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Jeanne De Rham
Jeanne de Rham (' King; 1892 – December 24, 1965) was an American politician and philanthropist. Early life She was one of four surviving children of Mary Elizabeth ( Lyon) King (b. 1856) and David H. King Jr., David Hazlitt King Jr. (1850–1916), a real estate developer and construction engineer who supervised the construction of the Statute of Liberty. Among her siblings were Van Rensselaer Choate King, Ruth King (who married Baron de Villiers du Terrage), Dorothy King (wife of Stanley Griswold Flagg). Her father built a cottage on Jekyll Island in 1897 known as Chichota. The unique cottage was "a single-storied, Renaissance Revival architecture, Italian Renaissance house surrounding a central courtyard, complete with a swimming pool fed by an artesian well. After the property was severely damaged in 1898 during one of the worst hurricanes in Jekyll Island history, King sold Chichota to Edwin Gould just three years after construction." Career After World War I, de Rham helpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and Lyre, harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges David and Jonathan, a notably close friendship with Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
