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George Gibbs Dibrell George Gibbs Dibrell ( April 12, 1822 – May 9, 1888) was a American lawyer and a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives from the 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee. He also served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and as a railroad executive.
George Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (16 May 1928 - 19 July 2001) succeeded his father, George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, to the title Baron Wraxall on 28 October 1931 at the age of three. His mother was the Hon.
George Gibson (baseball) George C. (Mooney) Gibson (July 22 1880 - January 25 1967) was a young Canadian bricklayer-homebuilder turned catcher who enjoyed a lengthy career as both a player with Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants and as a manager for Pittsburgh and the Chicago Cubs.
George Giffard General Sir George Giffard GCB DSO (1886 - 1964) was a British military officer, who had a distinguished career in command of African troops in World War I, rising to command an Army Group in South East Asia in World War II.
George Gimarc George Gimarc is a Texas disc jockey and a record and radio program producer and author who is known for his extensive and authoritative knowledge about the classic rock radio format; recorded music in general, and specifically the era of punk rock. His broadcast programs have been heard in various formats in the USA, Europe and New Zealand, via licensed stations and unlicensed pirate radio transmitters.
George Gipps Sir George Gipps (1791 – 28 February 1847) was Governor of the colony of New South Wales, Australia, for eight years, between 1838 and 1846. His governorship was during a period of great change for New South Wales and Australia, as well as for New Zealand, which was administered as part of New South Wales for much of this period.
George Girard George Girard (October 7, 1930 - January 18, 1957) was a New Orleans jazz trumpeter. He was known for his great technical ability, playing in a style that combined traditional New Orleans Dixieland jazz with the Big Band style trumpet.
George Gissing George Gissing (November 22, 1857 – December 28, 1903) was an English novelist, who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. Although his early works are naturalistic, he developed into one of the the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.
George Gittoes George Gittoes is an Australian war artist who uses painting, drawing, photographs and video. He has focused on traveling to places which have been affected greatly by human tragedy either because of war or natural disaster.
George Glas George Glas (1725–November 30, 1765), Scottish seaman and merchant adventurer in West Africa, son of John Glas the divine, was born at Dundee in 1725, and is said to have been brought up as a surgeon. He obtained command of a ship which traded between Brazil, the N.
George Glenn George Glenn is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED set in the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam universe. He is voiced by Hideyuki Hori in the original Japanese version and by Michael Dobson in the English dub.
George Glinatsis George Glinatsis (born June 29, 1969 in Youngstown, Ohio), was a former professional baseball player who pitched briefly for the Seattle Mariners in 1994. He started 2 games for the Mariners and finished the season 0-1.
George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton George Carr Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton (27 March 1797-24 July 1873), was a banker with interests in the railways, a partner in the family firm of Glyn, Mills and Company, which was reputed to be the largest private bank in London.
George Goddard George Goddard (born 20 December, 1903 in Gomshall, Surrey, died 24 March 1987 Redhill, Surrey) was a professional footballer (centre-forward) of the 1920s and 1930s. He was QPR's greatest ever goal scorer with 186 goals.
George Godfrey (young boxer) George Godfrey (II) "The Leiperville Shadow" (January 25, 1897—August 13, 1947) was the ring name of Feab Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the US state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. 'George Godfrey' was the name of an earlier New England boxer who had been a top name during the days of John L.
George Godfrey Massy Wheeler George Godfrey Massy Wheeler (January 31, 1873-April 13, 1915) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
George Goodman George Goodman (1930 - ), born in St. Louis is an American author and broadcast economics commentator, best known by his pseudonym Adam Smith (which intentionally evokes the 18th century economist of the same name).
George Gordon (Civil War General) George Washington Gordon (born 1836 - 1911) was an officer in the Confederate Army, rising to be the youngest brigadier general in the confederacy by the last year of the war. After the war, he practiced law in Pulaski, Tenn.
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (October 6 1637–April 20 1720), Lord Chancellor of Scotland, was the son of Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, executed in 1644, by his wife, Mary Forbes.
George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592–March, 1649), eldest son of the 1st Marquess Huntly by Lady Henrietta, daughter of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, was brought up in England as a Protestant, and created earl of Enzie by James I.
George Gore George F. Gore (May 3 1857 - September 16 1933) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played fourteen seasons for the Chicago White Stockings (1879-1886), New York Giants (1887-89, 1891-1892), and St.
George Gorchoff George Gorchoff was an American who allegedly worked for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) in 1943 during World War II. Gorchoff's code name with the GRU, and as identified by the Venona project is "Gustav".
George Goschen George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (10 August 1831 – 7 February 1907) was a British statesman and businessman ironically best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was initailly a Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist.
George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen GCSI GCIE CBE VD PC (15 October 1866 – 24 July 1952) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead from 1895 to 1906 and Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929.
George Gough Booth George Gough Booth (1864-1949) was the publisher of the privately held Evening News Association, which at one time held newspaper and broadcasting properties located from coast to coast. During Booth's time, however, the ENA was comprised of The Detroit News and WWJ AM-FM-TV.
George Graham (Ontario politician) George Frederick Graham (born March 16, 1966 in East York, Ontario, Canada) is a political activist currently living in Ajax, Ontario. In the 1984 federal election, he became the youngest person in Canadian history to run for Parliament, when he ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the federal riding of Willowdale.
George Graham Vest George Graham Vest (December 6, 1830–August 9, 1904) was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, and was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest was a lawyer and a politician who served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate Congressman during the Civil War, and finally a US Senator.
George Grande George Grande (pronounced like the English word "grand") is an American sportscaster who hosted the first broadcast of SportsCenter on ESPN in 1979. In the early years of the network, he served as host of the baseball magazine program that evolved into the current Baseball Tonight program on ESPN.
George Grant (philosopher) George Parkin Grant OC, Ph.D, FRSC (Toronto, November 13, 1918 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 27, 1988) was a Canadian philosopher, teacher and political commentator, whose popular appeal peaked in the late 1960s and 1970s.
George Grant Elmslie George Grant Elmslie (February 20, 1869 - April 23, 1952) was an American, though born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Prairie School architect whose work is mostly found in the Midwestern United States. He worked with Louis Sullivan and later with William Gray Purcell.
George Green (actor) George Green is a Canadian actor best known for playing the local police officer on the Canadian TV Show "Trailer Park Boys". His character resides from North Bay, Ontario and drives a bus when he isn't acting.
George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM (born 19 April 1973 in Lusaka, Zambia) is an Australian rugby union scrum-half who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history.He has captained the team to many victories and he is respected throughout the rugby world for his tenacity, tactical skill, leadership ability, and sportsmanship, but is also known for his 'talk-back' to referees.
George Gregoriou George Gregoriou is an American political writer and professor of Greek Cypriot origins. Born in Cyprus in 1936 into a nationalistic family; his father was interned by the colonial authorities during the insurrection in 1931.
George Gregory George Gregory, Jr. (born 1906, New York City, died May 11, 1994, Washington Heights, New York City, New York) was the first black basketball player to be selected as an All American college basketball player, in 1931.
George Grenfell George Grenfell (1849-1906) Was an English missionary and explorer, born at Sancreed, near Penzance, Cornwall. In 1875 he went as a Baptist missionary to Cameroon, West Africa, with Alfred Saker (1814-80), and thereafter did some exceedingly important work in exploring little-known rivers of the Congo Basin.
George Grenville George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of seven years, reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was one of the few prime ministers (others include William Pitt the Younger, Sir Winston Churchill and William Gladstone) who never acceded to the peerage.
George Grey Turner George Grey Turner (September 8, 1877 - August 24, 1951) was an English surgeon. He received a Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1903, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War.
George Grierson George Allison Grierson (April 11, 1867—October 18, 1931) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1922, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C.
George Gristock George Gristock VC (14 June 1905 - 16 June 1940) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
George Gross George Gross (born January 23, 1923 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) is a famous Canadian sport journalist, who was very much involved in Canadian Soccer in the early years of his life in Canada, both as a player and a journalist.
George Grossmith George Grossmith (December 9 1847 – March 1 1912) was an English comedian, writer, actor, and singer, best remembered for his work with Gilbert and Sullivan and for writing the comic novel (with his brother Weedon) Diary of a Nobody.
George Grosz' Interregnum George Grosz' Interregnum is a 29-minute long documentary film about the artist George Grosz produced by Altina Carey and Charles Carey, and narrated by Lotte Lenya. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1961.
George Guest George Guest (9 February 1924 - 20 November 2002) was organist and choirmaster of St John's College, Cambridge, for four decades. He was a highly influential teacher, numbering many cathedral organists among his former students.
George Gunn George Gunn (born June 13, 1879, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, died June 29, 1958, Cuckfield, Sussex) was an English cricketer who played in 15 Tests from 1907 to 1930. Along with other notable batsmen such as Jack Hobbs, Frank Woolley and Phil Mead, he was one of a group who, beginning their first-class careers in the Edwardian Era, seemed to go on for ever.
George Gunther Connecticut state senator George "Doc" Gunther (born 1919) is the longest-serving state legislator in Connecticut history. Senator Gunther has represented the 21st Connecticut Senate District, comprising all of Shelton, Connecticut, most of Stratford, Connecticut, and parts of Monroe, Connecticut and Seymour, Connecticut, since 1966.
George H Crosman USAR Center Heliport The George H Crosman USAR Center Heliport is a military heliport within the perimeter of the George H Crosman USAR Center in Taunton, Massachusetts. The heliport is government-owned and is primarily used at the utmost discretion of the U.
George H. Bender George Harrison Bender (September 29, 1896, Cleveland, Ohio - June 18, 1961, Chagrin Falls, Ohio) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939-1947 and 1951-1954, and also in the U.
George H. Hitchings George H. Hitchings (April 18, 1905 – February 27, 1998) shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment," Hitchings specifically for his work on chemotherapy.
George H. Pendleton George Hunt Pendleton (July 19, 1825 – November 24, 1889) was a Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Nicknamed "Gentleman George" for his demeanor, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States during the Civil War in 1864, running alongside George B.
George H. Preble George Henry Preble (25 February 1816 - 1 March 1885) was an American naval officer and writer, notable for his history of the flag of the United States and for taking the first photograph of the Fort McHenry flag that inspired The Star-Spangled Banner.
George H. Prouty George Herbert Prouty (March 4, 1862 – August 19, 1918) of Newport, Orleans County, Vermont was a Republican member of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1896-97; member of Vermont State Senate, 1904; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1906-08; Governor of Vermont, 1908-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916. Prouty was also the grandfather of Senator Winston L.
George H. Ramer Second Lieutenant George Henry Ramer (27 March 1927 – 12 September 1951) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor — the United States’ highest military decoration for heroism — for his actions in Korea on 12 September 1951, when he sacrificed his life during a fearless attack on an enemy position. He was the 27th Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Korean War.
George H. Steuart George Hume Steuart (August 24, 1828 – November 22, 1903) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, primarily serving in the Army of Northern Virginia. Nicknamed "Maryland Steuart" to avoid verbal confusion with Virginia cavalryman J.
George H. Tichenor George Humphrey Tichenor (April 12, 1837 -- January 14, 1923) was a Kentucky-born physician who introduced antiseptic surgery while in the service of the Confederate States of America. Thereafter, in private practice in Canton (Madison County), Mississippi, he developed the formula that became "Dr.
George H. Tinkham George Holden Tinkham was a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 29, 1870; attended the public and private schools; was graduated from Harvard University in 1894; member of the Boston Common Council in 1897 and 1898; studied law at Harvard Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Boston; member of the board of aldermen 1900-1902; served in the State senate 1910-1912; served overseas during the First World War; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1943); was not a candidate for renomination in 1942; continued the practice of law in Boston, Mass.
George H. Wanton George Henry Wanton (May 15 1868 – November 27 1940) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Spanish-American War.
George Habash George Habash (Arabic جورج حبش) (born August 2 1926 in Lod), sometimes known by his nom-de-guerre Al-Hakim الحكيم , meaning "the doctor", a leading militant and Palestinian politician, as founder and Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1967-2000.
George Hadfield George Hadfield (1787—21 April 1879) was an English author and Radical politician. He was born in Sheffield, the son of a successful merchant (his father was noted as being one of the first people in Sheffield to own an umbrella).
George Hadley George Hadley (February 12,1685 – June 28,1768) was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the Trade Winds are sustained. As a key factor in ensuring that European sailing vessels reached North American shores, understanding the Trade Winds was as important in Hadley's day as the understanding of the solar wind and other extraterrestrial phenomena is to contemporary scientists considering manned lunar and Martian expeditions.
George Hadow George Hadow (4 July 1712 - 11 September 1780 at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland) was professor of Hebrew and oriental languages at St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, Scotland from 1748 to 1780. He was the son of Principal James Hadow, also of St Andrews' UniversityNotice About George Hadow.
George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig KStJ OBE DL (born 15 March 1918), styled Viscount Dawick before 1928, succeeded to the Earldom of Haig on the death of his father, Field Marshal the 1st Earl Haig, on 28 January 1928. In 1937 he was a Page of Honour to King George VI at his coronation.
George Hainsworth George Hainsworth (June 26, 1895 in Toronto, Ontario - October 9, 1950) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL).
George Halas George Stanley Halas (February 2 1895 - October 31 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was an American player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional football and the iconic longtime leader of the NFL's Chicago Bears.
George Hall (actor) George Hall (November 19, 1916 – October 21, 2002) was a theater, TV, and film actor best remembered by his role as the 93 year old Indiana Jones in the TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992). He debuted on Broadway in 1946.
George Hall (baseball player) George William Hall (March 29 1849–June 11 1923) was a professional baseball player who played in the National Association and later the National League. Born in Stepney, England, Hall later immigrated to the U.
George Hall (New York) George Hall (May 12, 1770 - March 20, 1840) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Cheshire, Connecticut, he attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Onondaga County, New York.
George Hamartolus George Hamartolus (Greek ) was a monk at Constantinople under Michael III (842-867) and the author of a chronicle of some importance. Hamartolus is not his name but the epithet he gives to himself in the title of his work: "A compendious chronicle from various chroniclers and interpreters, gathered together and arranged by George, a sinner ()".
George Hamilton IV George Hamilton IV (born July 19, 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American country musician, known across the world for singles like "Before This Day Ends" and "Abilene". He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, only later switching to pop-country, then folk music.
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen George Hamilton Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, KG, KT, PC (28 January 1784 – 14 December 1860) was a Scottish Tory/Peelite politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney Field Marshal Sir George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (February 9, 1666 - January 29, 1737) was a British soldier and nobleman, the fifth son of Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton and William Douglas, Earl of Selkirk.
George Handley Knibbs Sir George Handley "The Knibb" Knibbs (June 13 1858 - 1929) was an Australian scientist, the first Commonwealth statistician and the first director of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, predecessor to the CSIRO.
George Harleigh George Harleigh is a pseudonym or sockpuppet for Doug Thompson, a blogger for the Capitol Hill Blue political commentary web site and was frequently quoted by left-wing commentators. Harleigh was supposed to be a professor at Southern Illinois University and to have been once in the Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan administrations.
George Harold Eardley George Harold Eardley (VC, MM) (6 May 1912 - 11 September 1991) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
George Harris, 4th Baron Harris George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris, GCSI, GCIE (born St Anne's, Trinidad 3 February 1851, died 24 March 1932 in Faversham, Kent) was a British politician, cricketer and cricket administrator. He succeeded to his title in 1872, before which he was known as The Honourable George Harris.
George Harrison George Harrison, MBE (February 25, 1943 – November 29, 2001Nicknamed "The Darkhorse", was a Grammy Award]-winning [[England|English musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Following the band's demise, Harrison had a career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys super group.
George Harry Wyatt George Harry Wyatt (5 September 1886-22 January 1964) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
George Hastings (Manitoba politician) George Victor Hastings (died July 27, 2002) was a political activist and businessman in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a navigator with the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1940 and 1947, and challenged Errick Willis for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 1950.
George Hayduke George Washington Hayduke is an ex-Green Beret, one-time explosives expert and medical assistant to the Viet Cong, American environmentalist hero, and fictional character in Edward Abbey's successful novels The Monkey Wrench Gang and Hayduke Lives!
George Headley George Alphonso Headley (born May 30, 1909 in Panama; died November 30, 1983 in Kingston, Jamaica) was a West Indian cricketer. He was taken to Jamaica at the age of ten and went on to become the finest West Indian batsman of the 1930s and 1940s.
George Hemming George Hemming (December 15, 1868 – June 3, 1930), also known as Old Wax Figger, was a pitcher in major league baseball in the late-19th century. His first season was with the Cleveland Infants, most likely because his hometown, Carrollton was nearby.
George Henderson (Manitoba politician) George Lindsay Henderson (born March 18, 1916 in Homewood, Manitoba) is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977.
George Hendrik Breitner Painter and photographer George Hendrik Breitner (September 12, 1857, Rotterdam - June 5, 1923, Amsterdam) was a member of the Dutch artist group known as 'De Tachtigers'('The Eighties') because of their artistic influence in the years of 1880, including painters like Isaac Israëls, Willem Witsen, and poets like Willem Kloos.
George Hennard George Hennard (October 15, 1956–October 16, 1991) was a mass murderer who claimed twenty-four victims at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, USA, in an event that has come to be known as the Luby's massacre.
George Henry (painter) George Henry (1858-1943) was a Scottish painter, one of the most prominent of the Glasgow School. He was born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art, later in Macgregor's studio, but learned most from his nature studies at Kirkcudbright.
George Henry Lesch George Henry Lesch (1909 - 1994) was the president and CEO of the Colgate-Palmolive company from 1960 to 1971, and was also the chairman of the board of the company from 1961 to 1974. He was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine in 1966.
George Henry Lewes [Henry Lewes (April 18], [[1817–November 28, 1878) was an English philosopher and literary critic. He is more notable now as the extramarital partner of the novelist Mary Ann Evans, better known by her pen name of George Eliot, with whom he lived from 1854 until his death.
George Henry Monson The Honourable George Henry Monson (born 17 October 1755; died 17 June 1823) was a noted English amateur cricketer whose known first-class career included 13 matches from the 1785 to the 1792 season. Monson, who was a useful batsman, belonged to the famous Hornchurch Club that was at the time representative of Essex and he was also an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club.
George Henry Murray George Henry Murray (Grand Narrows June 7, 1861 – January 6, 1929 Montreal) was a Nova Scotia politician who served as the province's Premier for twenty-seven years, the longest unbroken tenure for a head of government in Canadian history.
George Henry Rose Sir George Henry Rose GCH PC (1771 – 17 June 1855) was the eldest son of George Rose. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton from 1794–1813 and for Christchurch from 1818–32 and 1837–44, Clerk of the Parliaments from 1818–55 and sometime Envoy Extraordinary to Munich and Berlin.
George Henry Sanderson George Henry Sanderson (1824-1893) was a notable politician of the United States Republican Party. Henderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and traveled to San Francisco during the 1849 Gold Rush in California.
George Henry Tatham Paton George Henry Tatham Paton (VC, MC)(3 October 1895-December 1, 1917) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
George Henschel George Henschel (Isidor Georg Henschel) (1850 - 1934), English musician (naturalized 1890) was born at Breslau of Polish-Jewish parentage, and educated as a pianist, making his first public appearance in Berlin in 1862.
George Herbert George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was an English poet, orator and a priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education which led on to him holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament.
George Herbert Baker George Herbert Baker (1878-1943) was an impressionist artist who worked primarily in the Richmond, Indiana area and was a member of the "Richmond Group" of painters. he worked in oil, watercolor and pastels.
George Herbert Mead George Herbert Mead (February 27,1863 – April 26,1931) was an American philosopher, sociologist and psychologist, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago, where he was one of several distinguished pragmatists. He is regarded as one of the founders of social psychology.
George Herbert Palmer George Herbert Palmer (1842-1933) was an American scholar and author, born in Boston. In 1864 he graduated at Harvard, to which he returned, after study at TĂĽbingen, Germany, and at Andover Theological Seminary, to be tutor in Greek.
George Herbert Stancer George Herbert Stancer (1878 – October 1962) was a notable English racing cyclist of the late 19th century who subsequently became one of the most notable administrators of the British Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC) during the years after World War I. He is commemorated by the annual running of the juvenile 10-mile GHS individual time trial championship.
George Herbert Walker George Herbert "Bert" Walker (June 11, 1875 - June 24, 1953) was a wealthy American banker and businessman. His daughter Dorothy married Prescott Bush, making him the grandfather (and namesake) of President George H.
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (June 26, 1866 – April 5, 1923) was an English aristocrat best known as the financier of the excavation of the Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
George Heriot's School George Heriot's School is an independent primary and secondary school on Lauriston Place in Edinburgh, Scotland, with around 1500 pupils. It was established in 1628, by bequest of the royal goldsmith George Heriot, and opened in 1659.

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