He studied chemistry under Henry Edward Armstrong, an English chemist whose interests were primarily in organic chemistry but also included the nature of ions in aqueous solutions.

In addition, Gioia highlights Beiderbecke's precise timing, relaxed delivery, and pure tone, which contrasted with " the dirty, rough-edged sound " of King Oliver and his protégé Armstrong, whose playing was often more energetic and whose style held more sway early in the 1920s than Beiderbecke's.

Louis Armstrong served as a model for Cab Calloway, whose 1930s scat solos inspired Gershwin's use of the medium in his Porgy and Bess ; it was from the 1926 recording of " Heebie Jeebies " arose the techniques that would form the foundation of modern scat.

The large area in the crook of the " L " was not platted, but remained in the hands of John Armstrong, the town founder, whose residence was near the tracks on the north side of the railroad.

At a later period and almost universally the Newts themselves came to accept a different faith, whose origin among them is unknown ; this involved adoration of Moloch, whom they visualized as a giant Newt with a human head ; they were reported to have enormous submarine idols made of cast iron, manufactured to their orders by Armstrong or Krupp, but no further details ever leaked out of their cultic rituals since they were conducted under water ; they were, however, believed to be exceptionally cruel and secret.

Henry James " Red " Allen ( January 7, 1906 – April 17, 1967 ) was a jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose style has been claimed to be the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong.

The first jazz artist to be given some liberty in choosing his material was Louis Armstrong, whose band helped popularize many of the early standards in the 1920s and 1930s.

* Louis Armstrong ( 1901 – 1971 ), jazz trumpeter, whose house is now a museum

Lee De Forest filed a patent in 1916 that became the cause of a contentious lawsuit with the prolific inventor Armstrong, whose patent for the regenerative circuit had been issued in 1914.

Late 17th century composite engraving by John Savage ( engraver ) | John Savage, and comprising seven portraits of figures of the Plot all of whom were dead by 1685 ( Sir Thomas Armstrong, the Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll | Earl of Argyll, the Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex | Earl of Essex, Henry Cornish, William Russell, Lord Russell, the James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth | Duke of Monmouth, and Algernon Sidney ), with one of Edmund Berry Godfrey, whose unexplained death triggered the Popish Plot allegations against Catholics.

In 1911 the company was renamed Vickers Ltd, and in 1927 became Vickers Armstrongs Ltd after a merger with Armstrong Whitworth, whose shipyard at High Walker on the River Tyne became the " Naval Yard ".

The novel primarily focuses on the life story of Randall Peterson " Pete " Armstrong, a child prodigy with total recall memory, whose entire life's outlook has been defined the tragic murder of his younger brother, Leonard, by an ex-convict who was believed to be capable of committing violent crimes again, but could not be imprisoned any longer under the current law structure.

* William Armstrong Smith, political researcher whose papers reside in the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Other examples include Lance Armstrong, a professional cyclist, whose body produces approximately half as much lactic acid as an average person, thus improving his performance in endurance sports such as cycling.

Ten years after the Spanish-American War of 1898, in which Spain lost Cuba and the Philippines, the Antonio Maura Government, in an attempt to restore the Spanish Navy and Spanish shipbuilding industry hired the Spanish Society for Naval Construction, whose major investors were the British firms John Brown, Vickers and Armstrong the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and dry docks in Ferrol.

His fee made him Tottenham's second most costly player at the time, behind Chris Armstrong whose £ 4. 5million deal had been concluded just a few months earlier.

This was significant given his relationship with Herbert W. Armstrong whose editorial in The Plain Truth magazine was cited by Denis Michael Rohan as a reason for setting fire to the Al Aqsa mosque during the 1960s.

In the Pennant season for South Melbourne, Armstrong scored 665 runs at an average of 95 ; this included 145 and six for nineteen against the Melbourne Cricket Club, the largest club in Melbourne whose team included many Test and first-class cricketers.

Kahn's prospects received a boost when Jonas Salk, whose son had attended Exeter, called Armstrong and invited him to visit the Salk Institute in California, which Kahn had recently built to widespread acclaim.

Simmons grew up in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem ; her father was John Simmons, a jazz bassist whose compatriots included Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Nat King Cole.

Billie Joe Armstrong has said that the original concept was to create a song whose lyrics were made up of all signs and labels, and the idea grew from there.

Through her Jarrett learned of a 13-year old named Eliza Armstrong whose alcoholic mother Elizabeth was in need of money.

Following his retirement from cycling in 1998 at age 34, Bruyneel accepted the position of managing director of the U. S. Postal Service cycling team, whose star, Lance Armstrong, had finished fourth in the 1998 Vuelta a España, but whose team, in Armstrong's words, was " the Bad News Bears, a mismatch of bikes, cars, clothing, equipment ," with a total budget of only $ 3 million.

The ruthless and belligerent Armstrong led his team back to England in 1921 where his men lost only two games late in the tour to narrowly miss out of being the first team to complete a tour of England without defeat.

* June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U. S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5, 000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

The U. S. Seventh Cavalry, including the Custer Battalion, a force of 700 men led by George Armstrong Custer, suffered a severe defeat.

Neil Armstrong, one of the first two men to land on the Moon, and the first to walk on it, in 1969

During this time, Armstrong also reflected on starting a college to aid the growing church, by teaching and training young men and women.

Historian Samuel R. Brown stated 25 killed or fatally injured and 50 wounded in Johnson ’ s regiment and 2 killed and 6-7 wounded in the infantry, for a total of 27 killed and 56 or 57 wounded Harrison informed United States Secretary of War John Armstrong, Jr. that the only casualties inflicted on his command by the British troops at the battle were three men wounded: all of the rest were inflicted by the Indians.

In the early 1830s, Thomas Armstrong and his son John, both of Edwardsburg, erected a saw mill on the same site that two men by the name of Merkley years earlier in 1825 had built a mill, but due to a tragic accident they were both killed.

The Adeline street logo ( designed by Adrienne and Billie Joe Armstrong ) is a skull and crossbones with a heart in the center of the crossed bones in pink for women and khaki for men.

The two men were also accompanied by three unnamed actors, Albert Armstrong, Charles Hines, and William Beach, who were supposed to represent other members of the Nation.

Compared to the other men thought to be the subject of the song, Daniel Armstrong probably wouldn't be considered " famous.

The Columbus State men ’ s tennis team reached the national semifinals while the Clayton State and Armstrong Atlantic State women ’ s tennis teams also played in the national semifinals.

American losses included 729 men killed and wounded, 49 officers wounded, and the deaths of Lieutenant-colonel Scott, Major Graham, Captains Merrill and Ayres, and Lieutenants Johnston, Armstrong, Strong, Burwell, and Farry.

It was about how to welcome the first men that had just landed on the moon -- Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins -- as soon as they were back on the planet.

Black Race and Red Race – General Armstrong calls Washington back to Hampton Institute for the purpose of instructing and advising a group of young Native-American men.

Armstrong has voiced her desire to reach a wide audience in her interviews, one that includes both men and women of all nationalities.

Signs of a small Indian camp prompted Colonel Armstrong to detach a dozen men under Lieutenant James Hogg to monitor it while the column moved on toward the village.

Prisoners informed Armstrong that a party of 24 men had left the day before in advance of another planned raid.

Throughout the tour, Armstrong fought a series of running battles against the Board appointed manager, Syd Smith, on behalf of his men.

As colonel of the 5th Cavalry, Merritt was a member of the court of inquiry which first sat on January 13 1879 presided over by Colonel John H King 9th Infantry, which was convened to consider the behaviour of Major Marcus A Reno 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn ( June 25 / 26 1876 ) which resulted in the death of General George Armstrong Custer and over 200 men of the 7th Cavalry.

Watson was able to get his horse up again, but the two men were unable to keep up with their company, which was in a battalion under the command of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer.

Armstrong was apparently initially amused to find such an ardent devotee, but appreciated his willingness to help, and the two men became good friends.

When Scrope refused to release Armstrong, Buccleuch led a party of men on a daring raid into England and broke Armstrong out of the castle with inside help from the English Grahams and Carletons.

Unable to effect Armstrong ’ s release by diplomatic means, on the night of 13 April 1596 Buccleuch led a party of about eighty men to Carlisle.