The first speaker was Amos C. Barstow who had been unanimously chosen president of the meeting.

Amos Bronson Alcott ( November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888 ) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer.

A native New Englander, Amos Bronson Alcott was born in Wolcott, Connecticut ( only recently renamed from " Farmingbury ") on November 29, 1799.

Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, was active c. 750 BC during the reign of Jeroboam II, making the Book of Amos the first biblical prophetic book written.

Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash ( Jeroboam II ), ruler of Israel from 793 BC to 753 BC, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms ( Israel in the North and Judah in the South ) were peaking in prosperity.

Amos also made it a point that before his calling he was a simple husbandman and that he was not a " professional " prophet of the prophetic guild.

There are some differing opinions as to the location of the Tekoa Amos was presumably from.

It is believed by most that Amos was a southern farmer, called by God to deliver his prophetic message in the North.

However, some believe that Amos was actually from a Tekoa in the North, near Galilee.

They believe that it is more probable that Amos was from the North because it has conditions more suitable for the cultivation of sycamore figs than the Tekoa of the South.

However, Amos came to tell the people that " the Day of the LORD " was coming soon and that it meant divine judgment and justice for their own iniquity.

In the book The Neyer / James Guide to Pitchers, sports journalist Rob Neyer wrote that the speed with which pitchers like Cy Young, Amos Rusie, and Jouett Meekin threw was the impetus that caused the move.

The obligation imposed upon the Israelites was emphasized by the prophet Amos ():

This path was taken by some Transcendentalist educators, such as Amos Bronson Alcott.

In 1858 ( when she was 39 ) Amos Barton, the first of the Scenes of Clerical Life, was published in Blackwood's Magazine and, along with the other Scenes, was well received.

He was the son of Amoz ( not to be confused with Prophet Amos ), who was the brother of King Amaziah of Juda.

He was victorious over the Syrians ( 13: 4 ; 14: 26, 27 ), conquered Damascus ( 14: 28 ), and extended Israel to its former limits, from " the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain " ( 14: 25 ; Amos 6: 14 ).

Jeroboam's reign was also the period of the prophets Hosea, Joel, Jonah and Amos, all of whom condemned the materialism and selfishness of the Israelite elite of their day: " Woe unto those who lie upon beds of ivory ... eat lambs from the flock and calves ... sing idle songs ..." The book of Kings, written a century later condemns Jeroboam for doing " evil in the eyes of the Lord ", meaning both the oppression of the poor and his continuing support of the cult centres of Dan and Bethel, in opposition to the temple in Jerusalem.

An Interim Government of National Unity ( IGNU ) was formed in Gambia under the auspices of ECOWAS in October 1990 and Dr. Amos Sawyer became President.

She was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abigail May Alcott and the second of four daughters: Anna Bronson Alcott was the eldest ; Elizabeth Sewall Alcott and Abigail May Alcott were the two youngest.

The Book of Amos is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible, one of the Twelve Minor Prophets.

In addition to its coachwork by Murray designed by their Amos Northup, the Royale also provided buyers with a straight-eight with a nine bearing crankshaft, one shot lubrication, and thermostatically controlled radiator shutters.

The most famous one was with star pitcher Amos Rusie.

Anthony had been one of the primary reasons Amos signed with the label and as a result of her resignation, Amos formed the Bridge Entertainment Group.

Abnormally Attracted to Sin, admitted Amos, is a " personal album ", not a conceptual one, with the album exploring themes of power, boundaries, and the subjective view of sin.

Amos opened each show dressed as one of the four non-Tori personae from the album, then Amos would emerge as herself to perform for the remaining two-thirds of the show.

When Harding moved to unseat the Marion Independent as the official daily paper, he was met with strong resistance from local figures, such as Amos Hall Kling, one of Marion's wealthiest real estate speculators.

He is a co-inventor of the RSA algorithm ( along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman ), a co-inventor of the Feige – Fiat – Shamir identification scheme ( along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat ), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.

Ultimately Amos stopped singing the song live in December 2001 and did not sing it live again until September 2007 ( with the exception of one performance in Istanbul in August 2005 ).

* 2006 – The digital iTunes " Essentials " collection includes the full length ( 8: 06 ) " Star Trunk Funkin ' Mix " in their Tori Amos best-of playlist, categorized as one of " The Basics.

Taylor and the members of Daniel Amos went on to record numerous albums and change musical styles with nearly every one of them, including the four part Alarma!

With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football.

Amos and Andy began as one of the first radio comedy series, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago.

John Amos Comenius was one of many people who tried to reverse this trend.

From 1928 to 1960, Gosden and Correll broadcast their Amos ' n ' Andy show, which was one of the most famous and popular shows on radio in the 1930s.

On December 29, Canadian loyalist Colonel Sir Allan MacNab and Captain Andrew Drew of the Royal Navy commanding a party of militia, acting on information and guidance from Alexander McLeod that the vessel belongs to Mackenzie, crossed the international boundary and seized the Caroline, chased off the crew, towed her into the current, set her afire, and cast her adrift over Niagara Falls, after killing one black American named Amos Durfee in the process.

At the University of Birmingham Guild of Students ( where she studied ), one of the committee rooms is named " The Amos Room " after her, in acknowledgement of her services to society.

First come those prophets dated to the early Assyrian period: Hosea, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah ; Joel is undated, but it was possibly placed before Amos because parts of a verse near the end of Joel ( 3. 16 in Hebrew ) and one near the beginning of Amos ( 1. 2 ) are identical.

Sir George Thomas, one of Britain's leading players in the first half of the 20th century, observed, " H. E. Atkins ranks, indisputably, as the greatest figure in English chess since Amos Burn, and only lack of opportunity prevented him, in my opinion, from definitely establishing his position in the world championship class.

* Clyde, one of the members of Tori Amos ' American Doll Posse.

Despite further budget restriction Kitching supported by a restructured support and relatively youthful support team including Nick Amos and Paul Cooper they went on to finish 3rd in the 2010 – 11 season and reached the playoff final, beating Brigg Town 3 – 0 in the semi final.