His sister was Janet Anderson, the mother of the celebrated James Gregory.

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, the board is made up of members of the Clay family, whereas the advisory committee is composed of leading authorities in mathematics, namely Sir Andrew Wiles, Yum-Tong Siu, Richard Melrose, Gregory Margulis, James Carlson, and Simon Donaldson.

James Gregory ( 1638 – 1675 ) observed the diffraction patterns caused by a bird feather, which was effectively the first diffraction grating to be discovered.

The ceremony was attended by some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, David Niven, Ronald Reagan, James Mason, Bette Davis, Danny Kaye, Joan Fontaine, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, Gregory Peck and Gary Cooper, as well as Billy Wilder and Jack Warner.

Lunar meetings were continued by the younger generation of the families of earlier Lunar members, including Gregory Watt, Matthew Robinson Boulton, Thomas Wedgwood and James Watt junior, and possibly Samuel Tertius Galton.

James Harrington, Mr. James Challoner, Mr. John Phelps, Mr. John Carew, Mr. Hugh Peters, Mr. Gregory Clement, Colonel Adrian Scroop, Col. Francis Hacker, Col. Daniel Axtel.

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Designs were proposed in the early to mid seventeenth century by many mathematicians including René Descartes, Marin Mersenne, and James Gregory.

In 1578, to further the plans of exiled English and Irish Catholics such as Nicholas Sanders, William Allen, and James Fitzmaurice FitzGerald, Gregory outfitted adventurer Thomas Stukeley with a ship and an army of 800 men to land in Ireland to aid in the hope for overthrow of Elizabeth's rule through the Catholic leader and former leader of the first Desmond rebellion, Fitzmaurice.

Robert the Bruce ’ s remains were removed from the coffin and the deteriorating lead shroud and inspected by James Gregory and Alexander Monro, Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh.

Wealthy, newly retired sea captain James McKay ( Gregory Peck ) travels to the American West to join his fiancée Patricia ( Carroll Baker ) at the enormous ranch owned by her father, Major Terrill ( Charles Bickford ).

For illustration, the diffraction of sunlight through a bird's feather was first reported by James Gregory in the later 17th century.

A variation, developed by brothers James Benford and Gregory Benford, is to use thermal desorption of propellant trapped in the material of a very large microwave-sail.

The principles of diffraction gratings were discovered by James Gregory, about a year after Newton's prism experiments, initially with artifacts such as bird feathers.

During its lifetime Hotel Chelsea has provided a home to many great writers and thinkers including Mark Twain, O. Henry, Herbert Huncke, Dylan Thomas, Arthur C. Clarke, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Arnold Weinstein, Leonard Cohen, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Arthur Miller, Quentin Crisp, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac ( who wrote On the Road there ), Robert Hunter, Jack Gantos, Brendan Behan, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Wolfe, Charles Bukowski, Raymond Kennedy, Matthew Richardson, James T. Farrell, Valerie Solanas, Mary Cantwell, and René Ricard.

An earlier version of the result is already mentioned in 1671 by James Gregory.

* Gregory Bollella ( Editor ), Benjamin Brosgol, James Gosling, Peter Dibble, Steve Furr, David Hardin, Mark Turnbull, The Real-Time Specification for Java, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000, ISBN 0-201-70323-8

Several future stars made guest appearances, including Jennifer Aniston, Josie Bissett, Michael Beach, Terry Farrell, Diedrich Bader, Robert Duncan McNeill, Jason Priestley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Carla Gugino, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Eriq La Salle, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Warburton, Anna Gunn, Claudia Christian, James Morrison, Gregory Itzin, Lauren Tom, Jane Sibbett, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Stoyanov, Tia Carrere, Beverley Mitchell, Michael Madsen, Jon Gries, Kurt Fuller, Donald Gibb, Neal McDonough, and former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk.

When James N. Gregory examined the Census Bureau statistics, as well as other surveys, he discovered some surprising percentages.

A comparatively unknown remake of Seventh Heaven was produced as a sound film in 1937, starring Simone Simon, James Stewart, Jean Hersholt, and Gregory Ratoff, with Henry King directing.

* Uncredited cast members include Hooper Atchley, James Donlan, Don Douglas, Billy Engle, Robert Fiske, James Flavin, Byron Foulger, Gregory Gaye, Fay Holden, Mary Howard, Gladden James, Cyril Ring, Henry Roquemore, Syd Saylor, Frank Sully, Phillip Terry and Richard Tucker.

In early December 1891, Canadian American Dr. James Naismith, a physical education professor and instructor at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School ( YMCA ) ( today, Springfield College ) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA ), was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day.

Robert James Lee " Bob " Hawke AC GCL ( born 9 December 1929 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

Chaplin also concentrated on his family, to which he and Oona added three more children, Jane Cecil ( b. 23 May 1957 ), Annette Emily ( b. 3 December 1959 ) and Christopher James ( b. 8 July 1962 ).

In 1831, a legislative assembly was established by local consent at a meeting of principal inhabitants held at Pedro St. James Castle on December 5 of that year.

On 2 December 1823, US President James Monroe specifically addressed Cuba and other European colonies in his proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine.

Mike Mullen | Mullen ( CNO in December 2006 ) with some of his predecessors: Vern Clark | Clark, James D. Watkins | Watkins, Thomas B. Hayward | Hayward and Jay L. Johnson | Johnson

James Dalton Trumbo ( December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976 ) was an American screenwriter and novelist.

An evolution expounded in the book which attempts to explain the facts leading up to the Act of Union 1707 dates all the way back to the 6 December 1604 when King James was presented with a proposed embellishment for unification.

James E. Norris died in December 1952.

Three months later, Josiah Child and his deputy had an audience with James II, and as per the ensuing discussions, a Charter was issued by the king on December 30, 1687 which established the Corporation of Madras.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, his role was turned over to full-time director of OCD, James M. Landis.

Forrest J. Ackerman ( born Forrest James Ackerman ; November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008 ) was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan.

Following a defeat of his forces at the Battle of Reading on 9 December, James and his wife fled the nation ; James, however, returned to London for a two-week period that culminated in his final departure for France on 23 December.

James Joseph Brown ( May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006 ) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist.

The three courts of Vienna, Berlin and St Petersburg had come to an understanding as to their attitude in the Eastern question, and their views were embodied in the dispatch, known as the " Andrássy Note ", sent on 30 December 1875 by Andrássy to Count Beust, the Austrian ambassador to the Court of St James.

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger ( 13 December 1769 – 17 April 1844 ) was an English lawyer, politician and judge.

James Logan Jones, Jr. ( born December 19, 1943 ) is the former United States National Security Advisor and a retired United States Marine Corps General.

As of December 2006, Jones was one of five serving Marine Corps four-star general officers who outranked the current commandant of the Marine Corps ( General James T. Conway ) in terms of seniority and time in grade — the others being Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace ; former commandant Michael Hagee, commander of U. S. Strategic Command James E. Cartwright, and Assistant Commandant Robert Magnus.

Christmas Island was discovered by Captain James Cook on Christmas Eve ( 24 December ) 1777.

Wallace was succeeded by James Miller in November 1997, followed in December 1999 by Ford executive Mark Fields, who has been credited with expanding Mazda's new product lineup and leading the turnaround during the early 2000s.

Following the death of the club's principal benefactor,, in October 1927, the club's finances deteriorated to the extent that Manchester United would likely have gone bankrupt had it not been for James W. Gibson, who, in December 1931, invested £ 2, 000 and assumed control of the club.