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Joseph H. Wales

After a diving trip to Devils Hole he wrote the scientific description to the previously unrecognized Devil's Hole pupfish.


Alexander Kummant

Upon his resignation, Amtrak COO William Crosbie assumed the role of interim CEO, but was succeeded on November 25 by former FRA administrator Joseph H. Boardman.

Arthur E. Nelson

Nelson unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate as a Republican in 1928 against Henrik Shipstead (receiving 33.4% of the vote), but was elected fourteen years later, in November 1942 to finish out the term of deceased Senator Ernest Lundeen, which had temporarily been filled by appointee Joseph H. Ball (who won the November 1942 election for the full six-year term from 1943 to 1949).

Arthur Giardelli

Giardelli’s work is held in many collections including the Tate, the National Museum of Wales, the National Library of Wales, Contemporary Art Society of Wales, Arts Council of Wales, Museum of Modern Art Wales, Brecknock Museum, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery together with museums and galleries in New York, Dublin, Nantes, Bratislava and Prague.

Bangor, Pennsylvania

Around Bangor one can also see piles of slate residue and shale reminiscent of the area around Bethesda, Wales.

Birchgrove, Cardiff

It centres on a crossroads dominated by the Birchgrove Inn which also lies between Heath and Whitchurch.

Black Mountains, Wales

The Black Mountains may be roughly defined as those hills contained within a triangle defined by the towns of Abergavenny in the southeast, Hay-on-Wye in the north and the village of Llangors in the west.

Settlements in and around the Black Mountains include Hay-on-Wye, Llangors, Talgarth, Crickhowell, Cwmdu, each in Powys, Abergavenny in Monmouthshire and Longtown in Herefordshire.

Broadward, Herefordshire

The River Arrow flows to the south of the hamlet and Broadward Bridge takes the road across it.

Buckland Hill

Sitting transversely across the Usk valley between the river and the village of Bwlch, it provides excellent panoramic views down the valley and across to the Black Mountains.

Cambrian Way

It traverses Wales from the north coast to its south coast and is purposely routed over the highest upland and mountainous terrain including Cadair Idris, Snowdon, the Cambrian Mountains and the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

David Holbache

At around the turn of the 14th century he married Gwenhwyfar ferch Ieuan ab John, of Sweeney, in Oswestry Parish, who brought with her lands in Sweeney, Treflach and Maesbury.

Deckman

Joseph H. Deckman (born 1969), American businessman and lacrosse player and coach

Etymology of Aberdeen

It probably refers to "Devona", which is a name of one or both of the Rivers Don and Dee, which may also have Brythonic etymologies (note also the River Dee, Wales).

Ewyas

By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Ewyas or Ewias was an autonomous area bounded by the Black Mountains in the west, Graig Syfyrddin in the south, the line of the Golden Valley in the east, and Yager Hill and Cefn Hill to the north, just below the village of Clifford Castle near Hay-on-Wye.

First Church of Windsor

Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1877) was the first African American person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person to serve in the United States Congress.

Geology of Wales

Purple and green slates of Cambrian age were worked at vast quarries on the flanks of Snowdon and at Bethesda, Dinorwig, Corris and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Hartington

The village has a youth hostel at Hartington Hall, which serves two major National Cycle Network routes; the Tissington Trail and the High Peak Trail, which meet at nearby Parsley Hay.

Henry Marc Brunel

Their other works included the docks at Barry in south Wales and the Creagan Bridge, a railway bridge over the narrows of Loch Creran in Scotland (jointly credited to Wolfe-Barry, Brunel and E.M. Crutwell).

Herbert Vaughan

Three were later called as bishops in addition to Herbert: Roger became Archbishop of Sydney, Australia; Francis became Bishop of Menevia, Wales; John became titular bishop of Sebastopolis and auxiliary bishop in Salford, England.

Herefordshire Trail

The terrain varies from panoramic views at Harley's Mountain (376m, the highest point), Garway Hill Common (366m), and Merbach Hill (318m), and the hidden Golden Valley below the looming bulk of the Black Mountains, Wales, to the river valleys and Black and white villages trail passing through cider orchards and many of the lesser-known hidden places in the secret corners of this quiet county.

Jane Brereton

About this time Mr. Brereton obtained from Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland a post belonging to the customs at Parkgate, Cheshire, but in February 1722, he was unfortunately drowned in the River Dee at Saltney, when the tide was coming in.

John De la Bere

John's parentage is not known for sure, but it seems certain that he was of the family of De la Bere from Stretford Manor in Herefordshire and Weobley Castle in Glamorgan.

Joseph H. Allen

The factory was closed in 1861, not only due to poor sales, but because Allen enlisted in the Union Army.

Joseph H. Ball

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, however, Minnesotans came to appreciate their foresighted senator.

When Minnesota's U.S. Senator Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash on August 31, 1940, Ball was the surprise appointment to fill the unexpired term.

Joseph H. Beeman

Beeman connected with the Farmers' Alliance and served as chairman of its executive committee.

Joseph H. Casey

The ferry MV Joe Casey, named in his honour, operates on the Bay of Fundy between East Ferry and Tiverton in Digby County.

Joseph H. Denny

After graduating from college Denny operated a Northfield grocery store and worked as a salesman for Fairbanks Scales.

Joseph H. Harper

Harper remained in the Army, reaching the rank of Major General and serving as Commandant of the United States Army Infantry School.

Joseph H. Howard

He had a particular interest in the musical heritage of the Djuka people of Surinam and not only collected their instruments, but also acquired elaborately hand-carved furniture, including the double doors to his home.

Joseph H. Outhwaite

He served as chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fiftieth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses).

Joseph H. Stotler

Hired in 1925, the operation was owned by Margaret Emerson, heiress to the Bromo-Seltzer fortune and widow of the also wealthy Alfred G. Vanderbilt who lost his life when the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915.

Joseph H. Thompson

Entitled "Joe Thompson" it was sung to the tune of the American folk song "Old Black Joe" by Stephen Foster.

Joseph H. Tuthill

In 1870 he ran successfully for a seat in the Forty-second Congress and served one term, March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873.

Joseph McDermott

Joseph H. McDermott, former U.S. politician from the state of West Virginia

Ken Frost

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), and a member of Gerson Lehrman Group Councils.

MOMA, Wales

Peter Prendergast (Early Winter, Nant Ffrancon Valley and Study for Early Winter, Nant Ffrancon Valley) received the Glyndŵr Award in 2004, while Shani Rhys James (Night Kitchen I) is the designated recipient for 2007.

Mynydd Llangorse

Mynydd Llangorse is a hill on the western edge of the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, south Wales.

Pembridge

Pembridge is a village located just south of the River Arrow on the A44 between Leominster and Kington in Herefordshire, England.

Richard Toensing

Toensing has received numerous awards for composition most notably from Columbia University (Joseph H. Bearns Prize), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts, and BMI.

Romig

Joseph H. Romig (1872-1951), frontier physician in Alaska and Moravian Church missionary

Rossett

Rossett's neighbouring villages are Marford, Burton and Holt and Pulford in England.

USAHS Blanche F. Sigman

Throughout 1945, the hospital ship made six transatlantic treks, visiting Marseille three times, Naples, Oran, Gibraltar, Milford Haven, Wales, Avonmouth, Cherbourg, and Horta.

Wat's Dyke

Wat's Dyke is a 40 mile (64 km) earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey on the River Dee estuary, passing to the east of Oswestry and onto Maesbury in Shropshire, England.

Ysgol Morgan Llwyd

These are named after local rivers and places - the River Alun, Bersham, River Clywedog, River Dee, Erddig and the River Gwenfro.


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