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In 1852 a rich Englishman, George Watson-Taylor, bought Monte Cristo and transformed Cala Maestra into a garden, planting eucalyptus and many exotic plants, among them the Asiatic Ailanthus altissima, an invasive species which now infests the island.
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1852 and rich
The discovery of rich placers at Sailor Diggings ( later known as Waldo ) in 1852 and the resulting gold rush brought the first settlers to this region.
The town was revitalized in 1852 when extremely rich deposits of gold were discovered running practically through the center of town.
The town was gazetted in 1850 with subdivision for sale in 1852 making it the oldest town in Crookwell Shire and the rich Pastoral leases and discovery of gold at Tuena, 33 kilometres to the north caused the town to grow quickly, with a School ( 1851 ), post office ( 1852 ), Court of Petty Sessions ( 1863 ), and Anglican church ( 1872 ) following soon.
1852 and Englishman
When he played the Allegro of an unpublished piano concerto of his own in June 1852, Henry Chorley remarked, " We have met with no Englishman for whom we have so long been waiting than Mr. Bache.
J. H. Davis, an Englishman, was reported to have found gold " in considerable quantities " in July 1852 at Paardekraal near Krugersdorp, which was the earliest discovery on the Rand.
1852 and George
In his 1852 paper on the " Refrangibility " ( wavelength change ) of light, George Gabriel Stokes described the ability of fluorspar and uranium glass to change invisible light beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum into blue light.
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ( 28 January 1784 – 14 December 1860 ), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British politician and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.
George Cammann perfected the design of the instrument for commercial production in 1852, which has become the standard ever since.
In 1851, Irish physician Arthur Leared invented a binaural stethoscope, and in 1852 George Cammann perfected the design of the instrument for commercial production, which has become the standard ever since.
One of the most prominent buildings is the neoclassical Romanian Athenaeum, which was founded in 1852, and hosts classical music concerts, the George Enescu Festival, and is home to the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra.
An alternative and mathematically convenient description is given by the Stokes parameters, introduced by George Gabriel Stokes in 1852.
* George Dockeray – 4 wins ( Lottery ( 1839 ), Jerry ( 1840 ), Gaylad ( 1842 ), Miss Mowbray ( 1852 ))
George Foster Peabody ( 1852 – 1938 ), namesake of the awards, was a highly successful investment banker who devoted much of his fortune to education and social enterprise.
In 1852 city officials renamed Cynthian to Dallas after Vice President George M. Dallas, vice president to James Polk.
* George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen — Peelite Prime Minister ( in office December 1852 – February 1855 ); was raised and is buried in Stanmore.
* McGill University ; founded as the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning by a Royal Charter issued in 1821 by King George IV ; reconstituted by a Royal Charter issued in 1852 by Queen Victoria
An early depot stop on the Michigan Central Railroads Detroit to Chicago line through the Calumet region, the village was first named when George Earle mapped out a town of about in 1852, dubbing it Lake Station.
1852 and bought
In 1852, he bought and revived the Philadelphia School of Anatomy, where he continued to work through 1862.
In 1852, John Reed Hilliard bought of farmland in western Franklin County, Ohio from Hoseah High and Abraham Wendell.
Duboistown ( pronounced ' doo-BOYS town ') is named for its founders John and Mathias DuBois who bought of land between 1852 and 1857.
John Marygold bought the place in 1852 and called it " Chilington ," referring to his native town Chillington in England.
Blackburne bought Rathfarnham Castle in 1852, where his family continued to reside for three generations.
When the Texas colony proved unsuccessful, the Icarians bought land in Nauvoo, Illinois and moved there in 1852.
Around the same time, Sheldon bought land on the south side of Portage Lake, and in 1852 moved his store there.
In 1852, Bradley and his son, John R. Bradley, bought a herd of Texas Longhorns and pushed them west, earning the nickname " Old Broadhorns ", and arriving in the San Joaquin Valley, California with a 40 % loss.
In 1852 it was bought by the Lord Chancellor, Francis Blackburne whose family resided there for three generations.
John W. Fairfax, later a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate States Army, bought Oak Hill in 1852.
From its beginning, the RG & RR was worked by the South Eastern Railway ( SER ), which bought the RG & RR in 1852.
Dr Wills bought a share in the Melbourne Gold Mining Company in 1852 and planned to migrate to Australia with William and Thomas.
The manuscript was passed onto Christian Heinrich Rinck ( 1770 – 1846 ), whose library was bought by Lowell Mason in 1852.
Arthur Lascelles bought the house in about 1852 and it remained in private ownership until in the Second World War when it was used as a British Red Cross hospital.
In 1852 he went to Australia and engaged in gold mining at St Arnaud, Victoria, but soon became a shop keeper, and then moved into quartz-crushing and bought a large pastoral property on the Murrumbidgee River.
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