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Gilbert King (1710–1788) , Irish politician
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Gilbert King may refer to: * Gilbert King, pen name for Susie Frances Harrison (1839–1935), Canadian composer * Gilbert King (author), American writer and photographer * Gilbert Walter King, registrar and then judge of the British Supreme Court for China * Gilbert King, multiple individuals receiving King Baronets in Charlestown, in the United Kingdom * Gilbert King, chief of engineering at ITC, developer of an Automatic Language Translator system in the 1950s * Gilbert King, Members of Parliament in 1709–1715, 1737–1747, and 1798 in Jamestown * Gilbert, King of Hy-Many, 14th century relation of Tadhg Ó Cellaigh See also * John Gilbert King John Gilbert King (1822 – 9 January 1901) was an Irish Conservative Party politician. Family He was the son of Henry King and Harriett, daughter of John Lloyd, who had been a Member of the Irish House of Commons for King's County before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Frances Harrison
Susie Frances Harrison née Riley (February 24, 1859 – May 5, 1935) (a.k.a. Seranus) was a Canadians, Canadian poet, novelist, music critic and music composer who lived and worked in Ottawa and Toronto. Life Susie Frances Riley was born in Toronto of Irish people, Irish-Canadian ancestry, the daughter of John Byron Riley. She studied music with Frederic Boscovitz, at a private school for girls in Toronto, and later in Montreal. She reportedly began publishing poetry, in the ''Canadian Illustrated News,'' at 16 under the pseudonym "Medusa." After completing her education, she worked as a pianist and singer. In 1880 she married organist John W. F. Harrison, of Bristol, England, who was the organist of St. George's Church in Montreal. The couple had a son and a daughter.John W. Garvin,S. Frances Harrison" ''Canadian Poets'' (Toronto: McClelland, Goodhild & Stuart, 1916), 124, UPenn.edu, Web, Dec. 19, 2010. The Harrisons lived in Ottawa in 1883, when Susie Harrison composed the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert King (author)
Gilbert Anthony King (born February 22, 1962) is an American writer and photographer. He is known best as the author of '' Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America'' (2012), which won the Pulitzer Prize. With short biography and publisher's description. His previous history was ''The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South'' (2008) and his most recent is ''Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found'' (2018). He has written for ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post'', and he is a featured contributor to the ''Smithsonian's'' history blog ''Past Imperfect''. As a photographer, his work has appeared in many magazines including international editions of ''Vogue'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Marie Claire'', and ''Cosmopolitan''. Biography Gilbert King was born in 1962 in Rockville Center, New York and grew up in St. James, both on Long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Walter King
Gilbert Walter King OBE (30 June 1871 – 23 December 1937) was a British judge who served in China. His last position before retirement was as Assistant Judge of the British Supreme Court for China. Early life King was born in Bombay, India, on 30 June 1871. His father, Alfred King, was a storekeeper and then an accountant for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. His mother, Mary, was also born in Bombay. King was educated at Brighton Grammar School and London University, where he graduated with an LL.B in 1895. He then practiced as a solicitor in London.Obituary, ''The Times'', 24 December 1937 Legal career King was appointed Assistant Clerk of the British Supreme Court for China and Corea on 1 April 1903. At that time, his elder brother, Harold King, was sitting as Acting Assistant Judge of the court. King was promoted to Registrar in 1908 and served in that position until 1927. In 1919, he re-qualified as a barrister and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn. He was awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automatic Language Translator
IBM's Automatic Language Translator was a machine translation system that converted Russian documents into English. It used an optical disc that stored 170,000 word-for-word and statement-for-statement translations and a custom computer to look them up at high speed. Built for the US Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Sig ...'s Foreign Technology Division, the AN/GSQ-16 (or XW-2), as it was known to the Air Force, was primarily used to convert Soviet technical documents for distribution to western scientists. The translator was installed in 1959, dramatically upgraded in 1964, and was eventually replaced by a Mainframe computer, mainframe running SYSTRAN in 1970. History Photoscopic store The translator began in a June 1953 contract from the US Navy to the Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamestown (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim. History In the Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May ... of 1689 summoned by James II, Jamestown was represented with two members. Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses. Members of Parliament, 1622–1801 *1634–1635 Charles Coote jnr and Sir William Anderson *1639–1649 Sir John Giffard and Sir Francis Hamilton *1661–1666 Sir Robert Meredith and Sir William Dixon 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * {{coord missing, County Leitrim Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Leitrim 1622 establishments in Ireland 1800 dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadhg Ó Cellaigh
Tadhg Ó Cellaigh, also known as Tadhg mac Domnall O Cellaigh (Anglicized: Teig O'Kelly) (died 10 August 1316) was King of Uí Maine and Chief of the Name. Background Tadhg was one of five sons of Domhnall mac Conchobar mac Tadhg Taillten Ó Cellaigh, listed as ''"Gilbert, King of Hy-Many, David, Tadhg Mor of the Battle of Ath na Righ, and Conchobhar, King of Hy-Many, and Aedh. Only two of them were by the same mother, viz., Tadhg and Conchobhar, and their mother was Abis, the daughter of O'Flainn O'Flynn."'' King of Ui Maine Tadhg usurped his brother, Gilbert Ó Cellaigh in the wake of the war of 1315–16, which arose with the return of Ruaidhri mac Cathal Ó Conchobair from Ulster and his successful seizure of the kingship of Connacht from his cousin, Fedlim Ó Conchobair. Tadhg expelled Gilbert and allied with Ruaidhri, who ''assembled the men of Connacht and Brefne, together with many gallowglasses, and penetrated to the midst of Sil Murray and the rest of Connacht, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |