Lewis has long remained popular in Europe: he was consistently praised by some French critics in the influential magazine Cahiers du Cinéma for his absurd comedy, in part because he had gained respect as an auteur who had total control over all aspects of his films, comparable to Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred strongly believed in the superiority of breech-loaders, on account of improved accuracy and speed, but this view did not win general acceptance among military officers, who remained loyal to tried-and-true muzzle-loaded bronze cannon.

On 18 June 1897 Rear-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was appointed State Secretary of the Navy, where he remained for nineteen years.

West Gloucestershire fared poorly in these games and, sometime in the 1850s, Henry and Alfred Pocock decided to join Lansdown, although they continued to run the West Gloucestershire and this remained their primary club.

Alfred Cellier came to assist Sullivan, while his brother François remained in London to conduct Pinafore there.

However, by 1909 there were no resident palagi traders representing the trading companies, although both Fred Whibley and Alfred Restieaux remained in the islands until their deaths.

" Alfred Hitchcock had filmed this story for Gainsborough in 1926, and since then it had remained as one of his favorites.

However, Alfred Kazin — though criticizing Dreiser ’ s style — pointed out that Dreiser ’ s novels had survived through the ages and remained influential works ( Lydon ).

The town remained a ruin until 913 when Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, the daughter of King Alfred the Great, rebuilt the town and constructed a burh to defend the town against further Danish invaders.

Nevertheless, the British press remained quiet on the subject, until Alfred Blunt, Bishop of Bradford, gave a speech to his Diocesan Conference on 1 December.

Prince Alfred, therefore, remained in the navy, and was promoted lieutenant on 24 February 1863, serving under Count Gleichen on, and captain on 23 February 1866, being then appointed to the command of the frigate.

Even after Alfred Dreyfus had been pardoned Griffith remained virulently Anti-Dreyfusard.

They remained married until Alfred Loomis died more than thirty years later.

Long after Alfred Yarrow died the Shipyard remained famous throughout navies of the world for building smaller fast vessels.

However, today most students of logic are more familiar with the works of Frege, who actually published his work several years prior to Peirce but whose works remained in obscurity until Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead made them famous.

In fact, Clark and his chief of staff Major General Alfred Gruenther remained unconvinced of the “ military necessity ”.

The rule then remained in place for almost the next hundred years, and often led to Democratic National Conventions which dragged on endlessly, most famously at the 1860 convention, when the convention adjourned in Charleston without making a choice and reconvening in separate groups a short time later, and the 1924 convention, when " Wets " and " Drys " deadlocked between preferred candidates Alfred E. Smith and William G. McAdoo for 103 ballots before finally agreeing on John W. Davis as a compromise candidate.

He studied art at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, starting in 1891, and remained there for several years as a political cartoonist — he was a loud critic of the unjust trials of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

Sir Alfred Milner remained at the Board of Inland Revenue until 1897.

It remained largely a choral organization through its performances at the 1904 World's Fair under Alfred Ernst when it expanded to a 200-member chorus and an orchestra of 55.

During the two years it had remained in limbo, it had been screened numerous times in private screening rooms, and one of the people who saw it during this period was Alfred Hitchcock, who was preparing Rope.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City then mounted an important Picasso exhibition on 15 November 1939 that remained on view until 7 January 1940, entitled: Picasso: 40 Years of His Art, that was organized by Alfred H. Barr ( 1902 – 1981 ), in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago.

He remained in the U. S. during the war, working for the Italian dealer, importer, and master mechanic, Alfred Momo.

It involved the construction of the monumental Union Arch Bridge across Cabin John Creek, designed by Alfred Rives, which for 50 years remained the longest single-span masonry arch in the world.

This was partly because Alfred was second-in-line to the United Kingdom until the birth of his nephew Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale in 1864.

* Alfred Austin ( 1835 – 1913 ), British poet

Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS ( 8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913 ) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.

In Alfred Duggan's Conscience of the King, a historical novel about Cerdic, founder of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, Ambrosius Aurelianus is a Romano-British general who rose independently to military power, forming alliances with various British kings and setting out to drive the invading Saxons from Britain.

* Mount Alfred, British Columbia, Canada

Meanwhile, in 1868, tombs at Ialysus in Rhodes had yielded to Alfred Biliotti many fine painted vases of styles which were called later the third and fourth " Mycenaean "; but these, bought by John Ruskin, and presented to the British Museum, excited less attention than they deserved, being supposed to be of some local Asiatic fabric of uncertain date.

Subsequently HM Sultan Jamalul Ahlam Kiram ( 1863 – 1881 ), the 29th reigning Sultan of Sulu, leased North Borneo in 1878 to Gustavus Baron de Overbeck and Alfred Dent, representing the British North Borneo Company in what is now the Malaysian state of Sabah.

* 1988 – Alfred Enoch, British actor

* 1860 – Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager ( b. 1796 )

Young and Innocent ( U. S. title: The Girl Was Young ) is a 1937 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney and John Longden.

The British directors Alfred Hitchcock and David Lean are among the most critically acclaimed of all-time, with other important directors including Charlie Chaplin, Michael Powell, Carol Reed and Ridley Scott.

However, many British film-makers learnt their craft making these films, including Michael Powell and Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail ( 1929 ) is often regarded as the first British sound feature.

Meanwhile the German Navy under Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz had ambitions to rival the great British Navy, and dramatically expanded its fleet in the early 20th century to protect the colonies and exert power worldwide.

British born director Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ( 1960 ), was the first " slasher " movie, while in the same director's The Birds ( 1963 ) menace stems from nature gone mad.

* 1899 – Alfred Sisley, British impressionist painter ( b. 1839 )

* 1934 – Alfred Rawlinson, British soldier and polo player ( b. 1867 )

* 1867 – Alfred Rawlinson, British soldier and sportsman ( d. 1934 )

* 1823 – Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist ( d. 1913 )

1927 saw the publication of Trader Horn, the memoir of Alfred Aloysius Smith, who had worked for a British trading company in what is now Gabon in the late 1800s.

In 1869 British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, co-creator of modern Evolutionary theory published his account of Malaysia's wildlife: " The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise ".

* 1910 – Alfred Ayer, British philosopher ( d. 1989 )

Like some other British scientists of the nineteenth century such as Alfred Russel Wallace, Huxley was brought up in a literate middle-class family which had fallen on hard times.

British diplomat Alfred Mitchell-Innes was Minister to Uruguay throughout the crucial years of World War I ( 1913 – 1919 ).

In 1969, a plaque to Leigh was placed in the Actors Church, St Paul's, Covent Garden ; in 1985, a portrait of her was included in a series of postage stamps, along with Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Chaplin, Peter Sellers and David Niven to commemorate " British Film Year ".

* February 28 – Alfred Burke, British actor d. 2011