William Henry Comstock (August 1, 1830 – March 9, 1919) was an American/Canadian businessman and politician. Born in Batavia, New York, Comstock was educated...
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father of William Henry Comstock, Edwin Perkins Comstock (1799–1837) who founded a drug company in New York City sometime before 1833. The Comstock patent...
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discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after American miner Henry Comstock. After the discovery was made public in 1859, it sparked a silver rush...
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(1842–1933), U.S. politician from Minnesota William Comstock (1877–1949), Governor of Michigan William Henry Comstock (1830–1919), American-Canadian businessman...
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United States Navy Ralph Chapin, contributor to Rochester Zen Center William Henry Comstock, businessman and politician Barber Conable, political leader and...
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edition. Comstock was an American artist and wood engraver known for illustrating entomological text books with her husband, John Henry Comstock including...
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Anthony Comstock (March 7, 1844 – September 21, 1915) was an American anti-vice activist, United States Postal Inspector, and secretary of the New York...
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California Advertiser August 27, 1881. Comstock, Cyrus B. (1907). A Comstock genealogy | Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn., who died after...
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1887–1891 7th 1891–1892 1892–1896 8th 1896–1899 1899–1900 William Henry Comstock Liberal 9th 1900–1904 John Culbert Conservative 10th 1904–1907...
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1925 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Hugh Alexander Stewart 8,931 57.18 Liberal William Henry Comstock 6,689 42.82...
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Brockville April 20, 1899 John Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative William Henry Comstock Liberal Death No Lévis March 22, 1899 Pierre Malcom Guay ...
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Ryan; alongside fellow Ontario politicians George Taylor Fulford, William Henry Comstock, and G.P. Graham. He served as Attorney General from 1905 to 1914...
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Patrick McLaughlin are credited with the discovery of the Comstock Lode. Henry T. P. Comstock's name was associated with the discovery through his own machinations...
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John Ryan on 24 March 1902; alongside fellow Ontario politicians William Henry Comstock, Sir John Morison Gibson, and G.P. Graham. George Taylor Fulford...
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Nanette Comstock (July 17, 1866 – June 24, 1942) was an American actress whose career on stage spanned nearly 35 years. She appeared on both the New York...
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Henry would buy and drive cattle east, over the Sierra, to sell to the Comstock Lode miners in the region around Carson City and Genoa, Nevada. His business...
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fat digestion and on the pancreas. In 1893, Gage and John Henry Comstock founded the Comstock Publishing Company in order to make textbooks on microscopy...
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t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Brockville Party Candidate Votes Liberal–Conservative John Fisher Wood 1,277 Liberal William Henry Comstock 1,272...
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Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative 1882 William Henry Comstock (by-election of 1899-04-20) Liberal 1899 Bruce East Henry Cargill Conservative 1892 Bruce North...
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Comstock's "autobiography" of her husband John Henry Comstock and herself, published in 1953 and titled The Comstocks of Cornell: John Henry Comstock...
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three historic William Smith dorms and one built in the 1960s (Comstock, Miller, Blackwell, and Hirshson Houses). At its peak resides William Smith's all-female...
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Progressive Conservative member for South Western Nova, Nova Scotia. William Henry Comstock b. 1830 first elected in 1899 as Liberal member for Brockville,...
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Comstock was born in Sullivan, New Hampshire, the son of William and Ruth Crane Comstock. He was educated in the common schools and lived on the family...
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2013. "Comstock Prize". ScienCentral, ScienCentral. "Bill Shockley, Part 3 of 3". www.pbs.org. Crystal Fire p. 278 "Transistorized! William Shockley"...
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The Baroque Cycle (redirect from John Comstock (The Baroque Cycle))
include Sir Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, William of Orange, Louis XIV of France, Oliver Cromwell, Peter the Great, John...
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Brockville April 20, 1899 John Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative William Henry Comstock Liberal Death No Lévis March 22, 1899 Pierre Malcom Guay ...
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Buffalo Bill (redirect from William Cody)
killing 68 animals to Comstock's 48. Comstock, part Cheyenne and a noted hunter, scout, and interpreter, used a fast-shooting Henry repeating rifle, while...
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Dorothy Comstock Riley (December 6, 1924 – October 23, 2004) was a lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving on the Michigan Supreme Court...
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Harvey Buel Spelman (redirect from Henry Buell Spelman)
was reportedly a stop on the Underground Railroad. He supported Anthony Comstock's work. Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman Rockefeller, wife of John D. Rockefeller...
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William Henry Crocker I (January 13, 1861 – September 25, 1937) was a member of the wealthy Crocker family and a prominent member of the Republican Party...
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