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Francis Moore (general)
Francis Moore is the name of: *Francis Moore (astrologer) (1657–1715), English physician, astrologer, and publisher of ''Old Moore's Almanack'' *Sir Francis Moore (barrister) (1558–1621), English barrister and Under Steward of Oxford University *Francis Moore (geographer) (bap. 1708, d. in or after 1756), British travel writer *Francis Moore (ice hockey) (1900–1976), Canadian ice hockey player and Olympic silver medalist *Francis Moore (Medal of Honor) (1858–?), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *Francis Daniels Moore (1913–2001), American surgeon *Francis W. Moore Jr. (1808–1864), second mayor of Houston, Texas *Francis Moore (cricketer) (1827–1900), English cricketer See also *Francis More (by 1525–1575), MP *Frank Moore (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Moore (astrologer)
Francis Moore (29 January 1657 – 1715) was an English physician and astrologer who wrote and published what later became ''Old Moore's Almanack''. He was born into poverty in Bridgnorth, reputedly in one of the cave dwellings in the vicinity of St Mary's Steps. Moore was self-educated, learning to read by himself, and became a physician and astrologer. He served at the court of Charles II of England. The almanac that bears his name was first published in 1697, originally giving weather and astrological predications, and is still published annually. References Author and Book Info.com. 1657 births 1715 deaths English astrologers 17th-century astrologers 16th-century astrologers Almanac compilers People from Bridgnorth {{England-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Moore (barrister)
Sir Francis Moore (1558 – 20 November 1621) was a prominent Jacobean barrister and Member of Parliament. Life He was born the posthumous son of Edward Moore, a yeoman of East Ilsley in Berkshire and educated at Reading School and St John's College, Oxford. He became an eminent barrister, working in the Middle Temple, but spent his family life at South Fawley Manor in Berkshire. Moore was appointed counsel and under-steward to Oxford University, of which he was created M.A. on 30 Oct. 1612. In Parliament, he was a frequent speaker, and is supposed to have drawn the well-known statute of Charitable Uses which was passed in 1601. The conveyance known as lease and release was his invention which remains one of two main ways to extend a lease, each with financial and physical demise advantages and disadvantages. He became a serjeant-at-law in 1614. He began the famous sheep market at East Ilsley and was Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire in 1589 and then four t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Moore (geographer)
Francis Moore (baptized 1708, died in or after 1756) was a British travel writer of the 18th century. Moore was born in Worcester, England, but few details are known about his early life. He came into prominence after publishing ''Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa'' in 1738. The abolitionist Thomas Clarkson attributed his commitment to the anti-slavery cause to reading the few experts on Africa of the time, including Moore. Account of Africa Moore was appointed a writer (i.e., clerk) by the Royal African Company in 1730 and sailed for the company's Gambia River entrepôt on July of that year. He left the region in April 1735 after also serving as a factor (agent) for the company. Moore was one of the first Englishmen to travel into the interior of Africa, serving in and visiting numerous towns and trading posts along the Gambia River from its mouth to the Guinea Highlands, hundreds of miles inland. Moore's observations were published as ''Travels Into the Inland Parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Moore (ice Hockey)
Francis William "Dinty" Moore (October 29, 1900 – January 21, 1976) was a Canadian goaltender who competed in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Port Colborne, Ontario and died in Morgan's Point, Ontario. Moore was a 1920 Memorial Cup Champion goalie with the Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers of the Ontario Hockey Association. He was a member of the 1936 Port Arthur Bearcats, which won the silver medal for Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Following the Olympics, he played one season in the OHA Senior A League with the Toronto Goodyears. Moore was president of the Ontario Hockey Association from 1942 through 1945. He was made a lifetime member of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1962. Since 1976, the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy has been given annually to the Ontario Hockey League rookie goaltender with the best regular season goals against average. In 1987, Moore was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame The Northwestern Ontario S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Moore (Medal Of Honor)
Francis Moore (born 1858, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Biography Born in 1858 in New York County, New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ..., Moore joined the Navy from that state. By January 23, 1882, he was serving as a boatswain's mate on the training ship . On that day, while ''Portsmouth'' was at the Washington Navy Yard, Moore jumped overboard in an attempt to rescue carpenter and caulker, Thomas Duncan, who had fallen overboard, from drowning. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor three years later, on October 18, 1884. Moore's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship ''Portsmouth' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Daniels Moore
Francis Daniels Moore (April 17, 1913, in Evanston, Illinois – November 24, 2001, in Westwood, Massachusetts) was an American surgeon who was a pioneer in numerous experimental surgical treatments. Among his many achievements, he refined burn-treatment techniques, helped perform the world's first successful organ transplant (which involved a kidney), and accurately determined the volume of water and other nutrients in the human body using radioactive isotopes of those substances. In 1952, Moore became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the 1978 Lister Medal for his contributions to surgical science. The corresponding Lister Oration, given at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, was delivered on May 23, 1979, and was titled "Science and service". He later became a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Moore graduated from Harvard in 1935, where he was president of ''The Harvard Lampoon'' m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis W
Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) *Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also *Saint Francis (other) *Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name *Francisco (other) *Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Moore (cricketer)
Francis Moore (18 July 1827 – 14 January 1900) was an English cricketer. Moore's batting style is unknown, though it is known he played as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Moore made a single first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire against Surrey at The Oval in 1862. He ended Nottinghamshire's first-innings of 172 all out unbeaten on 8, while in Surrey's first-innings of 108 all out he stumped H. H. Stephenson off the bowling of Cris Tinley Robert Crispin Tinley (25 October 1830 – 11 December 1900) was an English first-class cricketer in the mid-19th century who was recognised as one of the best slow bowlers of his time. Tinley was born at Southwell, Nottinghamshire, and pla .... Having batted at number eleven in Nottinghamshire's first-innings, Moore opened the batting in their second-innings, scoring an unbeaten 4 runs before the match was declared a draw. This was his only major appearance for Nottinghamshire. He died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis More
Francis More (by 1525 – 1575?) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme ( RP: , ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census population of the town was 75,082, whilst the wider borough had a population of 1 ... in April 1554. The History of Parliament Trust. References 1575 deaths Members of the Parliament of Eng ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
