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George Cockcroft was born in the United States, son of an engineer and a civil servant.

Several pieces of aleatory art have been partially inspired by the writings of George Cockcroft.

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The Dice Man is a novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice.

The Search for the Dice Man was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart.

Other books by George Cockcroft with the same themes: The Dice Man, Adventures of Wim, The Book of the Die.

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Adventures of Wim or Whim is a book by George Cockcroft, written under the pen name Luke Rhinehart.

Long Voyage Back was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name of Luke Rhinehart.

# REDIRECT George Cockcroft

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* The Dice Man, a 1971 book by George Cockcroft written under the pen name Luke Rhinehart.

The MAUD Committee consisted a chairman George Paget Thomson and had Marcus Oliphant, Patrick Blackett, James Chadwick, Philip Moon and John Cockcroft as its committee's members.

On April 10, 1904, his first child was born, a son named George after the late Senator.

* George Steele ( born 1937 ), professional wrestler nicknamed " The Animal "

Albert was born at Ansbach and, having lost his father Casimir in 1527, he came under the guardianship of his uncle George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a strong adherent of Protestantism.

* Queen Caroline, consort of King George II of Great Britain was born in Ansbach in 1683.

Watterson was born in Washington, D. C., where his father, James G. Watterson ( born 1932 ), worked as a patent examiner while going to George Washington University Law School before becoming a patent attorney in 1960.

He was born in the Queens borough of New York, New York, as a son of Jayne ( née Quinlan ), of Irish descent, and John George Costas, an electrical engineer of Greek descent.

Former Alabama governor and American presidential candidate George Wallace became born again in the late 1970s, which led him to apologize for his earlier segregationist views.

Benedict was born Dirk Niewoehner in Helena, Montana, the son of Pricilla Mella ( née Metzger ), an accountant, and George Edward Niewoehner, a lawyer.

In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included Charles Mingus ( 1922 – 1979 ), who was also a composer and bandleader whose music fused hard bop with black gospel music, free jazz and classical music ; free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden ( born 1937 ) is best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman and for his role in the 1970s-era Liberation Music Orchestra, an experimental group ; Eddie Gomez and George Mraz, who played with Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson, respectively, and are both acknowledged to have furthered expectations of pizzicato fluency and melodic phrasing, fusion virtuoso Stanley Clarke ( born 1951 ) is notable for his dexterity on both the upright bass and the electric bass, and Terry Plumeri, noted for his horn-like arco fluency and vocal tone.

Meanwhile, Newson ’ s malting business expanded and five more children were born, Alice ( 1842 ), Millicent ( 1847 ), who was to become a leader in the constitutional campaign for women's suffrage, Sam ( 1850 ), Josephine ( 1853 ) and George ( 1854 ).

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ( born Prince Louis of Battenberg ; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979 ), was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Prince Louis of Battenberg and their four children Princess Alice of Battenberg, Louise, George and Louis. Lord Mountbatten was born as His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg, although his German styles and titles were dropped in 1917.

In 1585, Drake married Elizabeth Sydenham — born circa 1562, the only child of Sir George Sydenham, of Combe Sydenham, who was the High Sheriff of Somerset.

George Walton Lucas, Jr. ( born May 14, 1944 ) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and entrepreneur.

George Lucas was born in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore ( née Bomberger ) and George Walton Lucas, Sr. ( 1913 – 1991 ), who owned a stationery store.

George Herbert Walker Bush ( born June 12, 1924 ) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States ( 1989 – 93 ).

George Herbert Walker Bush was born at 173 Adams Street in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924 to Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush.

The first child of Augustine Washington ( 1694 – 1743 ) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington ( 1708 – 1789 ), George Washington was born on their Pope's Creek Estate near present-day Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

George Sotiros Pappas ( born 1942 ) is a professor of philosophy at Ohio State University.

* George Clinton ( rugby league ) ( born 1924 ), rugby league footballer of the 1940s and ' 50s, and coach of the 1950s and ' 60s

* George Clinton ( musician ) ( born 1941 ), American funk musician

* George S. Clinton ( born 1947 ), American musician

In Eger ( Cheb ) on 11 November 1464 Albert married Zdenka ( Sidonie ), daughter of George of Podebrady, King of Bohemia ; but failed to obtain the Bohemian Crown on the death of George in 1471.

King George III addressed the Houses of Parliament on 20 November with the words:

Only economic risks seem to make governments act by George Monbiot November 1, 2010 in The Guardian

Almost immediately after the order of Kotaka was placed, Fernando Villaamil, second officer of the Ministry of the Navy of Spain where he was put in charge of developing the concept of a new ship designed to combat torpedo boats, placed an order for a large torpedo gunboat in November 1885, with the British builder James and George Thompson, of Clydebank, not far from where the Yarrow shipyards would move from London 20 years later.

On November 21, 1989, George H. W. Bush signed an appropriation bill authorizing payments to be paid out between 1990 and 1998.

* Woodwell, George M. and Holdren, John P. " Climate-Change Skeptics Are Wrong ", The New York Times, November 14, 1998.

Frederick William married his first cousin Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, George II's younger sister ( daughter of his uncle, King George I of Great Britain and Sophia Dorothea of Celle ) on 28 November 1706.

George Edward Moore OM, FBA ( 4 November 1873 – 24 October 1958 ) was an English philosopher.

George and Fanny married at Newburn Church on 28 November 1802.

( However, it became very clear in a conversation between Scullin and King George V's Private Secretary, Lord Stamfordham, on 11 November 1930, that this was merely the official reason for the objection, the real reason being that an Australian, no matter how highly regarded personally, was not considered appropriate to be Governor-General.

George William of Brandenburg () ( 13 November 1595 – 1 December, 1640 ), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was margrave and elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death.

Mary Anne ( alternatively Mary Ann or Marian ) Evans ( 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880 ), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.

* Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach ( 12 May 1529 – 2 November 1575 ) married John George, Elector of Brandenburg.

George was married at Dresden, on 21 November 1496, to Barbara Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elisabeth, daughter of Albrecht II of Hungary.

George Stibitz completed a relay-based computer he dubbed the " Model K " at Bell Labs in November 1937.

George H. W. Bush and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, November 21st, 1989.

Johann Georg Rapp ( November 1, 1757 – August 7, 1847 ), also known as George Rapp, was the founder of the religious sect called Harmonists, Harmonites, Rappites, or the Harmony Society.

Secondly, he married Margravine Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach ( 12 May 1529 – 2 November 1575 ), daughter of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, in 1548.

* George William ( 13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640 ).

On November 9, 2004, following George W. Bush's re-election, Ashcroft announced his resignation, which took effect on February 3, 2005 when the Senate confirmed White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as the next attorney general.

Voight made a cameo appearance as himself on the Seinfeld episode " The Mom & Pop Store " airing November 17, 1994, in which George Costanza buys a car that appears to be owned by Jon Voight.

In November 1934, Ribbentrop visited Britain where he met with George Bernard Shaw, Sir Austen Chamberlain, Lord Cecil, and Lord Lothian.

Laura Lane Welch Bush ( born November 4, 1946 ) is the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush.