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2 unusual facts about Philip A. Kuhn


Philip A. Kuhn

Among the most prominent are: Prasenjit Duara, formerly at University of Chicago, now the National University of Singapore; Timothy Brook, the Principal of St. John's College at University of British Columbia; William C. Kirby, the former Dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and Hans van de Ven, head of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge.

Taiping Rebellion

Philip A. Kuhn, Rebellion and Its Enemies in Late Imperial China; Militarization and Social Structure, 1796–1864 (Cambridge, Mass.,: Harvard University Press, 1970).


Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments

Most are the work of Master Gunner and Master Sergeant Edward C. Kuhn (March 29, 1872 – September 4, 1948), who designed the first authorized coats of arms and distinctive unit insignia for the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Engineer Corps, Cavalry, Infantry, National Guard and other branches.

Distinctive unit insignia

It was designed by Master Gunner and Master Sergeant Edward C. Kuhn, the artist responsible for creating all authorized coats of arms and distinctive unit insignia at the time.

Flag of the President of the United States

Edward C. Kuhn, a designer of many early U.S. Army insignia and coats of arms, made a series of watercolors of older presidential flags.

Free Software Foundation

In late 2001, Bradley M. Kuhn (then Executive Director), with the assistance of Moglen, David Turner, and Peter T. Brown, formalized these efforts into FSF's GPL Compliance Labs.

Harvard International Review

Notable Harvard alumni to have been staff members of the Harvard International Review include Philip A. Brimmer, Bernard Hebda, Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty, Simpsons writer Jeff Martin, Robert McCord, Marc Rotenberg, Phillip Steck, John Weston, M. Edward Whelan III, Stephen A. Higginson, and David Laibson.

Kühn

Wendt & Kühn, a manufacturer of Ore Mountain wooden figures and music boxes

Lewis Glucksman Gallery

The gallery is named for its benefactor, Wall St. financier and chairman of Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc., Lewis Glucksman.

Munz

Philip A. Munz (1892-1974), American botanist, taxonomist and educator

Music of the Bahamas

E. Clement Bethel's master's thesis on traditional Bahamian music was adapted for the stage by his daughter, Nicolette Bethel and Philip A. Burrows.

Phil Kaufman

Philip A. Kaufman (died 1992), American engineer, the namesake of the Phil Kaufman Award

Philip A. Brimmer

On July 10, 2008, Brimmer was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado vacated by Lewis T. Babcock.

Philip A. Hart Plaza

The monument stands close to where Martin Luther King, Jr. first gave his “I Have a Dream” speech on June 20, 1963, a speech that was repeated later that year at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

The plaza opened in 1975 and in 1976 was dedicated to Philip Hart, a United States Senator from 1959 to 1976.

Philip A. Payton, Jr.

Dr. Joseph Charles Price, founder of Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina, was a personal friend of Payton's father, and Payton attended the institution, but left after one year due to an injury sustained while playing football.

The buildings were renamed after prominent blacks in America: Crispus Attucks, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Phyllis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington.

Philip Vernon

Philip A. Vernon (born 1950), psychologist and intelligence researcher, son of Philip E. Vernon

Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York

Haigh, Philip From Wakefield to Towton Pen and Sword Books 2002 ISBN 0-85052-825-9

Robert Kuhn

Robert T. Kuhn (born 1937), American clergyman, president of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

Saranyu

According to Max Müller and A. Kuhn, Demeter is the mythological equivalent of the Sanskrit Saranyu, who, having turned herself into a mare, is pursued by Vivasvat, and becomes the mother of Revanta and the twin Asvins, the Indian Dioscuri (the Indian and Greek myths being regarded as identical).


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