In 1875, British explorer Ernest Giles became the first European to cross the desert.

They had two sons, Robin and Giles ( named after Giles Alington ); Robin became a Professor of Mathematics, and Giles became a teacher.

Giles became a lawyer and from there was elected to the United States House of Representatives where he served from 1790 to 1815.

Works were carried out to No 20 St Giles which became alumni residential accommodation, The Black Hall, a 17th century building, which became teaching accommodation and The Barn, which became an exhibition and performance space.

In 1852 Giles went to the Victorian goldfields, then became a clerk at the Post Office in Melbourne, and later at the County Court.

The Maya site of Bonampak, famous for its preserved temple murals, became known to the outside world when Lacandóns led American photographer Giles Healy there in 1946.

In the early 1970s, Ethan met and became friends with Rupert Giles, then known as " Ripper.

Davis ' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French ( Sebastian Cabot ), also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy ( Kathy Garver ) and the 6-year-old twins, Jody ( Johnny Whitaker ) and Buffy ( Anissa Jones ).

When Sebastian Cabot became ill, Giles's brother, Nigel " Niles " French ( John Williams ) was introduced, working for the Davis family for nine episodes in 1967 while Giles is said to be in England visiting the Queen.

When the revised Book of Common Prayer was used for the first time during worship on 23 July 1637 in St Giles ' Edinburgh, it set off a revolt which became so uncontainable that it led to the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, beginning with the Bishops Wars and developing into the English Civil War.

After drumming for Manfred Mann in early 1970, he became Michael Giles ' replacement in King Crimson.

In 1681 he became vicar of St Giles, Cripplegate, but after four years was suspended for being a Whig.

In their primordial form, Giles, Giles & Fripp, augmented by McDonald and ex-Fairport Convention vocalist Judy Dyble, recorded an early version of the McDonald-Sinfield song " I Talk to the Wind ", which later became part of King Crimson's repertoire.

The tomb in the abbey Giles was said to have founded, in St-Gilles-du-Gard, became a place of pilgrimage and a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela, the pilgrim Way of St. James.

Following a rebuffed takeover attempt in 1997 of W H Smith, Tim Waterstone became part of the deal and by May 1998, following the £ 801 million deal completion, became chairman of the group, with CEO Alan Giles retaining overall control.

He quickly became a popular figure at Elland Road, and earned comparisons to former favourites Bobby Collins and Johnny Giles.

At this time, he appeared on Spanish television programme Musical Express, where he was interviewed and performed a set with Boz Burrell, Tim Hinkley, Michael Giles, Bobby Tench, Mel Collins and Gary Brooker.

* The character Giles Wemmbley-Hogg portrayed by Marcus Brigstocke in the radio programme Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off lives in Budleigh Salterton.

In 2004, Geoff Clark joined the programme from ITV Meridian and Giles Dilnot moved to reporting for BBC2's The Daily Politics.

The raising of the $25,000 Improvement Fund two days before the time limit expired, and the spontaneous `` praise demonstration '' held afterward on the campus, were reported as events which had brought happiness to Miss Giles.

Statue of Alexander on the west door of St. Giles, Edinburgh

The Wade – Giles rendition kung-ho, on the other hand, tends to be pronounced ( the OED gives " kung-hou " ).

Yale's grave on the grounds of St Giles ' Church, Wrexham | St. Giles ' Church in Wrexham

Yale died on July 8, 1721 in London, England, but was buried in the churchyard of the parish church of St. Giles in Wrexham, Wales.

But a rather deaf and short-sighted giant blunders on to his land, and Giles manages to ward him away with a blunderbuss shot in his general direction.

His master, Moses Carver, was a German American immigrant who had purchased George's parents, Mary and Giles, from William P. McGinnis on October 9, 1855, for $ 700.

In most heraldic traditions, a woman does not display a crest, though this tradition is being relaxed in some heraldic jurisdictions, and the stall plate of Lady Marion Fraser in the Thistle Chapel in St Giles, Edinburgh, shows her coat on a lozenge but with helmet, crest, and motto.

After control of Taiwan was handed to the Republic of China in 1945, the official romanization of the city name came to be " Kao-hsiung ", based on the Wade – Giles romanization of the Mandarin reading of the kanji name.

According to Giles ' theory of sexual desire it is an existential need based on the awareness of having a gender.

* Brian Humphries, the recording engineer, who started engineering Nirvana before going on to work with Traffic, Black Sabbath, McDonald and Giles and Pink Floyd ( eventually engineering their acclaimed Wish You Were Here and Animals albums ).

" I've been working on a detective story that starts at the St Giles in the Fields church in London for the last two years ," she told NME adding that she " loved detective stories " having been a fan of Sherlock Holmes and US crime author Mickey Spillane as a girl.

The only death by peine forte et dure in American history was Giles Corey, who was pressed to death on September 19, 1692, during the Salem witch trials, after he refused to enter a plea in the judicial proceeding.

With the maturation of quarterback Doug Williams and future 4-time Pro Bowl tight end Jimmie Giles, the first 1000-yard rushing season from running back Ricky Bell, and a smothering, league-leading defense led by future NFL Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon, the Bucs kicked off the season with five consecutive victories, a stunning performance that landed them on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

* New Jersey's Underground Railroad Myth-Buster: Giles Wright is on a Mission to Fine Tune Black History

Chinese Postal Map Romanization is based on Wade – Giles, but incorporating a number of exceptions that override the systematic rules.

* Rupert Giles, rejoins in " Bring on the Night "

After inducting his successor, Lawson of Aberdeen, as minister of St Giles ' on 9 November, Knox returned to his home for the last time.

Thomas Young died in London on 10 May 1829, and was buried in the cemetery of St. Giles Church in Farnborough, Kent, England.

He competed in the 1903 design competition for Liverpool Cathedral, but failed to gain a place on the shortlist ( the winner was Giles Gilbert Scott ).

He had an extravagant funeral at St. John's in accordance with his wishes as he was an expert on funeral rites and was put to rest in Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, formerly the churchyard of St Giles Church, Cambridge.

The main pilgrimage sites in the diocese besides the grottos of Marmoutier, are: Notre-Dame-la-Riche, a sanctuary erected on the site of a church dating from the third century, and where the founder St. Gatianus is venerated ; Notre-Dame-de-Loches ; St. Christopher and St. Giles at St-Christophe, a pilgrimage dating from the ninth century ; the pilgrimage to the Oratory of the Holy Face in Tours, managed by Priests of the Holy Face canonically erected on 8 December, 1876.

Peter Giles, a professional countertenor and noted author on the subject, defines the countertenor as a musical part rather than as a vocal style or mechanism.