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Robert Briggs

Robert O. Briggs (1927–2008), director of the University of California Marching Band


A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860

Robert O'Hara Burke leads an expedition from Melbourne to the north of Australia, including William John Wills, John King, Gray, Dandells and Brahe.

Alexander Crutchfield

He founded American Water Development Inc. (AWDI) with Maurice Strong, Robert O. Anderson, David R. Williams, Jr, and Samuel Belzberg, and served as its Vice Chairman.

And Then...

Songwriter Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs wrote the song "Bedroom" that appears late on the album.

Bush bread

Ill-fated explorers Burke and Wills survived on bush bread for some time after they ran out of rations due to the death of their camels.

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

Robert O. Work (Col, USMC, ret.), former Vice President for Strategic Studies, now Under Secretary of the Navy (1998-2009)

Cohors XX Palmyrenorum

Robert O. Fink: The Cohors XX Palmyrenorum, a Cohors Equitata Miliaria. In: Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. Vol.

Conor O'Sullivan

A goal by Robert O' Driscoll with seven minutes of normal time left proved the decisive score as Sarsfield's claimed a 2-14 to 2-13 victory.

Faith and Courage

O'Connor composed a majority of the tracks on Faith and Courage and production duties were shared by a variety of artists including Wyclef Jean, David A. Stewart, Brian Eno, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Anne Preven and Scott Cutler among others.

Frank Briggs

Frank A. Briggs (1858–1898), American Governor of the state of North Dakota

Frank P. Briggs

He resumed the newspaper publishing business and was chairman of the Missouri State Conservation Commission in 1955-1956; from 1961 to 1965 he was Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife.

G. W. Briggs

On top of this he also wrote the college hymn for Loughborough College of Technology, which would later become Loughborough University.

His most famous hymn is "God Has Spoken by His Prophets" as set to the tune written for Ode to Joy by Beethoven.

George Briggs

George N. Briggs (1796–1861), seven-term Governor of Massachusetts

G. W. Briggs (George Wallace Briggs) (1875–1959), English hymn writer and Anglican clergyman

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

He was arrested in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for the 1982 murder of Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Ray, who was an assistant US military attaché and murder of Israeli diplomat Yaakov Bar-Simantov in Paris, as well as involvement in the attempted assassination of American consul in Strasbourg Robert O. Homme.

H. W. Briggs

W. Briggs served as a member of the 1861-1862 California State Assembly, representing the 4th District.

James E. Briggs

Briggs was a member of Rotary International, the Order of Daedalians, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, vice chairman for the campaign committee of the Texas United Fund and a member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Foundation.

Jason W. Briggs

In 1841 at Potosi, Wisconsin he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by William O. Clark.

Brigham Young, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles assumed control of the church's headquarters in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Manoogian Mansion

Notable architects who designed for the subdivision included John M. Donaldson and Henry J. Meier, A.C Varney, Roland Geis and Robert O. Derrick.

Nightmare Theatre

KIRO-TV and The Count found themselves facing competition from KTVW-TV and horror host Robert O. Smith aka Dr. ZinGRR, during 1972-74..

Pinelands Regional High School

Sarann Kraushaar, former vice-principal of the school, who was the mistress of murderer Robert O. Marshall, whose slayings inspired the bestselling book Blind Faith, and was later a film with the same name, in which a character based on Kraushaar and a fictional incarnation of the school is featured.

Pinelands Regional School District

Sarann Kraushaar - former vice-principal of the school, who was the mistress of murderer Robert O. Marshall, whose slayings inspired the bestselling book Blind Faith, and was later a film with the same name, in which a character based on Kraushaar and a fictional incarnation of the school is featured.

Robert H. Briggs

A member of the Miller Eccles Study Group's board of directors, Briggs also wrote "The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows Massacre: Toward a Consensus Account and Time Line," as well as reviews of Sally Denton’s American Massacre, Will Bagley’s Blood of the Prophets, and Richard E. Turley, Jr. et al's Massacre at Mountain Meadows.

Robert O. Binnewies

He also initiated action that led to establishment of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor at New Windsor, New York.

Subsequent NPS assignments included Washington, D. C., 1964–1966, Chief Ranger, Acadia National Park, Maine, 1967–1971, and Superintendent, Yosemite National Park, California, 1979-1986.

Robert O. Blake

During his 30-year career in United States Foreign service, Blake served as ambassador to Mali from December 10, 1970 until May 20, 1973 as a member of the Nixon administration, serving under U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Robert O. Cornthwaite

Balancing his theater work with "bill-paying" jobs, he appeared frequently on television, including a role as naturalist John James Audubon in an episode of the Desilu Studios Production, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, starring Scott Forbes.

Robert O. Cox

Later, as a City Commissioner, Cox was instrumental in luring the Whitbread Round the World Race (now known as the Volvo Ocean Race), a leading yacht race, to the city.

Robert O. Fink

Robert Orwill Fink (4 November 1905, Geneva, Indiana – 17 December 1988, Mount Vernon, Ohio) was a papyrologist with a special interest in Roman military papyri.

Robert O. Lowery

Either as tribute or by happenstance, his name is shown prominently in a scene of the first movie The Godfather, printed in bold red letters on a hospital fire safety box in the scene where Michael Corleone protects his father, Vito Corleone, against would-be assassins in the absence of his bodyguards.

Robert O. Peterson

He was a native San Diegan and graduated from Hoover High School in 1933.

He renamed his company Foodmaker in 1960 and sold it in 1967 to Ralston-Purina.

Robert O. Ragland

Ragland created the scores for films such as Seven Alone, Abby, Project: Kill, Return to Macon County, Sharks' Treasure, Grizzly, Moon in Scorpio,Mansion of the Doomed, Q- The Winged Serpent, 10 To Midnight, The Fear, Plato's Run, and Crime and Punishment.

He attended Northwestern University and also earned degrees at the Academy of Music in Vienna.

Robert O. Swados

Along with Seymour H. Knox III and Northrup R. Knox, he was a partner in Niagara Frontier Hockey, the original consortium that founded the Buffalo Sabres.

Robert O. Wilson

During the Nanjing Massacre, Wilson was the sole surgeon responsible for treating the victims of the ongoing atrocities (although several nurses were still available) and, along with John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin, was instrumental in the establishment of the Nanjing Safety Zone, which sheltered more than 200,000 people within its confined walls.

Robert O'Hara Burke

Towards the end of 1847 he suffered health problems and went to Recoaro spa in northern Italy, then Grafenberg and finally Aachen before resigning from the Austrian army in June 1848 after charges against him relating to debts and absence without leave were dropped.

Robert O'Leary

O'Leary's candidacy came following the announcement by fellow Democrat Bill Delahunt, who had represented the 10th District in the US Congress since first winning the seat in 1996, of Delahunt not seeking reelection in 2010.

Robert O'Reilly

Both Dorn and O'Reilly reprised their characters together in the series four opening episode "The Way of the Warrior".

Robert Peterson

Robert O. Peterson (1916–1994), American businessman, founder of Jack in the Box

Shire of Burke

The shire and town and the Burke River passing through all are named in honour of ill-fated explorer Robert O'Hara Burke.

William Adams Richardson

He served in the militia, first as a Judge Advocate with the rank of Major and later as an aide to Governor George N. Briggs with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

William Strutt

Strutt’s interest in depicting the notable events of the colony was piqued by the events surrounding the Victorian Exploring Expedition led by Burke and Wills in 1860–61.


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