GeorgeForrest 1873 1932 was a Scotland Scottish botanist , who was one of the first explorers of China s then remote southwestern province of Yunnan , generally regarded as the most biodiverse province in the country. Forrest was born in Falkirk, Scotland . He apprenticed with a local chemist, but then traveled ...&ct result&id DwuAAAAAMAAJ&dq It was he who in 1905 really saved the life of Mr. GeorgeForrest 2C the botanical explorer. For days Forrest was hunted by Tibetan lamas 2C who had killed all the priests ... books?id L R91RSyqw8C&pg PA107&dq GeorgeForrest 1905 lamas&hl en&ei dXX2TcrbOIb20gHrutXsDA ..., Forrest died unexpectedly. The collections he had made during this his seventh and last trip were sent back to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, but he was buried in Yunnan. botanistForrest References Reflist McLean, B. 2004 . GeorgeForrest, Plant Hunter . Antique Collectors Club. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh External links http www.plantexplorers.com explorers biographies forrestgeorge forrest.htm GeorgeForrest 1873 1932 , PlantExplorers.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Forrest, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1873 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1932 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George Category 1873 births Category 1932 deaths Category Botanists active in China Category Scottish botanists Category History of Yunnan de GeorgeForrest es GeorgeForrest nl GeorgeForrest botanicus zh ... species of rhododendron , of which Yunnan has many. Forrest made his first to Yunnan in 1904, and he ... by the local Tibetan Buddhist lama s, during the 1905 Tibetan Rebellion . Forrest had a narrow escape ... 06 28 ref He eventually became perhaps the foremost collector of Yunnan flora. Forrest married Clementina Traill in 1907. The couple had three sons, with Forrest frequently gone to Burma and Yunnan. Altogether Forrest made seven trips to Yunnan, collecting samples and seeds for the Herbarium and for avid ... more details
GeorgeForrest may refer to GeorgeForrest author 1915 1999 , American author and musician GeorgeForrestbotanist 1873 1932 , Scottish botanist and plant collector George Arthur Forrest , Belgian businessman established in Katanga GeorgeForrest politician 1921 1968 , Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster GeorgeForrest soccer born 1904 , former Canadian international soccer player GeorgeForrest VC 1800 1859 , Irish Victoria Cross recipient George F. Forrest floruit fl. first decade of the 20th century , Mayor of Juneau, Alaska GeorgeForrest historian 1925 1997 See also Forrest surname hndis name Forrest, George DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George fr GeorgeForrest nl GeorgeForrest ... more details
Other uses George Jackson disambiguation George Jackson George Jackson 1790 1811 was an English botanist and author. His author abbreviation is Jacks. . External links wikispecies George Jackson wikisource Author George Jackson Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jackson, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1790 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1811 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jackson, George Category English botanists Category 1790 births Category 1811 deaths UK botanist stub es George Jackson ru , ... more details
Not to be confused with George Gordon naturalist George Gordon 1801 93 or George Gordon horticulturalist George Gordon 1841 1914 . For other people of the same name see George Gordon George Gordon 1806 1879 was a United Kingdom British botanist . He worked for the London Horticultural Society as Foreman of the Horticultoral Society Gardens at Chiswick , near London . Gordon is particularly noted for his work on Pinophyta conifers , publishing The Pinetum in 1858 , followed by a Supplement in 1862 and a fully revised second edition of The Pinetum in 1875 . He described many new species of conifers from specimens collected by Karl Theodor Hartweg in Mexico and California . Botanist Gordon Gordon, George References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1806 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1879 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, George Category 1806 births Category 1879 deaths Category Botanists with author abbreviations Category British botanists Category Botanists active in North America UK botanist stub et George Gordon es George Gordon bot nico fr George Gordon horticulteur pt George Gordon ru , ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Sir George Taylor Fellow of the Royal Society FRS ref name frs Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE Fellow of the Linnean Society FLS 15 February 1904, Edinburgh 13 November 1993, Dunbar was a Scottish botanist . Taylor was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1956 71. ref TAYLOR, Sir George , Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920 2008 online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 http www.ukwhoswho.com view article oupww whowaswho U175790, accessed 19 May 2011 ref ref name frs cite doi 10.1098 rsbm.1995.0027 ref ref http www.independent.co.uk news people obituary sir george taylor 1504670.html Obituary Sir George Taylor ref Standard author abbreviation botanist G.Taylor Taylor, George References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Taylor, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 15 February 1904 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 13 November 1993 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Taylor, George Category 1904 births Category 1993 deaths Category People from Edinburgh Category People educated at Boroughmuir High School Category People educated at George Heriot s School Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Category Knights Bachelor Category People associated with the British Museum Category Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Category Scottish botanists Category Scottish civil servants Category Scottish curators Category Scottish knights Scotland scientist stub UK botanist stub es George Taylor nl George Taylor ... more details
Sir George King 12 April 1840 12 February 1909 , was a British botany botanist appointed superintendent of the Indian Botanical Gardens Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and the first Director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. King was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1901. Species described by him include the climbing fig Ficus pantoniana from New Guinea and northern Australia. ref cite journal last King first G. year 1887 title Part 2. Natural history journal Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal volume 55 issue 2 pages 407 ref This botanist is denoted by the List of botanists by author abbreviation author abbreviation span class vcard span class fn n span class nickname King span span span when Author citation botany citing a botanical name . ref cite book last Brummitt first R. K. coauthors C. E. Powell title Authors of Plant Names publisher Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew year 1992 isbn 1 84246 085 4 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME King, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 12 April 1840 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 12 February 1909 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT King, George Category Botanists with author abbreviations Category 1840 births Category 1909 deaths Category British botanists UK botanist stub es George King fr George King botaniste pt George King bot nico ru , ... more details
George Dickie 1812, Aberdeen 1882 was a Scotland Scottish botanist , who specialised in algae . He studied arts, then medicine at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He became a lecturer on botany in King s College, Aberdeen, then University Librarian. In 1849 He was appointed the first Professor of Natural History at Queen s College, Belfast. In 1860 he returned to Aberdeen University as Professor of Botany. Dickie worked, most importantly on the range and depth of marine algae and on material from the Challenger expedition . Dickie was a Fellow of the Linnean Society 1863 and a Fellow of the Royal Society 1881 . Botanist Dickie Dickie References Reflist External links http www.algaebase.org search bibliography Algaebase Bibliography. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dickie, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1812 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1882 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dickie, George Category 1812 births Category 1882 deaths Category 19th century Scottish people Category 19th century botanists Category Scottish botanists Category Scottish naturalists Category People from Aberdeen Category British phycologists Category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category Academics of the University of Aberdeen Category Scottish scholars and academics Category Academics of Queen s University Belfast Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category Scottish medical doctors Category Scottish librarians Category Scottish marine biologists Category Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Scotland med bio stub Scotland scientist stub UK botanist stub es George Dickie ... more details
Infobox scientist image George Vasey 1822 1893 .jpg image size 200x200px name George Vasey birth date ... USDA alma mater Berkshire Medical Institute known for Chief Botanist of USDA, creator of the United ... of Science and American Academy of Arts and Sciences . author abbrev bot Vasey prizes George S. Vasey February 28, 1822 March 4, 1893 was an English born American botanist who collected a lot in Illinois before integrating the United States Department of Agriculture USDA , where he became Chief Botanist and curator of the greatly expanded National Herbarium . Biography George Vasey was born in 1822 .... He briefly edited Entomologist and Botanist before being curator of the Illinois State University ... Chief Botanist. He quickly began work to improve the poor state of the National Herbarium, then organized ..., of which he was a specialist in 1889 the Institute named him Honorary Curator. As Chief Botanist he launched the Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . With George Thurber ... whether they are named after himself or his son, George Richard Vasey, who collected widely after ... of the Southwest 1890 91 Grasses of the Pacific Slope 1892 93 botanist Vasey Vasey, G References ... Coville month May year 1893 title Death of Dr. George Vasey journal Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical ... Joseph Nelson Rose J. N. Rose month May year 1893 title George Vasey A Biographical Sketch journal Botanical ... cite journal last Spady first Betty year 2004 title George Vasey An Email Conversation journal Rhododendron ... PDF accessdate 2007 12 31 cite web last Armtrong first Joseph E. title George S. Vasey Herbarium ... Vasey, George Cite Appletons Vasey, George year 1889 refend Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Vasey, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vasey, George S. SHORT DESCRIPTION 19th century American botanist DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1822 PLACE OF BIRTH near Scarborough, North Yorkshire Scarborough ... Vasey, George Category 1822 births Category 1893 deaths Category American botanists Category English ... more details
Other persons George Lawson George Lawson disambiguation Infobox scientist name George Lawson image filename only image size caption birth date birth date 1827 10 12 birth place Scotland death date death date and age 1895 11 10 1827 10 12 death place Halifax, Nova Scotia residence citizenship nationality ethnicity fields Botany workplaces alma mater doctoral advisor academic advisors doctoral students notable students known for author abbrev bot author abbrev zoo influences influenced awards religion signature filename only footnotes George Lawson October 12, 1827 &ndash November 10, 1895 was a Scottish Canadian botanist who is considered the father of Canadian botany . Born in Scotland , in 1858, he was appointed the Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Queen s University, Canada Queen s University . He helped to create one of Canada s first botanical gardens. In 1868, he became Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy at Dalhousie University . He was a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada and from 1887 to 1888 was its President. botanist G.Lawson Lawson, George References reflist External links Canadabio ID 6222 s start s npo pro s bef before Thomas tienne Hamel s ttl title President of the Royal Society of Canada years 1887 1888 s aft after Sandford Fleming s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lawson, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1827 PLACE OF BIRTH Scotland DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1895 PLACE OF DEATH Halifax, Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Lawson, George Category 1827 births Category 1895 deaths Category Scottish emigrants to pre Confederation Ontario Category Scottish botanists Category People from Dundee Category Scottish curators Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category People from Fife Category Scottish librarians Category Academics of the University of Edinburgh Category Scottish ... stub Canada scientist stub es George Lawson ... more details
not published because of his early death. botanist Gardner border 0 References reflist George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington Torrington ,1849 Death of George Gardner. Hooker s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc ...George Gardner 1810 , Ardentinny 1849 , Kandy was a Scottish people Scottish naturalist mainly interested in botany . Gardner s father was a gardener first to to the Earl of Dunmore in Ardentinny, then from 1816 to the Earl of Eglinton at Ardrossan . In 1822, his parents moved to Glasgow where he attended the grammar school and acquired a good knowledge of the Latin language. He began the study of medicine in the University of Strathclyde Andersonian university of Glasgow in 1829 eventually becoming a surgeon. In 1836, encouraged by William Hooker botanical illustrator William Hooker he brought out a work, entitled Musci Britannici , or Pocket Herbarium of British Mosses arranged and named according to Hooker s British Flora His botanical work impressed John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford Duke of Bedford who became his patron and in the summer of 1836 Gardner sailed from Liverpool for Rio de Janeiro to collect plants, minerals, recent and fossil shells, preserved skins of birds, mammals, fishes and other natural history specimens in North Brazil . The specimens were sent to public botanic gardens, as well as to private subscribers, to the expedition . He stayed in Brazil for years 1836 1841 .In 1842 he was elected a Member of the Linnean Society . In 1843, he was appointed to Ceylon, as superintendent of the botanic garden in Royal Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka Peradeniya and island botanist , by the colonial government.Here he finished Travels in the Interior of Brazil, principally through the Northern Provinces and the Gold Districts, during the years 1836 41 published in London ..., and London 1856. DEFAULTSORT Gardner, George Category Scottish botanists Category Scottish entomologists ... Category People of British Ceylon Category 1849 deaths es George Gardner fr George Gardner pt George ... more details
Image Pachystoma thomsonianum 1.jpg thumb 200px Pachystoma thomsonianum George Thomson 26 May 1819 14 December 1878 was a Scottish missionary in Cameroon who plant collecting collected plants to send to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and to the British Museum . Thomson was born in Balfron , 16 miles north of Glasgow and trained as an architect . ref name Desmond cite book author Ray Desmond & Christine Ellwood title Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists publisher CRC Press year 1994 page 681 isbn 0 8506684 3 3 ref His brother, Alexander Thomson Alexander Greek Thomson 1817 1875 was an eminent Glaswegian architect and architectural theorist who was a pioneer in sustainable building . George and Alexander were partners in an architectural practice in Glasgow early in their careers. In 1870, George Thomson was sent by the Baptist Church to West Africa as a missionary in Limbe, Cameroon then known as Victoria , ref name Desmond where he combined his religious activities with a passion for botany . In 1877, he was host to the German botanist, Guillermo Kalbreyer Wilhelm Kalbreyer who had been sent by James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London to search for plants in that unhealthy region . ref name HV70 cite book author James Herbert Veitch title Hortus Veitchii publisher Caradoc Doy year 2006 reprint page 70 isbn 0 9553515 0 2 ref Amongst the plants discovered by Kalbreyer was an epiphytic orchid of the Pachystoma genus, which was named Pachystoma thomsonianum in Thomson s honour. ref name HV70 Thomson died in Victoria from malaria on 14 December 1878. ref cite book author John Ebenezer Honeyman Thomson title Memoir of George Thomson publisher BiblioBazaar ... Biographical summary http books.google.co.uk books?id vzb1JECDmTEC Memoir of George Thomson on Google Books Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... Thomson, George Category 1819 births Category 1878 deaths Category Scottish botanists Category ... more details
Distinguish2 GeorgeForrest Alexander , who also resided in Juneau Other people GeorgeForrestGeorge Frank Forrest born ca. 1870, Oregon was an Alaska n politician and the only List of mayors of Juneau, Alaska mayor of Juneau, Alaska to have served non consecutively three times 1901 to 1902 1904 to 1905 1907 to 1908 His son, George F. Forrest, Jr. born on December 12, 1898 , served in World War I . http ftp.rootsweb.com pub usgenweb ak military wwi f.txt External links http politicalgraveyard.com bio fornance forsythe.html 622.67.95 George Frank Forrest entry at The Political Graveyard Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Forrest, George Frank ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American mayor of Juneau DATE OF BIRTH 1870 PLACE OF BIRTH Oregon DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George F. Category 1870 births Category Year of death missing Category Mayors of Juneau, Alaska Alaska mayor stub ... more details
Infobox person name George Arthur Forrest image alt caption birth name birth date 1940 birth place Lubumbashi ... place nationality Belgian other names known for Owner of Forrest Group occupation George Arthur Forrest born 1940 is a Belgian entrepreneur, owner of the Forrest Group Groupe Forrest , a group of companies founded in the Belgian Congo in 1922 and active in civil engineering and mining. ref name forrest ... GeorgeForrest International accessdate 2011 11 15 ref He has been described as an exploiter and despoiler of natural resources and as a philanthropic employer. ref name GlobCement Background George Arthur Forrest was born in 1940 in Lubumbashi in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC . ref name Forbescustom His father, Malta Forrest, had founded l Entreprise G n rale Malta Forrest ... liability company, with GeorgeForrest and his adoptive brother Victor Eskenazi Forrest as Managing Directors. In 1986 GeorgeForrest took full control. He created the GeorgeForrest International Group .... The panel s report was issued in October 2002. In it they said GeorgeForrest had long standing ... in Namibia, for CDN 579m. ref cite web url http www.miningweekly.com article georgeforrest international offers c579m for forsys 2008 11 17 title GeorgeForrest International offers C 579m for Forsys ... web url http www.forbescustom.com EmergingMarketsPgs CongoInterviewsP1.html title GeorgeForrest ... Category 1940 births fr GeorgeForrest entrepreneur nl GeorgeForrest ondernemer ... history publisher Entreprise G n rale Malta Forrest accessdate 2011 11 15 ref In the early 2000s his company acquired several major cement production facilities. Forrest s DRC operations grew to include 9,500 direct employees and 15,000 subcontractors. Forrest is a sponsor of Dialogues , a non profit ... report alleged that Forrest pioneered exploitative joint ventures between private companies and the state ... 2001. At the same time, his private companies negotiated new contracts with G camines and Forrest ... more details
George W. Forrest born 1839 was a farmer and political figure. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1890 to 1894 as a Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Liberal Conservative member. He was born in River Herbert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia , of Ireland Irish descent, and was educated in Amherst, Nova Scotia Amherst . Forrest served as a captain in the militia and as a member of the Municipal Council. He was a valuator for the Intercolonial Railway . References http www.canadiana.org ECO mtq?doc 32961 The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891 JA Gemmill Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Forrest, George W ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian politician DATE OF BIRTH 1839 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George W Category 1839 births Category Year of death missing Category Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs ProgressiveConservative NovaScotia MLA stub ... more details
Other people GeorgeForrestGeorgeForrest 26 October 1921 &ndash 10 December 1968 was a Unionism Ireland Unionist politician in Northern Ireland who served as MP for Mid Ulster UK Parliament constituency Mid Ulster from 1956 until his death. GeorgeForrest was the son of Joseph Forrest died 22 February 1968 aged 81 of Gortagammon, Tullyhogue, Cookstown. ref Belfast Newsletter 22 February 1968 ref Forrest was first elected in the Mid Ulster by election, 1956 which was called after two previous MPs had been declared ineligible to sit. Initially elected as an independent, Forrest soon joined the Ulster Unionist Party and successfully contested the seat in three general elections. ref http www.ark.ac.uk elections dmu.htm Mid Ulster 1950 1970 ref He became a prominent supporter of Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O Neill s liberal policies and became reviled by many of O Neill s opponents. In 1967 he was pulled off a The Twelfth Twelfth of July platform in Coagh and kicked unconscious by members of the Orange Institution Orange Order . ref http ahds.ac.uk stormontpapers context.html?memberId 4 Political Biography of Terence O Neill 10 September, 1914 12 June, 1990 ref Following his death, his wife Anna was chosen to take over his candidacy, but the Mid Ulster by election, 1969 by election was won by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Bernadette Devlin . ref http cain.ulst.ac.uk issues politics election rwby1969.htm Westminster By election NI Thursday 17 April 1969 ref References Reflist External links Hansard contribs mr georgeforrestGeorgeForrest s start s par uk succession box title Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster UK Parliament constituency Mid Ulster years 1956&ndash 1969 before Charles Beattie after Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Bernadette Devlin s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Forrest, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British ... DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George Category 1921 births Category 1968 deaths Category Members of the United ... more details
other people GeorgeForrest unreferenced date August 2011 Infobox football biography name GeorgeForrest image caption fullname GeorgeForrest birth date birth date 1904 7 21 birth place Wallyford , Scotland death date death date and age 1986 5 22 1904 7 21 death place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States height currentclub clubnumber position striker Inside Forward youthyears1 youthclubs1 years1 years2 years3 years4 1918, 1924 1927 years5 years6 years7 1933 1935 clubs1 Alloa Athletic clubs2 Heart of Midlothian F.C. Hearts clubs3 Toronto Ulster clubs4 Bethlehem Steel F.C. Bethlehem Steel clubs5 York City clubs6 Peterhead F.C. Peterhead clubs7 Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle clubs8 Mansfield Town F.C. Mansfield Town caps1 caps2 caps3 caps4 72 caps5 caps6 caps7 3 goals1 goals2 goals3 goals4 25 goals5 goals6 goals7 0 nationalyears1 1924 nationalteam1 Canada men s national soccer team Canada nationalcaps1 7 nationalgoals1 2 manageryears1 managerclubs1 pcupdate ntupdate GeorgeForrest born in Wallyford , Scotland was one of Canada s early star soccer players. Club career A forward, Forrest played for the famed Bethlehem Steel F.C. soccer club in 1918 when the team entered the National Association Football League . At some point, he left the team and returned in 1924 for three seasons. National team Forrest played for Canadian national football team Canada in their 1924 tour of Australia and New Zealand. In 6 games against the Socceroos , Forrest scored twice as the Canadians split the series at two wins a piece. A week later Canada drew with New Zealand national soccer team New Zealand 1 1 in Auckland. External links http web.archive.org web 20091028130414 http geocities.com bethlehem soccer bioforrestg.html Bethelem Steel Soccer Team Biographies with a photo of Forrest Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Forrest, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... 1986 05 22 PLACE OF DEATH Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George ... more details
Other people GeorgeForrest Infobox musical artist name GeorgeForrest image caption image size background non performing personnel birth name GeorgeForrest Chichester, Jr. alias birth date birth date 1915 7 31 mf y death date death date and age 1999 10 10 1915 7 31 death place Miami, Florida , United States origin Brooklyn , New York instrument Piano genre Musical theatre occupation Songwriter , lyricist years active label associated acts Robert Wright writer Robert Wright website GeorgeForrest July 31, 1915 October 10, 1999 was a writer of music and lyrics for musical theatre best known for the show Kismet musical Kismet , adapted from the works of Alexander Borodin . Biography Born GeorgeForrest Chichester, Jr., he was also known professionally at times as Chet Forrest. Throughout his career he worked exclusively with the composer lyricist Robert Wright. The pair had an affinity for adapting european classical music classical music themes and adding lyrics to these themes for Hollywood and the Broadway musical stage. Mr. Wright said that the music was usually a 50 50 collaboration between Wright & Forrest and the composer. While both men were credited equally as composer lyricists, it was Mr. Forrest who worked with the music. Kismet was one of several works Forrest created ... Reflist External links http www.ibdb.com person.asp?ID 11679 GeorgeForrest s Internet Broadway Database entry Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Forrest, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Miami, Florida , United States DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George Category 1915 births Category 1999 deaths Category Songwriters from New York Category Tony Award winners de Chet Forrest sv GeorgeForrest ... then exported most of these productions to Broadway. Forrest and Wright won a Tony Award for their work ... web url http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F20A17FF3C540C718DDDA90994D1494D81 title GeorgeForrest, 84, Songwriter For Broadway, Films and Clubs author Robert Hanley work The New York Times ... more details
William George Grieve Forrest , MA 24 September 1925 &ndash 14 October 1997 , known as GeorgeForrest , was Wykeham Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford . Early life and education GeorgeForrest was born in Glasgow and educated at University College School , Hampstead . In 1943 he joined the RAF , and in the following years of World War II war and post War liberation he served in France and Belgium. Forrest entered New College, Oxford New College as a scholar in 1947, took a first in Honour Moderations Classical Moderations in 1949, and another in Literae Humaniores in 1951. In his final term he won the Derby Scholarship , usually awarded for travel abroad. Academic career In 1951 he was elected to a Tutorial Fellowship in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford Wadham College , which he held until 1977. In 1977 he was elected Wykeham Professor of Ancient History and accordingly became a Fellow of New College, Oxford New College , where he remained until his retirement in 1992. Political views Forrest was fiercely political and liberal in his views and worked tirelessly to free Greece from the Greek military junta of 1967 1974 . He was also a strong supporter of the campaign to return the Elgin Marbles to Athens , and was one of the original members of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles . Death He died of cancer in 1997, five years after retiring. Select works The Emergence of Greek Democracy 1966 A History of Sparta, 950 192 B.C. 1968 Sources http www.impalapublications.com blog index.php? archives 243 THE GEORGEFORREST OBITUARY A FULLER VERSION.html Obituary Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Forrest, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Wykeham Professor of Ancient History , University of Oxford , ancient historian DATE OF BIRTH 1925 09 24 PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland DATE OF DEATH 1997 10 14 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George Category British classical scholars Category Alumni ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Other people GeorgeForrest Infobox military person name GeorgeForrest birth date 1800 death date 3 November 1859 aged 58 59 birth place Dublin , Ireland death place Dehra Dun , British India placeofburial image image Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png 125px caption nickname allegiance flagcountry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland serviceyears rank Captain land Captain branch Bengal Army commands unit battles Indian Mutiny awards Victoria Cross laterwork GeorgeForrest Victoria Cross VC 1800 3 November 1859 was born St Michael s, Dublin and was an Irish people Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom British and Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth forces. Details He was about 57 years old, and a lieutenant in the Bengal Veteran Establishment , Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 11 May 1857 at Delhi , India for which he was awarded the VC. Lieutenant Forrest was one of nine men who defended the Magazine for more than five hours against large numbers of rebels, until, on the wall being scaled and there being no hope of help, they fired the Magazine. Five of the defending band died in the explosion and one shortly afterwards, but many of the enemy were killed. See also John Buckley VC John Buckley and William Raynor . His citation in the London Gazette reads quote For gallant conduct in the defence of the Delhi Magazine, on the llth May, 1857. ref London Gazette issue 22154 startpage 2959 date 18 June 1858 accessdate 18 September 2009 ref He later achieved the rank of Captain land and air captain and died at Dehra Dun , India, on 3 November 1859. References Reflist Listed in order ..., 2000 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Forrest, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... OF DEATH 3 November 1859 PLACE OF DEATH Dehra Dun , British India DEFAULTSORT Forrest, George Category ... more details
Distinguish2 George F. Forrest , who also resided in Juneau, Alaska George Forest Alexander April 10, 1882 May 16, 1948 , was a judge of the United States territorial court for the Alaska Territory from 1933 to 1947. ref name grave http politicalgraveyard.com geo OR MU.html R9T0XKHY7 Political Graveyard River View Cemetery ref Prior to that, Alexander had been in private practice in Portland, Oregon for over 20 years. Alexander died in Portland and was interred at River View Cemetery Portland, Oregon River View Cemetery . ref name grave References Reflist Persondata NAME Alexander, George Forest ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American Judge DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1882 PLACE OF BIRTH Gallatin, Missouri DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1948 PLACE OF DEATH Portland, Oregon DEFAULTSORT Alexander, George Category 1882 births Category 1948 deaths Category Alaska Territory judges Category Burials at River View Cemetery Portland, Oregon Category People from Daviess County, Missouri Category People from Portland, Oregon Category People from Juneau, Alaska US judge stub ... more details
Forrest may refer to TOCRight Places Australia Division of Forrest , a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia Forrest, Victoria , a small rural township Forrest, Western Australia , a small settlement and railway station Forrest Airport Forrest, Australian Capital Territory Canada Forrest, Manitoba , a small town United States Forrest, Illinois , a village Forrest City, Arkansas Forrest County, Mississippi Other uses Forrest singer , born Forrest Thomas, an American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands Forrest surname Forrest given name Forrest, a character in the Dink, the Little Dinosaur animated television series Forrest classification , a classification of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage Apache Forrest , a web publishing framework Super Typhoon Forrest, a typhoon in the 1983 Pacific typhoon season Camp Forrest , an American World War II training base Forrest Highway , Western Australia Forrest Yoga , a modern style of yoga named for and founded by Ana T. Forrest See also Forrester disambiguation Forest disambiguation disambig de Forrest fr Forrest it Forrest nl Forrest pl Forrest ... more details
Forrest is a common English surname deriving from Forest . Variant spellings include Forest , Foriest , De Forest , De Forrest , DeForest and DeForrest . Notable real persons with the name include Alexander Forrest , Australian explorer Andrew Forrest , Australian mining entrepreneur Anne Marie Forrest , Irish writer Anthony Alexander Forrest , Australian rules footballer and soldier April Forrest , singer in girlgroup Jada band Jada UniversalMotown Arthur J. Forrest , Medal of Honor recipient Barbara Forrest , philosopher and critic of intelligent design Catriona Forrest , Scottish field hockey player Craig Forrest , Canadian soccer football player Dan Forrest , American composer David Forrest disambiguation intentional link to DAB page , several people of that name Edwin Forrest , American actor Eric Forrest , bass guitarist Frederic Forrest , American actor French Forrest , American Confederate naval officer GeorgeForrest disambiguation GeorgeForrest , several people Hal Forrest , American comics artist Helen Forrest , American big band singer Ina Forrest , Canadian wheelchair curler James Forrest disambiguation , several people Jason Forrest , electronic music producer Jodi Forrest , American actress John Forrest disambiguation , several people Katherine V. Forrest , American writer Kevin Forrest , American soccer player Linn A. Forrest , American architect Margaret Forrest , wife of John Forrest the explorer Nathan Bedford Forrest , Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest III , American general Paula Forrest , Australian actress Peter Forrest , Australian cricketer Ray Forrest , American radio announcer Ruth Forrest , Tasmanian politician Sally Forrest , American actress Sam Forrest , singer and guitarist Steve Forrest actor , American actor Steve Forrest musician , rock music drummer Ted Forrest , American poker player Thomas Forrest , American politician Thomas Forrest, Esq 1572 1641 , Virginia Company Financier, husband of the first woman to come to America ... more details
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Infobox Painting image file Theyoungbotanist.jpg painting alignment right image size 300px title The Young Botanist artist Paul Peel year 1890 type Oil painting Oil on canvas height 114.9 width 91.4 diameter cm diameter inch city London , Ontario museum Museum London The Young Botanist is a painting by Canadian artist Paul Peel . Peel began work on the painting in 1888. He continued work for two more years, completing the work in 1890. In 1987, Museum London , in London, Ontario, purchased the painting. It is still located there. ref cite web url http www.londonmuseum.on.ca Historical First Ren ppeel8.html title Paul Peel, Historical Artist, LRAHM accessdate 2007 06 01 format HTML archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070423165932 http www.londonmuseum.on.ca Historical First Ren ppeel8.html Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 04 23 ref References reflist External links http www.londonmuseum.on.ca Historical First Ren ppeel8.html Paul Peel, Historical Artist, LRAHM DEFAULTSORT Young Botanist Category 1890 paintings Category Canadian paintings Category Article Feedback 5 Painting stub ... more details
David Forrest may refer to David Forrest academic David Forrest pseudonym , author David Forrest Australian politician , 1852 1917 David P. Forrest , US politician hndis Forrest, David ... more details
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