Forest offered Cammel Lairds F. C a brand new football kit if they could sign Davenport, to which they reluctantly agreed.

Davenport enlisted the help of a friend, Edward Hopkins, governor of the Connecticut Colony, to found a traditional grammar school that would teach Latin, Greek, and Hebrew grammar.

Prior to the start of the Civil War, Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood declared Davenport to be Iowa's first military headquarters and five camps were set up in the city to aid the Union.

In the end, 30 different musicians featured on the album, among them Brand New Heavies frontwoman N ' Dea Davenport ( with whom she duets on the song Break Your Heart ), famed trumpet player Chris Botti, and the husband and wife duo, Don and Karen Peris, from the band The Innocence Mission.

Mr. Clark was a founder of the America Cup race, and sold the land and carried the contract for Louis Davenport to build his famed Davenport Hotel.

Davenport uses a mayor-council form of local government.

Indeed, Beiderbecke had met Hardy and the clarinetist Leon Roppolo in Davenport in 1921 when the two joined a local band and played in town for three months.

In February 1929, Beiderbecke returned home to Davenport to convalesce and was hailed by the local press as " the world's hottest cornetist.

The other main players of the show are Cooter Davenport, who in very early episodes was seen to be a wild, unshaven rebel, often breaking or treading on the edge of the law, before settling down and becoming much more laid-back, and who owns the local garage and is the Duke family's best friend ( he is often referred to as an " honorary Duke "), and Enos Strate, an honest but naive young Deputy who often finds his morals conflicted as he is reluctantly forced to take part in Hogg and Rosco's crooked schemes.

Originally settled by Puritans as part of the town of New Haven, Hamden was purchased by Theophilus Eaton and the Reverend John Davenport in 1638 from the local Quinnipiack Native American tribe.

Meanwhile Doug's younger son and Marc's half-brother Justin ( Ryan Davenport ) provided comic relief as the local clown, however, no one was laughing when his fling with Kelly Boulter led to an unplanned pregnancy.

The area now known as East Haven was obtained by Puritan settlers Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton on November 29, 1638, as part of the purchase of New Haven from Sachem Momauguin of the local Quinnipiack tribe.

Davenport is home to a favoured local shopping community through its link to Stockport, with a number of local businesses setting up retail ventures within the district.

Stockport Grammar School ( mixed, independent, founded 1485 ) lies next to Davenport Park on Buxton Road, whilst immediately across the road is the local authority comprehensive, Stockport School.

The station is located on John Davenport Drive in Rome, where its radio studios are shared with other local sister stations owned or operated by Rome Radio Partners, LLC.

In the early 1850s, city officials in the river communities of Dubuque, Clinton, Davenport, and Burlington began to organize local railroad companies.

The local post office began operations in 1874, but was known only as Davenport.

St. Vincent DePaul Church, in Davenport, was built entirely of cement from the local cement factory in 1914 and is the subject of a famous photograph by Ansel Adams.

Equity also produced Spanish-language local newscasts at 5 and 10 pm, originating out of the company's program production center in Davenport, Iowa.

It was produced at the station's studios in Davenport and was the area's only local entertainment show at that time, as well as the only original sketch comedy show produced in the Midwest.

According to local legend and historical time approximately, Davenport is considered by some the creator of the Crab Louis salad.

The ornate gothic style of the Doge's Palace ( and other similar palaces throughout Italy ) is replicated in the Hall of Doges at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington by architect Kirtland Cutter.

* John W. Ross ( Iowa architect ), architect in Davenport, Iowa

Alfred Gresham Jones ( 1824 ?- 1913 ) was an Irish architect who designed Merrion Hall on Merrion Street Lower, now the Davenport hotel, in 1862 and designed the villa Verona in Queen's Park in 1873.

He published conceptual plans for the esplanades along the Charles River in Boston proposed earlier by Charles Davenport and others, and as the consulting landscape architect for the Metropolitan Park Commission, he supervised the acquisition of much of the riverfront in Boston, Watertown, and Newton.

The current rectory was designed by Davenport architect Gustav Hanssen and it was completed in 1895.

Hollin Hills is a neighborhood of approximately 450 houses conceived and built by the visionary builder Robert C. Davenport, and designed by D. C .- based architect Charles M. Goodman ( who also designed the Washington National Airport ) and landscape architect Dan Kiley.

Other major projects include the building of the Big Easy concert house ( now the Knitting Factory ), renovation of the historic Montvale Hotel, the Kirtland Cutter-designed Davenport Hotel ( after being vacant for over 20 years ), and the Fox Theater ( now home to the Spokane Symphony ).

Courtenay Square, Courtenay Street, Cardigan Street, Denny Street and Denny Crescent were laid out to a design by architects Stanley Davenport Adshead, Stanley Churchill Ramsay and JD Coleridge, in a Neo-Georgian style.

This desk owes its name to a Captain Davenport who was the first to commission the design, from Gillow's of Lancaster, near the end of the 18th century.

The Davenport desk should not be confused with the Davenport sofa, which is usually a modern combination sofa and bed or an antique form of upholstered sofa based on a design conceived at the beginning of the 20th century by a Boston company called Irving and Casson and Davenport.

Wasmer moved the station's studios and office across Post Street from the Davenport Hotel to the seventh floor of Spokane Stock Exchange Building ( also called the Eilers Building ) in 1928 because the fledgling station had outgrown its quarters in the hotel.

" That same year a group of businessmen in Spokane had a vision to accommodate the vast number of travelers to the booming Spokane area with a large, grand hotel and asked Louis Davenport to build and oversee it.

Louis Davenport was very particular about his hotel and worked tirelessly the creation and management of his establishment, which was known for its excellent service and elegance at a reasonable rate.

Davenport retired and sold his establishment in 1945, but he and his wife maintained a residence there until he died on the eleventh floor of the hotel in 1951.

Davenport College has an unofficial rivalry with adjoining Pierson College.

Founded October 24, 1932, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the first years of the Great Depression, entrepreneur Rody Davenport Jr. and partner J. Glenn Sherrill theorized that even in a severe economic upheaval, " People would patronize a restaurant that was kept spotlessly clean, where they could get a good meal with courteous service at the lowest possible price.

While gazing at the lawn ornament, Mrs. Davenport commented that since Davenport and Sherrill felt cleanliness was a cornerstone of the concept, they should name the restaurant Crystal for " clean as a crystal "-yet with a " K " to add a little twist.

With its spacious Spanish Renaissance-styled main lobby, Isabella dining hall, Italian Gardens restaurant, Marie Antoinette Ballroom, and ornate Hall of Doges, the Davenport was widely considered one of America's grandest hotels and remained so for many years.

Petitions asking for a jail term for Norristown attorney Julian W. Barnard will be presented to the Montgomery County Court Friday, it was disclosed Tuesday by Horace A. Davenport, counsel for the widow of the man killed last Nov. 1 by Barnard's hit-run car.

The petitions will be presented in open court to President Judge William F. Dannehower, Davenport said.

* 1933 – Claire Davenport, English actress ( d. 2002 )

In the early 1900s, after the rediscovery of Mendel's work, the gaps in understanding between genetics and evolutionary Darwinism led to vigorous debate among biometricians, such as Walter Weldon and Karl Pearson, and Mendelians, such as Charles Davenport, William Bateson and Wilhelm Johannsen.

To ensure that all aspects of the building's performance in strong winds will be acceptable, a detailed wind tunnel study was carried out by Professor Alan Davenport at the BLWT at the UWO.

* Davenport, Thomas H. and Harris, Jeanne G. Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning ( 2007 ) Harvard Business School Press.

Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States.

Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County.

Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk War stationed at nearby Fort Armstrong.

As of 2012, the mayor of Davenport is Bill Gluba.

Davenport is the largest of the Quad Cities.

Located approximately half way between Chicago and Des Moines, Davenport is on the border of Iowa and Illinois.

Several annual music festivals take place in Davenport, including the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, The Mississippi Valley Fair, and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival.

Davenport has 27 parks and over of recreational paths for biking or walking.

Davenport has seen steady population growth since its incorporation, with an exception being the 1980s, when the population decreased due to job loss.

Davenport has a declining crime rate and a low rate of unemployment, and was ranked as the most affordable metropolitan area in 2010 by Forbes.

In 2007, Davenport, along with neighboring Rock Island, won the City Livability Award in the small-city category from the U. S. Conference of Mayors.

Lieutenant Zebulon Pike was the first official United States representative to explore the Upper Mississippi River which runs through the newly acquired land and present-day Davenport.

On August 27, 1805, Pike camped on the present day site of Davenport.

The future Davenport founder Antoine LeClaire served as translator.