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William N. Richardson

He escaped from prison, was caught, and about to be shot as a spy at Murfreesboro when "on the morning air there came to our ears with heartfelt welcome the famous rebel yell," and General Forrest with his "critter company" rescued him.


1880 Garret Rock May Day Riot

With the sheriff’s meager forces unable to themself control the crowd, Patterson’s Mayor Graham and Sheriff Van Voorhies called upon the greatly revered Patterson Roman Catholic priest Father William N. McNulty, the moral authority of whose exhortations to the crowd were sufficient to temporarily quell or distract that mob, while sheriff’s deputies extricated the constable and the Dalzells from the rear of the second house and placed them in a transport coach.

Albert D. Richardson

In August 2013, a new book about Junius Henri Browne and Richardson, Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy by journalist and author Peter Carlson, was published by PublicAffairs.

Richardson and Browne were imprisoned for 20 months in seven different prisons, confined successively at Vicksburg, Jackson, Atlanta, Richmond, and Salisbury, North Carolina, prisons.

Buckingham, Richardson, Texas

In the early 1980s, real estate speculators bought most of the land, intending to create a planned development similar to the Las Colinas planned development in north Irving.

Curtis B. Richardson

His wife is the daughter of the Ethiopian composer, ethnomusicologist, and educator, Dr. Ashenafi Kebede and sister of the actress Senait Ashenafi.

Darrell C. Richardson

He served as Director of the National Fantasy Fan Federation and was involved in the Cincinnati Fantasy Group and the Memphis Science Fiction Association.

Dick Anthony

James T. Richardson, Springer, 2004, ISBN 978-0-306-47887-1: 127–149 (with Thomas Robbins)

Doug Richardson

He is the son of California Republican politician H. L. Richardson.

Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island

In the first part of the 20th century, the Episcopal Church in Rhode Island focused on urban ministry with a focus on social concerns, led by Bishop William N. McVickar.

Harry Richardson

Harry A. Richardson (1853–1928), American businessman and politician in Delaware

Highlight Towers

The best known tenants of the buildings are the consulting firm Roland Berger in the Tower I, and Fujitsu Technology Solutions and Fish & Richardson in the smaller Tower II.

Holden C. Richardson

On October 4, 1918, Richardson performed the crucial test flight of the NC-1 flying boat from Jamaica Bay.

Israel B. Richardson

Nicknamed "Fighting Dick" for his prowess on the battlefield, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Jean Jacques Vioget

Vioget first arrived in San Francisco, then known as Yerba Buena, in 1837, when only two homes stood in the village - those of Jacob P. Leese and William A. Richardson.

Joseph-François Lafitau

It was not until 1974 that Dr. William Fenton and Dr. Elizabeth Moore made the first translation into English available.

Judith Estrin

Estrin is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded seven companies with Bill Carrico and was the CTO of Cisco Systems from 1998 to 2000.

Justice Richardson

Frank K. Richardson (1914-1999), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California

William S. Richardson (1919–2010), Chief Justice of the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court

Mexican Repatriation

In order to achieve this goal, he publicly endorsed Secretary of Labor William N. Doak and his campaign to add “245 more agents to assist in the deportation of 500,000 foreigners” (Balderrama 75).

Norman L. Richardson

At one point be became interested in the legendary "Fouke Monster" of Fouke in Miller County in southwestern Arkansas, a variation of Bigfoot.

Omaha City Council

It was composed of A. D. Jones, who resigned March 23, 1857; T. G. Goodwill, who died May 18, 1857; G. C. Bove, H. H. Visscher, Thomas Davis, William N. Byers, William W. Wyman, Thomas O'Connor, C. H. Downs, J. H. Kellom, for whom Kellom School was later named; and John Creighton, whom Creighton University was later named for.

Robert V. Richardson

Robert Vinkler Richardson (November 4, 1820 – January 6, 1870) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Sid W. Richardson

He began ranching in the 1930s and developed a love of Western art, particularly that of Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell.

Sid Richardson Hall, an academic building at the University of Texas, Austin, which houses the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection, the UT Center for American History, and the Benson Latin American Collection.

Temple Daily Telegram

Norman L. Richardson, an award-winning journalist originally from Louisiana who was known for his coverage of hurricanes, was the executive editor of the Daily Telegram from 1974 to 1979.

Virginia Dale, Colorado

The Virginia Dale stage station hosted many famous travelers such as author Albert D. Richardson ("Beyond the Mississippi") and an Illinois governor, probably Richard Yates.

Wilds P. Richardson

The Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, surveyed under his supervision in 1904, was named the Richardson Trail to honor him.

William Barron

William N. Barron (1859–?), English-born lawyer and businessman in Missouri

William M. Richardson

He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph B. Varnum; and was reelected to the Thirteenth Congress and served from November 4, 1811, to April 18, 1814, when he resigned.

William N. Baltz

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

William N. Deramus III

In that year he also served on the Board of Directors for the second and final year of the Chicago Railroad Fair.

During World War II he used his railroading background and skills to help run the Ledo Road, and upon his return, found work as an executive with the Kansas City Southern, which at the time was run by his father, William N. Deramus, Jr..

William N. Fenton

In his work as an ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology, Fenton drew attention to existing historic and ethnographic sources.

William N. Fenton (December 15, 1908 – June 17, 2005) was an American scholar and writer known for his extensive studies of Iroquois history and culture.

William N. Leonard

Two of his brothers also became high-ranking officers: Army Major General Charles F. Leonard, Jr. and Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel John Wallis Leonard, who was killed in action in World War II.

William N. McNulty

Dean (Christianity) William N. McNulty (1829-1922), was an American pioneer Roman Catholic priest, who arrived in New York from his native Ballyshannon, Ireland in 1850, during the time of the Great Irish Potato Famine and when, there, then, existed little in the way of Roman Catholic facilities about near by Passaic County, New Jersey.

William N. Oatis

William Nathan Oatis (January 4, 1914 – September 16, 1997) was an American journalist who gained international attention when he was charged with espionage by the Czechoslovak government in 1951.

William N. Pendleton

He resigned his U.S. Army commission a year later on October 31, 1833, reportedly due to the issue of nullification in his home state.

Pendleton was portrayed in the 2003 Civil War film Gods and Generals by John Castle.

William N. Robson

On June 22, 1950, a pamphlet called Red Channels appeared, focusing on the field of broadcasting.

William N. Stape

Stape wasn't alone in going public with criticism of Berman, David Weddle, who wrote for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a staff writer and producer, also has been critical of Berman's handling of the Star Trek franchise.

William N. Vaile

Vaile was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1919, until his death on July 2, 1927.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Sixty-eighth Congress, March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925).

William N. Valavanis

In 2012 he authored the large format book Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature (NY: Abbeville Press, ISBN 978-0789211125), which has 596 digital color photos (including 4 gate folds) by Jonathan M. Singer.

William P. Richardson

His granddaughter, Rhea, was the mother of the famous American film director John Huston and grandmother of the actors Anjelica Huston and Danny Huston.

William Pendleton

William N. Pendleton (1809–1883), American teacher, Episcopal priest, and soldier

William Roach

William N. Roach (1840–1902), United States Senator from North Dakota

Winston Science Fiction

Five Against Venus by Philip Latham (Robert S. Richardson), cover by Virgil Finlay (1952)


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