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Gilbert Gabriel Gilbert Alexander Gabriel (born November 16 1956) is a African-English multi-instrumental musician and lyricist. He was a member of the famed English folk rock trio, The Dream Academy, which had three albums and a world-wide hit in 1985, called "Life in a Northern Town", which he helped co-write.
Gilbert Gardner Gilbert Gardner (born May 9, 1982 in Angleton, Texas) is an American football player who currently plays linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts. At Purdue University, he started 31 of 46 games, recording 215 tackles with 3.
Gilbert Gnarley Gilbert Gnarley is a character developed and voiced by Gary Burbank of Cincinnati, Ohio radio station 700 WLW. His comedy sketches involve prank phone calls to various businesses, organizations, and corporate headquarters, during which it becomes evident that Gilbert is very confused about something.
Gilbert Harding Gilbert Charles Harding (born in Hereford, 5 June 1907, died in London, 16 November 1960) was a well-known journalist and radio and television personality. His many careers included schoolmaster, journalist, police officer, disc jockey, interviewer and television presenter.
Gilbert Harman Gilbert Harman (born 1938) is a contemporary American philosopher, teaching at Princeton University, who has published widely on Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics and the philosophies of Language and Mind. He was educated at Swarthmore College and Harvard University, where he earned his Ph.
Gilbert Haven Gilbert Haven was a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872. He was an early benefactor of Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University), visualizing it as a university of all the Methodist schools founded for the education of freedmen (former African American slaves).
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster PC (1 October 1830 – 24 December 1910), known as Lord Aveland from 1867 to 1888 and as Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1888 to 1892, was a British Liberal politician and court official.
Gilbert Hernandez Gilbert Hernandez (born February 1, 1957), also known as Gilberto Hernandez (pronounced /heel-bear-toe/) or simply Beto (pronounced /beh-toe/), is along with his brothers Jaime and Mario a co-creator of the black and white independent comic Love and Rockets, published by Fantagraphics Books.
Gilbert Hill Gilbert Hill is a 200 foot (90 m) monolith column of black basalt rock in Andheri, Maharashtra, India. The rock has a sheer vertical face and was created when molten lava was squeezed out of the earth's clefts during the Mesozoic Era about 65 million years ago.
Gilbert Hutton Gilbert "Bunty" Hutton (born April 24, 1908 in Bethany, Manitoba; died January 20, 1995) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1958 as a representative of the Social Credit League.
Gilbert Jessop Gilbert Laird Jessop (born May 19, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; died May 11, 1955, Fordington, Dorset, England) was an English cricket player, known as the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known.
Gilbert Johnson SgtMaj Gilbert "Hashmark" Johnson (October 30 1905 – August 5 1972) was one of the first African Americans to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. Born in rural Mount Hebron, Alabama, Johnson attended Stillman College in 1922, aspiring to become a minister.
Gilbert LaBine Gilbert LaBine (10 February 1890 – June 8, 1977) was a Canadian prospector who in 1930 discovered radium and uranium deposits at Port Radium, Northwest Territories. He has become known as the father of Canada's uranium industry.
Gilbert Lani Kauhi Gilbert Francis Lani Damian Kauhi (October 17, 1937-May 3, 2004) also known as Zulu and Zoulou, was an American actor, musician and stand-up comedian most famous for his burly character Kono Kalakaua on the CBS television network series Hawaii Five-O for the first four years of the series. A native Hawaiian, Kauhi was an accomplished surfer and was known in Hawaii by the honorific of a Waikiki Beach Boy.
Gilbert Larose Gymnast Gilbert Larose, who led UM to NCAA gymnastics titles in 1963 and 1970 respectively, competed for Canada but did not place. Larose was the first University Michigan gymnast to win the NCAA all-around title.
Gilbert Longden Sir Gilbert James Morley Longden (16 April 1902 - 16 October 1997) was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire South West from 1950 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election.
Gilbert Mabbot Gilbert Mabbot, alternately Mabbott (1622—c. 1670), was the official licenser of the press from 1647 to 1649 and himself a pioneering journalist and publisher of newsbooks during the English Civil War period.
Gilbert Malcolm Sproat Gilbert Malcolm Sproat (19 April 1834 – 4 June 1913) was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman, office holder, and author. Arriving on Vancouver Island in 1860, he helped to found the first sawmill in Port Alberni, British Columbia.
Gilbert Mamery Gilbert Mamery Riera (15 March, 1927-30 March, 2003) was a Puerto Rican disc-jockey, musicologist, radio station owner, radio and television personality, marketing impresario and composer born in MayagĂĽez, Puerto Rico. He is the father of Puerto Rican talent manager and radio impresario Carlos "Topi" Mamery, Puerto Rican radio announcer and marketing impresario Eric William Mamery, and media announcer and comedienne Gricel Mamery.
Gilbert Merle Gilbert Merle is Puerto Rican radio announcer who reached the height of his popularity in the legendary "El Meneo de la mañana" morning show. Gilbert Graduated from the Interamerican University In San Germán, Puerto Rico (US).
Gilbert Millington Gilbert Millington,His name was spelt Gilbert Millingtonin the Proclamation for apprehending the late King's Judges (4 June 1660), but as Gilbert Myllington in House of Lords Journal Volume 11 7 February 1662 c.1598-1666, was a barrister and one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England.
Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley CB, OBE, MC (3 November 1915 – 22 June 2006) served in the British Army from 1939 to 1967, retiring with the rank of Major-General. He was Army director of public relations in the 1960s when the conduct of the Army's personnel came under close scrutiny.
Gilbert Montagné Gilbert Montagné (born December 20,1951 in Paris) is a leading French musician who is both a pianist and organist, as well as a singer. Blind from birth, he is best remembered for his international hit "The Fool", which was a number 1 single across Europe in 1971.
Gilbert Murray Gilbert Murray (January 2, 1866 – May 20 1957) was a BritishAustralian by birth, he returned to Australia in the 1890s for a visit. It has been lamented that perhaps the most famous Australian of his time, [he] expressed no interest whatever in Australia.
Gilbert Myles Gilbert Myles was a New Zealand politician. He was elected to Parliament in the seat of Roskill in the 1990 elections as part of the New Zealand National Party, a previously safe-seat of the previously ruling Labour Party, largely on a platform of opposition to the of the Rogernomics neo-liberal/free market reforms that had occurred during the 1980's in New Zealand.
Gilbert of Sempringham Gilbert of Sempringham (about 1083—4 February 1189/90) became the only Englishman to found a convent, mainly because the Cistercian monks at Citeaux declined his request to assist him in helping a group of women living with lay brothers and sisters, in 1148.
Gilbert O'Sullivan Gilbert O'Sullivan (born Raymond Edward O'Sullivan, on 1 December, 1946, in Waterford, Ireland) is a singer-songwriter, best known for his early-1970s hits "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair" and "Get Down".
Gilbert Paquette Gilbert Paquette (born October 19, 1942, in Montreal, Quebec) is a researcher at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur le téléapprentissage (CIRTA-LICEF), which he founded in 1992, and a Quebec politician.
Gilbert Parker Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC (November 23, 1862 – September 6, 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.
Gilbert Perreault Gilbert Perreault (born November 13, 1950 in Victoriaville, Quebec) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for seventeen seasons with the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. Blessed with an uncanny ability to stickhandle in close quarters, he was one of the slickest playmaking centres ever to play the game.
Gilbert Ralston Gilbert Alexander Ralston (wrote under the name Stephen Gilbert) was born in 1912 in Newcastle, County Down, UK. He worked as a reporter for The Northern Whig newspaper, and then later joined his father's seed sale business in Ireland.
Gilbert Ryle Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976), was a philosopher, and a representative of the generation of British ordinary language philosophers influenced by Wittgenstein's insights into language, and is principally known for his critique of Cartesian dualism, for which he coined the phrase "the ghost in the machine". He referred to some of his ideas as "behaviourism" (not to be confused with the psychological behaviourism of B.
Gilbert schema for Ulysses This schema for the novel Ulysses was produced by Joyce in 1921 to help a friend (Stuart Gilbert) understand the fundamental structure of the book (he later published it in 1930 in his own book, James Joyce's "Ulysses"). The schema has been split into two subtables for better ease of reading.
Gilbert Shelton Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940, Houston, Texas) is an American cartoonist and underground comix artist. He is the creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy's Cat, Wonder Wart-Hog, Not Quite Dead and the cover art to The Grateful Dead's 1978 album Shakedown Street .
Gilbert Smithson Adair Gilbert Smithson Adair (1896-1979) was an early protein scientist who used osmotic pressure measurements to establish that hemoglobin was a tetramer under physiological conditions. This conclusion led him to be the first to identify cooperative binding, in the context of oxygen binding to hemoglobin.
Gilbert Strang William Gilbert Strang, usually known as simply Gilbert Strang, is a renowned American mathematician, with contributions to finite element theory, the calculus of variations, and wavelet analysis. He has made many contributions to mathematics education, including publishing six classic mathematics textbooks and one definitive monograph.
Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall Group Captain Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall (May 14 1894, Paris -February 17 1972) VC MC RAF 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.
Gilbert Vernam Gilbert Sandford Vernam (1890–7 February 1960) was a AT&T Bell Labs engineer who, in 1917, invented the stream cipher and later co-invented the one-time pad cipher. Vernam proposed a teletype cipher in which a previously-prepared key, kept on paper tape, is combined character by character with the plaintext message to produce the cyphertext.
Gilbert Wakefield Gilbert Wakefield (1756 - 1801), scholar and controversialist, born at Nottingham, educated at Cambridge, took orders, but becoming a Unitarian renounced them and acted as classical tutor in various Unitarian academies.
Gilbert Walker Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker FRS (14 June 1868 - 4 November 1958) was a British physicist and statistician of the 20th Century. He is best known for his groundbreaking description of the Southern Oscillation, a major phenomenon of global climate, and for greatly advancing the study of climate in general.
Gilbert Warrenton Gilbert Warrenton (March 7, 1894, Paterson, New Jersey - August 21, 1980, Riverside County, California) was a prominent American silent and sound film cinematographer. He filmed over 150 films before his death.
Gilbert Waterhouse Gilbert Waterhouse (1883 - 1 July 1916), was an English architect and, later, war poet. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, in World War I, while serving as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Bn Essex Regiment.
Gilbert-Johnson-Keerthi distance algorithm The Gilbert-Johnson-Keerthi distance algorithm is a method of determining the minimum distance between two convex sets. Unlike many other distance algorithms, it does not require that the geometry data be stored in any specific format, but instead relies solely on a support function to iteratively generate closer points to the correct answer.
Gilbert-Varshamov bound The Gilbert-Varshamov bound is a bound on the parameters of a (not necessarily linear) code. It is occasionally known as the Gilbert-Shannon-Varshamov bound (or the GSV bound), but the Gilbert-Varshamov bound is by far the most popular name.
Gilbert, Count of Gravina Gilbert, count of Gravina from 1159, was a cousin of Margaret of Navarre, the queen of Sicily. He arrived in Sicily sometime around 1159 and, through Margaret's influence, was created count of Gravina in Apulia immediately.
Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy Gilbert of Chalon or Giselbert (died April 8 956) was duke of Burgundy between 952 and 956. He ruled Burgundy in the name of his wife, Ermengarde, sister of Hugh the Black, with whom he had two daughters: Adelais and Liutgarde.
Gilbertese language Gilbertese or Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese, a mixture of both) is a language from the Austronesian family, part of the Oceanian branch and of the Nuclear Micronesian subbranch. It is a verb object subject language.
Gilberto Alves Gilberto Alves, nicknamed Gil (born December 24, 1950 in Nova Lima) was a football (soccer) player from Brazil. He played as a forward, in particular with Fluminense Football Club and the Brazilian national team.
Gilberto Concerto Gilberto Concerto is an instrumental track by Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big) on the Paul the Young Dude/The Best of Paul Gilbert and Flying Dog albums; it is the first movement (allegro) of an A Major harpsichord concerto by Johann Christian Bach, played on electric guitar.
Gilberto Freyre Gilberto Freyre (1900-1987) was a Brazilian author, professor, and congressman. His best-known work was the 1933 sociological treatise Casa-Grande & Senzala (variously translated, but roughlyThe Great House and the Slave Quarters, as on a traditional plantation).
Gilberto Martinez Solares With over 150 films to his credit, Mexican film director Gilberto Martinez Solares was one of his country's most prolific filmmakers. He started out doing camera chores on Rosario (1935), but did not make his feature film directorial debut until 1938 with El Senor Alcade (Mr.
Gilberto Molina Gilberto Molina (1937 – February 27, 1989) was a major Colombian emerald magnate who was intimately connected to the notorious Medellin cartel and widely suspected of involvement in drug trafficking during the 1980s.
Gilberton, Pennsylvania Gilberton is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, four miles (7 km) west by south of Mahanoy City. Extensive deposits of coal are in the region, and coal-mining had been practiced by many of the 4,373 people who lived there in 1900.
Gilburt The Gilburt was an English automobile manufactured from 1904 to 1905 in Kilburn, London. It was a two or three seater light car with a 6 hp twin-cylinder engine from Fafnir and used a tubular chassis and chain drive.
Gilcrease Expressway The Gilcrease Expressway will be a highway in Tulsa County, Oklahoma's overall, long-term plan to complete an outer highway loop around Tulsa's central business district. The highway will connect Interstate 44 in West Tulsa to State Highway 20 in northwest Tulsa.
Gilcrease Museum Gilcrease Museum is a museum located northwest of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. The museum now houses the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of art of the American West as well as a growing collection of art and artifacts from Central and South America.
Gilda dalla Rizza Gilda dalla Rizza (born on October 12, 1892; died on July 5, 1975) was one of the great sopranos of her day. Born in Verona, she made her operatic debut in Bologna (the Teatro Verdi) in 1912, as Charlotte in Werther.
Gilda Gray Gilda Gray (October 24, 1901 - December 22, 1959) was a Polish born American actress and dancer who became famous in the US for popularizing a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions.
Gilda's Club Gilda's Club, named in tribute to the late comic actress Gilda Radner, who died of ovarian cancer in 1989, is a place where cancer patients and their families can be around other people in the same situation to cope with cancer. It grew to multiple locations across the country.
Gildan Activewear Gildan Activewear is a Canadian clothing company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The company was the subject of a campaign by the Maquila Solidarity Network from 2003 to 2005; after two reviews, the MSN was satisfied with the progress of Gildan's Honduras factories and did not request further action on their part (http://www.
Gildardo Gómez Gildardo Biderman Gómez (born in 13 October 1963) is a Colombian football (soccer) player who used to play as defender specially in Atlético Nacional, where he won Copa Libertadores title, and Independiente Medellín. He was in the same generation from other good players in his position like León Villa and Luis Fernando Herrera.
Gilded & Ethereal Blue Chandelier Gilded & Ethereal Blue Chandelier is a glass sculpture by world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly. The chandelier is housed at fixed base operator Global Aviation at the Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States.
Gilded Age In American history the "Gilded Age" refers to the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1901, which saw unprecedented economic, territorial, industrial, and population expansion. The era overlaps with Reconstruction (which ended in 1877) and includes two major depressions, the Panic of 1873.
Gilded Flicker The Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large-sized woodpecker (mean length of 29 cm) of the Sonoran Desert region of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Golden yellow underwings distinguish the Gilded Flicker from the Northern Flicker found within the same region, which have red underwings.
Gilded Generation The Gilded Generation is the name coined by William Strauss and Neil Howe in their book Generations for the generation of Americans born from 1822 to 1842. This generation included the California Gold Rush Forty-niners who made circa-1850 San Francisco the most monogenerational city ever seen in the United States and the most anarchic, with no families or laws, just vigilante justice enforced by hangings.
Gildingwells Gildingwells is a village in the metropolitan borough of Rotherham (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Nottinghamshire. It lies between Dinnington and Carlton in Lindrick at , and at an elevation of around 60 metres above sea level.
Gildo Massó Gildo Massó González (1927-January 15, 2007), born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, was the founder and CEO of Masso Enterprises and also the developer of the concept of "build it yourself" low cost houses.
Gilera Runner Gilera Runner is a moped/scooter made by the Piaggio Group whch also incorporates Gilera. The Runners come in a variety of engine sizes and all Runner versions come equipped with powerful disk brakes a liquid-cooled engine and sporty paintwork which are the features that make Runner a performance scooter which brings you the thrills of the racetrack.
Giles A. Lutz Giles Alfred Lutz (March 1910–June 1982) was a prolific author of fiction in the Western genre. Born in March 1910 in Missouri, United States, Lutz for many years wrote short stories about the American West that were published in pulp magazines.
Giles Alington Sir Giles Alington, (1500 – 1586), knight, Lord of the Manor of Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, and noted as High Sheriff of that shire in the 22nd Henry VIII, (1531) and in 1544, and High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire in the 37th (1546) of the same monarch. The Alingtons thrived under the Tudor and Stuart monarchs, and had the privilege of handing to the King his first drink at coronations.
Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington Giles Alington, 4th Baron Alington of Killard (4 October 1680-18 September 1691) was an Irish peer, the son of William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington of Killard. He succeeded to the titles 2nd Baron Alington of Wymondley, Hertfordshire and 4th Baron Alington of Killard, Co.
Giles Blunt Giles Blunt (born 1952 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. His four last novels tell the story of detective John Cardinal, living in the small town of Algonquin Bay, in Northern Ontario.
Giles Butler Giles Butler, OFM (born 1964) is a Franciscan bishop. After receiving the normal religious and priestly formation in the 1980's, he was professed and ordained according to the traditional rite of the Roman Catholic Church.
Giles Corner, South Australia Giles Corner (Postcode 5411) is the name of the intersection of Main North Road and the Barrier Highway, halfway between the towns of Tarlee and Rhynie. The Barrier Highway branches off from Main North Road at this location, heading north towards Riverton, Burra and eventually Broken Hill.
Giles Family The Giles family is a fictional British family created by cartoonist Carl Giles at the end of World War II, appearing first on 5 August 1945. During the war, much of Giles's work had been cartoons featuring Hitler, Mussolini, and the typical British Tommy, but he felt the need to expand after the war, hence the family.
Giles Gilbert Scott Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, OM, FRIBA (November 9, 1880 – February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. He came from a family of famous architects, being the son of George Gilbert Scott (junior), grandson of Sir George Gilbert Scott, nephew of John Oldrid Scott, and brother of Adrian Gilbert Scott.
Giles Goat-Boy Giles Goat-Boy (or The Revised New Syllabus of George Giles our Grand Tutor) is an allegorical satirical postmodern novel written by John Barth. It was first published in 1966, and deeply reflects the American campus culture of the time.
Giles Jacob Giles Jacob (baptised November 22, 1686 — May 8, 1744) was a British legal writer and literary critic who figures as one of the dunces in Alexander Pope's 1728 Dunciad. Unlike other dunces, whose merits have unfortunately been overshadowed by Pope's caricatures, Jacob is well remembered for his writing on the law.
Giles Mompesson Giles Mompesson (1583/84–1663) was an English malefactor and, officially, "notorious criminal" whose career was one based on speculation and graft. He has come to be regarded as a synonym for graft and official corruption due to his use of nepotism to gain positions of licensing businesses and pocketing the fees.
Giles of Rome Giles of Rome (Latin Ægidius Romanus, or in Italian Egidio Colonna) (circa 1243-22 December1316, at Avignon), was an archbishop of Bourges who was famed for his logician commentary on the Organon by Aristotle. Giles was styled Doctor Fundatissimus ("Best-Grounded Teacher") by Pope Benedict XIV.
Giles Pellerin Giles L. Pellerin (December 23 1906 - November 21 1998), nicknamed the Superfan or Super Fan, was an American telephone company executive and a fan of the University of Southern California Trojans (USC) college football team, notable for having attended 797 consecutive USC football games over a period of 73 years until his death at age 91.
Giles Ramsay Giles Ramsay is founding Artistic Director of the Trident Theatre and is an award-winning dramatist, having won the Soho Theatre's Westminster Prize for his play Shall We Go to the Alhambra? He is also co-author of Only as Multiple, a stage adaptation of the poetry of Fernando Pessoa.
Giles Romilly Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly, (September 19 1916 – August 2 1967), was a journalist, Nazi POW, brother of Esmond Romilly and nephew of Winston Churchill. He served as a war correspondent in both the Spanish Civil War and in World War II.
Giles Sutherland Rich Giles Sutherland Rich (May 30, 1904 - 1999) was a judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) and later on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), and arguably had more influence than any other individual on modern U.S.
Gilford, Ontario Gilford is a community located within the town of Innisfil, Ontario, located at latitude 44° 13' , longitude -79° 32' between the cities of Toronto and Barrie on the coast of Lake Simcoe's Cook's Bay, precisely on the corner of Yonge St. (Hwy 11) and Highway #89.
Gilgal Refaim Gilgal Refaim (from Hebrew - גלגל רפאים, Arabic - Rujm al-Hiri) is a stone circle and ancient megalithic monument in the Golan Heights (under Israeli control), some 16 kilometres east of the eastern coast of the Sea of Galilee, in the middle of a large plateau covered with hundreds of Dolmens. Nearby is an ancient settlement dating from the early bronze age.
Gilgal Sculpture Garden The Gilgal Sculpture Garden is a small public city park, located at 749 East 500 South in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The park, which is filled with unusual symbolic statuary associated with Mormonism, was a labor of love designed and created by LDS businessman Thomas Battersby Child, Jr.
Gilgamesh Gilgamesh, according to the Sumerian king list, was the fifth king of Uruk (Early Dynastic II, first dynasty of Uruk), the son of Lugalbanda, ruling circa 2650 BC. Legend has it that his mother was Ninsun, a goddess.
Gilgandra Shire Council Gilgandra Council is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the junction of the Newell Highway, Oxley Highway and Castlereagh Highway and can be reached in about six hours by car from Sydney.
Gilgandra, New South Wales Gilgandra, a town and Local Government Area (see Gilgandra Shire Council) in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the junction of the Newell Highway, Oxley Highway and Castlereagh Highway and can be reached in about six hours by car from Sydney.
Gilgit Agency Gilgit Agency was the name of most of the area of northern Kashmir which formed a de facto dependency of Pakistan from 1947 to 1970, which was then merged into Northern Areas. The Agency was administered directly from Islamabad separately from the neighbouring state of Azad Kashmir and the princely states of Hunza and Nagar.
Gilgit District Gilgit District is bounded by Wakhan Corridor (Afghanistan) in the north, Xinjiang (China) in the north / northeast, Skardu District in the south / southeast. The town of Gilgit is the capital of Gilgit District.
Gilchrest Road crossing accident The Gilchrest Road crossing accident was a level crossing accident that occurred on March 24, 1972 in the town of Clarkstown, New York, between Valley Cottage and Congers, roughly 25 miles north of New York City. Five students from Valley Cottage were killed, and 44 other students were injured.
Gilchrist, Texas Gilchrist, Texas is an unincorporated residential community and beachfront resort along State Highway 87, located seventeen miles east of Bolivar Point on Bolivar Peninsula. Located in Galveston County, this community was named for Gibb Gilchrist who relocated and rebuilt the rail line from High Island to Port Bolivar following the 1915 hurricane destruction.
Gili Islands The Gili Islands (Indonesian:Tiga Gili (Three Gilis), Kepulauan Gili (Gili Islands)) are an archipelago of three small islands — Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air — just off the northwest coast of Lombok, Indonesia.
Gilia Gilia is a genus of between 25-50 species of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas, from the western United States south to northern Chile, where they occur mainly in desert or semi-desert habitats.
Gill (clan) Gill (Shahmukhi: ÚŻŮ„, Gurmukhi: , Old Norse|Middle English: gil(l)) is a very large Jat clan and surname found in Northern India. It is considered to be one of the largest Jat tribes, in the 1881 Census, Gills numbered at 124172 (one of the largest amongst the Jat tribes) History of the Jatt Clans - H.
Gill (lunar crater) Gill is a lunar crater that is located near the southeastern limb of the Moon. Due to its proximity to the edge of the Moon as seen from the Earth, this crater is viewed nearly from the side and it can become hidden from sight due to libration.
Gill Action Fund The Gill Action Fund was created in August of 2005 from the political donations of Colorado millionaire Tim Gill, to coordinate activities with gay rights and other allied organizations, and to embark in activities that the tax code prohibits the nonprofit Gill Foundation from performing. Gill has donated over 100 million dollars (US) to LGBT causes, either directly or through the Foundation.
Gill Langley Gill Langley is a British zoologist and writer who specializes in animal rights and animal protection issues in relation to the use of animals in research. She is scientific consultant to the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research.

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