains of modern mainstream economics?"

Heather O'Neill

The novel was subsequently selected for the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by singer-songwriter John K. Samson.

Hugh H. Young

Notable recipients include John K. Lattimer, pioneer of pediatric urology and physician investigator of the JFK assassination, and Larry I. Lipshultz, founder of Society for the Study of Male Reproduction.

J. K. Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006), Canadian economist and public official

James K. Galbraith

In 2009, he joined the project for Soldiers of Peace, a documentary for global peace and against all wars, which has won various awards in film festivals.

John Downes

John K. Downes, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, 1922–1927

John K. Beatty

"Mr. Beatty’s headlong execution on his superb set of pipes was as much of a surprise to Tarlach Mac Suibhne, the “Donegal Piper,” as was his lilting. After watching his acrobatic performance on the huge instrument for a time, McSweeney remarked quizzically: “Begor, Mr. Beatty, you have a great shower of fingers.”

John K. Cannon

He served the infantry at Camp Fremont, California; Camp Mills, New York, the Presidio of San Francisco; and Camp Furlong, New Mexico, until taking pilot training at Kelly Field, Texas in 1921-22.

John K. Davies

Whilst at Leicester University discovered the source of the Geminid meteors, the asteroid called 3200 Phaethon.

John K. Downes

Born in Platt Bridge, Lancashire, England, he was educated at St. Mark’s College in London.

John K. Edmunds

Edmunds was called as patriarch of the Chicago Stake (since renamed the Wilmette Illinois Stake) as well as a member of the General Church Board charged with implementing the new Home Teaching program.

Edmunds was born in Wales, Utah to Thomas Edmunds, an immigrant from Wales, and Frieda Louise Kaestli, an immigrant from Switzerland.

John K. Frost

The first area of the body to be studied in this way was the female genital tract, using the Pap smear invented by Georgios Papanikolaou.

John K. Gerhart

He returned to the United States in July 1957 to become the first deputy chief of staff, plans and programs, in Air Force Headquarters - the job he held until appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be commander-in-chief of the North American Air Defense Command, August 1, 1962.

During the period of his duty with the Air Force Comptroller, he also graduated from the Harvard Business School (AMP-13).

John K. Kane

Kane was active in founding Girard College and was involved in the appointment of the institution's first board of trustees.

He graduated from Yale College in 1814, studied law with Joseph Hopkinson, and was admitted to the bar on April 18, 1817.

John K. Luttrell

Luttrell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879).

John K. Roth

Later volumes include Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy (with Richard Rubenstein, 1987), Holocaust: Religious and Philosophical Implications (ed. with Michael Berenbaum, 1989) and Memory Offended: The Auschwitz Convent Controversy (ed. with Carol Rittner), 1991.

John K. Shields

He chaired the Committee on Canadian Relations in the 63rd and 64th Congresses, the Committee on Interoceanic Canals in the 65th Congress, and the Committee on the Sale of Meat Products in the 66th Congress.

John K. Tarbox

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.

John K. Waters

According to some sources the Third Army had received intelligence that Waters was indeed at the camp, having recently been moved there from Silesia.

John K.C. Ng

As a child, he used to hang around his father’s hardware shop in Quiapo.

John K'Eogh

He wrote Botanologia Universalis Hibernicaor, or a general Irish Herbal Cork, 1735, a herbal, or book about medicinal plants, written in Manx (not Irish but related), phonetic English, and Latin, Zoologia Medicinalis Hibernica or, a Treatise on Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Reptiles or Insects known and propagated in this Kingdom, and Vindication of the Antiquities of Ireland Dublin, 1748, in which he gives an account of his family.

John Luttrell

John K. Luttrell (1831–1893), U.S. Representative from California.

John Ryerson

John K. Ryerson (1820–1890), merchant and politician from Nova Scotia

John W. Slayton

Slayton received over 9600 votes in the race, good enough for a third place finish, although well behind the 48,000 garnered by the winning candidate, Republican John K. Tener.

Karain semi-continent

When asked about this, he repeated geographer John K. Wright's opinion that the Atlantic was already "too crowded".

Lullabies for Little Criminals

The book was chosen for inclusion in the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by musician John K. Samson.

Manitoba Provincial Road 222

The road is the inspiration for and namesake of singer-songwriter John K. Samson's 2010 EP Provincial Road 222, which consists of three songs set in geographic locations along the route.

Marlin K. Jensen

As a new Seventy in 1989, he was counselor to John K. Carmack, president of the Utah Central Area.

Northport, Michigan

The second commander of the American Legion, war hero and businessman Frederic W. Galbraith, maintained a summer home in Northport during the 1910s and early 1920s.

Passmore Williamson

Williamson, the secretary of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and a well-known public figure, was later convicted of contempt of court by Pennsylvania District Court judge John K. Kane and served a sentence between July 27 and November 3, 1855, in Moyamensing Prison.

President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

He mentioned James K. Galbraith, Larry Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute, Dean Baker, and Jared Bernstein as progressive economists who might be suitable for the board.

Reggie Leach

Leach is the topic in the John K. Samson song "Petition" which concerns the efforts of the citizens of Leach's hometown of Riverton, Manitoba to get him inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Tener

John K. Tener (1863–1946), American baseball player, baseball executive and politician

The Duckberg Times

One of the founding editors of The Duckberg Times was John K. Snyder III, who would later pursue a successful career as a comic book and graphic novel illustrator.

Theodore H. White

White graduated from Harvard in 1938 summa cum laude (Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. was a classmate), with a degree in Chinese history and studies, the first student of John K. Fairbank.

Trains of Winnipeg

The short films were scored by Emily Goodden, Christine Fellows, Jason Tait and Steve Bates; additional contributors on the CD included John K. Samson and Leanne Zacharias, as well as an archival recording of Al Purdy.

Vaccine controversies

On December 1, 1911, he was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor John K. Tener to the Pennsylvania State Vaccination Commission, and subsequently authored a detailed report strongly opposing the Commission's conclusions.

W. R. Galbraith

Hockley Railway Viaduct as part of the Winchester Cheshill branch of the LSWR in 1891.

William Galbraith

William E. Galbraith (born 1922), National Commander of the American Legion


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