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__NOTOC__ Harmar may refer to: People Surname * Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton *John Harmar (c. 1555 – 1613), Greek scholar and translator of the 1611 Bible *John Harmar (philologist) (also Harmer) (c. 1594–1670), English cleric and academic, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford *Josiah Harmar (1753–1813), American Army officer of the Revolutionary War Given name *Harmar D. Denny, Jr. (1886–1966), Pilot and US Congressman from Pennsylvania *Harmar Denny (1794–1852), US Congressman from Pennsylvania Places *Fort Harmar *Harmar, Marietta, Ohio, which includes the fort *Harmar Township, Pennsylvania Harmar Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,136 at the 2020 census. The township was named after Harmar Denny, a U.S. congressman and son of Ebenezer Denny. Geography According to th ... See also * Harmer, a surname {{disambig, geo, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairlie Harmar
Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton (1876–1945) was an English painter. She was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art.Jon Whiteley, Colin Harrison, Catherine Whistler, Colin Harrison, Catherine Casley (Editors). ''The Ashmolean Museum Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings.'' Ashmolean Museum. July 2006. ; p. 271 Lady Harberton was married to Ernest Pomeroy, 7th Viscount Harberton. Whilst reviewing Lady Harberton's work in 1918, Ezra Pound thought she was a man, writing "Mr. F. Harmer ichas put good work into it". References External links * 1876 births 1945 deaths 19th-century English women artists 19th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists 20th-century English painters Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery English women painters Harberton Harberton is a village, civil parish and former manor 3 miles south west of Totnes, in the South Hams District of Devon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harmar
John Harmar (ca. 1555–1613) was an English classical scholar and Warden of Winchester College. Life Harmar was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, (BA 1577, MA 1582) under the patronage of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. He travelled to Geneva, where he heard the lectures and sermons of Theodore Beza and "found him no lesse than a father unto me in curtesie & good will." From 1585 until 1590, he was the Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford) (a chair later held by his nephew, also named John Harmar), and his 1586 edition of six of John Chrysostom's sermons was the first Greek text printed at Oxford. Harmar was Winchester's Headmaster from 1588 to 1595 and Warden from 1596 until his death. In 1605, he received the degrees of BD and DD, in recognition of his role as one of the translators of the 1611 Authorized Version of the Bible. He was part of the Second Oxford Company, assigned to work on the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Book o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harmar (philologist)
John Harmar (also Harmer) (1594?–1670) was an English cleric and academic, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1650. Life A nephew of John Harmar the scholar, he was born at Churchdown, near Gloucester, about 1594, and was educated at Winchester College. He obtained a demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1610, at the age of 16; graduated B.A. 15 December 1614, and M. A. 18 June 1617, and took holy orders. In 1617 Harmar was appointed usher at Magdalen College School; disputes seem to have arisen between him and the head-master, and Peter Heylyn, who was then at the college, notes in his diary that Harmar was a subject of mockery. In 1626 he obtained the mastership of the free school at St. Albans. While he was there the king visited the school, and his pupils recited three orations on the occasion. He held other scholastic offices, among them the under-mastership at Westminster School, and supplicated for the degree of M.B. on 4 July 1632. In 1650 Harmar was appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josiah Harmar
Josiah Harmar (November 10, 1753August 20, 1813) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. He was the senior officer in the Army for six years and seven months (August 1784 to March 1791). Early life Josiah Harmar was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated at a Quaker school. American Revolution He started his military career during the American Revolutionary War, receiving a commission as a captain in 1775. In 1775, Harmar first saw action during the American invasion of Canada, fighting in the Battle of Quebec.Brown, Alan "The Role of the Army in Western Settlement Josiah Harmar's Command, 1785-1790" pages 161-172 from '' The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography'' Volume 93, No. 2, April 1969 page 162. He served under George Washington and Henry Lee during the war. Harmar was one of the officers of the Continental Army who served under Washington during the winter of 1777–78 at Valley For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmar D
__NOTOC__ Harmar may refer to: People Surname * Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton *John Harmar (c. 1555 – 1613), Greek scholar and translator of the 1611 Bible *John Harmar (philologist) (also Harmer) (c. 1594–1670), English cleric and academic, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford *Josiah Harmar (1753–1813), American Army officer of the Revolutionary War Given name *Harmar D. Denny, Jr. (1886–1966), Pilot and US Congressman from Pennsylvania *Harmar Denny (1794–1852), US Congressman from Pennsylvania Places *Fort Harmar *Harmar, Marietta, Ohio, which includes the fort *Harmar Township, Pennsylvania Harmar Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,136 at the 2020 census. The township was named after Harmar Denny, a U.S. congressman and son of Ebenezer Denny. Geography According to th ... See also * Harmer, a surname {{disambig, geo, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmar Denny
Harmar Denny (May 13, 1794 – January 29, 1852) was an American businessman and Anti-Masonic Party (United States), Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Harmar Denny was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh the son of Ebenezer Denny and Nancy Wilkins.Centennial Volume of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, PA., 1784-1884, page 201 His father had served as adjutant to General Harmar during wars on the western frontier. Graduating from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Carlisle in 1813, Harmar Denny was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania in 1816 and became a law partner with Henry Baldwin (judge), Henry Baldwin and practiced law in Pittsburgh . He married Elizabeth F. O'Hara on November 25, 1817 and they had 11 children. Elizabeth was the daughter of General James O'Hara and Mary Carson O'Hara. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1824 to 1829. In 1829 he became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Harmar
Fort Harmar was an early United States frontier military fort, built in pentagonal shape during 1785 at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Muskingum River, Muskingum rivers, on the west side of the mouth of the Muskingum River. It was built under the orders of Colonel Josiah Harmar, then commander of the United States Army, and took his name. The fort was intended for the protection of Indians, i.e., to prevent pioneer squatters from settling in the land to the northwest of the Ohio River. "The position was judiciously chosen, as it commanded not only the mouth of the Muskingum, but swept the waters of the Ohio, from a curve in the river for a considerable distance both above and below the fort." It was the first frontier fort built in Ohio Country.Fort Laurens was an earlier revolutionary era fort. It is notable as the site for the 1789 Treaty of Fort Harmar between the United States and several Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribes. The presence o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmar, Marietta
Harmar is a historic neighborhood in the city of Marietta, Ohio, United States. Located at the western side of the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it grew up around the early Fort Harmar in the 1780s, being settled in conjunction with Marietta. After a period of forming part of Marietta, it existed separately beginning in 1837 before rejoining the mother city in 1890. Connected by bridge to the rest of the city, it retains much of its nineteenth-century architecture and landscape, and most of the neighborhood is now a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. History The first pioneers of Marietta landed in April 1788, beginning by building cabins and planting crops along the river. They generally lived on the eastern side of the Muskingum, across from Fort Harmar,Andrews, Martin R., ed. ''History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio and Representative Citizens''. Chicago: Biographical, 1902. but their farms were close enough to the fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmar Township, Pennsylvania
Harmar Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,136 at the 2020 census. The township was named after Harmar Denny, a U.S. congressman and son of Ebenezer Denny. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.45%, is water. Streams Harmar Township is entirely in the Allegheny River drainage basin and contains one undeveloped state park, Allegheny Islands State Park, on three alluvial islands in the Allegheny River. Deer Creek flows through the township; it joins the Allegheny at Harmar. Government and Politics Surrounding and adjacent neighborhoods Harmar Township has six land borders, including Indiana Township to the north, Frazer Township to the northeast, Springdale Township and Cheswick to the east, O'Hara Township to the southwest and Fox Chapel to the west. Bordering the Allegheny River, Harmar runs adjacent with Oakmont to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
