Of the four men whose ideas were adopted, neither Charles Thomson, Pierre Du Simitière nor William Barton were Masons and, while Francis Hopkinson has been alleged to have had Masonic connections, there is no firm evidence to support the claim.

Hopkinson could have followed a purely academic career but instead chose engineering as his vocation.

Because Clark was highly vocal on his opinion that the colonies should have their independence, on June 21, 1776, they appointed him, along with John Hart, Francis Hopkinson, Richard Stockton, and John Witherspoon as new delegates.

WisCon Guests of Honor have included Eleanor Arnason, Iain M. Banks, Lois McMaster Bujold, Emma Bull, Pat Cadigan, Avedon Carol, Terry Carr, Suzy McKee Charnas, Buck & Juanita Coulson, Samuel R. Delany, Charles de Lint, Beverly DeWeese, Gardner Dozois, L. Timmel Duchamp, Suzette Haden Elgin, Carol Emshwiller, Karen Joy Fowler, Jeanne Gomoll, Nicola Griffith, Andrea Hairston, Barbara Hambly, David Hartwell, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Nalo Hopkinson, Ellen Klages, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Elizabeth A. Lynn, R. A. MacAvoy, Katherine MacLean, George R. R. Martin, Maureen McHugh, Vonda N. McIntyre, Patricia A. McKillip, Judith Merril, China Miéville, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, Trina Robbins, Mary Doria Russell, Geoff Ryman, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Pamela Sargent, Melissa Scott, Nisi Shawl, Stu Shiffman, Sheri S. Tepper, John Varley, Joan D. Vinge, Elisabeth Vonarburg, Howard Waldrop, Connie Willis, Terri Windling, Don & Elsie Wollheim, Susan Wood, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.

Several noted Canadian science fiction and fantasy authors, starting with Robert J. Sawyer in 1982 and continuing with Tanya Huff, Michelle Sagara, Cory Doctorow, and Nalo Hopkinson, have been employed by the store.

They have had many extra band members including drummers Lara Meyerratken, Russell Hopkinson from You Am I, Simon Gibson from Half Miler, Evan Dando from The Lemonheads and Andy Calvert from Wifey.

One of the makers have worked on dozens of other children's shows including Simon Hopkinson who wrote Petals, The Magic Pudding and Bananas in Pyjamas, Ron Saunders the creator of Spellbinder and Johnson and Friends and Ian Munro who also did Hi-5, Bananas in Pyjamas, Johnson and Friends, Magic Mountain, Cushion Kids and Toybox.

Hopkinson also designed a flag with stars arranged in a circle.

Francis Hopkinson provided assistance to the second committee that designed the Great Seal of the United States.

The seal, designed by William Barton, contains an unfinished pyramid with a radiant eye, an image used by Hopkinson when he designed the continental $ 50 currency.

Hopkinson had previously used the constellation and clouds on a $ 40 Continental currency note he designed in 1778.

The pyramid had come from another Continental currency note designed in 1778 by Hopkinson, this time the $ 50 note, which had a nearly identical pyramid and the motto " Perennis ".

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The cover to Kaldor City: Checkmate, designed by Andy Hopkinson

Although it is not certain that Hopkinson was the designer, the Seal is similar to others he designed.

The design of the first Stars and Stripes by Hopkinson had the thirteen stars arranged in a " staggered " pattern technically known as quincuncial because it is based on the repetition of a motif of five units.

Hopkinson submitted another bill on June 24 for his “ drawings and devices .” The first item on the list was “ The Naval Flag of the United States .” The price listed was 9 pounds.

Like the first committee, they sought the help of someone more experienced in heraldry, this time Francis Hopkinson, who did most of the work.

After working first in his father's engineering works, Hopkinson took a position in 1872 as an engineering manager in the lighthouse engineering department of Chance Brothers and Company in Smethwick.

In addition, Francis Hopkinson of Bordentown, is perhaps the first American composer.

Hopkinson then began a lucrative career as a portrait painter in Cambridge winning awards like the Logan Medal of the arts ( 1926 ), and soon his first commission being a baby portrait in 1896 of poet E. E. Cummings, a work that is in the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Ewing's first wife, Annie ( née Washington ) died in 1909 and, in 1912, he married Ellen, the surviving daughter of his old friend and patron, John Hopkinson.

The first issue came out in July and it was sold shortly after to Edward Hulton, when editorship was taken over by Tom Hopkinson in 1940.

The anthem was composed by Philip Phile in 1789 for the first inauguration of George Washington, titled " The President's March ", arranged with lyrics by Joseph Hopkinson in 1798.

Edward Hopkinson Holden led the bank at this time first as Managing Director from 1898 to 1908 and then as Chairman and Managing Director from 1908 until his death in 1919.

Hopkinson ’ s itemized bill, moreover, is the only contemporary claim that exists for creating the American flag.

Although no " Hopkinson flags " exist from the time period, it is believed that his flag contained 13 red and white stripes and 13 white stars arranged symmetrically on a field of blue.

Hopkinson was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, helped design the American flag, and also helped design state and other government seals.

Hopkinson was initially convicted under Flags, Emblems and Names Protection Act 1981 of destroying a New Zealand flag with intent to dishonour it, but appealed against his conviction.

He was the father of Joseph Hopkinson, who was a member of the United States House of Representatives and also became a federal judge.

In addition to Joseph Borden, who became a colonel during the war, patriots Francis Hopkinson ( a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ), Colonel Kirkbride, Colonel Oakey Hoagland and Thomas Paine resided in the area.

In 2003, Paul Hopkinson, a Wellington schoolteacher, burned the Flag of New Zealand as part of a protest in Parliament grounds at the New Zealand Government's hosting of the Prime Minister of Australia, against the background of Australia's support of the United States in its war in Iraq.

Francis Hopkinson Smith ( October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915 ) was a United States author, artist and engineer.

The actual creator of the seal was probably Francis Hopkinson, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and also contributed to the design of the Great Seal of the United States.

In the letter, Hopkinson noted that he hadn ’ t asked for any compensation for the designs, but was now looking for a reward: “ a Quarter Cask of the public Wine .” The board sent that letter on to Congress.

Francis Hopkinson ( September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791 ), an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey.

Hopkinson spent from May 1766 to August 1767 in England in hopes of becoming commissioner of customs for North America.

Only a few years into his service as a federal judge, Hopkinson died in Philadelphia at the age of 53 from a sudden epileptic seizure.

At the same time, Hopkinson established his divisional headquarters in the Albergo Europa Hotel and accepted the Italian surrender from the military governor.

Philip Phile, Johann Friedrich Peter and Alexander Reinagle were prominent composers of the era, though Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Philadelphia, remains the best-known.

* The protagonist of the novel Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson is an Obeah-woman in training, learning from her grandmother.

Years later Hopkinson said the greatest photos he ever received to lay out were Bert Hardy's images from the Korean War Battle of Incheon, which James Cameron wrote the article for.

A local man helps Grant's navigator, Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson, pull the wounded wing commander from the burning wreckage.

File: Charles S. Reinhart ( 1895 ) from Tom Grogan. jpg | Illustration appearing in " Tom Grogan " ( by author Francis Hopkinson Smith ) installment in December 1895 issue of The Century Magazine.