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7 unusual facts about society


Ballyragget

The very first Journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society "Old Kilkenny Review, Number 1 (1946–1947). January 1948" has an article about Ballyragget and its environs and states the belief that Domhnach Mór means Big Sunday and relates to the fact that thousands of people congregated at the now ruined church in Donoughmore for its opening on a Sunday and the name stuck.

Shinan, Syria

The village hosts two schools for basic education (first cycle and second cycle), a branch for Consumption (Cooperative) Society, a mosque, a pharmacy.

Society

Some academic, professional, and scientific associations describe themselves as societies (for example, the American Mathematical Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, or the Royal Society).

Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge

Both "Three Wishes" and "Secret" appeared on the television series Gossip Girl in the episode "Hi, Society", where The Pierces made a cameo appearance as well; the music video for "Boring" appeared on the DVD of season 1.

William Quan Judge

William Quan Judge (April 13, 1851 – March 21, 1896) was a mystic, esotericist, and occultist, and one of the founders of the original Theosophical Society.

The organization originating from the faction of Olcott and Besant is based nowadays in India and known as the Theosophical Society - Adyar, while the organization managed by Judge is known nowadays simply as the Theosophical Society, but often with the specification, "international headquarters, Pasadena, California".

Madame Blavatsky often referred to the founding of the Society as coming about as a result of occult direction from her teachers.


Abraham Archibald Anderson

In 1900, Anderson commissioned the 10-story Bryant Park Studios building from the New York society architect Charles A. Rich.

Alfred Comyn Lyall

Lyall's ideas regarding the development and organisation of society in India were developed principally during the time he spent working in the Central Provinces, Berar and Rajputana between 1865 and 1878.

Art Donahoe

He was president of the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association and of the Nova Scotia Medical Legal Society.

Ben H. Williams

He attended Tabor College, where he played on the football team, edited a campus magazine, and was president of the Phi Delta Literary Society.

Biblical Archaeology Society

At a 2002 press conference co-hosted with the Discovery Channel, the Biblical Archaeology Society announced the existence of the James Ossuary.

Civil awards and decorations

Orders of Chivalry, usually in several classes, for distinguished service to the government, the community, society or humanity.

CnaG

Comunn na Gàidhlig ("The Gaelic language Society") - an organisation which seeks to promote Scottish Gaelic language and culture

Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area

Tours are conducted by The Devil's Sinkhole Society, a local volunteer group that works in conjunction of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Bat Conservation International to facilitate visitor education and tours.

Dutch Gold

University College Dublin has a Dutch Society that is synonymous on campus with Dutch Gold.

Edmund Leopold de Rothschild

In 2001, the American Rhododendron Society in Eugene, Oregon awarded him a citation in appreciation of his many services to the horticultural world.

Empire Star

He has spent his entire life in a "simplex" society on Rhys, a satellite of a Jovian planet orbiting Tau Ceti.

Francisco Azuela

:*Member of World Poets Society (WPS) A Literary Organization for Contemporary Poets from all around the World, Greco 2006.

Geno Adamia

The Georgian society, especially the IDPs from Abkhazia, marked the 70th anniversary of his birth on March 8, 2006.

George Eliot

Through this society Evans was introduced to more liberal theologies and to writers such as David Strauss and Ludwig Feuerbach who cast doubt on the literal veracity of Biblical stories.

Glen Wilson

Glen P. Wilson (1923–2005), executive director of the National Space Society

Henry Pellew, 6th Viscount Exmouth

He was President of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and of the St George Society, an Anglo-American group in New York; he also belonged to the Society for Sanitary Reform and the School Commission.

Hugh Edwin Strickland

For this society Strickland corrected, enlarged and edited the manuscript of Agassiz for the Bibliographia Zoologiae et Geologiae (1848).

Humane society

In the United Kingdom, it may also be a society that provides a waterways rescue, prevention, and recovery service, or that gives awards for the saving of human life (see: Royal Humane Society).

J. Barry Griswell

He has been inducted into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the United Way of Central Iowa Alexis de Tocqueville Society award, a 2004 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a 2004 recipient of the Central Iowa Philanthropic Award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, and a 2006 recipient of the Business Committee for the Arts Leadership Award as well as a 2008 recipient of the American for the Arts Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award.

J. Press

They also carry scarves and ties featuring motifs and colors for Ivy League schools, including Yale's Skull and Bones Society.

Jack Dash

Dash, who was interested in poetry and would quote Samuel Butler or Robert Browning in his speeches, was often invited to address prestigious bodies: he spoke at 40 student meetings, and opposed the motion 'This House would outlaw unofficial strikes' at the Oxford Union debating society.

Jeneda Benally

Not only has she been a Miss Flagstaff Indian Days Powwow Princess, she is also a national Native American Honor Roll Society member, a spokeswoman for the Navajo Nation Tribal Employee Program, and one of the founders of the Indigenous Youth Network.

Jesuit Historical Institute

The Monumenta Historica Societatis Iesu (MHSI) are critical editions of primary sources from the first centuries of the Society of Jesus’ history.

Joseph Lovell

During the 1820s, Lovell was a member of the prestigious society, Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, who counted among their members former presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams and many prominent men of the day, including well-known representatives of the military, government service, medical and other professions.

Joseph Rutherford

Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942), second president of Watch Tower Society corporation

Lipniki, Ostrołęka County

He also had to appeal to the Royal Beekeeping Society and accept the so-called "Prawo Bartne" or "Beekeeper's Laws." This was a set of laws governing the production and sale of honey, wax, and related products, which were a chief product of this region and were particularly valuable to the noble class at the time.

Manhanset Chapel

In 1986, the Osofsky family donated the chapel to the Shelter Island Historical Society, which restored it to the 1924 period of its significance when it was used by the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.

Marcel Knobil

The launches are judged by admired 'Connoisseurs' including: Joan Burstein CBE (Co-founder of Browns); Gurinder Chadha OBE (Director and Producer); Professor Wendy Dagworthy (Royal College of Art’s Head of Fashion); Nadav Kander (Photographer); Sir John Hegarty (Founder. Creative. BBH); and Luke Johnson (Chairman of Royal Society of Arts).

Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

The new courses of study, based on the advice of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, were introduced in 1844, and were ultimately recognised by them, by the London University and the Society of Apothecaries in 1846.

Menace to Society

Menace to Society is the second studio album by the heavy metal band Killers, featuring former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno.

Mexican-American women in the U.S. from 1900–60

The future marked a key turning point for Mexican American women, as the Chicano Movement and Civil Rights Movement was emerging, and women's role in society was beginning to change.

Michał Józef Römer

He also served as a head of the regional branch of the Patriotic Society and the Towarzystwo Szubrawców literary society (along with Michał Baliński, Leon Borowski, Ignacy Chodźko, Antoni Gorecki, Kazimierz Kontrym, Józef Sękowski, Jędrzej Śniadecki and Tomasz Zan.

NES High School

National Education Society High School and Junior College is commonly known as NES High School, which is located in suburb of Mumbai, in Bhandup.

PES Modern College of Engineering, Pune

P. E. Society’s Modern College of Engineering is located in the heart of Pune city at Shivajinagar, off Jangli Maharaj Road.

Pietro Verri

In his early life he translated Destouches' works (1754) and wrote satirical almanacs (Borlanda impasticciata, Gran Zoroastro and Mal di Milza) which scandalized the Milanese society.

Pilar, Goa

The headquarter of the Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier is located at Pilar, hence the common name of Pilar Society given to the missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier.

Roger Elkin

He has reviewed for Stand, Outposts and Envoi and his critical articles on Ted Hughes's poetry have appeared in collections of essays edited by Keith Sagar (1995) and Joanny Moulin (1999); and also on the "Earth-Moon, Ted Hughes" and the "Ted Hughes Society" websites.

Sheffield Socialist Society

The Society began organising stalls on Fargate, with speakers extolling the virtues of socialism, and organised meetings with a wide range of speakers, including Hyndman, Morris, Annie Besant and Peter Kropotkin.

Society for Education Action and Research in Community Health

Society for Education Action and Research in Community health (SEARCH), is an non-governmental organization in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, which works in the field of rural health services and research.

Soil Conservation Society of America

The professional and scientific membership society changed its name to the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) in 1987.

South African Archaeological Society

A Cape Archaeological Society was founded in Cape Town in August 1944 by Professor A.J.H. Goodwin (1900-1959), who headed the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town.

Spafford

Belle S. Spafford (1895–1982), former president of the Relief Society

The Martian General's Daughter

Pan-Polarian society is based on that of Imperial Rome, including an imperial cult and a variety of polytheistic and monolatric religions that have largely replaced the major religions of our time, including the cults of "El Bis" and the goddess Marilyn.

Thomas Charles Farrar

He was a member of the New York Etching Club and of the American Society of Painters in Watercolors.

Tom Clancy's The Division

The Division is inspired by Operation Dark Winter and Directive 51, real-world events which "revealed how vulnerable we've become"; society has become "fragile" and "complex".

Victorian Military Society

The Marquis of Anglesey, the distinguished historian of the British Cavalry, became the Society’s president and the late Stanley Baker, the actor and producer of the film Zulu, became the Society’s first vice-president.

Walpole Society

The Walpole Society, named after Horace Walpole, was formed in 1911 to promote the study of the history of British art.

Warren Smith

Warren J. Smith (1922–2008), president of the Optical Society of America, 1980

Wee Boon Teck

#Opium and empire: Chinese society in Colonial Singapore, 1800-1910 By Carl A. Trocki


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