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William W. Allen

William Wirt Allen (September 11, 1835 – November 21, 1894) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.


Amiriyah shelter bombing

Charles E. Allen, the CIA's National Intelligence Officer for Warning supported the selection of bomb targets during the Persian Gulf War.

Andrew J. Transue

In 1936, Transue defeated incumbent Republican William W. Blackney to be elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 6th congressional district to the 75th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1939.

Aris T. Allen

A freeway, Aris T. Allen Boulevard (Maryland Route 665) was named for Allen, who died the year prior to its completion.

Augustus N. Allen

It still owns and manages a broad portfolio of properties in the New York and Miami metro areas.

Cayuga Duck

Writing in 1848, Richard L. Allen, recommends the “common black duck” as being the most profitable for domestic use, as they laid between forty to fifty eggs and sometimes even more, if kept from sitting.

Charles E. Allen

Satellite photos and electronic intercepts indicating this alternative use were regarded as circumstantial and unconvincing to Brigadier General Buster Glosson, who had primary responsibility for targeting.

Dorathy M. Allen

Prior to 1945, the Miss Arkansas Pageant was sponsored by the East Arkansas Young Businessmen's Club.

Edmund T. Allen

Theodore von Kármán intervened and recommended to Eddie Allen that the Boeing wind tunnel should be designed for airspeeds near the speed of sound.

Edmund W. Wells

He was appointed to the newly created 4th district by President Benjamin Harrison and his nomination was supported by U.S. Senator William B. Allison of Iowa, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, Arizona Territorial Governors Richard C. McCormick, Anson P. K. Safford, and Lewis Wolfley, Arizona Territorial Justices Charles G. W. French and William W. Porter, Arizona Territorial Secretary John J. Gosper, and Oakes Murphy.

Ethel D. Allen

She often encouraged African-Americans and women to seek political office; indeed, her friend Augusta Clark would later become the second African-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council, eventually becoming the Democratic Majority Whip.

In January 1979, incoming Governor Dick Thornburgh named Allen his choice for Secretary of the Commonwealth.

J. H. Allen

While the works of Allen and Armstrong are by no means identical, with Allen's work being much earlier, much longer and in hard-back book format, the core of Allen's work does appear to have served as inspiration for Armstrong, and Allen's book was not unknown to Armstrong's students at Ambassador College.

Jonathan Kwitny

His book jacket biographies record that his reporting forced J. Lynn Helms, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, to resign, and dogged President Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor Richard V. Allen for conflicts of interest.

Justice Page

William W. Page, an Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court for four months

Lily L. Allen

Allen was born to John Oram and Jane (Talbott) Oram at Newport, County Mayo, Ireland on 30 December 1867.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne

The most damaging testimony for the Army's program came from the commander of the Air Force's Tactical Air Command, General William W. Momyer, who cited helicopter casualty statistics of Operation Lam Son 719.

Lower Moreland Township School District

Jill Kelley, Lebanese-American socialite, who became a key figure in the 2012 United States government investigation into inappropriate communications by top U.S. Generals David Petraeus and John R. Allen.

Maryland Route 665

In October 1992, state officials named MD 665 for Aris T. Allen, a doctor and former member of the Maryland General Assembly who had died in 1991.

Paul S. Allen

He is a fan of Jaguar sports cars, The Beatles,Sheffield Wednesday soccer team and is a keeper of Border Collies.

Promises to Keep

Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment is a book written by William Fisher, the WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property at Harvard Law School and the faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. It was released by Stanford University Press in August 2004.

R.S. Allen

Allen and Bullock also created the TV series Rango, and wrote the screenplays for the feature films Girl Happy (starring Elvis Presley), The Man Called Flintstone (1966) and Don't Drink the Water (1969), among others.

Richard V. Allen

Richard Allen is also a fellow of St Margaret's College, Otago, one of New Zealand's most prestigious residential colleges.

Richard Van Allen

Richard V. Allen (born 1936), American National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan

Taylorsville, North Carolina

Charles E. Allen, former Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the US Department of Homeland Security

The Historical Register for the Year 1736

The Historical Register for the Year 1736 is a 1737 play by Henry Fielding published by William W. Appleton.

The Railway Magazine

One of those who shared authorship of the series after his death was the Great Eastern Railway engineer Cecil J. Allen (1886-1973) who became sole author from 1911 until succeeded by O. S. Nock in 1958, when Cecil J. Allen moved his performance column to Trains Illustrated (later renamed Modern Railways), edited by his son, G. Freeman Allen.

Thomas R. Allen

In 2010 Allen cosponsored an ordinance with 30th Ward Alderman Ariel Reboyras that designated a stretch of Central Avenue in the vicinity of its intersection with Belmont Avenue as "Honorary Lech Kaczynski Way" to honor the deceased Polish President.

TwentyWonder

The event featured performers such as Grant-Lee Phillips, Joel Hodgson, Harmonix, Funny or Die, The Batmobile, etymologist Taylor Lura, theremin player Eban Schletter, Dave "Gruber" Allen, Jim Turner as Mr. Tremendous and Tim Biskup.

Walter M. Brackett

He was one of the artists engaged by Secretary of War William W. Belknap in the early 1870s to execute portraits of the line of succession of the secretaries, and he painted the portraits of Timothy Pickering, Samuel Dexter, William Eustis, and Henry Dearborn, all prominent residents of his native state.

William Becker

William W. Becker (1921–2007), American creator of the Motel 6 concept

William Mandel

The book received critical acclaim from notables, including author and senior editor of The Black Scholar, Robert L. Allen; renowned musician and activist Pete Seeger; and the internationally respected poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

William Skinner

William W. Skinner (1874–1953), American chemist, conservationist, and college football

William Venable

William W. Venable (1880–1948), U.S. Representative from Mississippi

William W. Belknap

Belknap was receiving profits from traderships, Rep. Hiester Clymer launched an investigation into the War Department.

William W. Blackney

He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in his birthplace of Clio, Michigan.

William W. Bosworth

Although Rockefeller's project ended in 1936, Bosworth remained in his adopted country in semi-retirement, building a house for himself and his family, Villa Marietta, in Vaucresson (1935–1936).

William W. Cocks

Cocks was elected as a Republican to the 59th, 60th and 61st United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1911.

William W. Cook

He practiced law for many years in Manhattan, primarily for the Mackay telegraph and cable companies, and amassed a substantial fortune.

William W. Fisher

Fisher was among the lawyers, along with his colleague John Palfrey and the law firm of Jones Day, who represented Shepard Fairey, pro bono, in his lawsuit against the Associated Press related to the iconic Hope poster.

William W. Johnstone

His death remained officially unconfirmed for nearly three years and was the subject of continuous debate in the forum on his web site.

William W. Park

Known as "Rusty" since childhood, Park is a Justice of the Peace in Massachusetts and a long-time member of the congregation of King's Chapel in Boston, where he has held the post of Senior Warden and currently serves as Trustee.

William W. Parsons

In 1883, Parsons was promoted to Vice-President of Indiana State Normal School.

William W. Rice

Rice was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1887).

William W. Sellers

He is the fourth generation of his family to head the school, following his great-grandfather Sandford Sellers, who led Wentworth from its founding in 1880 until 1923, his great-uncle Sandford Sellers, Jr. (1923–1933), his grandfather James M. Sellers (1933–1960), and his father James M. Sellers, Jr. (1973–1990).

William W. Skiles

Skiles was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Shelby, Ohio, January 9, 1904.

William W. Thomas, Jr.

At only 23 years of age, and full of enthusiasm for his task, he was appointed consul to Gothenburg, Sweden on October 23, 1862.

William W. Van Wyck

Van Wyck was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th and 18th United States Congresses, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 4, 1825.

William W. Warren

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.

William W. Wick

In 1844, Wick was re-elected to congress serving until the expiration of the Thirtieth Congress in 1849, not having been a candidate for renomination.


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