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	Nicolay (other) Nicolay may refer to: * Nicolay (musician), Dutch musician * Nicolay de Caveri, Genoese cartographer * Nicolay (family), an influential French family in the 15th to 18th centuries People with surname Nicolay: * Christian Nicolay (born 1976), German javelin thrower * Franz Nicolay, American musician and composer * Jean Nicolay (born 1937), former Belgian football goalkeeper * John George Nicolay (1832—1901), American biographer and secretary of Abraham Lincoln * Louis Nicolay, Belgian sports delegate * Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay (1737–1820), Russian-German poet, librarian, and president of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences * Mary Ann Nicolay (1850-1939) Matron, UK Nightingale Trainee and Boer War Nurse from Western Australia * William Nicolay (1771—1842), British soldier See also * Nicholas * Nicola (name) Nicolae (name) Nicolai (given name) Nicolaj Nicolao Nicolas (given name) Nicolau Nicolau (surname) Nicolau is a surname that occurs in multiple cultures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolay (musician) Nicolay (born Matthijs Rook in 1974) is an electronica, R&B and hip hop record producer from the Netherlands, better known as one half of The Foreign Exchange. Due to his work, Nicolay now resides in the United States. In December 2009, The Foreign Exchange were nominated for a Grammy, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the track "Daykeeper," from their second album, ''Leave It All Behind''. Nicolay is the fourth Dutch person to be nominated. Discography The Foreign Exchange ''Connected'' (2004, BBE) '' Leave It All Behind'' (2008, Foreign Exchange Music) '' Authenticity'' (2010, Foreign Exchange Music) ''Love in Flying Colors'' (2013, Foreign Exchange Music) '' Tales from the Land of Milk and Honey'' (2015, Foreign Exchange Music) Nicolay & Kay ''TIME:LINE'' (EU Release: February 1, 2008 & US February 12, 2008, NMR) Nicolay & The Hot At Nights ''Glaciers'' (2018, Foreign Exchange Music) Solo ''City Lights Vol. 1'' (2005, BBE) ''Dutch Masters Mixtape V. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος ('' Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' ( contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolau Nicolau is a Portuguese and Catalan given name, a variant of Nicholas. People known by this name include: * Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer * Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East-Timorese politician and national hero * Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, the foremost Portuguese satirical poet of the 18th century See also Nicola (name) Nicolae (name) * Nicolai (given name) * Nicolaj * Nicolao Nicolas (given name) Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to masculine given names cognate to English Nicholas. The given name ''Nicolas'' is widely used in France () and Brazil (). The variant Nicolás () is widely used in Spanish-speaking countries. The variant Nicola (), ... Nicolau (surname) * Nicolay * São Nicolau (other) {{given name Portuguese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolas (given Name) Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to masculine given names cognate to English Nicholas. The given name ''Nicolas'' is widely used in France () and Brazil (). The variant Nicolás () is widely used in Spanish-speaking countries. The variant Nicola (), while mistakenly considered feminine in parts of the English-speaking world, is a popular male name in Italy, although ''Nicolas'' is also sometimes used, especially amongst Italian Americans and Latin Americans of Italian descent. People Nicolas Prince Nicolas of Belgium (born 2005), grandson of King Albert II Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland (born 2015), grandson of King Carl XVI Gustaf Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur (1695–1755), French aristocrat Nicolas Anelka (born 1979), French footballer * Nicolas Cage (born 1964), American actor Nicolas Chalvin (born 1969), French conductor and oboist Nicolas Chumachenco (1944–2020), Polish violinist Nicolas Coutelot (born 1977), a French tennis player Nicolas Devilder (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolao Nicolao is an Italian given name and a surname. It may refer to the following: Given name Nicolao Civitali (1482 - after 1560), Italian sculptor and architect Nicolao Colletti (18th century), Italian mathematician Nicolao Dorati (c. 1513 – 1593), Italian composer Nicolao Dumitru (born 1991), Swedish-born Italian footballer Nicolao Fornengo (born 1966), Italian physicist Surname Andrea De Nicolao (born 1991), Italian basketball player Giuseppe Nicolao (born 1994), Italian footballer Luis Nicolao (born 1944), Argentine swimmer Teresa Nicolao (born 1928), Brazilian artist Other Nicolao Atelier, Italian clothing company See also * Niccolao Manucci * Nicolaos Matussis * Nicola * Nicolae (other) * Nicolai (other) * Nicolaj * Nicolas * Nicolau * Nicolay (other) Nicolay may refer to: * Nicolay (musician), Dutch musician * Nicolay de Caveri, Genoese cartographer * Nicolay (family), an influential French family in the 15th to 18th centuries P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolaj Nicolaj is a masculine given name. People with that name include the following: Given name * Nicolaj Agger (born 1988), Danish footballer * Nicolaj Charles Sofus Clausen (1900 – 1989), Danish boxer known as Nick Clausen * Nicolaj Bo Larsen (born 1971), Danish cyclist * Nicolaj Hansen (1855 - 1932), Danish composer * Nicolaj Jensen, Danish video game player known by his in-game name, "Jensen" (Jensen (video game player)) * Nicolaj Køhlert (born 1993), Danish footballer * Nicolaj Kopernikus (born 1967), Danish actor * Nicolaj Laegsgaard (born 1996), Danish cricketer * Nicolaj Madsen (born 1988), Danish footballer * Nicolaj Rasted (born 1985), Danish musician * Nicolaj Ritter (born 1992), Danish footballer * Nicolaj Schröder (born 1980), Swedish entertainer known as Nic Schröder * Nicolaj Siggelkow, American economist * Nicolaj Thomsen (born 1993), Danish footballer Middle name * Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle (1806–1855), Danish composer * Peter Nicolaj Arbo (1768 – 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolai (given Name) Nicolai is a given name. Notable persons with that name include: * Nicolai Borger, German writer, actor and director * Nicolai Gedda (1925–2017), Swedish operatic tenor * Nicolai Jørgensen (born 1991), Danish footballer * Nicolai Kielstrup (born 1991), Danish singer * Nicolai Lomov (1946–2020), Russian classical pianist * Nicolai Tangen (born 1966), Norwegian hedge fund manager Nicolai Ezolt (born 2006), Odyssey of the Mind World Finalist See also Nicolay (other) * Nikolay (other) * Nikolaj * Nikolai (other) * Niccolai Nickolai Stoilov Nicola (name) Nicolae (name) Nicolaj Nicolao Nicolas (given name) Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to masculine given names cognate to English Nicholas. The given name ''Nicolas'' is widely used in France () and Brazil (). The variant Nicolás () is widely used in Spanish-speaking countries. The variant Nicola (), ... * Nicolau * Nicolau (surname) * Nicolay {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolae (name) Nicolae (or Niculae) is a Romanian masculine given name or surname, the equivalent of the English Nicholas. Its feminine form is Nicoleta. In politics * Nicolae Alexandru of Wallachia, Prince of Wallachia between 1352 and November 1364 * Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution * Nicolae Ceaușescu, communist leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1965 until his execution in 1989 * Nicolae Cernăuțeanu, Bessarabian politician, member of Sfatul Țării * Nicolae Ciucă, Romanian army general, currently Prime Minister of Romania * Nicolae Crețulescu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister * Nicolae Cristea (communist) * Nicolae Cristea (priest) * Nicolae Enescu, Romanian politician * Nicolae Golescu, Wallachian Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister * Nicolae Iorga, historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and Romanian politician * Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicola (name) Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος), derived from the '' nikē'' meaning "victory", and ''laos'' meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "victory of the people". Nicola is both a female and a male name, depending on cultural norms. Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian nobility, and was used often in the Middle Ages.''The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints'', compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. First edition published 1470. The spelling Nikola is widely used in Slavic language speaking areas, reflecting the transliteration of the Cyrillic spelling Никола. The English form of the same name is Nicholas, with Nicolas common in French and Spanish-speaking countries, and Nicolau in Portuguese-speaking countries. Nicola has been used as a female name since at least 1150 (the birth date of Lady Nicola de la Haie) and continues as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Nicolay Lieutenant General Sir William Nicolay (14 April 17713 May 1842) was a British Army officer present at the Battle of Waterloo who later became Governor of Mauritius. He was the sixth son - not the third - Life He was the third son of Frederick de Nicolay, Principal Page to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III. He was born at St. James's Palace on 14 April 1771 and was a member of the British branch of the Nicolay family. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, as a cadet on 1 Nov. 1785, but did not obtain a commission as second lieutenant Royal Artillery until 28 May 1790. In April 1791 he embarked for India with two newly formed companies of Royal Artillery, known as the 'East India Detachment,’ which subsequently formed the nucleus of the old sixth battalion (Duncan, Hist. Roy. Artillery, ii. 2). He served under Lord Cornwallis at the siege of Seringapatam in 1792, and was an assistant engineer at the reduction of Pondicherry in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolay De Caveri Nicolay de Caveri (14??-15??) was a map-maker from Genoa, Italy. He has also been known as Nicolay Canerio, Nicolo Caveri, Nicolo Canerio, Nicolaus de Caveri, Nicolaus de Caverio, Nicholas de Caveri, and Nicolai de Caveri, all based upon variant readings of his signature on the back of his famous manuscript map. His map of 1503 or 1504 was the primary source map used to draw the Western Hemisphere on the Waldseemüller map in 1507. See also Caverio map Ancient world maps World map A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of th ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Caveri, Nicolay De 15th-century births 16th-century deaths 16th-century Italian cartographers 15th-century Genoese people 16th-century Genoese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mary Ann Nicolay Mary Ann Nicolay (2 August 1850 – 15 October 1939) was a British Australian Nightingale nurse and hospital matron primarily in the Australian city of Perth. Life Nicolay was probably born in the London area of Chelsea. Her parents were Mary Ann (born Raven) and the Reverend Charles Grenfell Nicolay. They had eight children, and she was their fifth. Her father was the librarian of King's College Hospital from 1843 to 1858 and he was a co-founder of Queen's College, London which was able to teach women from 1853. Mary was educated in Bristol at the Clifton High School where she became a pupil teacher. She undertook training as a nurse under Florence Nightingale at the Nightingale School of Nursing in London in March 1876. She trained for a year and in March 1877 she joined the National Nursing Association. She had a good assessment as a nurse although it was recorded that she did not always speak the truth. In the following year her mother gathered the family together to go to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Nicolay (other) Nicolay may refer to: * Nicolay (musician), Dutch musician * Nicolay de Caveri, Genoese cartographer * Nicolay (family), an influential French family in the 15th to 18th centuries People with surname Nicolay: * Christian Nicolay (born 1976), German javelin thrower * Franz Nicolay, American musician and composer * Jean Nicolay (born 1937), former Belgian football goalkeeper * John George Nicolay (1832—1901), American biographer and secretary of Abraham Lincoln * Louis Nicolay, Belgian sports delegate * Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay (1737–1820), Russian-German poet, librarian, and president of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences * Mary Ann Nicolay (1850-1939) Matron, UK Nightingale Trainee and Boer War Nurse from Western Australia * William Nicolay (1771—1842), British soldier See also * Nicholas * Nicola (name) Nicolae (name) Nicolai (given name) Nicolaj Nicolao Nicolas (given name) Nicolau Nicolau (surname) Nicolau is a surname that occurs in multiple cultures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolay (musician) Nicolay (born Matthijs Rook in 1974) is an electronica, R&B and hip hop record producer from the Netherlands, better known as one half of The Foreign Exchange. Due to his work, Nicolay now resides in the United States. In December 2009, The Foreign Exchange were nominated for a Grammy, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the track "Daykeeper," from their second album, ''Leave It All Behind''. Nicolay is the fourth Dutch person to be nominated. Discography The Foreign Exchange ''Connected'' (2004, BBE) '' Leave It All Behind'' (2008, Foreign Exchange Music) '' Authenticity'' (2010, Foreign Exchange Music) ''Love in Flying Colors'' (2013, Foreign Exchange Music) '' Tales from the Land of Milk and Honey'' (2015, Foreign Exchange Music) Nicolay & Kay ''TIME:LINE'' (EU Release: February 1, 2008 & US February 12, 2008, NMR) Nicolay & The Hot At Nights ''Glaciers'' (2018, Foreign Exchange Music) Solo ''City Lights Vol. 1'' (2005, BBE) ''Dutch Masters Mixtape V. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος ('' Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' ( contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolau Nicolau is a Portuguese and Catalan given name, a variant of Nicholas. People known by this name include: * Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer * Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East-Timorese politician and national hero * Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, the foremost Portuguese satirical poet of the 18th century See also Nicola (name) Nicolae (name) * Nicolai (given name) * Nicolaj * Nicolao Nicolas (given name) Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to masculine given names cognate to English Nicholas. The given name ''Nicolas'' is widely used in France () and Brazil (). The variant Nicolás () is widely used in Spanish-speaking countries. The variant Nicola (), ... Nicolau (surname) * Nicolay * São Nicolau (other) {{given name Portuguese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolas (given Name) Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to masculine given names cognate to English Nicholas. The given name ''Nicolas'' is widely used in France () and Brazil (). The variant Nicolás () is widely used in Spanish-speaking countries. The variant Nicola (), while mistakenly considered feminine in parts of the English-speaking world, is a popular male name in Italy, although ''Nicolas'' is also sometimes used, especially amongst Italian Americans and Latin Americans of Italian descent. People Nicolas Prince Nicolas of Belgium (born 2005), grandson of King Albert II Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland (born 2015), grandson of King Carl XVI Gustaf Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur (1695–1755), French aristocrat Nicolas Anelka (born 1979), French footballer * Nicolas Cage (born 1964), American actor Nicolas Chalvin (born 1969), French conductor and oboist Nicolas Chumachenco (1944–2020), Polish violinist Nicolas Coutelot (born 1977), a French tennis player Nicolas Devilder (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolao Nicolao is an Italian given name and a surname. It may refer to the following: Given name Nicolao Civitali (1482 - after 1560), Italian sculptor and architect Nicolao Colletti (18th century), Italian mathematician Nicolao Dorati (c. 1513 – 1593), Italian composer Nicolao Dumitru (born 1991), Swedish-born Italian footballer Nicolao Fornengo (born 1966), Italian physicist Surname Andrea De Nicolao (born 1991), Italian basketball player Giuseppe Nicolao (born 1994), Italian footballer Luis Nicolao (born 1944), Argentine swimmer Teresa Nicolao (born 1928), Brazilian artist Other Nicolao Atelier, Italian clothing company See also * Niccolao Manucci * Nicolaos Matussis * Nicola * Nicolae (other) * Nicolai (other) * Nicolaj * Nicolas * Nicolau * Nicolay (other) Nicolay may refer to: * Nicolay (musician), Dutch musician * Nicolay de Caveri, Genoese cartographer * Nicolay (family), an influential French family in the 15th to 18th centuries P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolaj Nicolaj is a masculine given name. People with that name include the following: Given name * Nicolaj Agger (born 1988), Danish footballer * Nicolaj Charles Sofus Clausen (1900 – 1989), Danish boxer known as Nick Clausen * Nicolaj Bo Larsen (born 1971), Danish cyclist * Nicolaj Hansen (1855 - 1932), Danish composer * Nicolaj Jensen, Danish video game player known by his in-game name, "Jensen" (Jensen (video game player)) * Nicolaj Køhlert (born 1993), Danish footballer * Nicolaj Kopernikus (born 1967), Danish actor * Nicolaj Laegsgaard (born 1996), Danish cricketer * Nicolaj Madsen (born 1988), Danish footballer * Nicolaj Rasted (born 1985), Danish musician * Nicolaj Ritter (born 1992), Danish footballer * Nicolaj Schröder (born 1980), Swedish entertainer known as Nic Schröder * Nicolaj Siggelkow, American economist * Nicolaj Thomsen (born 1993), Danish footballer Middle name * Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle (1806–1855), Danish composer * Peter Nicolaj Arbo (1768 – 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolai (given Name) Nicolai is a given name. Notable persons with that name include: * Nicolai Borger, German writer, actor and director * Nicolai Gedda (1925–2017), Swedish operatic tenor * Nicolai Jørgensen (born 1991), Danish footballer * Nicolai Kielstrup (born 1991), Danish singer * Nicolai Lomov (1946–2020), Russian classical pianist * Nicolai Tangen (born 1966), Norwegian hedge fund manager Nicolai Ezolt (born 2006), Odyssey of the Mind World Finalist See also Nicolay (other) * Nikolay (other) * Nikolaj * Nikolai (other) * Niccolai Nickolai Stoilov Nicola (name) Nicolae (name) Nicolaj Nicolao Nicolas (given name) Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to masculine given names cognate to English Nicholas. The given name ''Nicolas'' is widely used in France () and Brazil (). The variant Nicolás () is widely used in Spanish-speaking countries. The variant Nicola (), ... * Nicolau * Nicolau (surname) * Nicolay {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolae (name) Nicolae (or Niculae) is a Romanian masculine given name or surname, the equivalent of the English Nicholas. Its feminine form is Nicoleta. In politics * Nicolae Alexandru of Wallachia, Prince of Wallachia between 1352 and November 1364 * Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution * Nicolae Ceaușescu, communist leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1965 until his execution in 1989 * Nicolae Cernăuțeanu, Bessarabian politician, member of Sfatul Țării * Nicolae Ciucă, Romanian army general, currently Prime Minister of Romania * Nicolae Crețulescu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister * Nicolae Cristea (communist) * Nicolae Cristea (priest) * Nicolae Enescu, Romanian politician * Nicolae Golescu, Wallachian Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister * Nicolae Iorga, historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and Romanian politician * Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicola (name) Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος), derived from the '' nikē'' meaning "victory", and ''laos'' meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "victory of the people". Nicola is both a female and a male name, depending on cultural norms. Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian nobility, and was used often in the Middle Ages.''The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints'', compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. First edition published 1470. The spelling Nikola is widely used in Slavic language speaking areas, reflecting the transliteration of the Cyrillic spelling Никола. The English form of the same name is Nicholas, with Nicolas common in French and Spanish-speaking countries, and Nicolau in Portuguese-speaking countries. Nicola has been used as a female name since at least 1150 (the birth date of Lady Nicola de la Haie) and continues as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Nicolay Lieutenant General Sir William Nicolay (14 April 17713 May 1842) was a British Army officer present at the Battle of Waterloo who later became Governor of Mauritius. He was the sixth son - not the third - Life He was the third son of Frederick de Nicolay, Principal Page to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III. He was born at St. James's Palace on 14 April 1771 and was a member of the British branch of the Nicolay family. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, as a cadet on 1 Nov. 1785, but did not obtain a commission as second lieutenant Royal Artillery until 28 May 1790. In April 1791 he embarked for India with two newly formed companies of Royal Artillery, known as the 'East India Detachment,’ which subsequently formed the nucleus of the old sixth battalion (Duncan, Hist. Roy. Artillery, ii. 2). He served under Lord Cornwallis at the siege of Seringapatam in 1792, and was an assistant engineer at the reduction of Pondicherry in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolay De Caveri Nicolay de Caveri (14??-15??) was a map-maker from Genoa, Italy. He has also been known as Nicolay Canerio, Nicolo Caveri, Nicolo Canerio, Nicolaus de Caveri, Nicolaus de Caverio, Nicholas de Caveri, and Nicolai de Caveri, all based upon variant readings of his signature on the back of his famous manuscript map. His map of 1503 or 1504 was the primary source map used to draw the Western Hemisphere on the Waldseemüller map in 1507. See also Caverio map Ancient world maps World map A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of th ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Caveri, Nicolay De 15th-century births 16th-century deaths 16th-century Italian cartographers 15th-century Genoese people 16th-century Genoese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mary Ann Nicolay Mary Ann Nicolay (2 August 1850 – 15 October 1939) was a British Australian Nightingale nurse and hospital matron primarily in the Australian city of Perth. Life Nicolay was probably born in the London area of Chelsea. Her parents were Mary Ann (born Raven) and the Reverend Charles Grenfell Nicolay. They had eight children, and she was their fifth. Her father was the librarian of King's College Hospital from 1843 to 1858 and he was a co-founder of Queen's College, London which was able to teach women from 1853. Mary was educated in Bristol at the Clifton High School where she became a pupil teacher. She undertook training as a nurse under Florence Nightingale at the Nightingale School of Nursing in London in March 1876. She trained for a year and in March 1877 she joined the National Nursing Association. She had a good assessment as a nurse although it was recorded that she did not always speak the truth. In the following year her mother gathered the family together to go to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]