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unusual facts about Robert E. Kent


The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake is a 1959 American black-and-white horror film written by Orville H. Hampton and directed by Edward L. Cahn, one of a series of films they made in the late 1950s for producer Robert E. Kent on contract for distribution by United Artists.


Acheron Empire

Acheron was first mentioned in Robert E. Howard's novel The Hour of the Dragon as an ancient empire in the history of the setting.

Allhallows, Kent

Situated in the northernmost part of Kent, and covering an area of 23.99 km², the parish is bounded on the north side by the River Thames, and in the east by the course of Yantlet creek, now silted up.

Allington, Kent

Today it is owned by Sir Robert Worcester as a private residence and is not open to the public.

America First Committee

Nearly half came from a few millionaires such as William H. Regnery, H. Smith Richardson of the Vick Chemical Company, General Robert E. Wood of Sears-Roebuck, Sterling Morton of Morton Salt Company, publisher Joseph M. Patterson (New York Daily News) and his cousin, publisher Robert R. McCormick (Chicago Tribune).

BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar

In July 2004, a group of 16 students and teachers presented as many as 50 programmes including the play Is Jagah Ek Gaon Tha at Woodville Halls Theatre, Gravesend, UK.

Broadcloth

Around 1500, broadcloth was made in a number of districts of England, including Essex and Suffolk in southern East Anglia, the West Country Clothing District (Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, east Somerset - sometimes with adjacent areas), at Worcester, Coventry, Cranbrook in Kent and some other places.

Bruce Chadwick

Chadwick’s newest books are 1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See (Sourcebooks, 2008), about the causes of the Civil War.

Bryan Keith-Lucas

In 1965 he was appointed professor of government at the new University of Kent at Canterbury, and from 1970 to 1974 he was Master of Darwin College, Kent.

Buddleja davidii 'Florence'

Buddleja davidii 'Florence' is a variegated cultivar introduced and registered by the Stone Green Nursery, Bethersden, Ashford, UK.

Charismatic Episcopal Church timeline

Led by Dr. Robert E. Webber (Assoc. Professor of Theology at Wheaton University), along with Peter E. Gillquist, Thomas Howard, Richard Holt, Donald Bloesch, Jan Dennis, Lane Dennis, and Victor Oliver, the Conference discusses the need for evangelical Christians to rediscover and re-attach to the Church's historic roots.

Cliffe Woods

It was once just a hamlet and is situated next to Higham.

Conan the Mercenary

Conan the Mercenary is a fantasy novel written by Andrew J. Offutt and illustrated by Esteban Maroto featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the second volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and concluding with The Sword of Skelos.

Construction delay

Economic historian Robert E. Wright argues that construction delays are caused by bid gaming, change order artistry, asymmetric information, and post contractual market power.

Cramton Bowl

Several area high schools call Cramton Bowl home including the Jeff Davis Volunteers, Lanier Poets, Lee Generals, and Carver Wolverines.

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Surfing Tommies is a 2009 play by the Cornish author Alan M. Kent which follows the lives of three members of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry on a journey from the mines of Cornwall to the fields of Flanders, where they learned to surf with South African troops.

Eddington, Kent

The cemetery contains an elaborate monument to Lydia Cecilia Hill, known as Cissie Hill, a cabaret dancer and close friend of Ibrahim, Sultan of Johor who funded the building of Mayfair Court and the associated servants' quarters in Grand Drive, Herne Bay for her.

Ernulf

At Peterborough and Rochester, Ernulf had the old buildings torn down and erected new dormitories, refectories, chapter house, etc.

Heck Thomas

On September 1, 1862, Union General Philip Kearny was killed at the Battle of Chantilly, Young "Heck" was entrusted with the general's horse and equipment and was ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee to take them through the lines to General Kearny's widow.

Hempstead, Kent

This newsagents later became a 'Forbuoys' (now part of the RS McColl group).

Henry de Baliol

William "le Scot" (c1251-c1313), who was the progenitor of the Scot/Scott family of Nettlestead and Scot's Hall in Kent

John F. Reif

filling a vacancy created by the retirement of former Justice Robert E. Lavender.

Kate Ferguson

She was born Catherine Sarah Lee, to the southern poet Eleanor Percy Lee and William Henry Lee, cousin of General Robert E. Lee.

Larry Martyn

Martyn died on 7 August 1994 at home in St Mary's Bay, Kent, and was survived by his wife Hilary and their two daughters.

Lessing J. Rosenwald

Rosenwald was the best known Jewish supporter of the America First Committee, which advocated American neutrality in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was led by his successor at Sears-Roebuck and lifelong friend Robert E. Wood.

Louise Germaine

Louise Germaine (born Tina Louise Germaine (however, known to be born as Tina Reid) in 1971 in Margate, Kent) is an English actress and model best known for her appearance as usherette Sylvia Berry in the 1993 Dennis Potter serial Lipstick on Your Collar.

Philip I. Kent

Mr. Kent is responsible for TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, Boomerang, TNT Latin America, Cartoon Network Latin America, TCM & Cartoon Network in Europe, TCM & Cartoon Network in Asia Pacific, Cartoon Network Japan, CNN News Group, which includes CNN/U.S., CNN Headline News, CNN International, CNNfn, CNN Radio, CNN Newsource, CNN Airport Network and CNN.com.

River Eden, Kent

Woodcock Forge is believed to have been built by Jack Dancy of Turners Hill.

River Stour, Kent

The lower part of the river is tidal; its original mouth was on the Wantsum Channel, an important sea route in medieval times.

Robert E. Bailey

After transferring to the Reserve Command, Bailey was assigned to the 96th Tactical Airlift Squadron at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Robert E. Clary

Born March 21, 1805 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, the second son of Electa (Smith) and Ethan Allen Clary was named after the recently executed Irish patriot Robert Emmet.

Robert E. Holmes

In 1978, Governor Rhodes appointed Holmes to the seat on the Supreme Court vacated when Frank Celebrezze was elected as Chief Justice.

Robert E. Howard's character

The students at Brownwood High School, in 1922, saw Howard as a quiet and reserved person.

Robert E. Laws

The enemy force, estimated to be a reinforced infantry company, was well supplied with machineguns, ammunition, grenades, and blocks of TNT and could be attacked only across a narrow ridge 70 yards long.

Robert E. Lee Blackburn

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress and for election in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.

Robert E. Walton

He has won the US Handicap, the Sunshine League, the Pacific Coast Open, the Silver Cup, the Monty Waterbury Cup, the America Cup, the US Arena Handicap, and the Interscholastic Arena Championship.

Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies

IWS was conceived of in the 1990s by worship theologian Robert E. Webber, who intended to provide doctoral-level theological training to Worship Leaders and Music Ministers, who often complete Master degrees in areas like music or theology, and thus lack the divinity credentials to enroll in Doctor of Ministry programs.

Robert Pierre

Robert E. Pierre (born 1968), reporter and editor at The Washington Post

Sandown Castle, Kent

Sandown Castle was one of Henry VIII's Device Forts or Henrician Castles built at Sandown, North Deal, Kent as part of Henry VIII's chain of coastal fortifications to defend England against the threat of foreign invasion.

SS Royal William

She departed from Pictou, Nova Scotia on 18 August 1833 with seven passengers, a small amount of freight and a load of coal and arrived at Gravesend on the River Thames after a 25-day passage.

The Frost-Giant's Daughter

While Robert E. Howard had already written many fantasy stories featuring northern Viking-like characters, the names and plot structure for "The Frost-Giant's Daughter" was derived in its entirety from Thomas Bulfinch's The Outline of Mythology (1913).

The Further Chronicles of Conan

The Further Chronicles of Conan is a collection of fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan featuring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard.

Transport in Ashford, Kent

With the introduction of domestic train services along High Speed 1 between St Pancras railway station, Stratford International station in east London and Ashford, it is expected to pull the outer limits of the London commuter belt to the town and beyond, as travel time from Ashford to London is reduced from 83 to about 37 minutes.

UKC Radio

When UKC Radio was granted a licence the chance was taken to build a full studios complex on the lowest floor of Eliot College.

Van der Westhuizen

The well known van der Westhuizen street in the Cape is named after the van der Westhuizen family (Other significant streetnames also exist in the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng ('Transvaal'), Chatham in the United Kingdom and in Alberta Canada).

Virginia Field

Her mother was a cousin of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and her aunt was British stage actress and director Auriol Lee.

Wainscott, New York

The hamlet was named after Wainscott, Kent, a village north of Maidstone, England, an area immortalized in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and from which most of the early settlers of East Hampton came.

Willem Baudartius

Born to Protestant parents in Flanders and a fervent counter-remonstrant, Baudartius left the Netherlands on the arrival of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo and landed in England at Sandwich.

Win probability

The first win probability analysis was done in 1971 by Robert E. Machol and former NFL quarterback Virgil Carter.

Wye, Kent

On the Downs east of the village is a crown (hill figure) carved in the chalk by students in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.


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