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St. Vincent's High School

Thomas Kailath, a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, the first Indian student to obtain a doctorate at MIT and a recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor and the Padma Bhushan, is an old boy of St. Vincents.


Abuse scandal in the Sisters of Mercy

In 1996 Dear Daughter, a documentary looking at abuse allegations at St. Vincent's Industrial School, Goldenbridge, Ireland, which was run by the Sisters of Mercy, was screened on RTÉ Television.

Antedon mediterranea

Antedon mediterranea is found in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and westward to the south coast of Spain and Cape St. Vincent.

Barry Bresnihan

After qualifying as a doctor, Bresnihan specialised in rheumatology at Guy's Hospital in London before working with Morris Ziff at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School before returning to Ireland to set up a laboratory at the UCD Medical School and St. Vincent's University Hospital.

Battle of Cape St. Vincent

The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1681) was a victory of a Spanish fleet under Marquess of Villafiel over a Brandenburguese squadron under Thomas Alders

Ben Sippola

Sippola attended Mahtomedi Senior High School in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, and then Shattuck-St. Mary's High School in Faribault, Minnesota, played club soccer for Bangu Tsunami, and was a member of both the Minnesota State and National Region II Olympic Development Teams, before going on to play four years of college soccer at Butler University.

Botanic Gardens St. Vincent

In 1787-88 Captain Bligh made his ill-fated voyage on the Bounty to Tahiti to collect breadfruit and other useful plants for the West Indies.

Among the wide variety of tropical trees and shrubs is a third generation breadfruit tree, a sucker from the original plant brought by Captain William Bligh (of Bounty fame) in 1793.

Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital

It is now a major tertiary orthopaedic hospital, and provides tertiary elective orthopaedic services for the hospitals of the region including St. Vincent's Hospital, Mater Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Temple Street Children's Hospital, and Central Remedial Clinic.

Carl A. Anderson

Anderson has received honorary doctorates from The Catholic University of America, The Pontifical Theology Academy of Kraków and St. Vincent’s Seminary, Latrobe, Pa.

Cleveland, Arkansas

Public education for elementary and secondary school students is provided by the Wonderview School District of north Conway County, which leads students to graduate from Wonderview High School in St. Vincent, Arkansas, seven miles south of Cleveland on Highway 95.

Coat of arms of Lisbon

The image on the coat of arms commemorates the transfer of the relics of Saint Vincent of Saragossa from Cape St. Vincent to Lisbon.

Dave Okumu

He has performed and recorded with many artists such as Amy Winehouse, St. Vincent, Jane Birkin, Sara Creative Partners, Brigitte Fontaine, Theo Parrish, Tony Allen, King Sunny Adé, Omar, Matthew Herbert, Dani Siciliano, Toddla T, Bilal, Jack De Johnette, and Anna Calvi.

Dig a Pony

St. Vincent covered the song during live performances, particularly during the Marry Me and Actor era tours, as well as a recording with Black Cab Sessions in October 2007.

Edward D. Baca

One of six children, Baca attended St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe, helping to pay the tuition by working on construction crews during summers.

George R. Gardiner

Among his notable runners was St. Vincent who raced in the U.S. and who in 1955 set or equaled four course records, including a North American and World record, and was voted that year's American Champion Male Turf Horse.

Jesse G. Vincent

Among his victories was the 1922 Gold Cup, driving Packard-Criscraft and breaking a five-year winning streak by rival and business collaborator Gar Wood.

John Permal

Permal used to sprint from his home in Saddar, Karachi, to his school, Saint Patrick's every morning.

Kazipet

Kazipet is well known for its professional & convent educational institutions, with one college LIPS - Landmark Institute of Professional Studies and four major convent schools - St. Gabriel's High School, Fatima Girls High School, Bishop Beretta High School, St. Ann's High School, St. Johns high school.

King's High School, Dunedin

King's has many high profile inter-school affairs with Southland Boy's High School, Otago Boys' High School, Waitaki Boys' High School and Shirley Boys' High School.

Leslie Lewis

Later, at St Mary's High School,Mount Abu,Rajasthan (boarding school), Lezz was exposed to the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

Mahzarin Banaji

She was born and raised in Secunderabad where she attended St. Ann's High School.

Matthew Birir

Born in Eldama Ravine, Matthew Birir started running, when he attended at the famous St. Patrick's High School in Iten, where many great Kenyan runners are rosen.

Mayfair Music Hall

Entrepreneur Larsen's full traditional music hall productions featured noted actors and performers, such as Bernard Fox, Beatrice Kay, Larry "Seymour" Vincent, Mousie Garner, Ian Whitcomb, Eubie Blake, Gene Bell, English entertainer Joyce Howard, and other actors and musical stars of the day.

Michael J. Hart

In 1930, Hart was an unsuccessful candidate for election from Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 72nd Congress, losing to incumbent Republican Bird J. Vincent.

Pat Marsden

Marsden was born in Ottawa and attended St. Patrick's High School and the University of Ottawa, where he started his sportscasting career at local station CKOY.

Paul A. Russo

He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1986 to 1988, under Ronald Reagan.

Paul Cullen, Lord Pentland

Born in Gosforth, Northumberland, he was educated at St Augustine's High School, Edinburgh and at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh.

Pembina, North Dakota

The city of St. Vincent, Minnesota lies adjacent to the east, across the Red River.

Peter Rono

He attended St. Patrick's High School, Iten where he was trained by Brother Colm O'Connell, an Irish Patrician missionary and headmaster of the school at that time.

Prince Henry's High School

Prof John Turner, Vice-Chancellor from 1982-4 of the University of Botswana, and Sarah Fielden Professor of Education from 1985-94 at the University of Manchester (taught from 1951-3)

St Mary's Convent High School, Hyderabad

: For a history of the parent school, see History of St Bonaventure's High School

St Ninian's High School, Giffnock

St Ninian's High School, which opened in 1984, is a six-year co-educational Roman Catholic High School in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

St. Anne's High School, Orlem

Gavin Ferreira, former center forward National Hockey Team, Olympian

St. Luke's School

St Luke's High School, a Roman Catholic secondary school in Barrhead, Glasgow, Scotland

St. Rose's High School, Guyana

Six nuns and two postulants from the Ursuline convent in Athlone, Ireland traveled to the then-colony of British Guiana in 1847.

St. Vincent's Day Care

Vincent's Day Care Center', of Evansville, Indiana is a non-for-profit agency under the sponsorship of the Daughter’s of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and has a long history of service to families, parents, children and to the civic community, that dates back to the time of World War I. At that time, 1918, women were called upon to assume roles in industry to replace men who had been called to military service.

St. Vincent's Health System

It was founded by the Daughters of Charity and named after the 17th century Parisian St. Vincent de Paul, who started the Daughters of Charity in 1633.

St. Vincent's HealthCare

The 2008 event was attended by John Travolta and Kelly Preston, who helped collect over $1 million in donations.

St. Vincent's Seminary

Saint Vincent Seminary, operated by St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania

St. Xavier's High School, Andheri

Xavier's High School,Andheri is situated in Poonam Nagar, Andheri (East),Mumbai.It is recognized by Government of Maharashtra and affiliated to Maharashtra State Education Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education i.e., S.S.C. and H.S.C.(Science).

St. Xavier's High School, Nerul

It is recognized by Government of Maharashtra and affiliated to Maharashtra State Education Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education i.e., S.S.C. and H.S.C.(Science).

St. Xavier's High School, Patna

The hardwork and the generosity of Missouri, Chicago and Detroit provinces, raised Patna mission soon to a vice-province and then in 1962, to an independent province.

Stephen D. Nash

After attending the Holland Park County Primary School he graduated from Colbayn's High School in 1973.

The Physics of Meaning

He was a member of the touring and recording bands of Other Lives, St. Vincent, John Vanderslice and The Rosebuds.

Thomas Alleyne's High School

It is one of three schools founded in 1558 from the will of Thomas Alleyne.

Tim Lahey

He made the varsity team in his first season at St. John's High School, located in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts—the first freshman since Ron Darling to be named a member of the senior squad.

William Valentine Mayneord

He was educated at Prince Henry's School, Evesham and gained a Bachelor of Science at the University of Birmingham

Woodfarm

Woodfarm is served by the nearby Robslee, Thornliebank, and Our Lady of the Missions primary schools, as well as Woodfarm High School and St Ninian's High School.


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