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    Sir James Hector KCMG FRS FRSE (16 March 1834 – 6 November 1907) was a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser...
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    Michael Anthony James Hector (born 19 July 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He is currently a free agent. Born in England...
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    December 31, 1735 – November 12, 1813), naturalized in New York as John Hector St. John, was a French-American author, diplomat, and farmer. Crèvecœur...
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  • Kevin James Hector (born 2 November 1944 in Leeds) is an English former footballer who scored 268 goals from 662 appearances in the Football League playing...
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    Rupert James Hector Everett (/ˈɛvərɪt/; born 29 May 1959) is a British actor. He first came to public attention in 1981 when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's...
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    in 1858, when James Hector, a member of the Palliser Expedition, reported being kicked by his packhorse while exploring the river. Hector named the river...
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    you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In Greek mythology, Hector (/ˈhɛktər/; Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, pronounced [héktɔːr]) is a Trojan prince, a hero...
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    Institute (later renamed the Royal Society Te Apārangi) and its manager James Hector until 1891. It served three purposes: a trial ground for the government...
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    Hector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori), is a small mesoplodont living in the Southern Hemisphere. This whale is named after Sir James Hector, a founder...
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    Héctor Elizondo (born December 22, 1936) is an American character actor. He is known for playing Phillip Watters in the television series Chicago Hope...
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    West Coast of the North Island. Hector's dolphin was named after Sir James Hector (1834–1907), who was the curator of the Colonial Museum in Wellington...
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    William George Gooderham, 1914–1935 Melville Ross Gooderham, 1935–1951 James Hector Lithgow, 1951–1956 George Llewellyn Holmes, 1956–1963 Alfred Thomas Seedhouse...
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  • Gere as Julian Kay Lauren Hutton as Michelle Stratton Bill Duke as Leon James Héctor Elizondo as Detective Joe Sunday Frances Bergen as Mrs. Laudner Carol...
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    standard time for the whole country. The director of the Geological Survey, James Hector, selected New Zealand time to be at the meridian 172°30′E. This was very...
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    Bannister at 1,537 m (5,043 ft) and Mount Hector at 1,529 m (5,016 ft), which is named after the scientist Sir James Hector. Its Māori name is Pukemoumou, or...
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    Park, adjacent to the town of Banff. The mountain was named in 1858 by James Hector after the waterfall or cascade on the southern flanks of the peak. The...
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    Héctor Luís Camacho Matías (May 24, 1962 – November 24, 2012), commonly known by his nickname "Macho" Camacho, was a Puerto Rican professional boxer and...
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    limestone, dolomite and quartzite. The mountain was named in 1858 by James Hector for its castle-like appearance. From 1946 to 1979 it was known as Mount...
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    Ball Range in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain was named in 1858 by James Hector after John Ball, a politician who helped secure funding for the Palliser...
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    explorer John Palliser, and accompanied by a party of four other men: James Hector, Eugène Bourgeau, Thomas Blakiston and John W. Sullivan. With the support...
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    Canadian Rockies. It is named after James Hector, a geologist and naturalist with the Palliser Expedition. Hector Lake location in Banff National Park...
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    predecessor to Te Papa was the Colonial Museum, founded in 1865, with Sir James Hector as founding director. The museum was built on Museum Street, roughly...
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    tenuicaudatus was first described in 1877 by the Scottish naturalist James Hector, who was director of the geological survey of New Zealand; the fish was...
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  • Harold James "Héctor" Henman (5 January 1879 – 26 May 1969) was a footballer who played as an inside left for South Africa and Argentina. Henman was born...
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  • James Hector Love (born 17 January 1953), known as Jim Love, is a New Zealand rugby union coach and a former footballer. He played for Marlborough, at...
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    player James Hector (1834–1907), Scottish geologist, naturalist, and surgeon Jamie Hector (born 1975), American actor of Haitian descent Jonas Hector (born...
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    Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1859 by James Hector after Sir John Richardson who was the ship's surgeon and naturalist on...
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    officially altered to Hollyford River / Whakatipu Kā Tuka. In September 1863 James Hector used the names Kaduku River and Kakapo Lake for Hollyford River and Lake...
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  • James Hector McRae Dunn (22 April 1886 – 8 November 1975) was an Australian politician. He was born in Cathkin to farmer James Dunn and Honoria McRae....
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  • "Hector the Hero" is a classic lament penned by Scottish composer and fiddler James Scott Skinner in 1903. It was written as a tribute to Major-General...
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