* Richard Smith ( mining engineer ) ( 1783 – 1868 ), English-born mining engineer and politician in Nova Scotia

Supposedly, the only surviving tree planted by Johnny Appleseed is on the farm of Richard and Phyllis Algeo of Nova, Ohio Some marketers claim it is a Rambo, although the Rambo was introduced to America in the 1640s by Peter Gunnarsson Rambo, more than a century before John Chapman was born.

Thoroton frequently acted as the go-between for Richard Oswald and James Grant, particularly after those two gave up their Nova Scotia Grants to focus on East Florida, where a drumbeat of steady speculation ( particularly from Dr. Andrew Turnbull and Dr. William Stork ) had fanned the flames of interest in London.

* Video snippet of Hillis in 1993 Nova program discussing superstar physicist friend Richard Feynman and asking " Why does spaghetti break in three pieces?

* Nova ( Richard Rider ), a Marvel Comics superhero, member of the Nova Corps

* October 14: Richard Philipps, military officer, governor of Nova Scotia ( b. 1661 )

Bawlf also relies heavily upon the configuration of the coastline as depicted in some of the maps and globes of the era, including the so-called French and Dutch Drake Maps which depict his voyage as having reached a point northward of a chain of islands to the northwest of New Spain and other maps depicting New Albion at latitudes above those of northern California, such as Richard Hakluyt's 1587 map of the New World showing Nova Albion at 50 degrees north latitude.

Connolly was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Richard Joseph Connolly and Annie Duffield.

* Ko-Rel ( Nova 0001 )-mother of Zam ; stationed on Drez-Lar ; she had the Xandarian Worldmind uploaded into her to become a member of the Nova Corps so she could protect Richard Rider from the Phalanx ; eventually killed by Gamora

* Richard Rider-A human member of the Nova Corp, who was offered honorary Kree status by Ronan after the events of Annihilation.

Surviving Annihilus ' attack on the intergalactic prison known as the Kyln, Drax and Cammi team up with the last member of the Xandarian Nova Corps, Richard Rider.

The first of his recruits was Richard Rider, the then-retired, and supposedly depowered, Nova ( filling the role of the Thing, due to his sheer power ).

* Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet ( c. 1729 – 1812 ), British naval officer and Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia

Stardust and Red Shift later sacrificed themselves to allow Nova ( Richard Rider ) and his forces time to evacuate Daedalus 5.

Richard Rider, a student at the fictional Harry S. Truman High School in Hempstead, New York, is chosen at random by the alien Rhomann Dey, last surviving Nova Centurion of the planet Xandar's elite Nova Corps, to inherit his power and succeed him in the rank of Nova Prime following the destruction of his world by the intergalactic pirate Zorr.

Nova also teams with Spider-Man to capture Photon, who had killed Richard Rider's uncle, Ralph Rider, before ultimately choosing to reveal his secret identity to his family.

The Nova in the MC2 / Spider-Girl future is eventually confirmed to be Richard Rider in Avengers Next # 2.

The second Nova series Nova deals with Nova 0: 0 who is much more adept at using his powers than Richard Rider.

In the process, they had several successful encounters: beating Spider-Man, the Hulk ( in his Professor identity ), the Fantastic Four, Sleepwalker, Deathlok, Nova, Solo, Cyborg X, and Ghost Rider.

Rider eventually discovers Dey's Nova Prime Space Ship in orbit of earth, and Doctor Sun and the Sphinx lead Rider across the stars and to the newly reconstructed planet Xandar, the same world where his great powers originated.

Functioning for several years as an earth-bound superhero with no connection to the now defunct Nova Corps, Rider eventually encounters Garthan Saal, a former Nova Corps Centurion who has been driven insane by his quest to absorb the entirety of the Nova Force that powers all Nova Centurions.

Rider also witnesses the reformation of the Nova Corps, which appoints him to the rank of Centurion Prime.

Assigned to Earth, Rider is confronted with the challenge of balancing dual lives as a member of both the Nova Corps as well as the New Warriors.

Rider soon encounters another Nova Corps member from an alternate timeline named Nova 0: 0, who attempts to prepare him to fight a mysterious force that had destroyed his own Earth: " the Deathstorm.

After several months, Saal is killed by Volx, Queen of the Dire Wraiths, returning the Nova force to Rider with his final breath.

After the first season of the show, however, Rider leaves the group for Xandar to report for duty alongside the entire Nova Corps, which has been fully mobilized to respond to an unknown threat.

Amethyst is relatively common in Ontario, and in various locations throughout Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia celebrates Arbour Day on the Thursday during National Forest Week, which is the first full week in May.

Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level.

Acadia University is located in the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia the provincial capital.

The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy.

Today, the Valley is still largely dominated by agriculture but also has a growing diversity in its economies, partly aided by the importance of post-secondary education centres provided by Acadia University in Wolfville, and the Nova Scotia Community College campuses located in Kentville, Middleton, Lawrencetown, and Digby.

Barcino Nova is the town's Latin name meaning " new Barcelona "; Barcino was the Roman name for Barcelona in Spain from its foundation by Emperor Augustus in 10 BC, and it was only changed to Barcelona in the Middle Ages.

The reception date for New Brunswick is 1660 ; for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, 1758 ; and for Newfoundland and Labrador, 1825.

Cape Breton Island is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Although physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, it is artificially connected to mainland Nova Scotia by the long rock-fill Canso Causeway.

The island is divided into four of Nova Scotia's eighteen counties: Cape Breton, Inverness, Richmond, and Victoria.

Acadian refugees, who largely came from what is now modern-day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia adapted their French rustic cuisine to local ingredients such as rice, crawfish, sugar cane, and sassafras.

It also gave impetus to the never-ending treasure hunts conducted on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, in Suffolk County, Long Island in New York where Gardiner's Island is located, Charles Island in Milford, Connecticut ; the Thimble Islands in Connecticut and on the island of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy.

The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

Acadians eventually built small settlements throughout what is today mainland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, as well as Île-Saint-Jean ( Prince Edward Island ), Île-Royale ( Cape Breton Island ), and other shorelines of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec.

The Maritimes also have a black population who are mostly descendants of African American loyalists or refugees from the War of 1812, largely concentrated in Nova Scotia but also in various communities throughout southern New Brunswick, Cape Breton ( where the black population is largely of West Indian descent ), and Prince Edward Island.

Another important contribution to Nova Scotia's provincial economy is through spin-offs and royalties relating to off-shore petroleum exploration and development.

Initial optimism in Nova Scotia about the potential of off-shore resources appears to have diminished with the lack of new discoveries, although exploration work continues and is moving farther off-shore into waters on the continental margin.

The NDP has elected Members of Parliament ( MPs ) from New Brunswick, but most of the focus of the party at the federal and provincial levels is currently in the Halifax area of Nova Scotia.

Another area in the region with smatterings of coinciding fiscal and social conservatism is the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia.

The Maritimes is currently represented in the Canadian Parliament by 25 Members of the House of Commons ( Nova Scotia-11, New Brunswick-10, Prince Edward Island-4 ) and 24 Senators ( Nova Scotia and New Brunswick-10 each, Prince Edward Island-4 ).