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Clarkson was not only unsuccessful at improving the company's fiscal problems, she was also highly unpopular with employees, and resigned herself after 18 months that saw several protest resignations ; the imprint Adrienne Clarkson Books does, however, remain with McClelland and Stewart.
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This settlement was different from the Freetown settlement and colony founded in 1792 by Lt. John Clarkson and the Nova Scotian Settlers under the auspices of the Sierra Leone Company
Lieutenant John Clarkson was sent to Nova Scotia to register immigrants to take to Sierra Leone for the purpose of starting a new settlement.
Sixty four settlers died en route to Sierra Leone, and even Lieutenant Clarkson was ill during the voyage.
William Wilberforce received much of the credit although the groundwork was an anti-slavery essay by Thomas Clarkson.
Calls for just such an individual to be made viceroy came again in the late 1930s, but it was not until Vincent Massey's appointment by King George VI in 1952 that the position was filled by a Canadian-born individual ; this practice continued until 1999, when Queen Elizabeth II commissioned as her representative Adrienne Clarkson, a Hong Kong-born refugee to Canada.
" Clarkson was the first governor general in Canadian history without either a political or military background, as well as the first Asian-Canadian and the second woman, following on Jeanne Sauvé.
The city of Freetown was founded in 1792 by Abolitionist John Clarkson as a land for freed African American slaves, called the Nova Scotian who had fought on the side with British during the American Revolutionary War.
Lieutenant John Clarkson was sent to Nova Scotia in British North America to register immigrants to take to Sierra Leone for the purpose of starting a new settlement.
Sixty four settlers died en route to Sierra Leone, and even Lieutenant Clarkson was ill during the voyage.
Only Adrienne Clarkson created two Governor General Awards — the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts and the Governor General's Medal in Architecture ( though this was effectively a continuation of the Massey Medal, first established in 1950 ).
This idea was so unpopular that the Clarkson Cup was created instead.
* In 2002, a made-for-television movie of the same name was released, starring Angela Bettis, Emilie de Ravin and Patricia Clarkson.
Steven Paul Smith was born at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child to Gary Smith, a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Bunny Kay Berryman, an elementary school music teacher.
Once called Grayson Springs after a nearby resort, the name was changed in 1882 to honor the resort's owner, Manoah Clarkson.
Clarkson was sworn in as Bethlehem's current supervisor on January 2, 2012.
General Matthew Clarkson was an extensive landowner in this locality, who gave 100 acres ( 405, 000 m² ) to the town.
Clarkson was formed from the Town of Murray, on 2 April 1819.
Clarkson was reduced to form the Towns of Union ( the present town of Hamlin ) in 1852.
It has been claimed that Moddy Freeman was the first settler in Clarkson.
James Sayres purchased at Clarkson Corners in 1804 and was the first settler on the Ridge Road.
The first male child born was a son to Mrs. Clarkson ; the first female birth was that of Betsey Palmer, in 1812.
The first and about the only newspaper published in Clarkson was the Jeffersonian, in 1835, which continued for only a year.
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Most recently, the group Citizens for a Canadian Republic has advocated the election of the nominee to the Queen, either by popular or parliamentary vote ; a proposal echoed by Adrienne Clarkson, who called for the prime minister's choice to not only be vetted by a parliamentary committee, but also submit to a televised quiz on Canadiana.
* NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship – Cornell University Big Red defeat Clarkson University Golden Knights 6 – 4 in Lake Placid, New York ; only NCAA hockey team to complete season undefeated and untied ( 31 – 0 )
The car was named by BBC's Top Gear as the only true Japanese contribution in the line of supercars, and by Jeremy Clarkson as one of the best cars in the world.
Clarkson was named after Thomas Clarkson, the slave trade abolitionist, whom his father knew, and this was the only forename he used, although there is reason to believe Frederick was a second one.
There is also evidence that even four chunks is a high estimate: Gobet and Clarkson conducted an experiment and found that over half of the memory recall conditions yielded only about two chunks.
The only buildings remaining in Clarkson's service at the downtown campus are a few administration buildings, the Army and Air Force ROTC houses, the Clarkson Hall Center for Health Sciences ( physical therapy and physician assistant studies ), and the Peyton Hall Business Incubator.
The University has a strong active rivalry ( especially in Hockey ) with nearby Clarkson University only away in Potsdam, NY.
On February 18, 1892, de Jong married Maria Elisabeth Wilhelmina Clarkson in Ginneken, and the couple left by a ship by the name of Princess Sophie after only one month, on March 22, towards Dutch East Indies.
Clarkson, an ex-convict turned businessman and baker, established the property of ' Woodland Grove ,' which not only covered modern day Eagle Vale, but most of its surrounding suburbs.
In 2000 ( when Jeremy Clarkson famously blew one up on Clarkson's Car Years ), it was reported that only 340 Alfa Romeo Arnas were still registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in United Kingdom.
By winning the 2011 Clarkson Cup, Vaillancourt became an unofficial member of the Triple Gold Club ( the accomplishment by women is not yet officially recognized by the IIHF ), as she became one of only four women to win the Clarkson Cup, a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, and a gold medal at the IIHF World Women's Championships.
With Jim McCormick and Jocko Flynn lame and John Clarkson tired ‚ Chicago tried to use a minor league recruit in the pitcher's box ‚ only to be refused by the Browns.
It also became the only song by Clarkson to chart in France until " Stronger ( What Doesn't Kill You )" entered the French chart in 2012.
While touring at Beacon Theatre, New York City, Clarkson performed the song using only one keyboard, which was deemed by Donna Freydkin of USA Today as the most memorable moment of the event.
Though the online register will eventually contain all of the emblems in the actual register, it currently contains only those emblems granted during the term of Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.
He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators as their 7th round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, but his only season in North America was for Clarkson University in the NCAA league.
However the High Court found that Clarkson had only spent $ 18, 159.
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Stearns attempted to force Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs to resign his post as Superintendent of Public Instruction, but was unsuccessful due to Gibbs ' immense popularity.
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* Gardner, Martin, " The Annotated Casey at the Bat: A Collection of Ballads about the Mighty Casey ", New York: Clarkson Potter.
Saint Lawrence County is home to St. Lawrence University, State University of New York at Potsdam, Clarkson University, the SUNY-ESF Ranger School, and the State University of New York at Canton.
Other residents of note include musicians Brian Eno, Nate James and Charlie Simpson ; actors Brian Capron and Nicholas Pandolfi ; painter Thomas Churchyard ; director-general of the BBC Ian Jacob ; abolitionist John Clarkson ; Roy Keane the football manager, and Thomas Seckford, official at the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
* Walters is an unincorporated community with in the Township at Eston and Clarkson Roads ( Elevation: 1053 / 321 ).
In 1927, Mrs. Ethel Slagle Clarkson acquired her brother ’ s share and she and her husband, Jabez, operated the store together until his death in 1947, at which time she continued alone until her marriage to Ed Pittman in 1950.
Major Clarkson sold to Captain Benjamin F. Hutchinson of Kentucky, a steamboat captain and the owner of at least three steamboats.
Clarkson is located at ( 41. 724676 ,-97. 123015 ).
For emergencies dial: 911 and for non-emergencies dial: Clarkson Police Department at ( 402 ) 892-3111 or Colfax County Sheriff at ( 402 ) 352-8514.
Clarkson Valley is located at ( 38. 617353 ,-90. 588218 ).
Kelly Clarkson at the Women's World Award | 2009 Women's World Awards in Austria.
Hilda ’ s College | St. Hilda's College, the women's college at the University of Toronto's University of Trinity College | Trinity College, where Clarkson enrolled in 1956
Clarkson graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute in 1956, afterwards enrolling at the University of Toronto's Trinity College.
Clarkson went on to obtain her master's degree in English literature, also at the University of Toronto.
She began post-graduate work in 1962, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, with a thesis on the poems of George Meredith, and the following year, married Stephen Clarkson, a University of Toronto political science professor.
In 1974, Clarkson began her own public affairs television show Adrienne at Large, though this was not particularly successful and lasted less than four months.
The society's home is at the local Thomas Clarkson
* Thomas Clarkson, the anti-slavery campaigner, was born in Wisbech in 1760 and educated at Wisbech Grammar School.
Foundries and engineering works followed including Fell Christy at his Factory ( In later years known as Christy Norris Ltd ) on the corner of Kings Road and Broomfield Road opened 1858, closed 1985, Coleman and Moreton, Thomas Clarkson ( Steam Omnibus manufacturer and Founder of the Eastern National Bus Company ) and Eddington and Stevenson ( makers of traction engines ).
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