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unusual facts about Reginald F. Sparkes


Jonathan Miles

Reginald F. Sparkes (1906 – January 1990): educator, author and political figure in Newfoundland who wrote a weekly column under the name "Jonathan Miles"


Joseph B. Murdock

In mid-1911, Rear Admiral Reginald F. Nicholson was chosen to succeed Murdock as commander-in-chief of the fleet as of November 1911, but Murdock had gained distinction in his handling of unrest in China related to the Xinhai Revolution of that year, and United States Secretary of State Philander C. Knox requested that Murdock be kept on as fleet commander-in-chief to allow continuity until the situation in China stabilized.


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