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    Percival Farquhar (1865–1953) was an American investor and financier with extensive interests in Latin America and pre-Soviet Russia, including railways...
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    Navy officer Percival Everett (born 1956), American writer and academic Percival Ewens (1882–1961), British cricketer Percival Farquhar (1865–1953), American...
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  • the United States Navy, for whom the USS Farquhar (DE-139) and USS Farquhar (DD-304) are named Percival Farquhar (1865–1953), American investor with extensive...
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  • and banker Arthur Briggs Farquhar (1838–1925), founder of A.B. Farquhar Co. and father of Percival Farquhar Edward Farquhar (1843–1905), professor of...
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    John Percival Farquhar (1912 - ) and Colin Farquhar (1913 - ). The family lived first in Santa Monica, then moved to Pasadena in 1929. Farquhar retired...
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    non-Brazilians, including the Greek Nikos in Belíssima (2005), the American Percival Farquhar in Mad Maria (2005), the Indian Opash in Caminho das Índias (2009)...
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    known Acesita, was founded October 31, 1944, among the cofounders was Percival Farquhar and got into the stainless steel business in the late 1970s. It was...
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    National Bank Percival Farquhar, railroad man in Cuba, Brazil, and Guatemala William E. Farquhar, worked as secretary-treasurer of A.B. Farquhar Company He...
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    D. Farquhar in New York City, in 1903. They had three children: David Farquhar (1904 – ), John Percival Farquhar (1912 – 2013) and Colin Farquhar (1913...
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    terrain, and the appalling loss of life from fever. Another American, Percival Farquhar, won the contract for the Madeira-Mamoré railway required by the treaty...
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    current Federal University of Viçosa and prevented American investor Percival Farquhar from exploiting the iron ore deposits in Itabira, cultivating an image...
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    New York State Assembly Preceded by Percival Farquhar New York State Assembly New York County, 11th District 1894 Succeeded by Frank D. Pavey Diplomatic...
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    was rediscovered 34 years later by surveyors acting on behalf of Percival Farquhar, who had secured a government concession to reopen the line. Some...
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    was later renamed Marechal Deodoro Street and Percival Farquhar Street, a reference to Percival Farquhar, one of the people responsible for building the...
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    construction of the railway from Pira Pó to Pacu Cuá (Encarnación). 1911 Percival Farquhar, an American investor, buys a controlling interest in the P. C. R...
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    to the rails), was constructed by the United States corporation of Percival Farquhar. The construction of the railroad began in 1907 during the government...
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    Belgium-based Compagnie Auxiliaire de Chemins de Fer au Brésil, owned by Percival Farquhar and concessionary of the Riograndense railways since 1905. The Auxiliaire...
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    company known as the Brazil Railway Company, under the ownership of Percival Farquhar. In addition to the right to finish the project, the company also...
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    Percival Farquhar the operation of the port, through his company Port of Pará, which won the public tender. The contractual clauses required Farquhar...
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    first a British project but later was controlled by the American Percival Farquhar who had a Brazilian business empire. This adventure in the Amazon...
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    the business world of Percival Farquhar, who was expanding his railway interests across Latin America. The collapse of the Farquhar group in 1914 brought...
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    Power Company CEO Alexander McKenzie and the American mining magnate Percival Farquhar. Chateaubriand was a media mogul in Brazil between the late 1930s...
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    years of construction, under the direction of American businessman Percival Farquhar, with the driving of a golden spike to link the track. Playing at...
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    political and financial collusion centered on the American entrepreneur Percival Farquhar, and his projects for a railway interconnection between the Atlantic...
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    D. Sullivan* Tammany Dem. Chairman of Commerce and Navigation 3rd Percival Farquhar* Tammany Dem. Chairman of Military Affairs 4th Patrick H. Roche* Tammany...
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  • Verbruggen (née Percival) (c. 1667–1703), aka Susanna Mountfort, was an English actress working in London. She was the daughter of Thomas Percival, a member...
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    William Sulzer* Democrat elected Speaker; Chairman of Rules 11th Percival Farquhar* Democrat Chairman of Military Affairs 12th Frank A. O'Donnel Democrat...
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  • Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, 1st Baronet (1776 – 16 March 1830) was an influential British merchant of the early nineteenth century who served as a colonial...
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    H. Duffy* Tammany Dem. 2nd Timothy D. Sullivan* Tammany Dem. 3rd Percival Farquhar Tammany Dem. 4th Patrick H. Roche Tammany Dem. 5th Dominick F. Mullaney*...
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    John Percival Jones (January 27, 1829 – November 27, 1912) was an American politician who served for 30 years as a Republican United States Senator from...
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