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Charles Taze Russell ( February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916 ), or Pastor Russell, was a prominent early 20th century Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement, from which Jehovah's Witnesses and numerous independent Bible Student groups emerged after his death.
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The International Bible Students Association ( precursor to Jehovah's Witnesses ) identified Abaddon as Satan in the 1917 seventh and final volume of Millennial Dawn, to which Charles Taze Russell's name was attached ( although his authorship of the work is doubted ).
This was reflected in several chapters contributed to the multi-volume work released in 1915 The Fundamentals, where apologists criticised the teachings of Charles Taze Russell, Mary Baker Eddy ( Christian Science ), the Mormons and Spiritualists.
During late 1927, Warners released The Jazz Singer, which was mostly silent but contained what is generally regarded as the first synchronized dialogue ( and singing ) in a feature film ; but this process was actually accomplished first by Charles Taze Russell in 1914 with the lengthy film The Photo-Drama of Creation.
* 1879 – Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
* October 31 – Charles Taze Russell, Protestant evangelist, forerunner of Jehovah's Witnesses ( b. 1852 )
* Charles Taze Russell and the Bible Student movement claim this year marks the invisible return of Jesus Christ to earth.
* February 16 – Charles Taze Russell ( Pastor Russell ), prominent Protestant reformer and evangelist ( d. 1916 )
Beginning in 1894, Christian ministers under the direction of Charles Taze Russell were appointed to travel to and work with local Bible Students congregations for a few days at a time ; within a few years appointments were extended internationally, formally designated as " pilgrims ", and scheduled for twice-yearly, week-long visits at each local congregation.
Charles Taze Russell was born to Scottish-Irish parents, immigrant Joseph Lytel () Russell ( d. December 17, 1897 ) and Ann Eliza Birney ( d. January 25, 1861 ), on February 16, 1852 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.
The practices of Jehovah's Witnesses are based on the Bible teachings of Charles Taze Russell, founder of the Bible Student movement, and successive presidents of the Watch Tower Society, Joseph Franklin Rutherford and Nathan Homer Knorr.
The society was founded in 1881 with William Henry Conley, a Pittsburgh businessman, as the first president and Charles Taze Russell as secretary-treasurer.
It was founded in 1914 as a corporation of the Bible Students by Charles Taze Russell in London, England, and was the first legal corporation representing Russell's ministry in Europe.
Charles Taze Russell Founded a Bible Student Institute with its later sect now known as The Jehovah's Witnesses
* Charles Taze Russell founder of the Watchtower Society ( Jehovah's Witnesses ) predicts October 2 as the date for the end of the world with statements such as in Studies In the Scriptures Series II-The Time Is At Hand ( 1889ed.
They believe that Jesus Christ has been ruling in heaven as king since 1914 ( a date they believe was prophesied in Scripture ), and that after that time a period of cleansing occurred, resulting in God's selection of the Bible Students associated with Charles Taze Russell to be his people in 1919.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford ( November 8, 1869 – January 8, 1942 ), also known as " Judge " Rutherford, was the second president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, and played a primary role in the organization and doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses, which emerged from the Bible Student movement established by Charles Taze Russell.
He developed an interest in the doctrines of Watch Tower Society president Charles Taze Russell, which led to his joining the Bible Student movement and was baptized in 1906.
In 1894 Rutherford purchased the first three volumes of Charles Taze Russell's Millennial Dawn series of Bible study textbooks from two colporteurs who visited his office.
The publication was started by Charles Taze Russell on July 1, 1879 under the title Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence.
In the 1870s, a Bible study group led by Charles Taze Russell formed into what was eventually called the Bible Student movement.
* Charles Taze Russell ( 1852 – 1916 ), American evangelist
Charles Taze Russell was another early Christian advocate of Zionism-but with an altogether different prophetic programme to orthodox Trinitarian dispensationalists.
It began in 1872 with Charles Taze Russell, but experienced a major schism in 1917 as Joseph Franklin Rutherford began his presidency.
* Jehovah's Witnesses-originated with the religious movement known as Bible Students, which was founded in Pennsylvania in the late 1870s by Charles Taze Russell.
Charles and Russell
Standing left to right: Charles Mason Remey, Sigurd Russell, Edward Getsinger and Laura Clifford Barney ; Seated left to right: Ethel Rosenberg, Madam Jackson, Shoghi Effendi, Helen Ellis Cole, Lua Getsinger, Emogene Hoagg
In 1993, Charles worked with Russell Bell on the Craig Charles Almanac of Total Knowledge writing about his ' streetwise ' sense of humour on a range of topics, from the world's most embarrassing stories to how to explain the mysteries of the universe.
In 1997, he and Russell wrote Charles ' Red Dwarf character's book The Log, in which Lister decides to leave a log detailing mankind's greatest achievements.
* Clement, Russell T. and Houze, Annick, Neo-Impressionist Painters: A Sourcebook on Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro, Paul Signac, Theo Van Rysselberghe, Henri Edmond Cross, Charles Angrand, Maximilien Luce, and Albert Dubois-Pillet ( 1999 ), Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-30382-7
Avco-Embassy Pictures, the film's financial backer, preferred either Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones to play the role of Snake Plissken to Carpenter's choice of Kurt Russell, who was trying to overcome the " lightweight " screen image conveyed by his roles in several Disney comedies.
Besides Frege and Russell, others credited for having preceding ideas of truth-tables include Philo, Boole, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Ernst Schröder.
Around 1945, Dizzy Gillespie parted ways with Parker, and Davis was hired as Gillespie's replacement in his quintet, which also featured Max Roach on drums, Al Haig ( replaced later by Sir Charles Thompson and Duke Jordan ) on piano, and Curley Russell ( later replaced by Tommy Potter and Leonard Gaskin ) on bass.
The cartoonists were Posen, Charles Biro, Bob Dunn, Gus Edson, Bill Holman, Bob Montana, Russell Patterson, Clarence Russell and Dick Wingert ( Hubert ).
Bills receiver Russell Copeland then returned the ensuing kickoff 22 yards to the Buffalo 37-yard line, but on third down Cowboy linemen Jim Jeffcoat and Charles Haley shared a 13-yard sack on Kelly to force the Bills to punt.
* Russell, Bertrand ( 1956 ), Logic and Knowledge: Essays 1901 – 1950, Robert Charles Marsh ( ed.
The unusual faintness of white dwarfs was first recognized in 1910 by Henry Norris Russell, Edward Charles Pickering, and Williamina Fleming ;< sup >, p. 1 </ sup > the name white dwarf was coined by Willem Luyten in 1922.
In 1910, Henry Norris Russell, Edward Charles Pickering and Williamina Fleming discovered that, despite being a dim star, 40 Eridani B was of spectral type A, or white.
* August 10 – Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England ( b. 1832 )
** Charles Marion Russell, American artist ( d. 1926 )
He became embittered against society because of his long prison sentence and befriended other criminals, such as seasoned bank robbers like Harry " Pete " Pierpont, Charles Makley, Russell Clark, and Homer Van Meter, who taught Dillinger how to be a successful criminal.
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Charles Hardin Holley ( September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959 ), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll.
Charles William " Bill " Mumy, Jr. (; born February 1, 1954 ) is an American actor, musician, pitchman, instrumentalist, voice-over artist and a figure in the science-fiction community.
February 23, 2011 .</ ref > That the Japanese in China came to regard Chiang as a magnanimous figure to whom many Japanese owed their lives and livelihoods was a fact attested by both Nationalist and Communist sources .< ref > Gillin, Donald G. and Etter, Charles.
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS ( 14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875 ) was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day.
Charles Martin " Chuck " Jones ( September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002 ) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio.
Frederick Charles Copleston, SJ, CBE ( 10 April 1907 – 3 February 1994 ) was a Jesuit priest, philosopher, and historian of philosophy.
Following revelations at the Moriarty Tribunal on 16 February 1999, in relation to Charles Haughey and his relationship with AIB, former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald confirmed that AIB and Ansbacher wrote off debts of almost £ 200, 000 that he owed in 1993, when he was in financial difficulties because of the collapse of the aircraft leasing company, GPA, in which he was a shareholder.
* 1703 12 February – The Archduke Charles was proclaimed king of Castile and Aragon in Vienna.
In late January or early February 1706 he was forced to flee from the invading troops of the Swedish King Charles XII.
Charles had defeated Conradin's uncle Manfred, King of Sicily in the Battle of Benevento on 26 February 1266.
In February 1787 his finance minister, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, convened an Assembly of Notables, a group of nobles, clergy, bourgeoisie, and bureaucrats selected in order to bypass the local parliaments.
Herman Charles Bosman ( 3 February 1905 – 14 October 1951 ) is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest short-story writer.
Nkrumah was released from prison on 12 February and was summoned by Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor, and asked to form a government on the 13th.
The town was later annexed to British India when Sindh was annexed by Major-General Charles James Napier at the Battle of Miani on 17 February 1843.
* 1628 – Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England ( not just seaport towns ) pay ship tax by this date.
She was deposed in December in favour of her agnate, King Charles III of Hungary, but his brief reign ended with his murder at Elizabeth's instigation in February 1386.
Charles ' reign was not to be long ; after his partisans left the court, Elizabeth invited him to visit Mary at one of her palaces, and had him stabbed in her apartments on 7 February 1386.
Upon the death of Charles II without legitimate issue in February 1685, the Duke of York became King as James II in England and Ireland and James VII in Scotland.
Charles Mason Remey ( May 15, 1874 – February 4, 1974 ) was a prominent and controversial American Bahá ' í who was appointed in 1951 a Hand of the Cause, and president of the International Bahá ' í Council.
Charles of Salerno, the Angevin pretender, who was still held captive by the Sicilians, finally grew tired of his long captivity and signed a contract on 27 February 1287 in which he renounced his claims to the kingdom of Sicily in favour of James II of Aragon and his heirs.
In February 1836, after studying 97 proposals, the Commission chose Charles Barry's plan for a Gothic-style palace, awarding him a prize ( or “ premium ”) of £ 1500.
On the death of Charles of Naples on 24 February 1386, Urban moved to Lucca in December of the same year.
Charles, Prince of Wales ( 3 November 1972 ), U. S. President Jimmy Carter ( 15 July 1978 ), and U. S. Vice President ( later President ) George H. W. Bush ( George Bush Senior ) ( 1 February 1983 ).
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She died on February 7, 1825, shortly after the birth of their third child ( Susan b. 1819, Charles b. 1823, James b. 1825 ).
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