MichaelAbsalom born 13 April 1980 , more commonly known as Abs , was a regular presenter on CBBC from 2002 to 2004 . Biography Born on 13 April 1980 in Falkirk , Stirlingshire, Scotland , he has lived in many different areas including Barrow in Furness , Cumbria Rowlands Castle , Hampshire and the south west counties of Dorset and Somerset . He now lives in West London . CBBC Absalom made his first appearance on the CBBC Channel in 2002, as the resident weather forecasting weatherman . However, his popularity meant that he soon became a regular presenter in the studio, and before long he was one of CBBC s leading presenters, presenting not only on the digital channel but also making regular appearances on the morning slot on BBC Two and the occasional appearance on the BBC One afternoon slot. Other shows His popularity on CBBC was furthered in the summer of 2003 when he and fellow presenter Anne Foy were chosen to host Britain s Amazing Mates , in which they toured the country attempting to find the best mates in Britain , involving games and activities. This was followed in 2004 by the show Best of Friends which he presented alongside fellow CBBC presenter Rani Khanijau . This quickly became one of the most popular shows on CBBC and again highlighted his great natural talent as a children s presenter and also his heart throb status. Citation needed date June 2007 At the end of 2004, he left the CBBC studio to present one of their leading shows, Xchange TV series Xchange , on which ... Persondata NAME Absalom, Michael ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Presenter DATE OF BIRTH 13 April 1980 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Absalom Category 1980 births ... of a lifetime, when Absalom and Rani Khanijau filmed several episodes of the show in South Africa in honour of the BBC BBC s Africa Week . During the trip Absalom kept an African Video Diary , which ... Michael, in 2009, starred in Aladdin in Mansfield s Palace Theatre as PC Pong Level 5 driving ... more details
of Absalom appears in Michael Cook playwright Michael Cook s The Head Guts and Sound Bone Dance Absalom is the name of a character in Michael Crummey s Newfoundland island Newfoundland ...about the biblical figure Image Gustave dore bibel death of absalom.jpg thumb right 200px The Death of Absalom by Gustave Dore According to the Bible , Absalom or Avshalom Hebrew Name Avshalom ... handsome man in the kingdom. Absalom eventually rebelled against his father and was killed during ... of Absalom attributed to Niccol de Simone around 1650 After his full sister Tamar 2 Samuel Tamar was raped by Amnon , their half brother and David s eldest son, Absalom waited two years and avenged her ... at Jerusalem, Absalom built support for himself among the populace by promising justice for all if only ... . Stairway in Absalom s Pillar Another view inside Absalom s Pillar After four years he decided ... served as David s spies. Absalom reached the capital and took counsel with the renowned Ahithophel sometimes spelled Achitophel . David took refuge from Absalom s forces beyond the Jordan River . However, he took the precaution of instructing a servant, Hushai , to infiltrate Absalom s court and subvert it. Hushai convinced Absalom to ignore Ahithophel s advice to attack his father while he ... his own troops for the coming battle. The Battle of Ephraim Wood Image Yerushalayim Tomb of Absalom 1860s.jpg thumb right Photo of Tomb of AbsalomAbsalom s Tomb in Kidron Valley 1860s A fateful battle was fought in the Wood of Ephraim the name suggests a locality west of the Jordan and Absalom ...&version NASB 2 Samuel 16 18 ref Absalom himself was caught by his head in the boughs of an oak tree ... Absalom, by the use of three spears, followed by a group of swordsmen, an act that caused David great sorrow. Memorial to Absalom Another monument near Jerusalem not the modern Absalom Tomb Yad Avshalom which is of later origin was erected by Absalom in his lifetime to perpetuate his name bibleverse ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Absalom, Absalom title ... publisher Random House release date 1936 english release date media type Print pages isbn Absalom, Absalom is a Southern Gothic novel by the United States American author William Faulkner , first ... on the life of Thomas Sutpen . Plot summary Absalom, Absalom details the rise and fall of Thomas ... Like other Faulkner novels, Absalom, Absalom allegorizes Southern history the title itself is an allusion to a Absalom wayward son fighting the empire his father built. The history of Thomas Sutpen ... his marriage to a part black woman, setting in motion his own destruction. Discussing Absalom, Absalom .... ref http books.google.com books?id Y3UtT6 P kUC&pg PA287&lpg PP1&dq 22Absalom Absalom 22&as brr 3&ie ISO 8859 1&output html Remarks on Absalom, Absalom , p.287 ref These two curses combined to ruin Sutpen. Absalom, Absalom juxtaposes ostensible fact, informed guesswork, and outright speculation ... know it. ref http books.google.com books?id Y3UtT6 P kUC&pg PA290&lpg PP1&dq 22Absalom Absalom ... books?id qYt3TO9KL0QC&pg PA68&lpg PA66&dq 22Absalom, Absalom 22&lr &as brr 3&ie ISO 8859 ... Rosa Coldfield to witness the burning of Sutpen s Hundred. Influence and significance Absalom, Absalom , along with The Sound and the Fury , helped Faulkner win the Nobel Prize in Literature . In 2009, a panel of judges called Absalom, Absalom the best Southern novel of all time. ref http ... to the Bible Biblical story of Absalom , a son of David who rebelled against his father then King ... of David s order to deal gently with his son. Another parallel to the Biblical story is that Absalom ... Longest Sentence in Literature is a sentence from Absalom, Absalom containing 1,288 words. Faulkner ... Category American gothic novels Category Random House books es Absalom, Absalom fr Absalon, Absalon nl Absalom, Absalom ja pl Absalomie, Absalomie... more details
Otheruses Absalom disambiguation TOC right Infobox given name2 name Absalom image image size caption pronunciation IPA bs l m gender Male meaning my father is peace . language Hebrew language Hebrew , Avshalom Hebrew seealso Axel Infobox family name name Absalom image imagesize 200 px caption meaning region origin Hebrew related names footnotes Absalom IPAc en icon b s l m comes from the Old Testament Hebrew given name Avshalom , meaning my father is peace . It is common as a given name and a surname . There are alternate spellings, including the Scandinavian language Scandinavian Axel . ref cite web url http www.behindthename.com nmc dan.php title Danish names publisher behindthename.com accessdate 2007 12 18 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20071221215400 http www.behindthename.com nmc dan.php archivedate 21 December 2007 DASHBot deadurl no ref People with the name Absalom include Given name Absalom , a son of King David Absalom Shade Allan 1843 after 1901 , Canadian merchant and politician Absalom Baird 1824 1905 , Union Army general in the American Civil War Avshalom Feinberg 1889 1917 , Jewish spy for Britain in World War I Absalom Harris Chappell 1801 1878 , American politician and lawyer Avshalom Haviv 1926 1947 , one of the Olei Hagardom Absalom Jones 1746 1818 , African American abolitionist and clergyman Absalom Willis Robertson 1887 1971 , American politician Absalom Shade c. 1793 1862 , Canadian businessman and politician Absalom Tatom 1742 1802 , American politician Surname Jack Absalom b. 1927 , Australian artist MichaelAbsalom b. 1980 , Scottish, regular presenter on CBBC Mike Absalom b. 1940 , English folk singer songwriter References Reflist See also Absalon , historic Danish archbishop and statesman given name nocat surname DEFAULTSORT Absalom Name Category Masculine given names es Absal n nombre ... more details
abuse drugs and the Christian Church church . ref name Absalom He is a contemporary of Mike Harding and Billy Connolly . Life and career MichaelAbsalom was born in Torquay , Devon , England , ref ... . NAME Absalom, Mike ALTERNATIVE NAMES Absalom, Michael SHORT DESCRIPTION English people English ...Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Mike Absalom image caption image size background solo singer birth name MichaelAbsalom alias birth date birth date and age 1940 11 9 df y ref name Lyrics cite web url http instalyrics.com artists 470049 mike absalom title Mike Absalom author ... class artist id p15260 pure url yes title Mike Absalom author Steven McDonald publisher Allmusic accessdate ... http www.mikeabsalom.com Official website notable instruments Mike Absalom born 9 November 1940 ..., harpist, poet, artist and children s entertainer. ref name Absalom cite web url http www.mikeabsalom.com ... The Province once described Absalom s musical work as innocence with a macabre twist . His recording ... and Canada , Absalom was educated at University of Oxford Oxford University and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden . ref name Absalom He worked as a busking busker for several years, before Patrick ... he had already had two albums released, the bawdy Mighty Absalom Sings Bathroom Ballads 1965 and Save ... and observation led to the issue of Mike Absalom in 1971 record producer produced by Campbell Lyons , ref cite web url http www.repertoirerecords.com ?p 1456 title Mike Absalom author date work ... work by Ray Fenwick . Absalom s live work encompassed both the United Kingdom and Continental Europe . ref name AMG Finding minimal lasting commercial success, Absalom relocated to Maple Ridge, British ..., he formed Mike Absalom & the Squid Jiggers, who became popular in Western Canada . ref name AMG Absalom s musical instrument expertise gradually included the cl rsach , fiddle and button accordion ... study the Paraguayan harp in Asunci n , Paraguay . ref name Absalom In 1996, Absalom performed at the Sixth ... more details
Absalom Watkin 1787 1861 , was an English people English social and political reformer, an anti Corn ... his father died when he was aged 14, Absalom was sent to live with and work for his uncle, John ... Diaries With Absalom aged 18, his uncle sold the business, but the new owner Thomas Smith offered to retain Absalom as the factory manager. By 1807, he had raised enough money to buy Smith out of the business, on the back of which Absalom became rich. ref name Diaries First Little Circle main Little Circle In 1815, Absalom joined cotton merchant John Potter s political reform group, which group ..., and like other members of the group, Absalom was an advocate of religious toleration. Absalom himself ... Massacre main Peterloo Massacre Absalom like other fellow members of the Little Circle had been contributing ... Peterloo Massacre for. ref name Diaries Absalom didn t attend the rally, but inline with his fellow ... was refused. Absalom then drew up the Declaration and Protest document that was signed by over 5,000 ..., after repeated police raids closed down the Manchester Observer , in 1821 Absalom and his fellows ... of his life. ref name Diaries Secondly his friend Joseph Johnson introduced Absalom to the radical journalist, Richard Carlisle. In December 1827, Potter and Shuttleworth suggested that Absalom should ... Liberalism in Early 19th century Manchester Chetham Society author Dr Michael J Turner Carnegie ... constituency East Retford . But when Parliament refused to take action, in 1831 Absalom was given ... reform, he agreed with Fielden s views on factory legislation. Resultantly in 1833, Absalom organised the campaign in Manchester for the Ten Hours Bill . ref name Diaries In 1840 Absalom became Vice ... . ref name Diaries Personal life Although successful in business and public affairs, Absalom ... book title The Diaries of Absalom Watkin A Manchester Man, 1787 1861 author Magdalen Goffin Editor publisher Sutton Publishing date 30 September 1993 ISBN 0 7509 0417 8 ref Absalom Watkin s two sons also ... more details
Absalom may refer to People Main Absalom name Fictional characters Absalom comics , fictional character Absalom One Piece , a fictional character in Eiichir Oda s manga One Piece Absalom 2000 AD , a 2000 AD character and eponymous series spun off from Caballistics Inc. Absalom, fictional character in Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Caterpillar Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Caterpillar , a fictional character in the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland . Literature Absalom , science fiction story by Henry Kuttner anthologized in the collection Tomorrow, the Stars . Absalom, Absalom , novel by William Faulkner Absalom and Achitophel , landmark poetic political satire. Absalom was the name given by John Dryden to the Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles II of England Places Avshalom, Israel , a communal settlement in southern Israel Avshalom, Sinai , a former Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula Mount Absalom , Antarctica Yad Avshalom , an ancient tomb in the Kidron Valley near Jerusalem Ship Absalom 1853 , a wooden Ketch that was wrecked at the Macleay River bar New South Wales Australia on 29 March 1863 disambiguation de Absalom Begriffskl rung it Absalom he pl Absalom ... more details
Mount Absalom Coord 80 24 S 25 24 W display inline,title is the southernmost and highest 1,640 m mountain of the Herbert Mountains , in the central part of the Shackleton Range . It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition and named for Henry W.L. Absalom, a member of the Scientific Committee on the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition of 1955 58. usgs gazetteer DEFAULTSORT Absalom Category Mountains of Coats Land CoatsLand geo stub ... more details
for the manga character of the same name Absalom One Piece Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image caption comic color background ff8080 character name Absalom real name species Mutant Marvel Comics Human Mutant publisher Marvel Comics debut X Force 10 creators Fabian Nicieza br Mark Pacella alliance color background ffc0c0 alliances Externals br High Lords aliases powers bone manipulation br immortality br superhuman durability br superhuman reflexes br superhuman speed br superhuman strength Absalom is a character arts fictional character , a supervillain in the Marvel Universe . He was created by writers Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza , and penciller Mark Pacella . His first appearance was in X Force 10. Character s background Little is known of Absalom s past prior to him joining the immortal mutant group known as the Externals . It is known he lived sometime in the Old West, where he was to be Hanging hanged for the murder of the renowned lawman and gunfighter Caleb Hammer . Upon his first death his spines grew, cutting himself free and scaring away the crowd. At some point in time he joined another group of Externals. It was later revealed that Absalom is infected with the deadly disease known as the Legacy Virus . ref X Force 37 ref Before the virus could claim him though, he is killed by Selene comics Selene , who is killing all the other Externals. ref X Force 54 ref Powers and abilities Absalom possessed superhuman agility, balance, coordination, endurance, reflexes, speed, strength, and the ability to grow razor sharp bone spines from all over his body. References reflist External links http www.mutanthigh.com absalom.html Cerebra s Files Absalom Category Comics characters introduced in 1992 Category Marvel Comics supervillains Category Marvel Comics mutants Category Marvel Comics immortals Category Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength Marvel villain stub fr Absalom comics it Absalom personaggio tl Absalom komiks ... more details
Use dmy dates date June 2011 Use Australian English date June 2011 Jack Absalom born 1927 is an Australia n artist, author and adventurer. Born in Port Augusta, South Australia , he worked in the North Mine at Broken Hill , New South Wales , where he has resided for the past 50 years. He was brought up in the Nullarbor , west of Port Augusta , South Australia and from an early age developed a wide knowledge of the Australian outback from Indigenous Australians Aboriginals who still existed in tribes at that time. ref name AbsalomWebsite cite web title Jack Absalom Website url http www.jackabsalom.com.au about.htm accessdate 19 May 2011 ref In 1972, Absalom made a trip to the Flinders Ranges with a group ... his oil paintings, prints, publications, DVDs and a his magnificent opal collection. Each year Absalom ... and documentaries on the Australian outback , including Absalom s Outback when he travelled to remote outback locations in a Chrysler Sigma . ref name AbsalomWebsite Absalom has been the recipient ... 2011 ref Works Absalom s outback paintings, 1983, ISBN 978 0 86788 005 2 ref cite web url http catalogue.nla.gov.au Search Home?lookfor author 22Absalom,Jack,1927 22&iknowwhatimean 1 title Jack Absalom ... Outback Travel , 1988, ISBN 978 0 86788 028 1 Jack Absalom s Barbecue Cookbook , 1990, ISBN 978 0 86788 184 4 Absalom Paintings 1972 1996, 1996, ISBN 978 0 646 28427 9 Outback Cooking in the Camp Oven , 1997, ISBN 978 0 86788 281 0 Jack Absalom s Gallery, 2003, ISBN 978 0 646 42961 8 Jack Abdalom ... title Jack Absalom s Australia s Outback Journey four DVD Box Set Volume 1 publisher Flashback Entertainment ... movie.asp?ID 1360 title Jack Absalom s Australia s Outback Journey 4 DVD Box Set Volume 2 publisher ... movie.asp?ID 1361 title Jack Absalom s Australia s Outback Journey 4 DVD Box Set Volume ... NAME Absalom, Jack ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian artist DATE OF BIRTH 1927 PLACE OF BIRTH Port Augusta, South Australia DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Absalom, Jack Category ... more details
Absalom Dlamini born 5 August 1984 is a Swaziland Swazi footballer with the Royal Leopards and the Swaziland national football team . ref http www.fifa.com worldfootball statisticsandrecords players player 205532 index.html FIFA profile at fifa.com ref He plays on position of defensive midfielder. References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dlamini, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 5 August 1984 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dlamini, Absalom Category 1984 births Category Living people Category Swazi footballers Category Swaziland international footballers Swaziland footy bio stub ... more details
wrote himself. The poem is an allegory that uses the story of the rebellion of Absalom against King ... 1678 and the Exclusion Bill Exclusion Crisis . Biblical Background The story of Absalom s revolt ... 2 Samuel Chapter 14 chapters 14 to 18 . Absalom rebels against his father King David. The beautiful Absalom is distinguished by extraordinarily abundant hair, which is probably meant to symbolize his ... Achitophel Achitophel in the Vulgate joins Absalom s rebellion, another advisor, Hushai, plots with David to pretend to defect and give Absalom advice that plays into David s hands. The result was that Absalom takes the advice of the double agent Hushai over the good advice of Achitophel, who realizing that the rebellion is doomed to failure, goes home and hangs himself. Absalom is killed ... that was under him went on NRSV 2 Sam. 18 9 . The death of his son, Absalom, causes David enormous personal grief. The title of Faulkner s novel Absalom, Absalom is taken from David s mourning in wikisource ... Absalom and Achitophel Dryden s poem tells the story of the first foment by making Monmouth into Absalom ... furor. ref Duggan, Margaret. Absalom and Achitophel. Masterplots, 4th Edition 2010 1 3. Web. 10 Aug. 2011. ref gallery Image James Scott.jpg Absalom James Scott, Duke of Monmouth Image lordashley.jpg ... jlynch Texts absalom.html Text, with notes, of the first part of Absalom and Achitophel gutenberg no 18517 name Anti Achitophel 1682 Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel John Dryden Category British poems Category 1680s poems Category Poetry by John Dryden de Absalom and Achitophel ... more details
Image Sydenstricker Family 1894.GIF 200px thumb Absalom Sydenstricker 1852 1931 was an American Presbyterian ... in Hillsboro, West Virginia was Absalom s early childhood home. His daughter, Pearl S. Buck , became ..., The Exile 1936 The Exile , recounts the life and work of Absalom called Andrew in the book . ref ... summary of the family life and missionary work of Absalom b. 1852 d. 1931 and Caroline Carie Sydenstricker ... in the books The Exile 1936 The Exile , and Fighting Angel . Eg. Absalom is called Andrew , Caroline ... of Absalom and Caroline Sydenstricker Stulting Date Event 1880 Absalom Andrew and Caroline Carie ... Province. Absalom travels throughout Jiangsu Province Kiangsu . 1884 Daughter Maude born b. 1884 d ... more than 100 miles north of Zhenjiang. 1887 Absalom publishes a series of articles on oral and written ... p u. 1893 Caroline contracts dysentery. Son Clyde born b. 1893 d. 1899 1894? Absalom begins ... people. Several editions published until Absalom s death. 1896 1921 Family lives in Zhenjiang. Absalom ... Family moves to Shanghai temporarily. Absalom stays in Zhenjiang. 1901 1902 Family on furlough ... Absalom and Grace on furlough in USA. Grace enrolled in college. Carie stays in China. Absalom returns to Zhenjiang. 1921 Caroline dies. Buried Zhenjiang. 1921 Nanjing. Absalom lives with Pearl and husband works at Theological Seminary. 1927 Nanjing Incident. Absalom, Pearl, Grace and families sheltered for 1 day during revolutionary turmoil. 1927 Absalom in Korea. Pearl in Japan. 1928 Absalom returns to Nanjing. Some time later, Pearl returns. 1931 Absalom dies. Buried Guling, Lu Shan mountains. 1934 Pearl leaves China for last time. Notes references Bibliography Jost Zetzsche , Absalom Sydenstricker ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sydenstricker, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ..., Absalom Category American Christian missionaries Category Presbyterian missionaries Category People from Pocahontas County, West Virginia Category 1852 births Category 1931 deaths no Absalom ... more details
Image avtomb.JPG thumb right upright Tomb of Absalom Tomb of Absalom Lang he , Transliteration Transl. Yad Avshalom literally Absalom s Shrine , also called Absalom s Pillar , is an ancient Rock cut tombs in ancient Israel monumental rock cut tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem . Although traditionally ascribed to Absalom , the rebellious son of King David of Israel circa 1000 BCE , recent scholarship has attributed it to the 1st century CE. Description Absalom s Pillar is approximately 47 feet in height. ref http www.theshekel.org article historical sites 03.html Historical Sites in the Holy Land Absalom s Pillar . Retrieved on 2009 11 17. ref The lower half of the monument is a solid, monolithic block, about twenty feet square by twenty one feet high, surrounded on three sides by passageways which separate it from the walls of the cliff of the Mount ... graves on two sides and a small burial niche. ref Archaeological Supplement Absalom s Pillar , in Thompson ... Temple Period, Jeusalem, 2003, pp. 141 143 ref Traditional attribution Absalom s shrine has traditionally been identified as the monument of Absalom, rebellious son of King David, based on a verse ..., Pillar of Absalom, pp. 157 158 ref cquote Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself ... and he called the Monument after his own name and it is called unto this day, Absalom s Monument ... children to the site to teach them what became of a rebellious son. ref name GTI The Monument of Absalom ... of Absalom. Additionally, the Book of Samuel reports that Absalom s body was covered over with stones ... CE. ref name Haaretz File InsideAbsalom sPillar.jpg thumb Stairway inside Absalom s Pillar another view inside the Tomb of Absalom Archeologically, the so called Tomb Of Absalom is a Nefesh or burial ... tomb of absalom 1 Virtual Tour of Jerusalem . Offers 360 degree view from front of Absalom s Pillar. coord 31 46 37.05 N 35 14 20.25 E display title DEFAULTSORT Tomb Of Absalom Category Buildings ... more details
Orphan date February 2012 Infobox person name Absalom Boston image AbsalonBostom.gif caption Absalom Boston image size birth date 1785 birth place Nantucket, Massachusetts , United States USA death date 1855 death place Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA occupation Mariner, entrepreneur, civic leader spouse parents children Absalom Boston 1785 1855 was a United States mariner who was the first African American captain to sail a whaling ship whaleship , with an all black crew, in 1822. ref name NI cite book url http books.google.com books?id uuVLEXSHUqsC&pg PA207&lpg PA207&dq 22absalom boston 22&source bl&ots Jfzd3Dam6p&sig stc3oMRG68vhbZAvSqX96LG0lHo&hl en&ei GfwKS9b9CIbGlAfAl42FBA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CAsQ6AEwATgU v onepage&q 22absalom 20boston 22&f false title Nantucket Impressions author Robert Gambee and Elizabeth Heard publisher Robert Gambee year 2001 pages 206 207 isbn 0 393 01010 4 accessdate 2009 11 23 ref Absalom Boston was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts , to Seneca Boston, an African American ex slave father, and Thankful Micah, a Wampanoag people Wampanoag Indian mother. ref name BW cite news url http www.nha.org history hn HNracerelations.html title Black White Relations on Nantucket last Johnson first Robert date Spring 2002 work Historic Nantucket accessdate 2009 11 23 ref His grandfather ref name Delahunt or possibly uncle, ref http books.google.com books?id cCMbE4KKlX4C&pg RA1 PA417&dq absalom boston&hl en&sa X&ei WLIkT jHHYSsgweCuoCNCQ&ved 0CD4Q6AEwAg v onepage&q absalom 20boston&f false ref a slave named Prince Boston, was part of the crew of a 1770 whaling voyage, but refused to turn over his earnings to his white master. Instead, he went to court and won both his earnings and freedom, making him the first black slave to win his freedom ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Boston, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... 1855 PLACE OF DEATH Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA DEFAULTSORT Boston, Absalom Category 1785 births ... more details
Infobox person name Absalom Jones image Absalom Jones caption birth date 1746 birth place Delaware , USA death date Death date and age 1818 2 13 1746 1 1 death place Philadelphia other names known for Anti slavery petitioner occupation Slave, priest spouse Mary King Absalom Jones 1746 February 13, 1818 was an African American abolitionist and clergyman . After founding a black congregation in 1794, in 1804 he was the List of African American firsts first African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopal Church of the United States. He is listed on the Calendar of saints Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopal calendar of saints and blessed under the date of his decease, February 13, in the Book of Common Prayer 1979 Book of Common Prayer as Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818 . Jones was born into slavery in Delaware in 1746. When he was sixteen, he was sold to a storeowner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . While still a slave of Mr. Wynkoop, he married Mary King, another slave, on January 4, 1770. By 1778 he had purchased his wife s freedom so that their children would be free, and in another seven years he was able to purchase his own. ref http www.pbs.org wgbh aia part3 3h93.html Absalom Jones Marriage to Mary , Brotherly Love , PBS, accessed 14 January 2009 ref Jones became a lay minister for black members in the interracial congregation of St. George s Methodist Church . Together with Richard Allen bishop Richard ... www.diopa.org Official Web site of the Diocese of Pennsylvania Absalom Jones birthplace in Milford, Delaware is at coordinates Coord 38.91416 75.403998 type landmark name Absalom Jones birthplace Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jones, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... PLACE OF DEATH Philadelphia DEFAULTSORT Jones, Absalom Category 1746 births Category 1818 deaths ... priests Category People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania tl Absalom Jones ... more details
Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix name Absalom E. Greeley honorific suffix image imagesize office Member of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Prince Edward County, Ontario Prince Edward predecessor successor James Simeon McCuaig term start September 03, 1867 term end December 07, 1870 office2 predecessor2 successor2 term start2 term end2 birth date April 1823 24. ref name Collections Canada cite web url http www.collectionscanada.gc.ca databases 1871 ontario 001016 119.01 e.php?sisn id nbr 278377 title Census of Canada 1871 accessdate April 17, 2011 ref birth place death date 1888 death place Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, United States of America nationality spouse Millicent Ann Roblin party Ontario Liberal Party otherparty relations children Martha, Elizabeth, Elma, Jonathon, Horace, Florance, Nathan, Absalom, Millicent residence Sophiasburgh Township, Ontario Sophiasburgh alma mater occupation profession Farmer cabinet committees portfolio religion Presbyterian signature website footnotes Absalom Greeley was the Member of Provincial Parliament MPP for Prince Edward County, Ontario Prince Edward County in the 1st Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1870. ref name autogenerated1 cite web url http www.collectionscanada.gc.ca databases census 1881 001049 ... platform. ref name Sarnia Observer Origins Absalom Greeley is believed to have emigrated from Maine ...&dq absalom greeley&hl en title Sarnia Observer The Prince Edward Election accessdate April ... newspapers?id JMgDAAAAIBAJ&sjid pCkDAAAAIBAJ&pg 1538,1572769&dq absalom greeley&hl en title The Globe ... AO ONLINE&SISN 80521&DBNAME LISTINGS DESC INT title Defendant Greeley, Absalom Charged with Forgery ... web members members all detail.do?locale en&ID 705 title Past and Present MPPs Absalom Greeley, MPP ... reflist Categories Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Greeley, Absalom ALTERNATIVE ... PLACE OF DEATH Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, United States of America DEFAULTSORT Greeley, Absalom ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 Absalom Tatom 1742 20 December 1802 was a United States House of Representatives U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1795 to 1796. Biography Born in North Carolina in 1742, Tatom was a sergeant in the Greenville, North Carolina Militia in 1763 he served in North Carolina Militia during the American Revolutionary War , where he was commissioned first lieutenant United States first lieutenant on September 1, 1775 and promoted to the rank of captain June 29, 1776. He resigned from the Continental Army on September 19, 1776. On August 15, 1778, Tatom enlisted as assistant quartermaster and keeper of the arsenal in the State service at Hillsborough, North Carolina he was contractor for Hillsborough in 1778 and named major of detachment of the North Carolina Light Horse February 12, 1779. In 1779, Tatom served as clerk of court in Randolph County, North Carolina Randolph County he was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons , but, because of his county clerk position, was disqualified from service in the legislature. In 1781, Tatom was district auditor for Hillsborough. Tatom rose in state government in 1782, he was one of three commissioners appointed by Congress to survey lands granted to Continental soldiers in the western territory later Tennessee that same year, he was a private secretary of Governor Thomas Burke governor Thomas Burke and state tobacco agent. The Continental Congress named him surveyor of North Carolina in May 1785 and was named commissioner to sign State paper money in December 1785. In 1788, Tatom was a delegate to the convention which considered ratification of the United States Constitution . In 1794, Tatom was elected ... CongBio T000050 Retrieved on 2009 02 26 Persondata NAME Tatom, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... OF DEATH Raleigh, North Carolina DEFAULTSORT Tatom, Absalom Category 1742 births Category 1802 ... Republicans Category American surveyors US politician stub de Absalom Tatom sl Absalom Tatom ... more details
Absalom Shade c. 1793 March 15, 1862 was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada . He was born in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania around 1793 and worked as a carpentry carpenter in Buffalo, New York . In 1816, he was hired by William Dickson Upper Canada William Dickson to manage his lands in Dumfries Township, Ontario Dumfries Township in Upper Canada . Shade operated a general store, a mill and a distillery in the area. The settlement that developed on the Grand River Ontario Grand River , originally known as Shade s Mills, was later known as Galt, Ontario Galt . Shade also secured a number of contracts to supply food and build roads for the Canada Company . He helped establish the Grand River Navigation Company to help transport goods along the river. He helped establish the Gore Bank in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton and also helped develop railroads in the area. He also helped to build Galt s Trinity Anglican Church Cambridge, Ontario Trinity Anglican Church in 1844 which still stands, and is in use, today. In 1831, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada representing Halton County, Ontario Halton he served until 1841. He died at Galt in 1862. External links http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 4700 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Shade, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1862 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Shade, Absalom Category 1790s births Category 1862 deaths Category Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada Category Year of birth uncertain ... more details
, and kept themselves afloat for upwards of an hour, when they were picked up by the ketch Absalom , from .... Jones and Dalton, who desire to express their thankfulness to Mr. Pye, the master of the Absalom ... left a widow. ref http trove.nla.gov.au ndp del article 13065838?searchTerm Absalom The Sydney Morning ... . Shipwreck The ketch Absalom with J Fraser as the master which had been trading for some time on the Macleay ... to Sydney by the Woolloomooloo. The Absalom was uninsured, and belonged to Mr J Hubbard. ref The Sydney ... more details
Infobox military person name Absalom Baird birth date Birth date 1824 8 20 death date Death date and age 1905 6 14 1824 8 20 birth place Washington, Pennsylvania death place Relay, Maryland placeofburial Arlington National Cemetery placeofburial label Place of burial image Absalom Baird.jpg allegiance United States United States of America br Union American Civil War Union branch United States Army br Union Army serviceyears 1849 1888 rank Brigadier general United States Brigadier General br Brevet military Brevet Major general United States Major General commands Inspector General of the Army battles American Civil War awards Medal of Honor laterwork Absalom Baird August 20, 1824 &ndash June 14, 1905 was a career United States Army officer who distinguished himself as a Union Army general in the American Civil War . Baird received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his military actions Early life Baird was born in Washington, Pennsylvania . He graduated from the preparatory department of Washington College now Washington & Jefferson College in 1841. He enrolled in the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1849, ranked ninth in a class of 43. From 1852 to 1859, he was a mathematics instructor at West Point, where one of his students was James McNeill Whistler . From 1859 ... Baird 1851 1930 became a Lieutenant Colonel in the army. His grandson John Absalom Baird 1890 1961 ... html moh civwaral.html title Absalom Baird, Medal of Honor recipient work American Civil ... December 8, 2007 url http www.history.army.mil html moh civwaral.html title Absalom Baird, Medal ... 24, 2010 url http www.generalsandbrevets.com ngb baird.htm title Photographs of Absalom Baird ..., Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Union American Civil War Union Union Army Army General ..., Absalom Category 1824 births Category 1905 deaths Category People from Washington, Pennsylvania Category ... Inspectors General of the United States Army sl Absalom Baird ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe Type Album Artist John Surman Cover A Biography of the Rev Absalom Dawe.jpg Released 1995 Recorded October 1994 Genre Jazz Length 72 51 Label ECM Records ECM Producer Manfred Eicher Chronology John Surman Last album Nordic Quartet br 1994 This album A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe br 1994 Next album Proverbs and Songs br 1997 A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe is a solo album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM Records ECM label. ref name ECM discography http www.ecmrecords.com Catalogue ECM 1500 1528.php ECM discography accessed October 4, 2011 ref Reception The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating John Surman is an artist with an amazing range and depth of style, from contemporary classical to jazz to electronic music. In few places is this more evident than on A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe , on which Surman acts as a sort of one man wind chamber ensemble... Elements of modern composition, jazz, and European folk can be heard throughout and the mood is one of reflection and wintry quiet. Overall, this is one of Surman s most daring and yet most successful projects to date . ref name Allmusic Proefrock, S. http www.allmusic.com album a biography of the rev absalom dawe r233256 review Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2011 ref Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score rating 4.5 5 ref name Allmusic Track listing All compositions by John Surman First Light 2 45 Countless Journeys 7 34 A Monastic Calling 5 55 Druid s Circle 2 46 Twas But Piety 7 23 Three Aspects 2 53 The Long Narrow Road 2 51 Wayfarer 9 31 The Far Corners 6 37 An Image 1 25 Personnel John Surman &mdash soprano saxophone , baritone saxophone , bass clarinet , alto clarinet , keyboards References reflist John Surman DEFAULTSORT Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe Category ECM Records albums Category John Surman albums Category 1995 albums ... more details
Absalom Harris Chappell December 18, 1801 December 11, 1878 was an United States American politician and lawyer . Chappell was born in Mount Zion, Georgia Mount Zion , Georgia U.S. state Georgia , the oldest son of Joseph and Dorothy Harris Chappell. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia Athens in 1820 however, he did not graduate from the school. Chappell continued the study of law under the tutelage of Augustin Smith Clayton , passed the state bar exam, and became a practicing lawyer. Chappell was elected as to the Georgia Senate in 1832 and 1833 and served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1834 through 1839. Upon the resignation of Representative elect John B. Lamar , Chappell was elected as his replacement in the United States House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives in 1843 and served in that position until 1845 when he did not seek re election. Chappell was subsequently elected to one more term as a state senator in 1845 and served as the president of that body. In 1842 he married Loretto Rebecca Lamar, the younger sister of Judge Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar I and Mirabeau B. Lamar , second President of Texas. The Chappells had five children who survived to adulthood. Chappell died in Columbus, Georgia in 1878 and was buried in Linwood Cemetery in that same city. References CongBio C000319 CongBio C000319 http dlg.galileo.usg.edu cgi bin ebind2html.pl reed c03?seq 22 History of the University of Georgia , Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint Athens, Georgia University of Georgia, ca. 1949 p.188 William J. Northen , http books.google.com books?vid OCLC07068994&id Rg8ZD0XhkRMC&pg RA16 PA285&vq University of Georgia&dq 22Georgia Scenes ... Chappell, Absalom Harris ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1801 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1878 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chappell, Absalom ... politician stub de Absalom Harris Chappell ... more details
Absalom Shade Allan November 26, 1843 &ndash after 1901 was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Wellington West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal Party of Canada Liberal member from 1886 to 1894. He was born near Preston, Ontario Preston , Canada West in 1843, the son of Alexander Allan, who came from Aberdeen , Scotland . His uncle Absalom Shade founded Galt, Ontario Galt . Allan was educated in Preston, Elora, Ontario Elora and Toronto . He taught school and then worked as a bookkeeper in Elora. In 1868, he moved to the village of Clifford, Ontario Clifford , where he opened a general store. He married Kate Bullock in 1871. Allan served as the first reeve for Clifford and was warden for Wellington County, Ontario Wellington County from 1884 to 1885. He was also a justice of the peace. Allan served as master in the local Freemason Masonic lodge and was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada Presbyterian church, serving for a time as superintendent of the village Sunday school . In 1893, he helped draft a Children s Protection Act. He was defeated in the 1894 election. In 1901, Allan was appointed sheriff for Wellington County and he moved to Guelph . External links http www.canadiana.org ECO mtq?doc 32961 The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891 JA Gemmill OntarioMPPbio ID 825 http www.ourroots.ca e toc.aspx?id 6028 The Way It Was A History of Minto Township , CM Harrison 1978 http www.ourroots.ca e toc.aspx?id 4925 Guelph Perspectives on a Century of Change 1900 2000 2000 http www.canadiana.org ECO mtq?doc 08545 The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self made men ... 1880 http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com wjmartin welling1.htm Transcription from Wellington County Atlas, 1906 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Allan, Absalom Shade ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ..., Absalom Shade Category 1843 births Category Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Category Canadian Presbyterians ... more details
Infobox Senator birth name Absalom Willis Robertson nationality American image name Absalom Willis Robertson.jpg jr sr Senator state Virginia party Democratic Party United States Democratic term start November 6, 1946 term end December 30, 1966 alongside preceded Thomas G. Burch succeeded William B. Spong, Jr. birth date birth date 1887 5 27 birth place Martinsburg, West Virginia death date death date and age 1971 11 1 1887 5 27 death place Lexington, Virginia spouse religion Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopalian Absalom Willis Robertson May 27, 1887 November 1, 1971 was an United States American politician. A member of the Democratic Party United States Democratic Party , he represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives 1933 1946 and the United States Senate U.S. Senate 1946 1966 . He was a member of the conservative coalition during his congressional career. Life and career Robertson was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia , the son of Josephine Ragland n e Willis and Franklin Pierce Robertson. ref http www.wargs.com other robertson.html Ancestry of Pat Robertson Bot generated title ref He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1907. Robertson was elected to the Virginia General Assembly Virginia State Senate as a United States Democratic Party Democrat in 1915 and he served from 1916 to 1922. Robertson served in the United States Army during World War I . Robertson served as Commonwealth Attorney for Rockbridge County, Virginia from 1922 to 1928. In 1932, Robertson was elected from Virginia s 7th ... . NAME Robertson, Absalom Willis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH ... Lexington, Virginia DEFAULTSORT Robertson, Absalom Willis Category 1887 births Category 1971 deaths ... Category Democratic Party United States Senators de Absalom Willis Robertson fi Absalom Willis Robertson sv Absalom Willis Robertson ... more details
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