Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet KCB (16 July 1795 – 13 November 1890) was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong...
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John Francis Daley (born July 20, 1985) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for playing high school freshman Sam Weir on the NBC comedy-drama...
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Francis Davis (born August 30, 1946) is an American author and journalist. He is best known as the jazz critic for The Village Voice, and a contributing...
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Francis Davis Millet (November 3, 1848 – April 15, 1912) was an American academic classical painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the...
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director of the East India Company (EIC). He was the father of John Francis Davis, one time Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China and second...
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John Davis may refer to: John A. G. Davis (1802–1840), professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, shot to death by a student John Aubrey Davis...
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John Francis Davis, who was the 2nd governor of Hong Kong, from 1844 to 1848. The summit is reached via Mount Davis Path, which comes off Mount Davis...
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founder Francis Wolff's heavily accented verdict on it), also credited to Davis, is in fact a John Coltrane composition (originally titled "John Paul Jones"...
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John (Francis) Davis (born 28 July 1958) is an artist, who lives at Maslin Beach in South Australia. Davis is best known for his paintings of the Fleurieu...
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phrase as "a paper tiger" in Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect in 1828. John Francis Davis translated the Chinese phrase as "paper tiger" in a book on Chinese...
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assistant Chinese secretary to the superintendent of trade, Sir John Francis Davis. In 1852 he was appointed vice-consul at Shanghai. The Taiping Rebellion...
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for John Francis Davis, Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1896. The Davis Baronetcy...
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William Napier, 9th Lord Napier (redirect from William John Napier)
(now Guangzhou), in China. The Second and Third Superintendents were John Francis Davis and Sir George Best Robinson, respectively. He arrived at Macau on...
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(1813/4–1898), cleric, married in 1851 Emily Nowell Davis, daughter of Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet. Francis Lestock Beaufort (1815–1879), served in the...
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in the role Sir John Francis Davis, first Sinologist to serve as governor Sir John Bowring, first Puritan to serve as governor Sir John Pope Hennessy,...
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Jimmie Davis (1899–2000), Governor of Louisiana John E. Davis (North Dakota politician) (1913–1990), Governor of North Dakota John Francis Davis (1795–1890)...
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Trade in China alongside Lord Napier and John Francis Davis in December 1833. After Napier's death in 1834, Davis and Robinson moved up to become chief and...
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government were not aware of the postings until the governor of Hong Kong, John Francis Davis, informed Foreign Secretary Lord Aberdeen on 11 March 1845. In 1867...
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that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward." Francis Davis of The Atlantic noted that Davis's career can be seen as "an ongoing...
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Thomas Fox, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Karl Gützlaff and John Robert Morrison. John Francis Davis, at that time chief superintendent of British trade in...
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partner of over $7 million. Davis Polk traces its origin to a one-man practice in Manhattan opened by a 21-year-old lawyer, Francis N. Bangs. The firm changed...
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James Innes, Thomas Fox, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, and John Robert Morrison. John Francis Davis, at that time chief superintendent of British trade in...
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Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (/ˈbɛti/; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the...
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provided him with a recommendation letter to the governor of Hong Kong, John Francis Davis for the position of Auditor-General. In addition he is famous for...
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John Davis (c. 1550 – 29 December 1605) was one of the chief navigators of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He led several voyages to discover the Northwest...
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decorated with the coats-of-arms of two former governors of Hong Kong, John Francis Davis and George Bonham. There were reports that the main doors of the cathedral...
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Game Night (film) (category Films directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley)
Game Night is a 2018 American action comedy film directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and written by Mark Perez. It stars Jason Bateman...
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educationist, and lawyer John Francis Davis (1795–1890), British diplomat, sinologist, and second Governor of Hong Kong John Lloyd Davies (1801–1860)...
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Victor Davis Hanson (born September 5, 1953) is an American classicist, military historian, and conservative political commentator. He has been a commentator...
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William IV on 10 December 1833 but in his absence the role passed to John Francis Davis instead. In 1847 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, his...
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