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His son Alfred ( 1812 – 87 ), known as " the Cannon King " or as " Alfred the Great ", invested heavily in new technology to become a significant manufacturer of steel rollers ( used to make eating utensils ) and railway tyres.
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Alfred, who was a good deal older than Harry, had treated him like a son, and when Harry decided to stay in business with Lew instead of going with Alfred, Alfred looked on the decision as a betrayal.
Born in Stockholm, Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel Nobel ( 1801 – 1872 ), an inventor and engineer, and Andriette Ahlsell Nobel ( 1805 – 1889 ).
One of the terms of the surrender was that Guthrum convert to Christianity ; and three weeks later the Danish king and 29 of his chief men were baptised at Alfred's court at Aller, near Athelney, with Alfred receiving Guthrum as his spiritual son.
Alfred had been on his way to relieve his son at Thorney when he heard that the Northumbrian and East Anglian Danes were besieging Exeter and an unnamed stronghold on the North Devon shore.
" A charter from the reign of his son Edward the Elder depicts Alfred as hearing one such appeal in his chamber, while washing his hands.
Jensen was born August 24, 1923, in San Diego, California, the son of Linda Mary ( née Schachtmayer ) and Arthur Alfred Jensen, who operated and owned a lumber and building materials company.
In 899 Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, died leaving his son Edward the Elder as ruler of Britain south of the River Thames and his daughter Æthelflæd and son-in-law Æthelred ruling the western, English part of Mercia.
Satie was the son of Alfred Satie and his wife Jane Leslie ( née Anton ), who was born in London to Scottish parents.
Edmund came to the throne as the son of Edward the Elder, grandson of Alfred the Great, great-grandson of Ethelwulf of Wessex, great-great grandson of Egbert of Wessex and great-great-great grandson of Ealhmund of Kent.
Among his best-known students were the pianist Friedrich Wührer and Alfred Rosé ( son of Arnold Rosé, the legendary founder of the Rosé Quartet, Konzertmeister of the Vienna Philharmonic and brother-in-law of Gustav Mahler ).
The Greeks then asked Britain to send Queen Victoria's son Prince Alfred as their new king, but this was vetoed by the other Powers.
* 1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
Æthelwulf of Wessex and his son, the future king Alfred the Great, visited Rome in Benedict's reign.
Meeting the young writer Jacques Vaché, Breton felt that Vaché was the spiritual son of writer and pataphysics founder Alfred Jarry.
" Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons 849 A. D. was ... the son of Sem " ( Church Historians of England, vol.
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Certain portions of Champollion's works were edited by his elder brother, Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac ; Jacques Joseph's son, Aimé-Louis ( 1812 – 1894 ), wrote a biography of the two brothers.
He was the son of Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1805 – 1870 ) and Susan May Williams ( 1812 – 1881 ), from whom the American line of the Bonaparte family descended, and a grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Emperor Napoleon I.
Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal ( December 24, 1812 – June 3, 1894 ) was an eminent German jurist and the son of Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal.
* Samuel Laing ( science writer ) ( 1812 – 1897 ), son of the above, a businessman, politician and writer on modern science
* John Murray ( sheep breeder ) father ( ca. 1812 – 1886 ) and son ( 1841 – 1908 ) breeders of merino sheep in South Australia.
Major Winston's son Joseph W. served in the War of 1812 and was later appointed a Major General in the North Carolina militia forces.
His son was born on October 1, 1781 and became a legend during the war of 1812 with the command " Don't Give Up the Ship.
The first male child born was a son to Mrs. Clarkson ; the first female birth was that of Betsey Palmer, in 1812.
The land on the Yellow Creek would lay dormant for more than 50 years until 1865 when Thomas Struthers, son of John Struthers, bought back the land his father had lost following the War of 1812.
The community was founded in 1806 by Lt. Col. George Weirick ( 1773 – 1838 ), a veteran of the War of 1812, and son or Capt.
His son, Eugenio Balbi ( 1812 – 1884 ), followed a similar career, being professor of geography at Pavia, and publishing his father's Scritti Geografici ( Turin, 1841 ), and original works in Gea, ossia la terra ( Trieste, 1854 – 1867 ) and Saggio di geografia ( Milan, 1868 ).
While in New Orleans, Latrobe's son participated in battles during the War of 1812, and took on projects including building a lighthouse, New Orleans ' Charity Hospital, and the French Opera House.
After their deaths, the business — valued in 1812 at £ 1, 280 —( about ~ in 2012, adjusted by inflation ) was taken over by their youngest son William Henry Smith, and in 1846 the firm became W H Smith & Son when his only son, also William Henry, became a partner.
The Freedom of the Press Act () was changed several times since its first incarnation ; following Gustav III's coup d ' etat in 1772, the Act was amended in order to curtail freedom of the press, but restored in 1810 following the overthrow of his son, and later amended to ensure this fact in 1812, 1949 and 1982.
These were Peter Studebaker ( 1747 – 1812 ) — probably a son of the immigrant Clement Studebecker ( 1700 – 1762 ) and his wife Anna Catherine — and his son Peter Studebaker Jr.
Braid was apprenticed to Leith surgeons Charles Anderson ( i. e., both the father and the son ), and attended the University of Edinburgh from 1812 – 1814, where he was also influenced by Thomas Brown, M. D.
Their son ( 1757 – 1812 ), Louis Charles Antoine de Beaufranchet, a maréchal de camp ( major general ), was present at the execution of Louis XVI.
They had one son, Louis-Alphonse de Rocca ( 1812 – 1842 ), who would marry Marie-Louise-Antoinette de Rambuteau, daughter of Claude-Philibert Barthelot de Rambuteau.
John Rivington died on November 21, 1841, his son, John Rivington ( 1812 – 1886 ) having been admitted a partner in 1836.
William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born in Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent, England, the son of William Petrie ( 1821 – 1908 ) and Anne ( née Flinders ( 1812 – 1892 ).
Melville filled various political offices and was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1812 to 1827, and from 1828 to 1830 ; his eldest son inherited his title.
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