** Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur ( b. 1819 )

* February 20 – Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur ( d. 1882 )

* Alfred Escher ( 1819 − 1882 ), a Swiss politician and railway pioneer

Credit Suisse was founded by Alfred Escher as the Swiss Credit Institution ( Schweizerische Kreditanstalt in German ) in 1856.

Portrait of Alfred Escher, around 1875

Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas, known as Alfred Escher ( 20 February 1819 in Zurich – 6 December 1882 in Zurich / Enge ) was a Swiss politician, business leader and railways pioneer.

Alfred Escher with daughter Lydia, around 1865

Alfred Escher was born into the Escher vom Glas family, an old and influential Zurich dynasty that had produced many prominent politicians.

A scandal surrounding Alfred Escher ’ s immediate forebears had, however, damaged the family ’ s reputation.

Finally Alfred Escher ’ s father Heinrich Escher ( 1776 – 1853 ) made a new fortune through speculative land deals and trading in North America.

In 1857 Alfred Escher married Augusta Uebel ( 1838 – 1864 ).

Lydia ’ s suicide in 1891 brought an end to Alfred Escher ’ s family line.

Alfred Escher spent the first years of his childhood in the house where he was born, the « Neuberg » on Hirschengraben in Zurich.

During this period Alfred Escher was taught at home by various tutors, including the theologian Alexander Schweizer, and Oswald Heer, who was to become a paleo-botanist and entomologist.

The devotees who surrounded Alfred Escher – known as the « Escher system » – were the avowed enemies of the Democrats.

This process prompted irate investors to heap criticism on Alfred Escher, even though he had already resigned from his position as chairman of the Northeastern Railway board in 1871.

Alfred Escher ’ s grave in the Manegg cemetery in Zurich

On the morning of 6 December 1882 Alfred Escher died on his « Belvoir » estate.

The Alfred Escher memorial designed by Kissling and erected outside the Zurich main railway station was inaugurated on 22 June 1889.

He compares this situation to that of Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, where there was initially great resistance to acceptance despite the strength of the evidence.

Ray became editor-in-chief, Medill became the managing editor, and Alfred Cowles, Sr., brother of Edwin Cowles, initially was the bookkeeper.

In classic motion pictures such as Orson Welles ' Citizen Kane and Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, the director created storyboards that were initially thought by cinematographers as to be impossible to film.

Alfred Otis had not initially favored the marriage and was not satisfied with Edwin's progress as a lawyer.

In 1892 and ’ 93, he turned from figure painting to miniatures ( both portraits and other subjects ), initially under the patronage of Alfred Corning Clark, and soon Baer not only became the most renowned miniaturist in the country but also spearheaded the miniature-painting revival that began at that time.

Alfred reveals to Bruce that during the Civil War, the Waynes used the vast cavern system as part of the Underground Railroad: after initially abseiling down a well ( which Bruce fell down in his childhood ) to get into the cave, they discover a hidden Civil War-era mechanical elevator which is still functional and leads to a hidden entrance in the mansion, which they then use as the primary means of entrance to the cave.

He compared this situation to that of Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, where he believed there was initially great resistance to acceptance despite the strength of the evidence.

The Lotka – Volterra predator – prey model was initially proposed by Alfred J. Lotka “ in the theory of autocatalytic chemical reactions ” in 1910.

Two characters were imported from the prose story papers-Billy Bunter, formerly of The Magnet, initially drawn by C. H. Chapman, later by Frank Minnitt, and Sexton Blake, initially drawn by Jos Walker, later by Alfred Taylor, Roland Davies and definitive Blake illustrator Eric Parker.

Simon Keynes and the numismatist Mark Blackburn initially suggested that in about 875, Alfred was the sole recognised ruler in London, while Ceolwulf's involvement would have come about only towards the end of his reign.

Strong was born in Portland, Oregon and initially studied zoology, but changed his focus to anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, under the influence of Alfred L. Kroeber, who became his " principal teacher, mentor, and friend ".

Victoria was founded by the British missionary Alfred Saker of the Baptist Missionary Society of London in June 1858 .. Due to this treaty, initially Victoria and its vicinity was not part of the new German colony Kamerun and remained under British administration.

Dietl initially turned down his promotion, but was convinced to accept the appointment by Generaloberst Alfred Jodl.

Holder initially accepted, and was in Melbourne en route to Sydney to officially accept his ministry when he was convinced by Alfred Deakin to refuse Lyne and instead support Edmund Barton's claim to the premiership.

The Royal George and the next four ships in line, the Indiaman Ganges, Dance's Earl Camden, the Warley and the Alfred, all returned the fire, Ganges initially attacking the Royal George in error.

He was educated at Prince Alfred College, but although he was determined from an early age to study medicine, he was initially thwarted in doing so due to lack of money.

Alfred Escher was initially buried in the Enge cemetery, but when that was deconsecrated in 1925 his remains were moved to the Manegg cemetery.

However, Alfred naturally favoured his own son, leaving the bulk of his property to Edward in his will, and giving him opportunities for command in battle once he was old enough.

* a soft-focus ' portrait ' lens favoured by Clarence White and Alfred Stieglitz,

The Berchtesgaden agreement ( 12 February 1938 ) stipulated in paragraph 8 that the Austrian chief of staff, Alfred Jansa, who favoured a military response in case of a German attack, had to be replaced by Franz Böhme.

* Aho, Alfred V .; Sethi, Ravi ; and Ullman, Jeffrey D., Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools ( ISBN 0-201-10088-6 ) link to publisher.

* Bibliografie der Sekundärliteratur zum Werk von Alfred Andersch von Daniela Unterwieser ( German link )

* 38 Nachweise von Sekundärliteratur zu Alfred Andersch aus der MLA-Bibliography 1981 – 1998 ( German link )

The alternative sites were generally name based, although with the large interest in everything Alfredian in the 19th century, any site that had an Alfred connection could be guaranteed large amounts of tourists, so this was also a driving force to find a link.

Later on, with the Nightwing miniseries ( September 1995 to December 1995, written by Dennis O ' Neil with Greg Land as artist ), Dick briefly considers retiring from being Nightwing forever before family papers uncovered by Alfred reveal a possible link between the murder of the Flying Graysons and the Crown Prince of Kravia.

Other versions of the phrase are " It is forged slowly and painfully, link by link, with blood and sweat and tears " ( Lord Alfred Douglas, 1919 ), " Blood, sweat, and tear-wrung millions " ( Lord Byron, 1823 ), and "... mollifie / It with thy teares, or sweat, or blood " ( John Donne, 1611 ).

As Stuart headed north in an effort to link with Lee, Union cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, riding towards Pennsylvania to the west of Stuart, ordered his divisions to fan out across a wide swath, keeping an eye out for Confederates.

State Route 111 continues as Alfred Street, the turnpike link into downtown Biddeford.