WilliamLawson may refer to WilliamLawson banker 1772 1848 , businessman, office holder, justice of the peace and politician born in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada WilliamLawson co operator 1836 1916 co operator and agriculturalist WilliamLawson explorer 1774 1850 , explorer of New South Wales, Australia WilliamLawson speedway rider B.J. Lawson , William B.J. Lawson born 1974 , 2008 Republican Party nominee in North Carolina WilliamLawson writer 1875 1957 , Australian poet Hndis name Lawson, William ... more details
WilliamLawson 2 June 1774 16 June 1850 was an explorer of New South Wales , Australia who co discovered a passage inland through the Blue Mountains Australia Blue Mountains from Sydney . Lawson was born in Finchley , Middlesex , England son of Scottish parents who had lived at Kirkpatrick. Lawson arrived ... Island . ref name Lawson, ADBOnline cite web url http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au biogs A020081b.htm author E. W. Dunlop title Lawson, William 1774 1850 work Australian Dictionary of Biography, online ... a 40 room mansion there. ref name Lawson, ADBOnline In 1813 Lawson, with Gregory Blaxland and William ... http gutenberg.net.au dictbiog 0 dict biogL.html lawson3 author Percival Serle title Lawson, William ... journeys history exploration crossing.cfm lawsonlawson lawson.cfm WilliamLawson crossing the Blue Mountains State Library of NSW Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lawson, William ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lawson, William Category 1774 births Category 1850 deaths Category Australian ... to Australia de WilliamLawson ..., Lawson was appointed aide de camp to George Johnston New South Wales George Johnston and was granted ... found a great expanse of open country, which they surveyed. Lawson was rewarded with a grant ... Wales Bathurst , in this new country, and appointed Lawson as commander of the Bathurst settlement, a position he held until 1823. From Bathurst, Lawson explored as far north as Mudgee . After leaving the army, Lawson was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1843 to 1848. He died at Veteran Hall on 16 June 1850, he had married and left descendants. ref name DAB The town of Lawson, New South Wales Lawson in the Blue Mountains Australia Blue Mountains is named for him. After Lawson ... . ref name Lawson, ADBOnline In 1963 Lawson was honoured, together with Blaxland and Wentworth ... E. C. Lawson, Lawson of Veteran Hall microfilm, State Library of New South Wales Farmer and Settler ... more details
WilliamLawson 14 March 1772 &ndash 25 August 1848 was a businessman, office holder, justice of the peace , and politician. He was born in City of Halifax Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada , and was the son of John Lawson and Sarah Shatford. Business and public career He was a founding director and first president of the Bank of Nova Scotia, now known as Scotiabank . ref http scotiabank.com cda content 0,1608,CID13701 LIDen,00.html?browsBy year&category 0&page 0&startPage 0&startYear 1671&endYear 1831 ref The bank was incorporated by the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly on Mar 30, 1831 in Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax , Nova Scotia with WilliamLawson banker 1772 1848 serving as the first president. ref cite book title Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates last Pound first Richard W. publisher Fitzhenry and Whiteside year 2005 ref As a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly , he introduced a bill chartering a public bank. The bill ensured that any bank directors were responsible for double the amount of their holdings in case of insolvency . This clause was an innovation in British North America , and came at a time when most banks limited liability to the value of a shareholder s stock. As a means of building trust and ensuring the savings of depositors ... . A granddaughter, Jessie Jane Lawson ref name queensu.ca The Grants, Queen s University Website, http www.queensu.ca secretariat cataraqui grant.html ref 1838 1901 , born to his son WilliamLawson ... are a number of Canadian educators including their son WilliamLawson Grant, grandson George Grant ... after Mather Byles Almon s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lawson, William ... 1848 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lawson, William Category 1772 births Category Canadian bank presidents ... relatives. William and Elizabeth had fourteen children and resided in a house at the corner of Hollis and Salter streets, built by Malachy Salter , about 1760. The house was sold by Lawson s heirs in 1856 ... more details
Other persons WilliamLawson File Cooperative Store Blennerhasset.jpg thumb right 400px The cooperative store at Blennerhasset which WilliamLawson established WilliamLawson 1836 &ndash 1916 was the second son to Sir Wilfrid and Caroline Lawson, an English agriculturalist and pioneer co operator, who .... Early life WilliamLawson was born at Brayton, Aspatria , in Cumberland in 1836. Together with other ... of Blennerhassett, which for many years displayed the words WilliamLawson, Licensed Dealer ... After the sale of the farm, Lawson removed the library to the Mealsgate district. William s sister Elizabeth ... operative Objectives author1 WilliamLawson author2 Charles D. Hunter location London year 1874 ... Categories Persondata NAME Lawson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English agriculturalist ... and good than that they should be learned and great. ref Lawson and Hunter 1874 , p.14 ref However ..., Lawson travelled extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East. At home, he took an active .... ref The West Cumberland Times 2 September 1916 ref In 1863 Lawson and George Moore of Whitehall, Mealsgate ... of Gentleman Farming , ref Lawson and Hunter 1874 ref published in 1874, Lawson humorously alluded ..., and a number of derelict farm buildings. In the weeks before assuming control of the farm Lawson ... districts particularly those that applied model farming techniques. Lawson began a programme ... with the farming fraternity, Lawson began to formulate a procedure for dealing with the difficulties .... Lawson wished to introduce ref Lawson and Hunter 1874 , p.21 ref a system that encapsulated .... However, when Lawson tried to convert these theories into practice by offering equally ... were equal to day, they would be unequal to morrow . Lawson persevered. In 1866, he published a new ... work in the Franco Prussian War . In 1870, the year of the great bonus Lawson finally achieved his ... company paid damages of 1,000. Regarding co operation, in many respects Lawson took a huge gamble ... more details
Infobox Speedway rider image name WilliamLawson nationality SCO birth date birth date and age 1987 02 27 df yes birth place Perth, Scotland Perth , Scotland website http www.williamlawsonracing.com WilliamLawsonRacing.com britishleague Belle Vue Aces polishleague swedishleague years 2003, 2004 br 2005 2008 br 2006, 2007, 2009 br 2009 br 2009 br 2009 br 2010 career Newcastle Diamonds br Edinburgh Monarchs br Wolverhampton Wolves br Berwick Bandits br Glasgow Tigers speedway Glasgow Tigers br Lakeside Hammers br Belle Vue Aces indivhonour British Finalist br World Under 21 Finalist indivyear 2007, 2008, 2009 br 2008 teamhonour teamyear WilliamLawson born 27 February 1987 is former a Scottish people Scottish Motorcycle speedway speedway rider riding with the Belle Vue Aces in the Speedway Elite League British Elite League . He ended his speedway career before the 2011 season. ref cite web title Finalista IM J zako czy karier z powodu nowych t umik w language Polish publisher SportoweFakty.pl date 26 Mar 2011 url http www.sportowefakty.pl zuzel 2011 03 26 finalista imsj zakonczyl kariere z powodu nowych tlumikow accessdate 26 Mar 2011 ref Career details World Championships Individual Speedway Junior World Championship Individual Under 21 World Championship 2007 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship 2007 12th placed in the Semi Final One 2008 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship 2008 flagicon CZE Pardubice 14th placed 4 pts Team Speedway Junior World Championship Team Under 21 World Championship Under 21 Speedway World Cup 2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship 2008 3rd placed in the Qualifying Round One See also Speedway in the United Kingdom Great Britain ... l.html http www.williamlawsonracing.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lawson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 27 February 1987 PLACE OF BIRTH Perth, Scotland Perth , Scotland DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lawson, William Category 1987 births ... more details
orphan date March 2010 WilliamLawson Micks born 1851 in Yorkshire died 1928 was an Irish politician. According to the Census in the United Kingdom 1911 census ref Census of Ireland 1911 ref , he resided at 3 Palmerston Villas, Dublin and was the father of four children. He worked with the Congested Districts Board for Ireland CDB for the full term of its existence, first as Secretary and from 1909 as a member. ref Micks, W. L. 1925 An Account of the Constitution, Administration and Dissolution of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland from 1891 to 1923 . Dublin Eason & Son, p.2 ref He also served as Commissioner with the Local Government Board. ref Breathnach, Ciara 2005 The Congested Districts Board of Ireland 1891 1923 , Dublin Four Courts, p. 27 ref He was a confidant of Arthur Balfour , Chief Secretary for Ireland , and befriended Patrick O Donnell cardinal Bishop O Donnell of Raphoe , an influential Catholic member of the CDB. With a unique knowledge of life in Donegal, he drafted a special report on the Rosses in Donegal for the CDB as part of the Baseline Reports which provided a review of conditions in eight western counties in the 1890s. ref Micks, W. L. 1925 An Account of the Constitution, Administration and Dissolution of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland from 1891 to 1923 . Dublin Eason & Son, pp. 241 258 ref He chaired the Royal Commission on the Poor Law in Ireland 1906 and gave evidence before the Royal Commission on Congestion in Ireland 1907 . Along with Samuel Arnold Lawson, he acted as a Trustee for one hundred acres of bogland at Meenawarra near Culdaff on behalf of the purchaser, Jane Leferre. ref Bonner, Brian 1982 Redford Glebe the Story of an Ulster Townland , Donegal, 1982, p. 24 ref Following his retirement in 1924, he wrote a history ... . NAME Micks, WilliamLawson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1851 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1928 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Micks, WilliamLawson Category 1851 births Category ... more details
Lawson may refer to wiktionary Lawson TOCright Music Lawson album Lawson , an album by John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew of Henry Lawson s poetry put to music. Lawson band Lawson , a British four piece pop rock band. Places Australia Lawson Lam Ontario Canada , Lawson Mountain Range , in the Blue Mountains Australia Blue Mountains in New South Wales named after Cole LawsonLawson, New South Wales , a town in the Blue Mountains Lawson, Australian Capital Territory , a suburb of Canberra Canada Lawson Island , Nunavut United States Lawson, Colorado Lawson, Missouri Lawson, Mesquite, Texas People Lawson name , people with Lawson as surname or given name Others Lawson store , a convenience store popular in Japan Lawson Arena , home to the Western Michigan University ice hockey team of the CCHA Lawson Software , enterprise resource planning software provider Lawson the Tank Engine Twin , from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Lawson criterion , an important general measure of a system that defines the conditions needed for a fusion reactor to reach ignition Thomas W. Lawson ship Thomas W. Lawson ship a seven masted, steel hulled schooner, built 1902, destroyed 1907 Lawson L 2 a biplane airliner designed and built by the Lawson Air Line Company of Milwaukee Lawson L 4 a Tri motor aircraft designed in the 1920 s for overnight transportation See also Lawsone , a naphthoquinone dye from henna Lawsonville, North Carolina Lawson McGhee Public Library , Knoxville, Tennessee, downtown library branch Sam H. Lawson Middle School , Cupertino, California, USA disambig geo DEFAULTSORT Lawson Category English toponyms de Lawson fr Lawson ja pt Lawson sv Lawson ... more details
Lawson is often a surname that may sometimes also be a given name. People surnamed Lawson Abercrombie Lawson 1870 1927 , Canadian born professor of Botany in Australia Alfred Lawson , 20th century American aviator, reformer, utopian and religious leader Alfred Lawson, Jr. , Florida state senator 2001 present Andrew Lawson , Professor of Geology Ben Lawson , Australian actor Bianca Lawson , American actress Cecil Gordon Lawson , English landscape painter Charles Lawson , Belfast actor Denis Lawson , Scottish actor Dominic Lawson , British journalist brother of Nigella, son of Nigel Eddie Lawson , Motorcycle racer Edward C. Lawson , African American civil rights activist Edward M. Lawson , Canadian senator Gaines Lawson , American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Harry John Lawson , British engineer and motor industry pioneer Henry Lawson , Australian writer and poet James Lawson , civil rights activist James Earl Lawson , Canadian Member of Parliament Jermaine Lawson , West Indian Test Cricketer John Lawson explorer , naturalist and explorer John Lawson Naval Officer , 17th century naval officer and republican John D. Lawson scientist , plasma physicist, best known for the Lawson criterion Len Lawson 1927 2003 , Australian comic book creator, rapist and murderer Maggie Lawson , American actress Mark Lawson , British journalist, broadcaster and author Neal Lawson , British political commentator and writer Nigel Lawson , British Conservative politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983 1989 Nigella Lawson , writer and cook. Peter Lawson , Canadian Member of Parliament Ray Lawson , Canadian industrialist, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Robert Lawson architect , eminent 19th century New Zealand architect Robert Lawson author , writer and illustrator WilliamLawson explorer WilliamLawson , one of a trio of explorers who discovered a route across the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia WilliamLawson banker , one of the founders of Scotiabank, served as first president ... more details
Kingdom on 8 September 1841 for WilliamLawson. Born William Wright, he was the son of John .... Sir WilliamLawson, 1st Baronet 1796 1865 Sir John Lawson, 2nd Baronet 1829 1910 Sir Henry Joseph Lawson, 3rd Baronet 1877 1947 Sir Ralph Henry Lawson, 4th Baronet 1905 1975 Sir William Howard Lawson ..., Philip William Howard ref name Tozer Lawson Baronets, of Westwood Grange 1900 The Lawson Baronetcy ...There have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Lawson , two in the Baronetage .... Lawson Baronets, of Brough Hall 1665 First creation The Lawson Baronetcy , of Brough Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 July 1665 for John Lawson, of Brough Hall ... below . Sir John Lawson, 1st Baronet 1627 1698 Sir Henry Lawson, 2nd Baronet 1663 1720 Sir John Lawson, 3rd Baronet 1689 1739 Sir Henry Lawson, 4th Baronet 1712 1781 Sir John Lawson, 5th Baronet 1744 1811 Sir Henry Lawson, 6th Baronet 1750 1834 Lawson Baronets, of Isell 1688 The Lawson Baronetcy , of Isell ... Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell Wilfrid Lawson , Member of Parliament for Cumberland UK Parliament ... of the tenth Baronet in 1806. See also the 1831 creation below. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet c. 1610&ndash 1688 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Isell Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet 1664&ndash 1704 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Isell Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet 1697&ndash 1737 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 4th Baronet c. 1732&ndash 1739 Sir Mordaunt Lawson, 5th Baronet c. 1733&ndash 1743 Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 6th Baronet 1675&ndash 1749 Sir Alfred Lawson, 7th Baronet d. 1752 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 8th Baronet c. 1707&ndash 1762 Sir Gilfrid Lawson, 9th Baronet c. 1710&ndash 1794 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 10th Baronet c. 1764&ndash 1806 anchor Brayton Lawson Baronets, of Brayton 1831 The Lawson Baronetcy , of Brayton, Cumberland Brayton in the County ... Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton Wilfrid Lawson . Born Wilfrid Wybergh, he was the son of Thomas ... more details
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Lawson was born in Hamilton, Ontario , Canada , the fourth son of WilliamLawson, a sailor and shipyard worker, and his wife Janet Jessie Kerr, n e Coupar. Abercrombie Lawson s parents had migrated to Hamilton in 1866, then in 1881 moved to Toronto, where Lawson was educated at the Harbord Street Collegiate Institute. When Lawson s father s health failed, his mother wrote novels and worked as a journalist to educate the ten children. After a year at the University of Toronto , Lawson claimed to have studied medicine and botany at the University of Glasgow , Scotland, in 1895 96. Lawson graduated ...Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson FRSE FLS 13 September 1870 26 March 1927 was a botanist , foundation professor ... biogs A100014b.htm Lawson, Abercrombie Anstruther 1870 1927 , Australian Dictionary of Biography ... a year as assistant in botany Lawson spent 1901 at the University of Chicago with Professors ... 1901 . ref name adb Career Lawson returned to California and spent five years teaching at Stanford University under Professor D. H. Campbell. Lawson was appointed lecturer in botany at the University ... . Lawson produced Memoirs on Synapsis, Nuclear Osmosis and Chromosome Reduction , which appeared ... Biography First Abercrombie Last Lawson Link http gutenberg.net.au dictbiog 0 dict biogL.html lawson1 accessdate 2009 09 12 ref In 1913 Lawson became foundation professor of botany at the University of Sydney. Lawson was well versed in and strongly committed to the theory of Evolution which ... botanical research in Australia. From the start at the University of Sydney, Lawson stressed ... to his design and built on to the museum, was opened in 1925. Lawson also emphasized the importance .... About 1925 Lawson formally introduced the study of ecology into the teaching program. An entertaining lecturer and attentive to students, Lawson retained a close interest in teaching methods. While ... Lawson had built up a very productive research team including John McLuckie and Patrick Brough ... more details
Geoff Lawson may refer to Geoff Lawson cricketer , Australian cricketer Geoff Lawson designer , British car designer See also Jeff Lawson disambiguation hndis name Lawson, Geoff DEFAULTSORT Lawson, Geoff ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Ray Lawson.jpg thumb Ray Lawson Frank Ray Lawson , Order of the British Empire OBE August 30, 1886 1980 , was the List of lieutenant governors of Ontario Lieutenant .... Born in London, Ontario London , Ontario, he was the son of Francis Edgar Frank Lawson, a former ... salesman for a wholesale jeweler, before becoming a traveling salesman for Lawson & Jones Limited, the printing .... In 1911, following the sudden death of his father, Lawson returned to London and assumed his father s position with Lawson & Jones. In 1913, he borrowed heavily to purchase the shares held by the Jones .... In addition to printing druggists labels and calendars, in 1916 Lawson & Jones entered into a profitable arrangement to manufacture cigarette packaging for Imperial Tobacco. By 1920, Lawson had retired ... other printing concerns. When war broke out in 1939, Lawson went to work for C.D. Howe, Canadian ... empire in 1942. During his career, Lawson was a senior executive or director of 20 Canadian companies, including president, Lawson & Jones Ltd., president, Canadian Containers president, Midland ... on him. Ray Lawson was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1946 to 1952. He was later Canadian Consulate ... of University of King s College , Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1947, Lawson purchased the Oakville lakeshore estate, Ballymena that was previously owned by William Fletcher Eaton, to have ... his permanent home. Lawson was an active philanthropist most of his life, having sponsored the building ... various scholarships, trusts and contributing to charitable societies. In 1956, he established the Lawson ... across Canada and in 2005 had an endowment of over 90 million. Ray Lawson died in 1980 and was buried ..., including Australia, Japan and South Africa. They continue to participate in and volunteer with the Lawson ... Persondata . NAME Lawson, Ray ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1886 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1980 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lawson, Ray Category 1886 births Category 1980 ... more details
other people Use Australian English date July 2011 Infobox person name Henry Lawson image Henry Lawson photograph 1902.jpg caption Henry Lawson , circa 1902 birth date birth date df yes 1867 6 17 birth ... Bredt children Joseph, Bertha Henry Lawson 17 June 1867 2 September 1922 was an Australia n writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson , Lawson is among the best known Australian poets ... Elder 2008 p. 115 ref He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist Louisa Lawson . Early life Henry Lawson was born in a town on the Grenfell, New South Wales Grenfell goldfields of New South Wales . His father was Niels Herzberg Lawson, a Norway Norwegian born miner who went to sea at 21 and arrived in Melbourne in 1855 to join the gold rush, along with partner William Henry John Slee . ref name ADB cite web url http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au biogs A100016b.htm.htm title Lawson, Henry 1867 ... 10 publisher Melbourne University Press MUP year 1986 pages 18 22 ref Lawson s parents met at the goldfields ... New South Wales , Niels and Louisa Lawson Louisa Albury 1848 1920 married on 7 July 1866 he was 32 and she, 18. On Henry s birth, the family surname was Anglicised and Niels became Peter Lawson. The newly ... title Lawson, Henry 1867 1922 accessdate 2009 07 17 author Percival Serle work Dictionary of Australian Biography publisher Angus and Robertson year 1949 ref Peter Lawson s grave with headstone is in the little ... minutes walk behind what was Collitt s Inn. Henry Lawson attended school at Eurunderee from 2 October ... all he could for Lawson who was quite shy. ref name DAB Lawson later attended a Catholic school at Mudgee , New South Wales around 8 km away the master there, Mr. Kevan, would teach Lawson about poetry. Lawson was a keen reader of Dickens and Marryat and novels such as Robbery under Arms and For the Term ... , Lawson joined his mother in Sydney at her request. Louisa was then living with Henry s sister and brother. At this time, Lawson was working during the day and studying at night for his matriculation ... more details
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Jeff Lawson may refer to Jeff Lawson, meteorologist at WTTG from 1984 1989, now at WVEC in Norfolk, Virginia Jeff Lawson, co founder of distributed.net Jeff Lawson entrepreneur Jeff Lawson , co founder and CEO of twilio See also Geoff Lawson disambiguation hndis name Lawson, Jeff ... more details
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Victor Fremont Lawson September 9, 1850 August 19, 1925 was an American newspaper publisher. Born in Chicago to Norwegian people Norwegian immigrants, he headed the Chicago Daily News from 1876 to 1925. ref name anb David Paul Nord. Lawson, Victor Fremont . American National Biography Online . Oxford University Press. February 2000. Retrieved on October 11, 2011. ref Lawson s family grew rich from real estate dealings in Chicago, and held stakes in a Norwegian language newspaper called the Skandinaven . ref name anb The Chicago Daily News , founded by Melville E. Stone , Percy Meggy and William Dougherty in 1875, ref David Paul Nord. Stone, Melville Elijah. American National Biography Online . Oxford University Press. February 2000. Retrieved on October 15, 2011. ref was a tenant in the same building as the Skandinaven . The Daily News was struggling, but Victor Lawson decided to invest in it in July 1876, becoming its manager. Within twenty years, its circulation grew to 200,000 people. Lawson mainly focused on the business aspects of the paper, while Stone and others worked as editors. Helping to fuel the paper s success was Lawson s ability to attract advertisers. Lawson provided clear circulation figures to businesses and promised consistent rates for advertisements. ref name anb The Daily News employed Eugene Field , one of the first major newspaper columnists, and contained a mix of fiction, household advice, and reports on city happenings. David Paul Nord writes, It was quintessentially ..., Lawson founded an early foreign news service, which became a key component of the Daily News . ref name anb Lawson was president of the Associated Press from 1894 to 1900, and was a director of the AP ... causes in Chicago. ref name anb He died of a heart attack in 1925, ref Victor F. Lawson is dead ... reflist External links Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lawson, Victor ALTERNATIVE ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lawson, Victor Category 1850 births Category 1925 deaths Category People ... more details
Richard Lawson may refer to Richard Lawson actor born 1947 , American actor Richard Lawson British Army officer born 1924 Richard Lawson Green politician Richard Lawson UK politician , far right activist Richard L. Lawson , see List of United States Air Force four star generals Rick Lawson , singer Ricky Lawson , drummer and composer hndis Lawson, Richard ... more details
Edward Lawson may refer to Edward Lawson VC 1873 1955 , British army soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross Edward B. Lawson 1895 1962 , American diplomat Edward C. Lawson , American civil rights activist Edward M. Lawson born 1929 , Canadian politician Eddie Lawson , motorcyclist Eddie Lawson Waterloo Road hndis Lawson, Edward DEFAULTSORT Lawson, Edward ... more details
File Nina Lawson.jpg right thumb Roberta Peters gets her wig styled by Nina Lawson at the Metropolitan Opera in 1983. Nina Lawson 27 July 1926 9 September 2008 was a Scotland Scottish wigmaker who ran the Metropolitan Opera wig department from 1956 to 1987. She was responsible for cleaning up to 750 wigs a week in her early tenure, from every chorus member s wig to those of stars including Birgit Nilsson , Luciano Pavarotti , Joan Sutherland , Beverly Sills , and Pl cido Domingo . Life and career Lawson grew up in Forth, South Lanarkshire in Scotland and attended Stowe Hairdressing College in Glasgow . She began her professional career as a theatrical hair stylist at the Carl Rosa Opera Company in London. She then worked for the English National Opera Sadler s Wells Opera and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada . She left Stratford when Rudolf Bing , General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, hired her in October 1956. The Met moved from renting wigs to purchasing a large inventory. At the end of the 1987 88 Met season, Lawson retired to Ayr, Scotland . She died there of pernicious anemia . ref name nytobit Grimes, William September 16, 2008 . http www.nytimes.com 2008 09 17 arts music 17lawson.html Nina Lawson, Tamer of the Met s Wigs and Egos, Is Dead at 82. New York Times ref References reflist External links imdb name 1681157 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lawson, Nina ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 27 July 1926 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 9 September 2008 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lawson, Nina Category 1926 births Category 2008 deaths Category Deaths from anemia Category Opera designers Category People associated with the Metropolitan Opera Category People from South Lanarkshire Opera bio stub ... more details
Infobox Person name B.J. Lawson image image size 150px caption birth name William T. Lawson, Jr. birth ... Christian spouse JoLynn Lawson signature website http www.lawsonforcongress.com William B.J. Lawson ... elections, 2010 2010 elections. Background Born in Florida , Lawson attended Lakeland ... lawsonprofile cite news title B.J. Lawson work Raleigh News and Observer date 2008 03 11 url http projects.newsobserver.com under the dome profiles b j lawson accessdate 2008 04 29 ref He moved to North ... at Duke Medical School, Lawson became annoyed with the obscure and outdated methods doctors used to access patient data. ref name indy weekly cite news last Sorg first Lisa title B.J. Lawson, The Hybrid ... Hospital , Lawson left to start, with another Duke Physician, Alan Ying, a software company that would ... seminars bios Lawson Seminar 1 26 2007.doc accessdate 2008 04 29 Dead link date September 2010 bot H3llBot ... Reuters . 2008 Congressional campaign Anchor 2008 Congressional Campaign Lawson said that his ... Lawson s primary campaign focused on issues such as the higher cost of food and the overspending ... front story 13701.html accessdate 2008 04 29 ref Lawson defeated former Orange County, North Carolina ... Lawson was described as a hybrid candidate, able to gather the support of Democrats discontent with incumbent 4th District representative David Price s record on various issues at least one of Lawson ... indy weekly Lawson gave out more than 50,000 copies of the United States Constitution during the course of his campaign. ref name glenn beck Lawson obtained 151,672 votes, about 36 of the vote, and the incumbent ... ref Lawson failed to achieve a significantly greater percentage of the vote than the past two opponents ... date January 29, 2009 accessdate 2009 02 19 ref Lawson ran television ads against Price, which ... Ryan title Lawson airing ads against Price work Raleigh News and Observer date 2008 10 16 url http projects.newsobserver.com under the dome lawson airing ads against price accessdate 2008 10 21 ref ... more details
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