William John Eccles (17 July 1917 – 2 October 1998) was a Canadian historian and academic, specialising in the history of New France. Born in Thirsk,...
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Philosophy in 1929. In 1937 Eccles returned to Australia, where he worked on military research during World War II. During this time, Eccles was the director of...
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John Eccles (1668 – 12 January 1735) was an English composer. Born in London, eldest son of professional musician Solomon Eccles and brother of fellow...
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Semele is an opera by John Eccles, written in about 1706 with a libretto by William Congreve drawing on the Semele myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It...
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butter, sometimes topped with brown sugar. The Eccles cake is named after the English town of Eccles, which is in the historic county of Lancashire and...
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John Dawson Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, CBE (born 20 April 1931), is a British Conservative peer and businessman. He is one of the ninety-two hereditary...
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simplified classical design by Paul Philippe Cret. The Eccles Building under construction in 1936 The Eccles Building in 1937 Cret was a naturalized U.S. citizen...
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After his term as chairman, Eccles continued to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors until 1951. Eccles was known during his lifetime...
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the Manchester Ship Canal to the south. The town is famous for the Eccles cake. Eccles grew around the 13th-century Parish Church of St Mary. Evidence of...
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Eccles Centre for American Studies. The winners each receive £20,000, divided into four quarterly grants, and have a research residency at the Eccles...
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Sir John Eccles (c.1664 – 1727) was an Anglo-Irish merchant and landowner. Eccles was the son of John Eccles of Malone, Belfast and Elizabeth Best of Hornby...
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The Battle of Eccles Hill (/ˈɛkəlz/) was part of a raid into Canadian territory from the United States led by John O'Neill of the Fenian Brotherhood, intended...
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William Eccles (1794 – 17 June 1853) was a British Radical politician. Eccles was elected Radical MP for Blackburn at the 1852 general election but was...
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McAdam Eccles, 1st Baron Eccles (1904–1999; created Viscount Eccles in 1964) David McAdam Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles (1904–1999) John Dawson Eccles, 2nd...
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Diana Catherine Eccles, Viscountess Eccles (Baroness Eccles of Moulton in her own right) DL (born 4 October 1933) is a British Conservative peer and businesswoman...
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other railroads that Eccles shipped the lumber and other goods to Utah. Eccles met Ellen Stoddard, the daughter of his partner, John Stoddard. Under the...
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Sir John William Frederic Nott KCB (1 February 1932 – 6 November 2024) was a British National Liberal and Conservative politician who served as Secretary...
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Eccles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ambrose Eccles (died 1809), Irish Shakespearean scholar Cat Eccles, British politician Charlotte...
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New Orleans. Osprey Publishing. pp. 3–5. ISBN 978-1-4728-0317-7. William John Eccles (1983). The Canadian frontier, 1534–1760. UNM Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-8263-0706-4...
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his wife) founded St. Mary's Cistercian convent at Eccles in 1156. Regent Albany stayed at Eccles Priory in November 1522 during an unsuccessful siege...
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Selkirk, MB: Lower Fort Garry Volunteer Association. Foster, John E. and William John Eccles. "Fur Trade in Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1 November...
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Conservancy: Cultural History," The French Creek Valley Conservancy, 2019 William John Eccles, France in America, Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd, 1972 O'Meara...
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The Judgment of Paris (opera) (category Operas by John Eccles)
operatic libretto written by William Congreve. It was set by four British Baroque composers – John Weldon, John Eccles, Daniel Purcell and Gottfried...
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Parkman, p. 6 William John Eccles, “Frontenac and New France, 1672–1698” (Ph.Dd diss., McGill University, 1955) p. 43. Parkman, p.7 Eccles, "Frontenac and...
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Flip-flop (electronics) (redirect from Eccles-Jordan circuit)
invented in 1918 by the British physicists William Eccles and F. W. Jordan. It was initially called the Eccles–Jordan trigger circuit and consisted of two...
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in music involved some significant events. John Eccles is appointed Master of the King's Musick. William Croft returns to the Chapel Royal, where he...
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Rabbit, Run (category Novels by John Updike)
what has happened, Harry calls Reverend Eccles to see how his return home would be received. Reverend Eccles shares the news of his daughter's death,...
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28, 1998, at the age of 91. The 1974 Federal Reserve Annex next to the Eccles Building is named for him. History of the United States (1945–1964) History...
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Battista Draghi (c. 1640–1708) Henry Eccles (1670–1742) John Eccles (1668–1735) John Galliard (1687–1749) John Gamble (fl. from 1641, died 1687) Christopher...
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John Eccles, Bartholomew Issack and William Corbett Wonders in the Sun, or The Kingdom of the Birds (1706) libretto by Thomas Durfey; music by John Smith...
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