Alfred the Great - Alfred the Great Alfred the Great Rank: 6th Ruled: 871-October 26, 899 Predecessor: Ethelred I Date of Birth: 848 Place of Birth: Wantage, Oxfordshire, England Wife: Ealhswith Buried: Winchester Cathedral Date of Death: October 26, 899 Parents: Ethelwulf and Osburga Alfred (847? - 899) (sometimes spelt Aelfred) was king of England 871-899, though at no time did he rule over the whole of the land. Alfred is famous for his defence of the kingdom against the Danes (Vikings), and gained the epithet, "the Great", as a result. Details of his life are known as a result of a work by the Welsh scholar, Asser. A learned man, Alfred encouraged education and improved the kingdom's law system. Childhood Alfred was born some time between 847 and 849.
Great White Fleet - Great White Fleet The "Great White Fleet" sent around the world by President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909, consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet. The battleships were painted white except for gilded scrollwork on their bows. The Atlantic Fleet battleships only later came to be known as the "Great White Fleet." The fourteen-month long voyage was a grand pageant of American sea power. The squadrons were manned by 14,000 sailors. They covered some 43,000 miles and made twenty port calls on six continents. The battleships were accompanied during the first leg of their voyage by a "Torpedo Flotilla" of six early destroyers, as well as by several auxiliary ships. The destroyers and their tender.
Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux - Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux (May 11, 1811 - January 16, 1886), French politician and author, was born at Angers. His father had been ennobled by Charles X, and Falloux began his career as a Legitimist and clerical journalist under the influence of Mme Swetchine. In 1846 he entered the legislature as deputy for Maine-et-Loire, and with many other ultra-Catholics he gave real or pretended support to the revolution of 1848. Louis Napoleon made him minister of education in 1849, but disagreements with the president led to his resignation within a year. He had nevertheless secured the passage of the Loi Falloux (March 15, 1850) for the organization of primary and secondary education. This law provided that the clergy and.
Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh (6 August 1844- 30 July 1900), was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster in the peerage of the United Kingdom on 24 May 1866. He succeeded his paternal uncle Ernst as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the German Empire on 23 August 1893. His Royal Highness The Prince Alfred Ernest Albert of Great Britain and Ireland, KG, KT, KP, CGMG, GCIE, GCVO, RVO, PC was born at Windsor Castle. He was christened by William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury at the Private Chapel in Windsor Castle.
100 Greatest Britons - living Irish nationals (Bono and Bob Geldof) and James Connolly, the Irish nationalist who was executed by the British in 1916. The resulting series, "Great Britons", included individual programmes on the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme. It concluded with a debate. The results, which are not statistically valid, are as follows: Sir Winston Churchill Isambard Kingdom Brunel Diana, Princess of Wales Charles Darwin William Shakespeare Sir Isaac Newton Elizabeth I of England John Lennon Horatio Nelson Oliver Cromwell Ernest Shackleton Captain James Cook Robert Baden-Powell King Alfred the Great Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Margaret Thatcher (Baroness Thatcher) Michael Crawford Queen Victoria Sir Paul McCartney Sir Alexander Fleming Alan Turing Michael Faraday Owain Glyndwr Queen Elizabeth II Professor Stephen Hawking William Tyndale Emmeline.
Alfred Hitchcock - Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (August 13, 1899 - April 29, 1980) was a British movie director who began his career as an engineering student interested in design. Hitchcock's films frequently portray innocent people caught up in circumstances beyond their control or even understanding; a common theme of his movies is that these characters are guilty, but only of minor, unrelated failings. The films draw heavily on both fear and fantasy, and are known for their droll humor. They are also known for featuring Alfred Hitchhock in cameos in the film--a technique used by other directors and writers including Colin Dexter in the ITV Inspector Morse series. Born in London into a mostly Irish Catholic family, Hitchcock was sent to Jesuit schools. He grew intrigued.
Alfred Lawson - Alfred Lawson Alfred William Lawson (1869-1954). He was a professional baseball player from 1887 through 1908 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry. He later propounded his own philosophy Lawsonomy, and the Lawsonian religion. He also developed during the Great Depression the populist economic theory of direct credits, according to which banks are the cause of all economic woe, the oppressors of both capital and labour. Lawson believed that the government should provide replace banks as the provider of loans to business and workers. He founded the so-called University of Lawsonomy to spread his teachings. He has been described as the "Leonardo da Vinci of kooks". Quotation ""When I look into the vastness of space and see the marvelous workings.
Alfred - Alfred Alfred is the name of some places in the United States of America: Alfred, Maine Alfred, New York and in Canada: Alfred, Ontario There are also: Alfred the Great Alfred State College (in New York State) Alfred University (in New York State) Note Alfred University (NY) and Alfred State College (NY) and the town Alfred (NY) are all named after Alfred the Great. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Alfred Thompson Denning - Alfred Thompson Denning Lord Denning (23 January, 1899 - 6 March, 1999) was a British barrister from Hampshire who became Master of the Rolls (the senior judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales) and was generally well liked, both within the legal profession and outside it. Lord Denning was a judge for 38 years, retiring at the age of 83 in 1982. Born Alfred Thompson Denning at Whitchurch in Hampshire in the UK the fourth of five sons of Charles Denning and his wife Clara. Lord Denning's father was a draper. His mother had been a school teacher. He was a graduate and honorary fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford University and the Inns of Court. He was called to the English bar in.
Alfred Brendel - Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel (born January 5, 1931) is an Austrian pianist. He is widely seen as one of the great classical pianists of the second half of the 20th century. Brendel was born in Wiesenburg (now Loučná nad Desnou), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) into a non-musical family. They moved to Zagreb when Brendel was six, and later to Graz. They lived there during World War II, towards the end of which the fourteen year old Brendel was sent to Yugoslavia to dig trenches. However, he caught frostbite and was taken to hospital. Throughout his childhood, Brendel had occasional piano lessons, but otherwise little formal music education. After the war, Brendel composed music, as well as continuing to play the piano and paint. He never had.
Alfred of Sareshel - Alfred of Sareshel Life Alfred of Sarashel, also known as Alfred the Englishman or Alfredus Anglicus, was born some time in the 12th century and died in the 13th century. Nothing more is known than that he lived and worked in Spain. Works Translated the pseudo-Aristotelian De plantis from the Arabic. Wrote a great many commentaries on Aristotle. These were extant down to the 17th century but have not survived. Wrote De motu cordis and dedicated it to Alexander Nequam..
Alfred Thayer Mahan - Alfred Thayer Mahan Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (27 September 1840 - 1 December 1914) was a United States Navy officer, naval strategist, and educator, widely consider the foremost theorist of sea power. Born at West Point, New York to Dennis Hart Mahan (a professor at the United States Military Academy) and Mary Helena Mahan, he went to Columbia University for two years, then against his parents' wishes, transferred to the Naval Academy, where he graduated in 1859, second in his class. He was soon serving on various ships during the American Civil War. He was appointed commander of the new United States Naval War College in 1886, where in 1887 he met and befriended a young Theodore Roosevelt who had come to lecture there. During.
Alfred von Tirpitz - Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred von Tirpitz (March 19, 1849 - March 6, 1930) was a German Admiral, Minister of State and Commander of the German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I from 1914 until 1916. Born in Kuestrin in Brandenburg, the son of a senior civil servant he grew up in Frankfurt/Oder. He joined the Prussian navy in 1865 and attended Kiel Naval School, gaining his commission in 1869. At first he was part of a torpedo fleet but in 1871 he joined the torpedo department at the new German naval ministry and in 1877 he was made inspector-general of the torpedo fleet He joined the Naval staff in 1892 and was made a Rear Admiral in 1895. In 1896-97 he commanded the Asian cruiser.
Alfred von Reumont - Alfred von Reumont Alfred von Reumont (August 15, 1808 - April 27, 1887), German scholar and diplomatist, the son of Gerhard Reumont (1765-1829), was named Alfred after the English king, Alfred the Great. Educated at the universities of Bonn and Heidelberg, he obtained a position in Florence through the influence of an Englishman, William Craufurd, but soon he entered the Prussian diplomatic service and was employed in Florence, in Constantinople and in Rome. He also spent some time in the Foreign Office in Berlin. From 1851 to 1860 he represented his country in Florence. Reumont was the friend and adviser of Frederick William IV. In 1879 he founded the Aachener Geschichtsverein, and having spent his concluding years at Bonn and at Aix-la-Chapelle, he died in the.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a half-hour anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured both mysteries and melo-dramas. By the premier of show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. Each episode would start with Hitchcock's infamous silhouette profile filling in with black. The camera pans to Hitchcock, who introduces the story with witty remarks. These famous satire and puns have become synonymous with the image, voice and personality of Hitchcock. Each opening took place on a set from that evening's short film, or spoofed a recent popular commercial. Then Hitchcock would poke fun at the sponsor, leading into the commercial. The episodes were characterized by their suspense and surprise endings. A list of notable shows.
Alfred Waterhouse - Alfred Waterhouse Alfred Waterhouse (July 19, 1830 - August 22, 1905) was an English architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic revival. He was born at Liverpool, and studied architecture under Richard Lane in Manchester. His earliest commissions were for domestic buildings, but his success as a designer of public buildings was assured as early as 1859 by winning the open competition for the Manchester assize courts. This work not only showed his ability to plan a complicated building on a large scale, but also marked him out as a champion of the Gothic cause. Nine years later, in 1868, another competition secured for Waterhouse the design of Manchester Town Hall, where he was able to show a firmer and more original handling of the Gothic.
Alfred University - Alfred University Alfred University is a small liberal arts college in the town of Alfred in Western New York, world famous for ceramic art and ceramic engineering. Like the town and neighboring Alfred State College, Alfred University is named for Alfred the Great, former king of the Saxons, whom was known for his learning. Since the year 871 is when Alfred the Great the came to power, the phone exchange of Alfred University is 871 (i.e., all Alfred U numbers take the form 1-xxx-871-xxxx). Colleges include Liberal Arts and Sciences, Ceramic Art, Ceramic Engineering, Engineering, and Business. Both colleges of ceramics are state supported (SUNY). Undergraduate population around 2,000, plus around 500 graduate students (in the colleges other than Liberal Arts and Sciences). Jokes abound regarding.
Alfred, New York - Alfred, New York Alfred, NY is a small town nested in the beautiful hills of Western New York along the Southern Tier. The layout of the valley is such that the lowest part contains the town, and upon the hills to the East and West are Alfred University and Alfred State College (respectively). The valley was originally called "Kanakadea" (or "Canakadea," or other spellings) by Native American Indians. Local college legends state that Kanakadea means "valley of the insane" as it was cursed either due to its being a burial ground, or purposefully by the Indians as they were forced out by European settlers. Alfred is located in the 607 area code, 14802 zip code, and is in the poorest county in the state (Steuben, neighboring.
Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'Orsay - Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'Orsay Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'Orsay (September 4, 1801 - August 4, 1852), the famous dandy and wit, was born in Paris, and was the son of General D'Orsay, from whom he inherited an exceptionally handsome person. Through his mother he was grandson by a morganatic marriage of the king of Wurttemberg. In his youth he entered the French army, and served as a garde du corps of Louis XVIII. In 1822, while stationed at Valence on the Rhone, he formed an acquaintance with the earl and countess of Blessington, which quickly ripened into intimacy, and at the invitation of the earl he accompanied the party on their tour through Italy. In the spring of 1823 he met Lord Byron at Genoa,.
Knights of the Garter (after 1899) - the end of the creation of "Ladies of the Garter" in 1488, although obviously Queens Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne, and Victoria had been ex officio members (1901) Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Field Marshal, last Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1901) Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, great grandson of Queen Victoria (1901) King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1902) Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford (1902) Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1902) Grand Duke Michael of Russia, brother of Emperor Nicholas II (1902) Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, presumptive heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne (1902) Prince Emanuel Philibert of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1902) Crown Prince Luis Filipe of Portugal (1902) Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, grandson of Queen Victoria (1902).
