Sir James Nicholas Douglass, FRS (16 October 1826 – 19 June 1898) was an English civil engineer, a prolific lighthouse builder and designer, most famous...
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James Douglass may refer to: James Nicholas Douglass (1826–1898), British civil engineer and lighthouse designer James W. Douglass (born 1937), American...
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Sir James Nicholas Douglass, and his uncle William and his grandfather Nicholas were also famous in lighthouse construction. Douglas married Ada James of...
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the lowest spring tides. The resident engineer was Nicholas Douglass assisted by his sons (first James and then William). Despite multiple problems over...
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Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist...
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Gordon and James Nicholas Douglass was put forward in 1867 and approved. The executive engineer in charge was William Douglass, brother of James (later Sir...
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Dondra Head Lighthouse was designed by Sir James Nicholas Douglass, with construction, by William Douglass of the Imperial Lighthouse Service, commencing...
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Lighthouse was positioned, a new lighthouse was commissioned from James Nicholas Douglass. Granite quarried from De Lank quarry was brought down to Wadebridge...
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lighthouses of Asia. The lighthouse was designed by Sir James Nicholas Douglass and built by William Douglass using the same steam ships, crew and workers as...
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Adventist theologian Jack Douglass, American internet personality, musician and comedian on YouTube James Nicholas Douglass (1826–1898), English civil...
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made by the principal advocates of these forms of illumination, James Nicholas Douglass and John Richardson Wigham respectively) were not conclusive and...
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Dictionary of National Biography". William, Thomas (1900). Life of Sir James Nicholas Douglass. London: Longman, Green and Co. p. 65. The firm of which this eminent...
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Doyoyo South African engineer, inventor and professor Francis Drake James Nicholas Douglass English lighthouse engineer Guillaume Henri Dufour Swiss army officer...
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Cadwallader Douglass (born November 17, 2001) is an American competitive swimmer. A versatile swimmer who competes in many events, Douglass won her first...
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long-standing rivalry with the Engineer-in-Chief of Trinity House, James Nicholas Douglass, which erupted over trials of rival gas, oil and electric illumination...
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service, Trinity House, as an assistant engineer. He succeeded Sir James Nicholas Douglass as Engineer-in-Chief when the latter retired in 1892. Matthews...
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for paper on the Waterloo & City tube George Deuchars William Tregarthen Douglass Frederick Eliot Duckham Maurice Fitzmaurice, for paper on the Blackwall...
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Eighth Avenue (Manhattan) (redirect from Frederick Douglass Boulevard)
Central Park, and north of 110th Street/Frederick Douglass Circle, it is known as Frederick Douglass Boulevard before merging onto Harlem River Drive north...
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Stanford Maritime. p. 93. Williams, Thomas (1900). Life of Sir James Nicholas Douglass: F.R.S., &c., &c. (formerly Engineer-in-Chief to the Trinity House...
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Emperor (2020 film) (category Cultural depictions of Frederick Douglass)
as Luke McCabe Bruce Dern as Levi Coffin James Cromwell as John Brown Harry Lennix as Frederick Douglass James Le Gros as Robert E. Lee Paul Scheer as...
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Green, Reader & Dyer. p. 722. Williams, Thomas (1900). Life of Sir James Nicholas Douglass: F.R.S., &c., &c. (formerly Engineer-in-Chief to the Trinity House...
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the design of the second Fastnet Rock lighthouse. His father was Nicholas Douglass, who in 1839 was engaged by Trinity House in London as a constructive...
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leaders, "Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice." Douglass, who is considered...
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William Wilton Douglas 1983-03-17 15 August 1922 – 2 July 1998 James Nicholas Douglass 1887-06-09 16 October 1826 – 19 June 1898 John Derek Dowell 1986-03-20...
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between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan...
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The Frederick Douglass Book Prize is awarded annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of...
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Bishop Douglass Catholic School is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school and sixth form, situated in East Finchley area of the London Borough...
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event for the girls 15–16 age group set by both Simone Manuel and Kate Douglass at 22.04 on different dates. In 2018, Walsh qualified for the 2018 Junior...
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as George Nicholas Sanders Christian Robinson as Cuffy Stevens Thomas Francis Murphy as Colonel Samuel Cox Elvis Nolasco as Frederick Douglass Mark Rand...
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time, and features a heavily ornamented melody: Aria Performed by Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka on piano The French style of ornamentation suggests that the ornaments...
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