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Moses B. Cotsworth
Moses Bruines Cotsworth (3rd December 1859, Willitoft, East Yorkshire – 4th June 1943, Vancouver, British Columbia) was a British accountant, statistician, and calendar reformer. After emigrating to Canada he worked for the British Columbia provincial government and chaired the Civil Service Reform committee. Early Life Cotsworth was born in Willitoft on 3rd December 1859. He was the only child of Sarah Bruines and George Cotsworth, an agricultural labourer. George and Sarah had married on 24th December 1858. George died on 22nd November 1861 when Cotsworth was only 23 months old. Cotsworth was raised by his maternal grandparents while his mother worked as a domestic cook in York. School and Work In 1870, Cotsworth became a pupil at the Blue Coat School, York. He left there in 1873 to take a position as a junior clerk at the North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom). After employment in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire he returned to the railway's new statistics office and quickly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses B Cotsworth 1928
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith and other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver to whom the authorship, or "acquisition from heaven", of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is attributed. According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in population and, as a result, the Egyptian Pharaoh worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him when Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
