Sam Holt (volleyball)
Sam Holt or Samuel Holt may refer to: * Samuel Holt (1880–1929), Irish politician * Sam B. Holt (1902–1986), American football, basketball, and baseball coach and athletics administrator * Samuel C. O. Holt (born 1936), public television and radio executive * Lynching of Sam Hose Sam Hose (born Samuel Thomas Wilkes; c. 1875 – April 23, 1899) was an African American man who was tortured and murdered by a white lynch mob in Coweta County, Georgia, after being falsely accused of rape by the mob. Personal life ...

Samuel Holt
Samuel Edward Holt (3 September 1880 – 18 April 1929) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. Early life Holt was born in Coole, County Westmeath, in 1880, the fifth child of a family of ten of David Holt, from Killina, Carbury, County Kildare, a constable in the Royal Irish Constabulary, and Agnes McColl. The family, which was Church of Ireland, later moved to Charlestown /Jamestown Co. Roscommon and then into Carrick On Shannon town, County Leitrim. In 1910, Holt married Honoria Devaney, from Toomore, Boher, County Roscommon in Longford Cathedral. He was assistant clerk and later clerk of Carrick-on-Shannon Poor Law Union and Rural District Council. Political career Holt was member of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Western Division of the Irish Republican Army, he was arrested in May 1916 and sentenced to death, which was reprieved and sentenced to Frongoch internment camp. He was also interned in Ballykinlar camp during the Irish War of Independence. He was Si ...
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Sam B
''Dead Island'' is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver. Released for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the game is centered on the challenge of surviving a zombie-infested open world with a major emphasis on melee combat. The plot focuses on four playable survivors trying to survive and escape off the fictional island of Banoi. The game was announced at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo, but delayed until 2011. The game's cinematic Dead Island Reveal Trailer, announcement trailer was met with controversy over its depiction of a dead child. However reception was nonetheless positive, with praise going towards the emotional impact, animation and story, with the trailer being held as one of the best in any medium. The game was released in 2011. September for North America/Europe and in October for Japan. Despite the pre-release acclaim, the game received generally lukewarm reviews. While praised for its ...
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Samuel C
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of '' Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His geneal ...
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