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Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba The Double Mamba was an Armstrong Siddeley gas turbine turboprop engine design of around 3,000–4,000 hp (2,500–3,000 kW). It was used mostly on the Fairey Gannet anti-submarine aircraft developed for the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
Armstrong Siddeley Python The Armstrong-Siddeley Python was an early British turboprop engine designed and built by the Armstrong Siddeley company. Its main use was in the Westland Wyvern carrier-based heavy fighter, the turboprop engine replacing the Wyvern prototype's original Rolls-Royce Eagle 22 piston engine.
Armstrong Siddeley Whitley 18 The Armstrong Siddeley Whitley was a large post-war sports saloon automobile and was a version of the 16/18hp series made between 1946 and 1954 by the British company of Armstrong Siddeley. The Whitley was the last of the range to enter production first appearing in 1949.
Armstrong Telephone Company Armstrong Telephone Company is a telecommunications provider, and part of the Armstrong Group of Companies. The company primarily operates as a local exchange carrier in rural markets in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York.
Armstrong Whitworth Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.
Armstrong Whitworth Ape The Ape was an experimental aeroplane built by Armstrong Whitworth in the early 1920s and first flown in 1926 to "answer all the questions of aerodynamics." The plane was designed to be "infinitely" adjustable: The fuselage could be lengthened or shortened, multiple different fins and tailplanes could be fitted, the incidence angle of both the tailplane and the wings could be altered and the wings could be additionally be changed in stagger, rake and dihedral.
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign The Armstrong Whitworth Ensign was a four-engined airliner built during the 1930s for Imperial Airways. It could seat forty passengers and was designed for European and Asian routes, connecting Britain with further seaplane flights to Australia and South Africa.
Armstrong Williams Armstrong Williams (born February 5, 1959) is a political commentator who writes a conservative newspaper column, hosts a nationally syndicated TV program called The Right Side, and co-hosts a daily radio program. In 2003 he launched his own company, The Right Side Productions, which produces and syndicates his television program to media outlets including Sky Angel Satellite Network, The Liberty Channel and others.
Armstrong's mixture Armstrong's mixture is a highly sensitive primary explosive whose primary ingredients are red phosphorus and potassium chlorate, with sulphur and calcium carbonate present in small amounts. Commercially, it was formerly used in extremely small quantities on the paper caps that are used in toy cap guns.
Armstrong-Siddeley ASX The ASX, likely short for Armstrong Siddeley eXperimental, was an early axial flow jet engine built by Armstrong Siddeley that first ran in April 1943. Very little information on the engine is available, and it appears it was never put into production.
Armthorpe Armthorpe is an ancient and historical settlement and now forms the Eastern edge of the Doncaster urban sprawl. Armthorpe is located within the Doncaster 3 (DN3) postcode area between Cantley(DN4), Edenthorpe (DN3) and Intake (DN2) within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.
Armuchee-Cohutta Ranger District The Armuchee-Cohutta Ranger District is one of the five ranger districts of the Chattahoochee National Forest. Armuchee is thought to be derived from the Cherokee word for "hominy," to be derived from the Choctaw word alurnushi, meaning "hinding place or mean the "land of the flowers.
Armwrestling Match of EAP Robotic Arm Against Human The Armwrestling Match of EAP Robotic Arm Against Human (AMERAH) is a challenge posed by Yosef Bar-Cohen of the JPL in 1999. The initial challenge is to create a simple human-like robotic arm which, using electroactive polymers (EAP) as artificial muscles, can beat a human opponent (e.
Army Army (From Latin armata ("act of arming") via Old French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force. More commonly, however, it is only used specifically to refer to a land force of the military.
Army & Navy Chichester The store was originally called J D Morant and founded in Southsea, Hampshire. The business moved to its current location during the 1940s, after its original premises were destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.
Army (Soviet Army) The term Army, besides its generalized meaning (see "army") specifically denotes a major military formation in militaries of various countries, including the Soviet Union. During World War II ordinary Soviet armies initially consisted of a number of Rifle Corps.
Army and Air Force Exchange Service The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (or AAFES) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense. Its mission is to provide quality merchandise and services of necessity and convenience to authorized customers at uniformly low prices, and to generate reasonable earnings to supplement appropriated funds for the support of United States Army and Air Force Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) programs.
Army Aeronautical Department The Army Aeronautical Department (Kogun Koku Hombu) of the Ministry of War of Japan was responsible for the technical aeronautical development, aircraft manufacturing and training of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. It was based in Ichigaya Heights and was also the administrative and higth military command section of Japanese Army Air Service.
Army Air Corps The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army. There are seven regiments of the AAC as well as six Independent Flights and one Independent Squadron deployed in support of British Army operations across the world.
Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics The Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics (known as AAFSAT) was created October 9, 1942, as a military training organization for the rapid expansion of the Army Air Forces during the Second World War. Its function was to teach combat operations under simulated field conditions to cadres of Air Force aircrews as the cores around which new combat groups would be formed.
Army Air Force Technician Badge The Army Air Force Technician Badge was a decoration of the United States Army Air Forces which was first created in 1941. Similar in design to the Weapons Qualification Badge, the Army Air Force Technician Badge was awarded to denote special training and qualifications held by members of the Army Air Force.
Army Ballistic Missile Agency The Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) was the agency formed to develop and the US Army's first intermediate range ballistic missile. It was established at Redstone Arsenal on 1 February 1956 and commanded by Major General John B.
Army Base Repair Organisation The Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) is an executive agency which reports to the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. It provides engineering, repair and re-manufacturing services to the British Army and also to the Royal Air Force, the police and some local councils.
Army Battle Command System The Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS) are the body of digital Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems that will automate the emerging digital force. It employs a mix of fixed/semi-fixed installations and mobile networks and will be interoperable with theater, joint, and combined command and control systems.
Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF) or fully Army Cadet Force Association (ACFA) is a British youth organisation that offers progressive training in a multitude of subjects from military training to adventurous training and first aid, at the same time as promoting achievement, discipline and good citizenship, to boys and girls aged 12 to 18 years and 9 months. Its affiliated organisation, the Combined Cadet Force provides similar training within various schools.
Army Council The Army Council was a term first used in 1647 to describe an institution which cordinated the views of all levels of the New Model Army. During the Interregnum it metamorphosed into the (Army) Council of Officers.
Army Daze Army Daze is a Singaporean film made in 1996. A comedy based on the National Service experience by a group of enlistees in the Singapore Armed Forces, it was one of the earliest top-grossing films then, bringing in some S$1,600,000 at the local box office.
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda The Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (French: Armée pour la Libération du Rwanda, ALiR) was a rebel group largely composed of members of the Interahamwe and Armed Forces of Rwanda that carried out the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Operating mostly in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the border with Rwanda, it carried out attacks throughout the Second Congo War against forces aligned with Rwanda and Uganda.
Army golf Army Golf is a slang term, often applied as an insult from one golfer to another, that means a player is spraying the ball all over the course in different directions. The term stems from the army marching cadence: Left-right-left.
Army group An army group is a military organization (formation) consisting of several field armies, and is supposed to be self-sufficient for indefinite periods. An army group is usually responsible for a particular geographic area.
Army Ground Forces The Army Ground Forces was one of the three autonomous components of the Army of the United States during World War II, the others being the United States Army Air Forces and Army Service Forces. It was created on February 28, 1942 by Executive Order Number 9082 "Reorganizing the Army and the War Department" and War Department Circular No.
Army Group B Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II. The first was involved in the western campaign in 1940 in Belgium and the Netherlands which was to be aimed to conquer the Maas bridges after the German airborne actions in Rotterdam.
Army Group Centre Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte in German) was created on 22 June 1941 when Army Group B was renamed Army Group Centre. It was one of three German army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa.
Army Group North Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord in German) was a high level command grouping of military units operating for Germany during World War II. The army group coordinated the operations of attached army corps, reserve formations, and direct-reporting units.
Army Institute of Management, Kolkata The Army Institute of Management (Formerly, National Institute of Management Calcutta) (NIMC) was established on 28 July 1997 by the Indian Army under the aegis of Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), New Delhi, to conduct state-of-art Management Programme for the wards of Army personnel with an opportunity for the general candidates as well. The eco-friendly campus is spreaded over nine acres of land at Alipore, in the heart of the City of Joy.
Army Institute of Technology, Pune Army Institute of Technology (AIT) is an engineering college located at Dighi Hills in Pune, Maharashtra, India and affiliated to the University of Pune. It was established for the wards of Indian Army personnel (serving or retired) and conducts a national competitive exam to select 240 students each year in four disciplines of engineering.
Army Inventions Board The Australian Army Inventions Board, otherwise known as the Army Inventions Directorate, was a government body of the Commonwealth of Australia, set up in 1942 to handle the thousands of inventions submitted by the public. These inventions numbered some 27,000; a mere 127 of which were eventually accepted by the Army as being of notable value or suitable for military purposes.
Army Knowledge Online Army Knowledge Online (AKO) is the worlds largest corporate intranet, and the US Army's single approved enterprise-class web portal. AKO provides secure access to Army web assets, tools and services to Soldiers, Army employees, retirees and family members worldwide.
Army Manoeuvres of 1912 The Army Manoeuvres of 1912 was the last exercise of its kind conducted by the British army before the outbreak of the First World War. In the manoeuvres, Sir James Grierson decisively beat Douglas Haig, calling into question Haig's abilities as a field commander.
Army National Guard The Army National Guard consists of the "land force" of the United States National Guard, or organized militia, of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, as defined in Title 32, USC Section 101. The Army National Guard of the United States is a component of the United States Army.
Army of Cuban Occupation Medal The Army of Cuban Occupation Medal was a military award which was created by the United States War Department in June of 1915. The medal recognizes those service members who performed garrison occupation duty in Cuba, following the close of the Spanish-American War.
Army of Cuban Pacification Medal The Army of Cuban Pacification Medal is a military award of the United States Army which was created by orders of the United States War Department on May 11 1909. The medal was created to recognize service during the withdrawal of the United States military presence in Cuba as an aftermath of the Spanish-American War.
Army of Islam Army of Islam was a Field Army of the Ottoman Empire established between March 1918 - August 1918, the creation of a this military force was ordered by the Enver Pasha, War Minister. This force was composed entirely of Muslims, many of whom were Turkic-speakers.
Army of Me "Army of Me" is a song by Björk, released in 1995 as the first single from her sophomore album Post. It is a grinding, industrial sort of tune, with lyrics encouraging the listener to stop complaining and get on with life - or else.
Army of Mississippi There were three organizations known as the Army of Mississippi in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. (This name is contrasted against Army of the Mississippi, which was a Union Army named for the Mississippi River, not the state of Mississippi.
Army of Northern Virginia The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac.
Army of Occupation Medal The Army of Occupation Medal is a military decoration of the United States military which was established by the United States War Department in 1946. The medal was created in the aftermath of the Second World War to recognize those who had performed occupation service in either Germany or Japan.
Army of Occupation of Germany Medal The Army of Occupation of Germany Medal is a decoration of the United States military which was created by an act of the United States Congress on November 21, 1941. The decoration recognizes those members of the U.
Army of Peru The Peruvian Army (Spanish: Ejército del Perú, abbreviated EP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with safeguarding the independence, sovereignty and integrity of national territory on land. Additional missions include assistance in safeguarding internal security, conducting disaster relief operations and participating in international peacekeeping operations.
Army of Republika Srpska The Army of the Republika Srpska (Serbian: Војска Републике Српске (ВРС); Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian Vojska Republike Srpske (VRS)) also referred to as Bosnian Serb Army, was the military of the Republika Srpska. In 2005 it was integrated into Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina controlled by the Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Army of Sambre-et-Meuse The Army of Sambre-et-Meuse is the most well known of the armies of the French Revolution. In was formed 29 June, 1794 with the Army of Ardennes reinforced with the left wing of the Army of Moselle and the right wing of the Army of the North.
Army of the Andes The Army of the Andes (Spanish: Ejército de los Andes) was the military force mustered by José de San Martín in his campaign to free Chile from the Spanish Empire. In 1818 it crossed the Andes Mountains from its staging point in Cuyo in the Argentine province of Mendoza, succeeding in its objective by dislodging the Spanish from the country.
Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian, Croatian: Vojska Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine) was the military of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina created after the 1995 Dayton Agreement. It consisted of two components, the Bosniak Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) and the Croat Croatian Defence Council (HVO).
Army of the James The Army of the James was a Union Army that was composed of units from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and served along the James River during the final operations of the American Civil War in Virginia.
Army of the Pharaohs Started by the Jedi Mind Tricks in the late nineties, the original Army of the Pharaohs line-up included five MCs: Vinnie Paz, Chief Kamachi, Esoteric, Virtuoso and Bahamadia. This version of the group released The 5 Perfect Exertions EP before disbanding.
Army of the Republic The Grand Army of the Republic is a fictional army from the Star Wars saga, specifically Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith that laid the foundations of the Galactic Empire.
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH; Armija Republike Bosne i Hercegovine; Армија Републике Босне и Херцеговине) was an official military force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina established by the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 following the outbreak of the Bosnian War. Following the end of the war, and the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995, it was transformed into Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam). At the end of the Vietnam War, after the fall of Saigon, it was dissolved, and while some fled to the US, hundreds of thousands of its members were sent to reeducation camps by the communist government.
Army of the Southern Cross The Army of the Southern Cross (ASC) is a fictional military organization in the Robotech universe. In the series´ second part, "The Robotech Masters", the ASC is the force tasked with defending Earth from the Robotech Masters, who came to retrieve the Protoculture Factory, following the failure of the Zentraedi during the First Robotech War.
Army of the Tennessee The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River. It should not be confused with the similarly named Army of Tennessee, a Confederate army named after the State of Tennessee.
Army of the Three Guarantees At the end of the Mexican War of Independence, the Army of the Three Guarantees (Ejército Trigarante or Ejercito de las Tres Garantías) was the name given to the army after the unification of the Spanish troops led by Agustín de Iturbide and the Mexican troops of Vicente Guerrero, consolidating Mexico's independence from Spain. The decree creating this army, appeared in the Plan de Iguala, which stated the three guarantees which it was meant to defend: religion, independence, and unity.
Army of the West The Army of the West was a military force within the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War that the was part of the Trans-Mississippi Department and was comprised primarily of members of the old Missouri State Guard.
Army of Venezuela The Army of Venezuela is a professional armed body designed to defend Venezuela's sovereignty and borders and aid in the development and progress of the country in any way possible. Army units have frequently participated in social actions and construction.
Army of Virginia The Army of Virginia was organized as a major unit of the Union Army and operated briefly and unsuccessfully in 1862 in the American Civil War. It should not be confused with its principal opponent, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Robert E.
Army of West Mississippi The Army of West Mississippi was a Union army that served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was virtually the same force as the Army of the Gulf, but was renamed when it became a part of the Military Division of West Mississippi, in the Department of the Gulf commanded by Maj.
Army on the Frontier The "Army on the Frontier" is a term applied to the activities of the United States Army stationed near the frontier settlements from the beginning of national existence until about 1890, the end of the settlers' frontier.
Army Of Lovers Army Of Lovers was a Swedish dance music group founded in 1987. They were famous for their controversial music videos (some of which were banned by MTV), directed by Fredrik Boklund and their costumes created by Camilla Thulin.
Army One Army One is the callsign of any United States Army aircraft carrying the President of the United States; from 1957 until 1976, this was usually an Army helicopter transporting the President. Prior to 1976, responsibility for helicopter transportation of the President was divided between the Army and the U.
Army personnel recovery The United States Army defines personnel recovery as "The sum of military, DOD civilian, DOD contractor personnel, or other personnel designated by the President or Secretary of Defense, who are isolated, missing, detained, or captured (IMDC) in an operational environment. Also called PR.
Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) The Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) is designed to test the muscular strength/endurance and cardiovascular respiratory fitness of soldiers in the US Army. Soldiers are given a score based of performance consisting of three events, the sit-up (SU), push-up (PU) and a two mile run, normally ranging from 0-300.
Army Prosecuting Authority The Army Prosecuting Authority (APA) is an agency of the British Ministry of Defence. It was created as an independent body by the Armed Forces Act 1996 on 1 April 1997 and has branches in the United Kingdom and in British Forces Germany (BFG).
Army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II The following graphs present the rank insignia of the Japanese military during World War II. These designs had been used between the years 1938 to 1945, but were discontinued after World War II, when the Imperial military had been dissolved.
Army Rugby Union The Army Rugby Union (ARU) was formed on 31st December 1906 and marked the fulfilment of Lieutenant JEC ‘Birdie’ Partridge’s (Welch Regiment) idea to have a body to administer the playing of rugby in the British Army.
Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming is a British Army training establishment that provides instructions of Scottish bagpipe music to military pipers, drummers and pipe bands. Founded in 1910 as the Army School of Piping (later renamed the Army School of Bagpipe Music), the School is located near Redford Barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland and is adminstered by the Infantry Training Centre, it is also affiliated with the Corps of Army Music.
Army School of Physical Training The Army School of Physical Training (ASPT) is the headquarters of the British Army Physical Training Corps (APTC) and the central training establishment for physical education, physical fitness and sports instructors in the British Army. It is located in Hammerseley Barracks and Fox Lines, Aldershot, Hampshire, England.
Army Staff Identification Badge The Army Staff Identification Badge is a decoration of the United States Army and is awarded to those personnel who serve for one year as a member of the Army General Staff. The badge is authorized for officers and enlisted personnel (in the paygrade of E-9 only) and is considered a permanent decoration for wear subsequent to service with the General Staff.
Army ten miler The Army Ten-Miler is America's largest ten-mile race with 26,000 military and civilian participants celebrating the Army's tradition of excellence. It is also the second largest ten-mile race in the world, now in its 23rd year.
Army Times Army Times is an independent weekly newspaper serving active, reserve and retired United States Army and United States National Guard personnel and their families, providing career-related news and information as well as community and lifestyle features, educational supplements, and resource guides.
Army War College (Japan) The Army War College ( Rikugun Daigakkō; Short form: 陸大 Rikudai) of the Empire of Japan was founded in 1882 in Minato, Tokyo to modernize and Westernize the Imperial Japanese Army. Much of the empire's elite including prime ministers during the period of Japanese militarism such as Hideki Tojo were graduates of the college.
Army Wives Army Wives is an American television drama series about a woman who marries a soldier and moves her family onto an Army base, where she becomes friends with other women whose husbands are in the military. It is not to be confused with CBS's The Unit where the men work for a highly secretive special army force unit.
Army Wound Ribbon The Army Wound Ribbon was a short lived decoration of the United States Army which was created on September 6, 1917 to recognize those soldiers who had received combat wounds during World War I. The Wound Ribbon was only issued until October 12, 1917 and the following year was replaced with the Wound Chevron.
Army-Lockheed YO-3A The Army-Lockheed YO-3A "Quiet Star" was a single-engined, propellor-driven monoplane that was used for battlefield observation during the Vietnam war. It was designed to be as quiet as possible, and was intended to observe troop movements in near-silence during hours of darkness.
Army-Navy Game The Army-Navy Game, an annual college football game generally played on the last weekend of the regular season in early December, pits the football teams of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York (Army), and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland (Navy), against one another. It is one of the most traditional and enduring rivalries in college football, and is televised every year by CBS.
Arn Anderson Martin "Marty" Lunde, better known by his ring name of Arn Anderson (born September 20, 1958 in Rome, Georgia), is an American professional wrestler, regarded by some professional wrestling experts as the greatest professional wrestler never to have won a world title. His career has been highlighted by his alliances with Ric Flair and various members of the elite wrestling stable, "The Four Horsemen".
Arn Tellem Arn Tellem is a player agent for various major sports and is the top agent for NBA players, having negotiated over $200 million worth of contracts for his NBA clients. He participated in the founding of SFX sports as the vice president of baseball operations and he incorporated his firm Tellem and Associates into SFX.
Arnab Chakrabarty Arnab Chakrabarty was born in Bombay, India in 1980. Considered by many to be the leading sarod musician of his generation, Chakrabarty had most of his training from Buddhadev Dasgupta, one of the legendary figures associated with the sarod.
Arnakuagsak In Inuit mythology, Arnakuagsak ("old woman from the sea") was an Inuit goddess, one of the primary deities of the religion, who was responsible for ensuring the hunters were able to catch enough food and that the people remained healthy and strong. She was worshipped primarily in Greenland, but was essentially equivalent to the Canadian Sedna or Arnapkapfaaluk and the Alaskan Nerrivik.
Arnaldo CĂ©zar Coelho Arnaldo David CĂ©zar Coelho (born January 15, 1943) was the first Brazilian, indeed first non-European to take charge of the FIFA World Cup final when he officiated in the 1982 final between Italy and West Germany.
Arnaldo Darío Rosado Arnaldo Darío Rosado (November 23, 1953 - July 25, 1978) was an activist for the independence of Puerto Rico from a very young age. In July 25, 1978 he was killed by police officers (along with friend Carlos Soto Arriví) after being lured into bombing the communication towers on Cerro Maravilla by undercover agent, Alejandro González Malavé.
Arnaldo Mesa Arnaldo Mesa (born December 6, 1967) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54kg) division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács.
Arnaldo Momigliano Arnaldo Dante Momigliano KBE (September 5, 1908, Caraglio, Piemont–September 1, 1987, London) was an Italian historian known for his work in historiography, characterized by Donald Kagan as the "world’s leading student of the writing of history in the ancient world".
Arnaldo Tamayo MĂ©ndez Arnaldo Tamayo MĂ©ndez (born January 29, 1942) was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel in outer space. He was also the first Hispanophone and first person of African ancestry in space.
Arnaldur IndriĂ°ason Arnaldur IndriĂ°ason (born 28 January 1961) is an Icelandic writer of criminal fiction. He has repeatedly proved to be the most popular writer in Iceland in recent years - topping bestseller lists year after year.
Arnaldus de Villa Nova Arnaldus de Villa Nova or Arnaldus de Villanueva, Arnaldus Villanovanus, Arnaud de Ville-Neuve or Arnau de Vilanova, (ca. 1235 Valencia–1313), alchemist, astrologer and physician, appears to have been of Catalan origin, and to have studied chemistry, medicine, physics, and also Arabic philosophy.
Arnamagnæan Codex The Arnamagnæan codex (The Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection) (Danish: Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling Icelandic Handritasafn Árna Magnússonar) is the collection of manuscripts assembled by Árni Magnússon (1663-1730).
Arnamagnæan Collection The Arnamagnæan Collection (Danish: Den Arnamagnæanske Samling) is an institute established in 1956 to further the study of Árni Magnússon's Arnamagnæan Codex collection, which in his testament was left to the University of Copenhagen in 1730. The institute is the successor of the Arnamagnæan Foundation (Danish: Den Arnamagnæanske Stiftelse), created in 1760.
Arnapkapfaaluk Arnapkapfaaluk (big bad woman) was the sea goddess of the Inuit people of Canada's Coronation Gulf area. Although occupying the equivalent position to Sedna within Inuit mythology, in that she had control of the animals of the seas, she was noticeably different as can be seen by the English translation of her name.
Arnau Caldenteny Riera Arnau Caldenteny Riera (who prefers to be called Arnau) (Pronounced "Ar-Naw") (born October 1 1981) is a Spanish footballer. He currently plays for Southend United in the English Football League Championship after agreeing a loan period on 23rd November 2006 from fellow Championship side Sunderland
Arnau de Palomar Arnau de Palomar was the first lord of Riudoms, in Southern Catalonia near of the current city of Reus. The lordship of Riudoms was granted to Arnau de Palomar 24 January 1150 by the lord of the City and Land of Tarragona, Robert Bordet (known as Robert d'AguilĂł).
Arnaud Baille/Sicre Arnaud Baille/Sicre was a cobbler in the Comté de Foix in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. A number of details about his life are known to us through the Fournier Register, and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's analysis of those records.

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