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  1. John Leland

    John Leland may refer to John Leland antiquary c. 1503 1552 , English antiquary John Leland Baptist 1754 1841 , United States Baptist minister John Leland journalist born 1959 , New York Times reporter, columnist, and book author John Leland politician died 1808 , English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796&ndash 1808 John Leland Presbyterian 1691 1766 , English Presbyterian minister John E. Leland , American engineer and Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute See also John Leland Atwood 1904 1999 , American aerospace engineer John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Virginia, United States John Leland Champe 1895 1978 , American archaeologist hndis Leland, John DEFAULTSORT Leland, John de John Leland fr John Leland ...   more details



  1. John E. Leland

    other people John Leland John Leland disambiguation John E. Leland is Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute . ref name official cite web url http www.udri.udayton.edu ContactUs People Pages JohnLeland.aspx title John E. Leland, Ph.D., P.E publisher University of Dayton Research Institute accessdate 2010 05 11 ref He previously served as the institute s director of operations and a division head and as the University of Dayton s director for technology partnerships. ref name official ref name biz cite news url http www.bizjournals.com dayton stories 2000 10 09 story6.html title University s research center delivers date October 6, 2000 work Dayton Business Journal author Thimangu, Patrick L. accessdate 2010 05 11 ref Before working at the University of Dayton, Leland worked for the United States Air Force . ref name official ref name CIME cite journal url http www.allbusiness.com professional scientific scientific research development 694944 1.html title The ASME Fellow a membership grade of distinction date November 1, 2003 journal Mechanical Engineering publisher American Society of Mechanical Engineers accessdate 2010 05 11 ref During the 2002 2003 term, Leland was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers . ref name CIME Leland received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1994. ref name official References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, John E ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, John E Category Living people Category University of Dayton alumni Category University of Kentucky alumni Category University of Akron alumni Category Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers US academic administrator stub US engineer stub ...   more details



  1. John Leland (journalist)

    other people John Leland John Leland disambiguation Infobox person name John Leland image caption birthname birth date 1959 ref name NYT birth place death date death place education occupation alias title family spouse domestic partner children relatives ethnicity nationality religion years active YYYY present credits agent URL John Leland born 1959 is an author and has been a New York Times journalist since 2000. ref name NYT cite web title Ask a Reporter John Leland work New York Times Learning Network Student Connections publisher New York Times url http tv.nytimes.com learning students ask reporters John Leland.html year 2004 accessdate 2010 10 25 ref ref name deep cite web url http deepcarnivale.com page john leland.html title Deep Carnivale 2009 John Leland accessdate 2010 01 28 publisher The Artists and Writers Group, Inc. ref During a stint in 1994, he was editor in chief of Details magazine Details magazine. ref name NYT ref name NYT2 cite news newspaper New York Times title Editor Change At Details date November 10, 1994 url http www.nytimes.com 1994 11 10 business editor change ... authors 25371 Mr John Leland index.aspx title Author Mr. John Leland publisher HarperCollins ... Press url http www.trouserpress.com contributors.php accessdate 2010 10 22 ref Leland wrote Hip The History ref name Hip cite book title Hip The History author Leland, John publisher Ecco Press Ecco location ... They re Not What You Think .,, ref name deep ref name Kerouac cite book author Leland, John title Why ... linernotes hip.html title Hip The History author John Leland is inteviewed publisher Jerry Jazz Musician ... john lelands history of hip title Back to the Future Revisiting John Leland s History of Hip publisher ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1959 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, John Category The New York ... ref Leland was also a senior editor at Newsweek , an editor and columnist at Spin magazine Spin magazine ...   more details



  1. John Leland (Baptist)

    Other persons John Leland John Leland disambiguation Refimprove date December 2009 Image Leland j.jpg thumb John Leland John Leland May 14, 1754 &ndash January 14, 1841 was a Baptist minister in Massachusetts ... http pennstatelawreview.org articles 113 20Penn 20St. 20L. 20Rev. 20733.pdf title John Leland and James ... ref name Butterfield cite journal author Butterfield, L.H. title Elder John Leland, Jeffersonian Itinerant ... John Leland and James Madison Religious Influence on the Ratification of the Constitution and on the Proposal ... Eccentric John Leland, Baptist Pastors Tell Stories of a Once Noted Preacher work New York Times ... the body of John Leland, of Cheshire, who labored 67 years to promote piety and vindicate the civil ... of the Life of John Leland title The Writings of the Late Elder John Leland Including Some Events ... ref Several of Leland s hymns are preserved in the Sacred Harp . The John Leland Center for Theological ... of the late Elder John Leland including some events in his life editor L. F. Greene publisher ... John Leland Evolving Views of Slavery, 1789 1839 author Gourley, Bruce journal Baptist History and Heritage ... heroes 2009 01 2nd annual interfaith heroes month no 14 john leland.html title John Leland honored ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Leland, John Category American religious leaders Category 1754 births Category 1841 deaths Category ... 154 252 year 1952 publisher American Antiquarian Society issn 0044 751X ref Leland was also an outspoken ... page 744 ref Leland also later opposed the rise of missionary societies among Baptists. ref http marchtozion.com history 389 biography of elder john leland Biography Of Elder John Leland Bot generated title ref Early life Leland was born on May 14, 1754, in Grafton, Massachusetts . ref name NYT cite ... new light Christian. Public life and views He was baptized in June 1774 by Elder Noah Alden. Leland ..., and ministered there until 1791, when he returned to Massachusetts. A well known incident in Leland ...   more details



  1. John Leland Champe

    Other persons John Champe John Champe disambiguation John Champe John Leland Champe 1895 1978 was an academic and archaeologist especially influential in the area of Great Plains archaeology. ref name O Shea cite book title Archaeology and ethnohistory of the Omaha Indians the big village site year 1992 publisher University of Nebraska Press location Lincoln, NE isbn 9780803235564 page xvii url http books.google.com ?id HKd6npiLRuAC&pg PR12&dq onepage&q John 20Leland 20Champe accessdate 2010 05 09 last1 O Shea first1 John M first2 John last2 Ludwickson ref From 1953 1961, he was Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska Lincoln . ref name AmAnthro cite journal doi 10.1525 aa.1979.81.2.02a00100 journal American Anthropologist author W. Raymond Wood title John Leland Champe 1895 1978 volume 81 issue 2 pages 338 342 publisher American Anthropological Association date June 1979 url http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 122423159 abstract accessdate 2010 05 09 ref He joined the University of Nebraska faculty in 1940 as an instructor. ref name PA cite journal journal Plains Anthropologist title John Leland Champe A Founder of the Plains Conference author Lambert, Marjorie publisher Plains Anthropological Society page 73 date 1961 volume 6 url http books.google.com books?id HagSAAAAIAAJ&dq 22John Leland Champe accessdate 2010 09 20 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Champe, John Leland ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1895 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1978 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Champe, John Leland Category American archaeologists Category 1895 births Category 1978 deaths Category University of Nebraska Lincoln faculty US archaeologist stub anthropologist stub US academic scientist stub ...   more details



  1. John Leland (politician)

    other people John Leland John Leland disambiguation John Leland ? 3 January 1808 was a Member of Parliament serving in the House of Commons of Great Britain later, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom representing the Stamford UK Parliament constituency Stamford constituency from 1796 until his death in 1808. ref name Beatson cite book title A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, from the union in 1708, to the third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807 author Beatson, Robert volume 2 year 1807 page 146 publisher J. Chalmers & Co location London url http books.google.com books?id XiDFKwjKZZ4C&printsec frontcover accessdate 2010 05 07 ref ref cite web url http www.leighrayment.com commons Scommons4.htm author Rayment, Leigh title The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning with S year 2003 accessdate 2010 05 07 ref He was also a Lieutenant General . ref name Beatson References reflist s start s par uk succession box title Member of Parliament for Stamford UK Parliament constituency Stamford with Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey Albemarle Bertie 1801 1808 with2 John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort John Proby 1796 1801 years 1796&ndash 1808 before Sir George Howard br after Evan Foulkes br s end Persondata NAME Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1808 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, John Category Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies Category 1808 deaths Category British MPs 1796 1800 Category UK MPs 1801 1802 Category UK MPs 1802 1806 Category UK MPs 1806 1807 Category UK MPs 1807 1812 UK MP stub ...   more details



  1. John Leland (Presbyterian)

    other people John Leland John Leland disambiguation Refimprove date June 2010 John Leland 1691 1766 was an England English Presbyterian minister and author of theology theological works. Leland was born in Wigan , Lancashire on October 18, 1691. ref name DNB cite DNB wstitle Leland, John 1691 1766 ref He was educated in Dublin , Ireland then part of the United Kingdom , and went into the ministry there. He received his Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Aberdeen in 1739. ref name DNB His main interest was in opposing deism . He critiqued proponents of deist ideas, such as Matthew Tindal . ref cite journal title Art. XVII Review of A view of the principal deistical writers... author Griffiths, Ralph authorlink Ralph Griffiths location London page 161 journal Monthly Review London The Monthly Review date March 1754 url http books.google.com books?id lAbhAAAAMAAJ&pg PA161 IA4 accessdate 2010 06 01 ref He is remembered as the author of A view of the principal deistical writers that have appeared in England in the last and present century with observations upon them, and some account of the answers that have been published against them in several letters to a friend. 1754 1755 2 vols. London Printed for B. Dod which went through many editions well into the 19th century. A View of the Principal Deistical Writers was first published in 1754 and subsequently expanded twice. It is the fullest contemporary treatment of the literature of the deist controversy. Leland gives very detailed reviews of the works of the leading deists, and of the responses that these works provoked. At least one chapter is devoted to each of the following Peter Annet , Charles Blount deist Charles ... Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1691 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1766 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, John ... Morgan , Shaftesbury , Matthew Tindal , John Toland and Thomas Woolston . Six chapters are about David ...   more details



  1. John Leland (antiquary)

    Other persons John Leland John Leland disambiguation Infobox person name John Leland image John Leland.jpg ... of John Leland at All Souls College, Oxford. ref Printed in Cite book editor1 first William editor1 last Huddesford year 1772 title The lives of those eminent antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony ... website footnotes misc John Leland , also Leyland 13 September, c .1503 &ndash 18 April 1552 , was an English poet and antiquary . ref name ODNB Carley, Leland, John c .1503 1552 ref ref Cite web url http www.caerleon.net history leland index.htm title John Leland Description of Caerleon 1540 publisher ... title John Leland s Itinerary year 1999 publisher Britannia.com, LLC accessdate 2009 05 05 ..., John Leland and King Henry VIII , The Library , 3rd ser. vol. 2, pp. 132 49 at 145 . John Chandler comments on this and several similar paternity claims John Leland s Itinerary , p. xxi. ref His ... probably in about 1503, and had an older brother, also named John. ref name ODNB ref Leland was traditionally .... See J.P. Carley, John Leland 1503? 18 April 1552 , in D.A. Richardson ed. , Sixteenth Century ... sent to Christ s College, Cambridge , ref Venn id LLNT521J name Leland, John ref graduating ... was borne yn Kent. Kent is the key of al Englande. ref Toulmin Smith ed. , Itinerary of John Leland , vol. 4, p. 57. ref John Bale later listed an Itinerarium Cantiae Itinerary of Kent among Leland s writings ... Canterbury , and Bewcastle Roman Fort Bewcastle . ref Harris, John Leland and the Briton brykes ... with lime, which persuaded him that it had been. ref Toulmin Smith ed. , Itinerary of John Leland ... field report. ref Chandler ed. , John Leland s Itinerary , pp. xxi, 275. ref Leland and King ... have been lost. ref Carley, Polydore Vergil and John Leland . ref ref Leland, De uiris illustribus ... 28 mi km adj on Long distance trail footpath , which follows the footsteps of John Leland as he .... Hearne, Thomas ed. , The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary, 2nd edition, 9 vols., 1744 5 http ...   more details



  1. Sharmagne Leland-St. John

    Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Sharmagne Leland St. John image ... genre subject movement influences influenced signature website Sharmagne Leland St. John is a 20th century Indigenous peoples of the Americas Native American poet. Leland St. John is best known for the poem ... has received a total of 5 Pushcart Prize nominations. Biography Early years Leland St. John was born ... Fernando Valley . Leland St. John s mother, child actress Roseanne Gahan, worked with Cecil B. DeMille ... tribe in the Pacific Northwest. Leland St. John was the second child born to Jerome and Roseanne. Due to Jerome s infidelity, the marriage was rocky from the start. When Leland St. John was 3 years old ... with a guardian and O Connor as governess. Leland St. John became an avid reader who devoured ... with a bachelor father. Leland St. John s high school years were uneventful, even though ... as early as junior high school. After graduation from high school, Leland St. John was accepted to the University ... 1960s while working for song writer Jimmy Webb , Leland St. John began writing poetry and song ... composers. In the 1970s Leland St. John acted in TV commercials and briefly, in features and on TV ... music, stand up, and poetry. Marriage Leland St. John was married to Richard Sylbert , the Academy ... owner . In 1980, Richard asked his manager to include her in his contracts and Leland St. John ... and literary journal Quill and Parchment. ref http www.quillandparchment.com Sharmagne Leland St. John ... Film and TV Alliance NAFATA in 2004. During Daisy Alexandra s early school years, Leland St. John ... to come closer and whispered to her the Internet Leland St. John began to investigate this new ... ref Leland St. John spends her time traveling between her home in the Hollywood Hills and her fly ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Leland St. John, Sharmagne ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Leland St. John, Sharmagne Category American poets Category American production designers Category ...   more details



  1. John Leland Atwood

    John Leland Lee Atwood October 26, 1904 March 5, 1999 was an engineer and manager in the aerospace industry. He worked in various prominent positions at North American Aviation for over 35 years. The International Aerospace Hall of Fame invested Atwood in 1984. Atwood Dorm at Harvey Mudd College is named after him. He was on the cover of Newsweek Magazine , December 21, 1964 the cover title was Apollo and the Moon Men North American s Lee Atwood. Born in Walton, Kentucky , his parents were the Reverend Doctor Elmer Bugg Atwood and Mabel Bagby Atwood. His younger brother was the linguist Elmer Bagby Atwood. In the HBO series From the Earth to the Moon TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon , Atwood was portrayed by Ronny Cox . North American Aviation Empty section date June 2008 Sources http www.boeing.com history bna atwood.html North American History Biographies Lee Atwood http www.nasm.si.edu research dsh TRANSCPT ATWOOD1.HTM Five part oral history interview with Atwood Muriel Patricia Hiatt, Executive Secretary, John L. Lee Atwood, North American Aviation Obituary Published in the Los Angeles Times on January 17, 2010 Hiatt, Muriel Patricia b. ?, MN 1 22 1927 d. 12 25 2009 Oceanside, CA Muriel Patricia Patti Hatch Hiatt, 82, died on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, at her home in Ocean Hills, Vista, CA Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Atwood, John Leland ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1904 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1999 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Atwood, John Leland Category National Medal of Technology recipients Category People from Walton, Kentucky Category 1904 births Category 1999 deaths engineer stub ...   more details



  1. Leland John Haworth

    Leland John Haworth July 11, 1904 March 5, 1979 was an United States of America American particle physicist . In his long career he was head of the Brookhaven National Laboratory , the United States Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Energy Commission , the National Science Foundation , and was assistant to the president of Associated Universities, Inc. ref name FAG http www.findagrave.com cgi bin fg.cgi?page gr&GRid 6841302 Leland John Haworth at Find a Grave ref Early life Haworth was born in Flint, Michigan , although his parents were normally living in New York City at the time. ref name bio Maurice Goldhaber and Gerald F. Tape, http books.nap.edu html biomems lhaworth.pdf Leland John Haworth A Biographical Memoir , United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences , 1985. ref His parents were both teachers, and were Quakers. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1907 for a brief time, then to Newton County, Indiana in 1910. Haworth graduated with a masters degree in physics from Indiana University in 1926. He also played college baseball for Indiana, and even played in the semi pros. ref name bio In 1927 he married Barbara Mottier, the daughter of the chairman of the Botany Department at IU, and they had two children. He taught high school for two years while working on his father s farm. Career After obtaining a scholarship, Haworth attended the University of Wisconsin and earned his Ph.D. in 1931. He worked as an instructor there for six years, and began working on particle accelerator s there in 1934. He then spent a year working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1937. After his father died, he then took a new position as faculty at the University ... s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Haworth, Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES ..., Michigan DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1979 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Haworth, Leland, John Category 1904 ... he, along with Glenn T. Seaborg , was assigned by President John F. Kennedy to become commissioner ...   more details



  1. Leland

    Leland may refer to TOCright Places Norway Leland, Norway United States Leland, Illinois Leland, Iowa Leland, Michigan Leland, Mississippi Leland, North Carolina Leland, Wisconsin Leland Grove, Illinois Leland Township, Michigan Leland High School San Jose, California Leland River , Michigan People Given name Leland Bardwell , author Leland Chapman , bounty hunter Leland Irving , Canadian ice hockey goaltender Leland Orser , actor Leland Stanford , founder of Stanford University, former Governor of California Leland Stanford, Jr. , namesake of Stanford University Leland Taylor , former mayor of Louisville, Kentucky Leland Yee , State Senator of California Surname Charles Godfrey Leland , American humorist and folklorist David Leland , British director, screenwriter and actor Frank Leland , Negro League baseball team owner of the Leland Giants George W. Leland , American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Henry M. Leland , automotive pioneer and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln brands John Leland antiquary , English antiquary John Leland Baptist , United States Baptist minister John Leland journalist , reporter, columnist, and book author John Leland politician , English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796&ndash 1808 John Leland Presbyterian , English Presbyterian minister John E. Leland , American engineer and Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute Mickey Leland , United States Congressman from Texas Waldo Leland , American historian and archivist Fictional Leland Stottlemeyer , character in the TV series Monk Leland Palmer , character in the TV series Twin Peaks Lee Adama short for Leland Joseph Adama , character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica 2004 Other uses John Leland Center for Theological Studies , Virginia Leland Corporation , an arcade game manufacturer Leland Initiative The United States of Leland , a 2003 dramatic movie See also Leeland disambiguation Leyland disambiguation disambig geo de Leland es Leland it Leland nl Leland pl Leland ...   more details



  1. John Leland Center for Theological Studies

    NOTOC Infobox University image name John Leland Center logo.png established 1998 type Private university Private name John Leland Center for Theological Studies president Mark J. Olson city Falls Church ... affiliation Baptist website http www.leland.edu www.leland.edu The John Leland Center for Theological ... Mark publisher John Leland Center for Theological Studies accessdate 2009 10 02 ref The center offers ... s namesake, John Leland Baptist John Leland , was an 18th and 19th century Baptist minister in the United ... title About Leland Seminary publisher John Leland Center for Theological Studies accessdate 2009 10 ... SchoolDetail.aspx?ID 111 title Member Schools John Leland Center for Theological Studies publisher ... index.php?option com content&task view&id 3256&Itemid 53 title John Leland center ... about leland.php title About Leland School of Ministry publisher John Leland Center for Theological ... publisher John Leland Center for Theological Studies accessdate 2009 10 02 ref ref cite news ... John Leland Center for Theological Studies Washington Theological Consortium Colleges ... name Welcome Leland is partnered with the Baptist General Association of Virginia ref cite web url http ... url http books.google.com books?isbn 9780195166972 accessdate 2009 10 02 ref Leland is a member ... from Leland Center in Va. last Marus first Robert date 1 August 2006 publisher Associated Baptist Press accessdate 2009 10 02 ref Mark J. Olson became Leland s second president in 2007. ref cite ... North Carolina pastor named president of Leland Center last Dilday first Robert date 14 June 2007 work Religious Herald accessdate 2009 10 02 ref Academics Leland Seminary offers the center s Graduate ... news url http www.abpnews.com index.php?option com content&task view&id 1288&Itemid 119 title Leland ... Studies. ref name seminary Leland School of Ministry , based at the center s Hampton Roads Hampton ... to allow students seeking a bachelor s degree to transfer Leland course credits into those universities ...   more details



  1. Frank Leland

    Frank C. Leland was an African American baseball player, manager baseball field manager and club owner in the Negro Leagues . Leland was born in Memphis, Tennessee . Citation needed date April 2010 He graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and began his professional career with the Washington Capital Cities in the 1887 National League of Colored Baseball Clubs , a team which played no league games before the experiment collapsed. He moved to Chicago and was instrumental in organizing and developing five successful baseball teams in that city Riley, 475 . In 1888, he organized the black amateur Union Base Ball Club, with sponsorship from some of Chicago s black businessmen. Leland .... A businessman, Leland returned to baseball in 1901 when he merged the Unions and the Columbia Giants to form the Chicago Union Giants . This became the top Negro League team in the Midwest. Leland served as manager of the Union Giants as well as owner. The team changed its name to the Leland Giants in 1905 in 1907 Rube Foster replaced Leland as manager and Pete Hill and Foster strengthened the club in the field. A rift between Foster and Leland in 1910 split the team in two Foster s team won a legal battle over the Leland Giants name, so while Foster ran the team with Leland s name, Leland ... American Giants . Leland left baseball a short while later after having been the premier owner ... www.baseball reference.com bullpen Frank Leland article of the same name in the Baseball Reference ... book last Holway first John B. year 2001 title The Complete Book of Baseball s Negro Leagues The Other ... Excerpts . cite book last Riley first James A. chapter Leland, Frank C. pages 474 75 title The Biographical ... 0959 6 Riley. http coe.ksu.edu nlbemuseum history players leland.html Frank Leland , Personal profiles ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, Frank ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, Frank Category ...   more details



  1. Harry Leland

    caption Harry Leland from Uncanny X Men 132. br Art by John Byrne comics John Byrne. comic color background ff8080 character name Harry Leland real name Harold Leland species Mutant Marvel comics Human Mutant publisher Marvel Comics debut Uncanny X Men 132 April 1980 creators Chris Claremont br John Byrne comics John Byrne alliance color background c0c0ff alliances Hellfire Club comics Hellfire Club aliases Black Bishop powers Able to increase mass Harry Leland , also known as the Black Bishop is a Marvel Comics supervillain , and an adversary of the X Men . A Mutant Marvel comics mutant , Leland ... history Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist co writer John Byrne comics John Byrne , Leland first appeared in Uncanny X Men 132 1980 April April 1980 . Artist John Byrne based Leland s appearance ... Lime from The Third Man , and Jed Leland from Citizen Kane . ref http goodcomics.comicbookresources.com ... he died. Leland made subsequent posthumous appearances in Classic X Men 7 March 1987 , Sensational ... 5 2008 . Fictional character biography Hellfire Club Little is known of Leland s past before ... meeting to gain information about stocks, Leland took an interest in her but came on too strongly ... ever met. ref Generation X 1 ref Later, Leland first encountered the X Men when the X Men invaded the New York headquarters of the Hellfire Club. Leland caused Wolverine comics Wolverine ... Leland from above. At that moment, Leland foolishly used his mass increasing powers against his opponent a second time, resulting in Wolverine crashing through the floor again, only this time with Leland beneath him as Wolverine intended. All evidence to the contrary, Leland survived this incident. ref Uncanny X Men X Men v.1 132 134 April June 1980 . ref Alongside the Hellfire Club, Leland later battled the X Men in New York s Central Park . Leland used his power to sink Colossus comics ... Men and the Club joined forces to battle Nimrod. Against considerable resistance by the robot, Leland ...   more details



  1. George Leland

    George Leland may refer to Mickey Leland , George Thomas Mickey Leland, 1944 1989 , anti poverty activist and later became a congressman George W. Leland 1834 1880 , Medal of Honor recipient hndis Leland, George ...   more details



  1. Leland, Mississippi

    Refimprove date October 2007 Infobox settlement official name Leland, Mississippi settlement type City ... County Mississippi Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Leland Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location of Leland, Mississippi image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision ... 0672400 website footnotes Leland is a city in Washington County, Mississippi Washington County , Mississippi ... at Stoneville, Mississippi Stoneville on Leland s outskirts. Cotton, soybeans and catfish are the leading crops. Leland is in the heart of blues country and has produced a number of national and regionally ... title Leland Blues Project accessdate 15 October 2010 ref blues museum. Leland is the burial place ... tracks. Thomas is buried beneath a gravestone donated by musician John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater ... Winter.html was born in Leland on Feb. 23, 1944, to an Army officer and his wife. Winter is commemmorated ... Leland is located at coord 33 24 18 N 90 53 50 W region US type city 33.405118, 90.897194 GR 1 ... under age 18 and 28.3 of those age 65 or over. Education The City of Leland is served by the Leland School District . Leland High School Leland, Mississippi Leland High School is the sole high school. Notable inhabitants The Muppets Muppet creator Jim Henson was from Leland. Wadada Leo Smith , a jazz trumpeter and composer, is from Leland. The blues musician Johnny Winter spent part of his childhood in Leland, where his father was mayor in the 1930s. Singer actress Thelma Houston was born in Leland. Douglas A. Blackmon , Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for the Wall Street Journal was raised in Leland. Johnie Cooks , former college and professional football player at Mississippi State University and the NFL , is from Leland. References references External links Portal Mississippi http ... American majority populations ca Leland Mississip de Leland Mississippi es Leland Misisipi io Leland, Mississippi it Leland Mississippi ht Leland, Mississippi nl Leland Mississippi pt Leland ...   more details



  1. Brad Leland

    Infobox person name Brad Leland imagesize birth name Bradley Leland Williams birth date birth date and age 1954 09 15 mf yes birth place Lubbock, Texas , United States US occupation Actor years active 1980 present spouse Ramsey Williams 1978 present 3 children Brad Leland born Bradley Leland Williams September 15, 1954 is an United States American actor who has appeared in 20 feature films, 25 television shows, and numerous theater performances. He played the character Buddy Garrity in the television show Friday Night Lights TV series Friday Night Lights . Early life Leland was born in Lubbock, Texas , but moved to Plano, Texas Plano during his wiktionary sophomore sophomore year in high school. While in Plano, Leland played football for Plano Senior High School Plano High School . He sustained a serious knee injury the year the Wildcats won the 1971 AAA State Championship. In 1980, Leland graduated from Texas Tech University Texas Tech with a bachelor s degree in acting and directing. ref name Leland http www.depts.ttu.edu communications news stories 07 10 brad leland.php Texas Tech University Brad Leland Ready for Prime Time Bot generated title ref Acting After graduating from college, Leland moved to Dallas, Texas Dallas where he worked in local theatre and found an agent. He also got a part in one episode the TV series Dallas TV series Dallas and in an episode of In the Heat ... . His most visible roles, though, are that of football booster John Aubrey in the film Friday Night ... TV series TV series of the same name . ref name Leland Selected filmography Dallas TV series Dallas ... 2003 , Big Rig Bob Friday Night Lights film Friday Night Lights 2004 , John Aubrey The Ringer 2005 ... Frazier Trauma TV series Trauma 2009 , Audi Driver  1 episode CSI Miami 2010 , Det. John ... . NAME Leland, Brad ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH Lubbock, Texas , United States US DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, Brad Category ...   more details



  1. Leland Initiative

    The Leland Initiative is a program of USAID to improve internet connectivity in Africa . It was named after Mickey Leland . External links http www.usaid.gov leland USAID Leland Initiative page http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc LelandInitiative PanAfriL10n page on the Leland Initiative www stub Category Information technology and development ...   more details



  1. Thomas Leland

    Thomas Leland 1722 1785 was an Ireland Irish historian, translator and academic and the author of the early gothic novel Longsword, Earl of Salisbury An Historical Romance , published in 1762. ref http books.google.com books?id WAY1AAAAMAAJ&dq thomas leland&printsec frontcover&source web&ots He4uOG4DuQ&sig xy ctMzXY06utrqPXYNPGb9dqZQ PPA36,M1 Leland ref He was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College , where he became Professor of Oratory in 1763. He translated the Orations of Demosthenes in three volumes and wrote a life of Philip of Macedon in 1758. He wrote an influential History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II of England Henry II in 1773. His portrait, by John Dean, is held by the National Portrait Gallery London National Portrait Gallery . ref The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford University Press. ref Referendes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1722 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1785 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, Thomas Category Irish historians Category People from Dublin city Category 1722 births Category 1785 deaths ...   more details



  1. Leland Giants

    Negro League franchise Name Chicago Leland Giants Logo Leagues Independent 1905&ndash 1910 Image Leland Giants 1905.jpg right thumb 250px 1905 Leland Giants The Chicago Union Giants, the top black baseball team in the Midwest or West in the first decade of the 20th century, changed its name in 1905 to the Leland Giants , after manager and owner Frank Leland . Bruce Petway took over catching duties in 1906 and the talent improved dramatically in 1907 as Rube Foster HOF , Pete Hill HOF , Bill Gatewood Big Bill Gatewood , Mike Moore outfielder Mike Moore and four other players came from East Coast teams. The 1907 team compiled a 110 10 record, including 48 straight wins. The Giants went 64 21 against semipro teams in 1908 and tied a cross region match up with the Philadelphia Giants at three games apiece. The team was managed by Foster in 1909 and was just 8 10 against other top black teams. The team faced off against the Chicago Cubs in a mid October series. Johnny Evers and Frank Chance sat out. In game one the Cubs Mordecai Brown Three Finger Brown beat Walter Ball baseball player Walter Ball 4 to 1. The Leland Giants were leading 5 2 in the bottom of the ninth the next day as Foster faced Ed Reulbach , but Rube allowed four runs in that frame to fall on a controversial final play at the plate. In game three, Brown beat Pat Dougherty baseball player Pat Dougherty 1 0. The Leland ..., Foster and Leland split and Foster won the rights to the Leland Giants name Leland s new team was called the Chicago Giants . The Leland Giants went 11 0 against top black teams that year and said they went 123 6 overall. The club was the most talented to date, as Home Run Johnson and John ... Leland Giants article of the same name in the Baseball Reference Bullpen, accessed December 5, 2006. It is available under the GNU Free Documentation License . cite book last Holway first John B ... year 1994 isbn 0 7867 0959 6 External links http www.nlbpa.com 1909 leland giants.html Negro League ...   more details



  1. Leland Hotel

    Leland Hotel may refer to Leland Hotel Springfield, Illinois , historic hotel Leland Hotel Richmond, Indiana , National Register of Historic Places listings in Wayne County, Indiana listed on the NRHP in Wayne County, Indiana The Leland Hotel Detroit, Michigan , listed on the NRHP in Michigan a hotel at near the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington disambig ...   more details



  1. Leland, Michigan

    of the first two fields must be filled in official name Leland, Michigan other name native name if different ... label for total area and population rows motto images and maps image skyline Leland Michigan aerial view.jpg imagesize 250px image caption Aerial view of the shore and harbor at Leland, Michigan image ... footnotes population note population total 2033 Leland Township population density km2 For automatic ... FIPS code blank info 26089 area code 231 website http www.lelandmi.com footnotes Leland is an unincorporated ... Bay Township, Michigan Suttons Bay Township , closer to the county s geographic center. Leland is located in Leland Township, Michigan Leland Township , which provides local government services. It is on M 22 Michigan highway M 22 at the mouth of the Leland River also known as the Carp River on Lake Michigan . Leland is the departure point for ferry service to both North Manitou Island North and South ... City, Michigan Traverse City is about 25 miles to the southeast. History Leland is built ... . Where the Leland Carp River flows into Lake Michigan, there was a natural fish ladder which was a traditional ... after Antoine Manseau, with his son Antoine Jr., and John Miller, built a dam and sawmill on the river ... steamers and schooners to transport new settlers and supplies. From 1870 to 1884 the Leland Lake ... was sold to the Leland Lumber Co. which operated a saw mill on the site. Other sawmills and shingle mills operated in Leland during the years 1885 1900. ref Littell, E.M., 100 Years in Leelanau ... centers began to visit Leland and build summer cottages, arriving by Lake Michigan passenger steamer ... hotels, and the growth of Leland as a summer resort. Transportation jct state MI M 22 Cultural Institutions Leland is home to the Leelanau Historical Society and Museum , two blocks from Fishtown ... index.php Edward Maro Edward Maro at Magicpedia ref John Elder Blackledge 1891 1961 , magician ref http geniimagazine.com wiki index.php John Blackledge John Blackledge at Magicpedia ref Barbara Ninde ...   more details



  1. Leland Tower

    Refimprove date December 2009 Infobox nrhp name Leland Tower nrhp type cp partof Stolp Island Historic District partof refnum 86001487 image Leland Tower 1.JPG lat degrees 41 lat minutes 45 lat seconds 29 lat direction N long degrees 88 long minutes 18 long seconds 55 long direction W location Aurora, Illinois Aurora , Illinois , United States USA built 1928 added September 10, 1986 Leland Tower is a twenty two story tall building located on Stolp Island in Aurora, Illinois . Stolp Island is recognized as a Historic district United States Historical District by the National Register of Historical Places . Leland Tower was at one time the tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago and dominates the downtown of Aurora, dwarfing all the other buildings located there. The tower was at first built as a hotel. The Leland Hotel project was conceived in 1926 and was one of the most ambitious projects in the city s history. The project was announced by an organization known as the Aurora Building Corporation through Herbrt P. Heiss of the First Illinois Company. Mr. Heiss had located and purchased the site for the proposed hotel. The building contract was awarded to the H.G. Chtistman Company, general contractors of South Bend, Indiana and Detroit, Michigan. Anker Sveere Graven and Arthur Guy Mayger were chosen to design the hotel which was planned to be one of the grandest buildings outside of Chicago. As a hotel the Aurora Leland had all the modern amenities of the times including telephones in every room As the hotel took shape watching it grow was entertainment for the people of Aurora, who could not believe it just kept going higher and higher Topping this sky scraper was the Sky ... I John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson . Unfortunately the times and the economy caused the hotel once known by the names The Aurora Leland Hotel , the Illinois Hotel and the Leland Hotel to stop operations ... Image Leland Tower 2.JPG View from the East side Image Leland Tower 3.JPG View from the West side ...   more details



  1. Leland Barrows

    Infobox US Ambassador name Leland Judd Barrows image order 2nd ambassador from United States country Cameroon term start June 1960 term end 6 September 1966 president John F. Kennedy predecessor Boland More ad interm successor Robert L. Payton ref http www.nndb.com gov 549 000120189 ref order2 1st ambassador from2 United States country2 Togo term start2 August 1960 term end2 27 June 1961 president2 John F. Kennedy predecessor2 none , office created successor2 Leon B. Poullada birth date October 27, 1906 birth place Hutchinson, Kansas , Reno County, Kansas death date death date and age 1988 3 3 1906 10 27 death place children spouse Mabel Irene Conley party profession diplomacy Diplomat religion Leland Judd Barrows October 27, 1906 &ndash March 3, 1988 was an American ambassador to United States Ambassador to Cameroon Cameroon and United States Ambassador to Togo Togo . He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas . He married Mabel Irene Conley on March 21, 1935. He served various diplomatic positions including a member of the Council on Foreign Relations Phi Beta Kappa and foreign service officer along with his ambassadorships as well as a Newspaper reporter and radio broadcaster outside of the U.S. State Department State Department . He died in 1988. ref http politicalgraveyard.com bio barretto barrows.html RJN11IHPK ref His parents were Eugene Barrows and Florence Emma Judd Barrows. References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Barrows, Leland ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American diplomat DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1906 PLACE OF BIRTH Hutchinson, Kansas , Reno County, Kansas DATE OF DEATH 1988 03 03 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barrows, Leland Category 1906 births Category 1988 deaths Category Ambassadors of the United States to Togo Category Ambassadors of the United States to Cameroon Category People from Hutchinson, Kansas US diplomat stub ...   more details




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