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A. T. Hill

The site of the Pike flag incident was thought to be the Pawnee Indian Village Site near Republic, Kansas.

In 1929, William Duncan Strong joined the University of Nebraska faculty as a professor of anthropology.

Benjamín G. Hill

Following his release, he took up arms and raised a volunteer army that took Navojoa and was marching on Álamos when the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez was signed.

Benjamín Hill (Choix, Sinaloa, 31 March 1874 – Mexico City, 14 December 1920) was a military commander during the Mexican Revolution.

Charles A. Hill

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

Colorado School of Mines

The honorary named Colorado School of Mines buildings commemorate Dr. Victor C. Alderson, Edward L. Berthoud, George R. Brown, Dr. Regis Chauvenet, Dr. Melville F. Coolbaugh, Cecil H. and Ida Green, Simon Guggenheim, Nathaniel P. Hill, Arthur Lakes, Dr. Paul D. Meyer, Winfield S. Stratton, and Russell K. Volk.

Craig L. Hill

Professor Hill’s research encompasses fundamental structural and reactivity studies, Catalysis, functional nanomaterials (Nanotechnology), antiviral chemotherapy and solar energy conversion (Artificial Photosynthesis).

David Hill

David B. Hill (1843–1910), Governor of the U.S. se of New York, 1885–1891, U.S. Senator from New York, 1892–1897

Ebenezer J. Hill

Hill was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1913).

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Sixty-first Congress).

Edith Jones

Jones attracted attention for her opinion in the case of McCorvey v. Hill, which was a request by the Ms. McCorvey, the 'Jane Roe' of Roe v. Wade to vacate the finding of that case.

Edwin Hill

Edwin D. Hill (1937), president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Elaine Race Riot

Approximately 100 African-American farmers, led by Robert L. Hill, the founder of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America, met at a church in Hoop Spur in Phillips County, nearby Elaine.

Elves' Hill

In the eighth Olsen Gang movie (Olsen-banden ser rødt), the Olsen gang bombs, drills, and hammers its way through the opera house's basement in synchronicity with the music of the Elverhøj Overture.

Eric J. Hill

He has participated in projects such as the promenade on the Detroit International Riverfront, the Detroit Opera House restoration, and the Cadillac Place redevelopment.

George W. Hill

A cinematographer of silent films known for his skill in lighting female stars, he worked on a series of independently produced features for Mae Marsh and others in the postwar WWI years and was eventually recruited by the burgeoning major studios to be a director, beginning in 1920.

IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth

Most of the score (excluding the Chaos section and the start of We Go On) was used in a laser light show at the 2005 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill.

Jack W. Hill

The issuance of the one millionth Marine Corps service number was a sensation in the media and was reported by several major newspapers, including The New York Times.

James T. Hill

:For the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 1952-53, see James T. Hill, Jr.

Jane H. Hill

Jane Hassler Hill (born 1939) is an American anthropologist and linguist who has worked extensively with Native American languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

John Y. Hill

In approximately 1825, he built the Hill House (later known as Brown Pusey House), a Federal-style building in Elizabethtown.

Lindenwood, Illinois

Ralyn M. Hill (May 6, 1899–March 25, 1977) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the World War I.

Martin Luther Smith

In 1842, he graduated 16th in his West Point class of 56, which included twenty-two future Civil War generals including James Longstreet, D. H. Hill, and Abner Doubleday.

Nathaniel P. Hill

Accordingly, he spent a portion of 1865 and 1866 in Swansea, Wales and Freiberg, Saxony studying metallurgy, and returned to the United States with a perfected method of smelting.

Nytheatre.com

This has been supplemented by the electronic publishing effort Indie Theater Now, which offers a large database of plays that can be downloaded from the site, including works by Kirk Bromley, Edward Einhorn, Ian W. Hill, Jeffrey Sweet, Crystal Skillman and Mac Rogers.

Old Folks at Home

Crist then encouraged state Senator Tony Hill, who was the leader of the legislature's Black Caucus, to find a new song.

Paul R. Hill

In the immediate post war period Hill made a number of significant contributions to the development of ram jet technology, including establishing and supervising the Wallops Island ram jet test flight programme and authoring the first NACA technical paper on ram jet technology.

Predatory lending

Professor Anita F. Hill wrote that a large percentage of first-time home buyers were women, and that loan officers took advantage of the lack of financial knowledge of many female loan applicants.

Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America

The Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America was formed by Robert L. Hill of Winchester, Arkansas, a black tenant farmer.

Robert A. Maxwell

On December 28, 1885, he was appointed as Superintendent of Insurance by Governor David B. Hill to take office on January 1, 1886, and remained in this office until February 1891 when he was succeeded by James F. Pierce.

Robert Daniel Lawrence

Charles Best, then professor of physiology in Toronto, was probably the proposer for this honour as he had met and become friendly with Lawrence when doing postgraduate research in London with Sir Henry Dale and A. V. Hill in 1925-28.

Robert L. Hill

Hill based his association on black fraternal organizations, the international trade union movement, and Booker T. Washington's National Negro Business League.

James Weldon Johnson, the NAACP secretary recommended that he join the Topeka branch.

Robert P. Hill

Elected as a Democrat from Oklahoma to the Seventy-fifth Congress, he served from January 3, 1937, until his death.

Robert T. Hill

As a pioneer Texas geologist, Hill discovered and named the Comanche Series of the Lower Cretaceous, and was a lifelong student of the structure and stratigraphy of the Cretaceous deposits of Central Texas and neighboring regions.

In 1877, at the age of 19, Hill accepted an offer to work as a cowboy driving a large herd of cattle from Uvalde, Texas, to Dodge City, Kansas.

Roscoe Rowe

Among the honorary pall-bearers were Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin, Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill, superintendent of the Naval Academy, and Senator Louis N. Phipps.

Saint Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church

The congregation gained national attention in 2001 when it ordained Anita C. Hill (not to be confused with Anita Hill of the Clarence Thomas US Senate confirmation hearings).

Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

This unit was also known as the Second Division and was eventually subsumed into general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as a reserve in Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill's Division.

Sharon A. Hill

She refers to an example of this change, the Catholicism-influenced TV show Paranormal State, noting a lack of scholarship and noting that contemporary investigation teams seemed to be able to "do as they please".

Stevns Municipality

Stevns is also home to Elverhøj (Elves' Hill), while not much of an attraction, it is famous for the fairy tale The Elf Mound by H.C. Andersen and the Danish national play Elves' Hill, both of which in Danish share the name Elverhøj.

Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill

Determined to have the Tellico Dam completed, Senator Baker and Representative John Duncan, Sr. rejected the economic analysis and attached a rider into the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act in July 1979 directing TVA to complete the construction of the Tellico Dam.

There is a Tavern in the Town

The song first appeared in the 1883 edition of William H. Hill’s Student Songs and may trace its origins to a traditional miners’ song from Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

Thunder on South Mountain

In this battle, Union forces fought under the command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and Confederate forces were under the command of Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill.

Wilson S. Hill

Born near Lodi, Mississippi, Hill attended the common schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford.

Z. Z. Hill

Born in Naples, Texas, United States, Hill began his singing career in the late 1950s as part of a gospel group called The Spiritual Five, touring Texas.


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