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George Bell
George Bell may refer to: Law and politics * George Joseph Bell (1770–1843), Scottish jurist and legal author * George Alexander Bell (1856–1927), Canadian pioneer and Saskatchewan politician * George Bell (Canadian politician) (1869–1940), politician in British Columbia * George John Bell (1872–1944), Australian politician * George Bell (trade unionist) (1878–1959), British trade union leader * George E. Bell (1883–1970), Canadian politician * George T. Bell (1913–1973), special assistant to United States President Richard Nixon * George W. Bell, doctor and state legislator in Arkansas Military * George Bell (British Army officer) (1794–1877), Irish general * George Bell (brigadier general) (1828–1907), American Civil War brigadier general * George H. Bell (1839–1917), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * George Bell Jr. (1859–1926), United States Army major general * George Gray Bell (1920–2000), Canadian soldier, civil ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Joseph Bell
George Joseph Bell (26 March 177023 September 1843) was a Scottish advocate and legal scholar. From 1822 to 1843 he was Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh. He was succeeded by John Shank More. Early life George Bell was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, a son of the Reverend William Bell (d. 1779), a clergyman of the Episcopal Church of Scotland. He was the younger brother of the surgeon John Bell (surgeon), John Bell, and an elder brother of the surgeon Charles Bell, Sir Charles Bell. At the age of eight he entered the Royal High School in Edinburgh, Royal High School, Edinburgh. He received no university education further than attending the lectures of both Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, A. F. Tytler and Dugald Stewart. Between 1787 and 1788 he attended lectures on Scots law by David Hume (jurist), Hume, Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh, and nephew of the philosopher David Hume (philosopher), Hume. Advocate and scholar Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bell (outfielder)
Jorge Antonio Bell Mathey (born October 21, 1959), better known as George Bell, is a Dominican former left fielder and American League MVP in Major League Baseball who played 12 seasons for the Toronto Blue Jays (1981, 1983–1990), Chicago Cubs (1991) and Chicago White Sox (1992–1993). Bell batted and threw right-handed. Career Originally signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1978, Bell was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 Rule 5 draft. Bell was discovered in the Dominican Republic by Blue Jays scout Epy Guerrero. He made his major league debut as a pinch runner on April 9, 1981, against the Detroit Tigers. Bell appeared in 60 games during the 1981 season, batting .233 with five home runs and 12 runs batted in (RBI). In 1982, he spent the season with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, where he hit just .200 with three home runs and 19 RBI in 37 games. In 1983, he split the season between Syracuse and Toronto. With the Blue Jays, Bell batted .268 with two hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roussos
George Roussos (; August 20, 1915 – February 19, 2000), also known under the pseudonym George Bell, was an American comic book artist best known as one of Jack Kirby's Silver Age of comic books, Silver Age inkers, including on landmark early issues of Marvel Comics' ''Fantastic Four''. Over five decades, he created artwork for numerous publishers, including EC Comics, and he was a staff colorist for Marvel Comics. Biography Early life and career George Roussos was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Greek-Americans William and Helen Roussos. After he and his sisters Helen and Alice were orphaned as children, George was sent to live at the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum in New York City, and attended Public School 125 in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. Roussos was influenced by the art of cartoonist Frank Miller (newspaper cartoonist), Frank Miller in the aviation comic strip ''Barney Baxter, Barney Baxter in the Air''. Other influences included Chester Gould, Stan Kaye, Robert Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Douglas Hutton Bell
George Douglas Hutton Bell CBE FRS (18 October 1905 – 27 June 1993) was an English plant breeder who was director of the Plant Breeding Institute from 1947 to 1971. He bred Proctor, the first winter barley variety in the UK, and Maris Otter, still favoured by contemporary real ale brewers. He was appointed CBE in the 1965 New Year Honours, and awarded the first Mullard Award The Mullard Award is awarded annually by the Royal Society to a person who has "an outstanding academic record in any field of natural science, engineering or technology and whose contribution is currently making or has the potential to make a co ... in 1967 "for the contribution the Proctor barley bred by him had made to agricultural production in the United Kingdom". References 1993 deaths 1905 births Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English scientists Fellows of the Royal Society {{England-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bell (activist)
George Bell (–1843) was an American activist for the education rights of African Americans. In 1807, he co-founded the Bell School, the first school for African Americans in Washington, D.C. Early life Bell was born into slavery in Virginia. His wife, Sophia Browning, purchased his freedom while she was also enslaved. Bell worked as a carpenter in Washington, D.C., and used his wages to purchase his wife's freedom. Education advocacy Bell could not read or write. He believed that education should be accessible for African Americans and became an activist in this area. Bell co-founded and built a one-story school house with Nicholas Franklin and Moses Liverpool, two free African American men who were also formerly enslaved. Their school, the Bell School, was located in the Capitol Hill Capitol Hill is a neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in both the Northeast, Washington, D.C., Northeast and Southeast, Washington, D.C., Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Irving Bell
George Irving Bell (August 4, 1926 – May 28, 2000) was an American physicist, biologist and mountaineer, and a grandson of John Joseph Seerley. George Larson II, 2010-07-04 He died in 2000 from complications of after surgery."George Irving Bell, 73, Leader In Studies of Genome" (obituary), ''New York Times'', June 18, 2000, Section 1, p. 32. Education Bell received a in physics from |
Max Bell
George Maxwell Bell (October 13, 1911 – July 19, 1972) was a Canadian newspaper publisher, race horse owner and philanthropist. He was best known as the co-founder of FP Publications, Canada's largest newspaper syndicate in the 1960s. He built his newspaper empire after inheriting the ''Calgary Albertan'', and its $500,000 debt, from his father in 1936. He repaid the debt by 1945 and proceeded to purchase papers across the country, including the ''Ottawa Journal'' and ''The Globe and Mail''. Much of Bell's fortune was built on Alberta's burgeoning oil and gas industry. He formed several companies in the late 1940s which came to be worth millions of dollars when sold. Bell was a long time owner of thoroughbred race horses. He partnered with Frank McMahon to form two stables that won races across Canada, the United States and Europe. The pair joined with singer Bing Crosby to win the Irish Derby in 1965 while he and McMahon won the 1968 Queen's Plate. Bell was a part owner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bell (bishop)
George Kennedy Allen Bell (4 February 1883 – 3 October 1958) was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester, member of the House of Lords and a pioneer of the ecumenical movement. Early career Bell was born in Hayling Island, Hampshire, as the eldest child of Sarah Georgina Megaw and her husband James Allen Bell (the vicar of the Island and later a canon at Norwich Cathedral). His sister Margorie married Cecil Wood, Bishop of Melanesia (1912-19). He was elected as a Queen's Scholar at Westminster School in 1896. From there he was elected to a scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he gained a First in Classical Moderations in 1903 and a Second in Literae Humaniores ('Greats') in 1905. He won the Newdigate Prize for English verse in 1904 for his poem, 'Delphi'. After Oxford he attended Wells Theological College, where he was first influenced by ecumenism, and was ordained deacon at Ripon Cathedral in 1907. He went on to work as a curate for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bell (painter)
George Frederick Henry Bell (1 December 1878 – 22 October 1966) was an Australian painter and teacher, critic, portraitist, violinist and war artist who contributed significantly to the advancement of the local Modern movement from the 1920s to the 1930s. Early life and education George Bell was born in Kew, Victoria, the son and fourth child of Clara (née Bowler) and George Bell, public servant, and was educated at Kew High School. He studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1896 to 1903 under Frederick McCubbin and painting master Bernard Hall and also took private instruction from George Coates over 1895-6. Europe Bell's father financed his studies so he could afford to travel, and on 19 April 1904 he sailed for England, then Paris where studied with Jean Paul Laurens at Julian's atelier, then at the academies of the Spaniard Castelucha and Colarossi. In 1906 he travelled to Italy to study the Old Masters, particularly Titian and Tintoretto, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bell (publisher)
George Bell (12 October 1814 – 27 November 1890) was an English publisher. He founded the book publishing house George Bell & Sons. He was the father of the publishers Edward and Ernest Bell. Biography George Bell was born on 12 October 1814, the fifth of 13 children of Matthew Bell, bookseller, stationer, and bookbinder in Richmond, Yorkshire, and his wife, Mary (née Fall). After attending the local grammar school, he helped his father, before moving to London in 1832 to join Whittaker & Co. Bell later set up his own business in 1839, funded by savings and a family loan. Bell married Hannah Simpson in 1840 and became the London representative for several academic publishers. He collaborated with the Macmillan brothers and launched notable series such as the ''Grammar School Classics'' and the ''Bibliotheca Classica''. In 1847, he started the ''Journal of Education'' and, three years later, ''Notes and Queries''. Bell partnered with F. R. Daldy in 1855, and their firm pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bell (editor)
George Bell (9 January 1809 – 4 February 1899) was a New Zealand newspaper proprietor and editor. He was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England on 9 January 1809. Edward McGlashan Edward McGlashan (12 December 1817 – 31 July 1889) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. McGlashan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1817. His father's family were publishers to the University of Edinburgh. ... was his son-in-law. References 1809 births 1899 deaths British emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand journalists New Zealand editors People from Kingston upon Hull {{NewZealand-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Bell
Benjamin Bell of Hunthill FRSE FRCSEd (6 September 1749 – 5 April 1806) is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. He is commonly described as the father of the Edinburgh school of surgery,Richardson BWS, Martin MSM. Disciples of Æsculapius ... With a life of the author by his daughter Mrs. George Martin ... With portraits, etc: 2 vol. Hutchinson & Co.: London; 1900.Miles AThe Edinburgh school of surgery before Lister London: A. & C. Black, ltd.; 1918. or the first of the Edinburgh scientific surgeons.Comrie JD, Wellcome Historical Medical MuseumHistory of Scottish medicine to 1860 London: Bailliáere, Tindall & Cox for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum; 1927Guthrie DA history of medicine New and rev. ed. London; New York: Nelson; 1958.Dingwall H. MA history of Scottish medicine: themes and influences Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002 . He published medical works of significance, notably his surgical textbook ''A System of Surgery'' which beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
