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Samuel Brown (actuary)
Samuel Brown may refer to: * Samuel Brown (Royal Navy officer) (1776–1852), English pioneer suspension bridge engineer and inventor * Samuel Brown (engineer) (died 1849), English inventor of early internal combustion engine * Samuel Brown (Wisconsin politician) (1804–1874), American pioneer and politician in Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Samuel Robbins Brown (1810–1880), American missionary to China * Samuel Gilman Brown (1813–1885), American educator * Samuel Morison Brown (1817–1856), Scottish chemist, poet and essayist * Samuel S. Brown (1842–1905), American businessman, racehorse owner/breeder, racetrack owner * Samuel Brown (mayor) (1845–1909), mayor of Wellington, New Zealand * Samuel McConnell Brown (1865–1923), Australian politician * Samuel Brown (Alberta politician) (1872–1962), provincial politician from Alberta, Canada * Samuel Ashley Brown (1923–2011), English professor at the University of South Carolina * Samuel Brown (Oregon politician) (1821–188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Brown (Royal Navy Officer)
Captain Sir Samuel Brown of Netherbyres KH FRSE (1776 – 13 March 1852) was an early pioneer of chain design and manufacture and of suspension bridge design and construction. He is best known for the Union Bridge of 1820, the first vehicular suspension bridge in Britain. Naval career Brown was born in London, the son of William Brown of Borland, Galloway, Scotland. He joined the Royal Navy in 1795, serving initially on the Newfoundland and North Sea stations. He served as lieutenant on (1803) and in 1805 joined as first lieutenant. During his service on ''Phoenix'' he took part in the capture of the French frigate . The following year he was appointed to , followed by periods of service aboard and .Obituary, ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' 1852, pp. 519–520. During his service, he carried out tests on wrought iron chain cables, using them as rigging for in 1806 on a voyage to the West Indies. This so impressed the Admiralty that on his return in 1808 it immediately ordered f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Brown (Alberta Politician)
Samuel Brown (11 November 1872 – 6 May 1962) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1930 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government. Political career Brown ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election. He contested the electoral district of High River as a United Farmers candidate and won a tight two-way race over Liberal candidate J.V. Drumheller to pick up the seat for his party. Brown ran for a second term in the 1926 Alberta general election The 1926 Alberta general election was held on June 28, 1926, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The United Farmers of Alberta government that had first been elected in 1921 was re-elected, taking a majority of the seats in t .... He won the three-way race with a landslide majority. The 1930 boundary redistribution would see High River abolished, Brown did not seek re-election and ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Browne (other)
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Samuel Browne may refer to: * Samuel Browne (cricketer) (born 1844), Barbadian cricketer * Samuel Browne (divine) (c. 1575–1632), English minister of religion *Samuel Browne (judge) (1598–1668), English lawyer, MP for Totnes and Bedford, knight * Samuel Browne (MP for Rutland) (c. 1634–1691), his nephew, English militia commissioner and MP for Rutland *Samuel Browne (surgeon) (died 1698), English botanist See also * Sam Browne (other) * Samuel Brown (other) *Sam Brown (other) Sam Brown may refer to: Historical figures * Sam Brown (frontiersman) (1845–1925), American frontiersman, educator, civic leader, advocate for Native Americans, and historian * Sam Brown (outlaw) (1831–1861), American gunfighter in the Wild We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel J
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Brown (cricketer)
Samuel Brown (26 February 1857 – 5 September 1938) was an English first-class cricketer active 1884–97 who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He also played for Shropshire and Cheshire in minor counties cricket. Early life and career He was born in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire; died in Edgeley near Stockport, Cheshire, aged 81. He played below first-class level for Shropshire in three matches in 1882-83, and for Cheshire while club professional at Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ....Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. References 1857 births 1938 deaths English cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers People from Kimberley, Nottin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Lombard Brown
Samuel Lombard Brown (10 January 1856 – 14 December 1939) was an Irish politician and barrister. He studied at University College Cork (UCC), graduating MA, and at King's Inns. He also attended lectures in feudal and English law at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) from 1876 to 1877. He was Barrington lecturer in political economy at UCC from 1879 to 1883, and was called to the bar in 1881. In 1905 he was elected a bencher of the King's Inns and a member of the bar council. The acknowledged leader of the bar, he appeared in many of the important chancery cases of his day. He was to the fore of the campaign in 1915 to secure the Hugh Lane bequest for Dublin. He retired from practice in 1926. He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1923 to 1925 and from 1926 to 1936. He was elected at a by-election on 12 December 1923, replacing Horace Plunkett, but lost his seat at the 1925 Seanad election. He was re-elected at a by-election on 10 February 1926, replacing Windha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Brown (Oregon Politician)
Samuel Brown (1821–1886) was an American pioneer and politician. He was a member of the Oregon State Senate from 1866 to 1872. Early life He was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Indiana and then Missouri, where he was married. He worked as a carpenter and cabinet maker. Migration to Oregon In 1846, he and his family went by wagon train to the American West Coast. They accompanied Jesse Applegate on what became known as the Applegate Trail. He built a mill on the Feather River in California, and made $20,000 prospecting for gold. The family then moved to Oregon, and had the Sam Brown House built near present-day Gervais in 1857; the house is thought to be the first architect-designed house built in the state. Brown's son, Sam H. Brown, also served in the Oregon Senate, and ran for governor of Oregon in 1934 and 1938. See also * List of people from Oregon * List of people from Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, the fifth most populous state in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ashley Brown
Samuel Ashley Brown (December 19, 1923 – June 24, 2011 ) was a professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina who taught English and comparative literature. While he founded the literary magazine '' Shenandoah'', his fame rests in great part on the fact that he was a confidant of two famous American women writers: the novelist Flannery O'Connor and the poet Elizabeth Bishop. Much was learned posthumously about both women when their respective correspondence with Brown was made public. Brown was born and raised in Louisville. Ashley Brown attended Louisville Male High School and went on to complete a master's degree at Yale and a Ph.D. at Vanderbilt. It was while teaching at Washington and Lee University that he helped to found ''Shenandoah''—a publication that featured the debut work of Tom Wolfe among others. He also taught at the University of Brazil and the University of California at Santa Barbara, before assuming the position at USC where he taught for 37 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel McConnell Brown
Samuel McConnell Brown (c. 1865 – 24 August 1923) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1917 to 1921, representing the seat of Subiaco. Brown was born near Ballarat, Victoria, to Margaret (née Matheson) and George McConnell Brown. He came to Western Australia in 1896, during the gold rush, and the following year opened a bakery in Coolgardie. He subsequently moved to Perth, opening another bakery in Subiaco. Brown was elected to the Subiaco Municipal Council in 1898, serving until 1905 and then again from 1906 to 1917.Samuel McConnell Brown – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2016. He first stood for parliament at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Brown (engineer)
Samuel Brown (1799-16 September 1849) was an English engineer and inventor credited with developing one of the earliest examples of an internal combustion engine, during the early 19th century. Brown, a cooper by training (he also patented improvements to machinery for manufacturing casks and other vessels), has been described as the 'father of the gas engine'. While living at Eagle Lodge in the Brompton area of west London, from 1825 to 1835, he developed 'the first gas engine that unquestionably did actual work and was a mechanical success'. He set up two engines for demonstration purposes in the grounds of the Lodge. His obituary credited him with being the inventor of the gas vacuum engine and the screw propeller. Brown's Gas Vacuum Engines In patents dated 4 December 1823 and 22 April 1826, Brown proposed to fill a closed chamber with a gas flame, and so expel the air; then he condensed the flame by injecting water, and operated an air engine by exhausting into the part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Brown (mayor)
Samuel Brown (1845 – 14 August 1909) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1887 to 1888. Brown was born in Ireland in 1845. He came to New Zealand in 1862, first settling in Invercargill having walked there from Dunedin. He erected Bendix Hallenstein, Hallenstein and Co's first business in New Zealand. Brown then moved to Wellington in 1864 where he was a merchant and contractor, responsible for the Wellington tramway system, Wellington steam tramways. He also obtained the No 13 or Paekakariki Contract for the tunnels and central section of the Wellington and Manawatu Line for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. With access difficulties this was the most difficult contract for the line; see North–South Junction. He was also involved in the construction of the Midland Line, New Zealand, Midland and Westland Railways. He built the first portion of the Wellington Gas Company, Wellington Gas Works, the Maginnity Street drill shed, and the first lighthouse at Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel S
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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