Renowned as being the " Father of Railways ", the Victorians considered him a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement, with self-help advocate Samuel Smiles particularly praising his achievements.

Renowned for its coal and steel, Belgium has experienced strong industrial growth since the Middle Ages.

Renowned for his placidity, Reynolds often claimed that he " hated nobody ".

Renowned local architect Henry Ives Cobb designed several buildings for the exposition.

Renowned for his distinctive Cockney accent, Caine has appeared in over one hundred films and is one of Britain's most recognisable actors.

Renowned for the success of its cooperative education programs, it now has the largest engineering school in Canada.

Renowned for coining the term " dinosaur ".

Renowned for his performance of Shakespeare's greatest roles: Hamlet, Richard III etc.

Renowned for its prosperity and beauty, it may have been the largest city in the world at the time.

Renowned throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for its spectacular display of spring wildflowers, Edgewood Park occupies of grasslands, chaparral, and wooded foothills between Highway 280 and the homes of Emerald Hills.

Renowned for its healthful climate, the town earned the nickname of the English Riviera and favourable comparisons to Montpellier.

Renowned for the changes she wrought to the French and global music industry with her powerful and colourful performances, she is today still remembered by aficionados throughout the world.

Renowned for his flamboyant lifestyle outside the ring, Robinson is credited with being the originator of the modern sports " entourage ".

* Canterbury: Renowned for its cathedral.

Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, it has found an important place in New Zealand culture for its strength and beauty and is regarded as a chiefly tree ( rākau rangatira ) by Māori.

Renowned for its multi-storied houses-as mentioned by the Central Asian conqueror Babur-the city was part of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century.

The full modern English title for the work commonly known as Pantagruel is The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua and in French, Les horribles et épouvantables faits et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roi des Dipsodes, fils du Grand Géant Gargantua.

Renowned Canadian poet Alden Nowlan also lived in the town for several formative years while working for the Hartland Observer newspaper.

Both these limits are relaxed for Sports and Dealership licenses where a person of the " Renowned Shooters "- status is allowed a maximum of 5 arms and the dealer is allowed several arms as long as they are never armed or loaded and ammunition is kept safely locked.

Renowned for its postmodern complexity and opacity, Ashbery's work still proves controversial.

Renowned for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and various Muppet movies and specials.

Renowned within Judaism as a sage and scholar, he was the founder of the House of Hillel school for Tannaïm ( Sages of the Mishnah ) and the founder of a dynasty of Sages who stood at the head of the Jews living in the land of Israel until roughly the fifth century of the Common Era.

The Funanese Empire rose to eminence from its affluent and powerful home city of Oc Eo ( in nowadays Vietnam ), known in the Roman Empire as Kattigara, meaning the Renowned City.

Renowned architects, such as Carl Theodor Severin, students of the two old masters of Classicist architecture, Carl Gotthard Langhans and Friedrich Gilly, and Johann Christoph von Seydewitz built in rapid succession in the pure Classicist style: the guest house ( Logierhaus ), the parlour building ( Salongebäude ) with its prestigious ballroom in the Empire style, the Prince's Palace ( Prinzenpalais ), the Stahlbad bathing house, several town houses and the critically acclaimed Chinese-style pavilions, including the gem of garden architecture, the so-called Kamp.

Renowned as the " perfect cone " because of its almost symmetric conical shape, Mayon forms the northern boundary of Legazpi City, the largest city in terms of population in the Bicol Region.

Renowned for its fine acoustics, the church serves as a popular venue particularly for classical music.

Renowned for the quality of its products, the company was " always in the picture " in international motorcycle racing, from the mid-1920s through the 1950s, culminating in two world championship titles ( 1949 – 1950 350 cc ) and its legendary and still-unbeaten 24 hours at 100 mph ( 161 km / h ) record.

Renowned today for its gardens, it is a popular tourist site and said to be Nancy Lancaster's favorite home of all despite their divorce after only five years in 1953.

Renowned for its emerald green waters, it is considered one of the best fly fishing streams in the Pacific Northwest for anadromous fish.

Renowned Irish tenor Ronan Tynan is famous for his version of the song, which has gained notoriety for its length ( his version includes the song's rarely heard prologue ).

Renowned for its flamboyance, lavish decor, clientele, and costumed dancers, the club now has a purpose-built venue in the Hockley district of Birmingham.

Renowned for its natural beauty, this lake has an adjacent settlement of approximately 600 people.

Renowned for its playability and appealing design, this board game developed a devoted fan base before going out of print in the late 1990s.

Renowned Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean was amongst its early board members.

He also operated the Warner Renowned Remedies Company, which produced some products offered by mail order.

Renowned studio percussionist Emil Richards used his glass marimba on numerous recordings, as it was part of his giant Emil Richards Collection.

Renowned New Testament scholar J. B. Lightfoot also objects to this view since it " clearly implies that his Apostolic office and labours were well known and recognized before this conference.

Renowned psychologist B. F. Skinner's theories of behavior were highly influential on many early instructional theorists because their hypotheses can be tested fairly easily with the scientific process.

Renowned in the South were the Masonic Temple and the Athens Theater, both still very active today.

Renowned acting talent, including Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O ' Toole and Sir John Gielgud were cast.

Renowned Japanese illustrators and animators Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno, who have worked in anime adaptations of famous manga ( e. g., Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya, Fūma no Kojirō, Ring ni Kakero, Riyoko Ikeda's Versailles no Bara, and UFO Grendizer OVA ) were responsible for the finished series ' character designs, animation routines, and visual style.

" Renowned biologist John Dowling and his wife Judith were appointed as the sixth Masters of Leverett House in 1981.

Renowned and famous artistes from Sindh and India like Waman Rao, Patwardhan, Pandit Vyas, Omkarnath, Khan Sahib Mubarak Ali, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, singers like-Kajari Inayat Bai and Mukhtiar Begum, were invited to sing and the people used to listen to them for days together.