Other prominent members of the cabal were Brian Reid, Richard Sexton, Chuq von Rospach, Neil Crellin and Rick Adams.

He was the son of Increase Mather, and grandson of both John Cotton and Richard Mather, all also prominent Puritan ministers.

The Government Department, whose prominent professors include Stephen Brooks, Richard Ned Lebow, and William Wohlforth, was ranked the top solely undergraduate political science program in the world by researchers at the London School of Economics in 2003.

* Richard Rorty was a prominent interpreter of Derrida's philosophy.

The two most prominent people attached to the movement, Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds, may be seen as representatives of the value based versus apolitical philosophies, as well as the Gnu versus Linux coding styles.

The composer Richard Wagner ( 1813 – 83 ) ( Der Ring des Nibelungen, 1853 – 70 ) and playwright Henrik Ibsen ( 1828 – 1906 ) were prominent in their critiques of contemporary civilization and for warnings that accelerating " progress " would lead to the creation of individuals detached from social values and isolated from their fellow men.

The Wagner tuba, a modified member of the horn family, appears in Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and several other works by Richard Strauss, Béla Bartók, and others ; it has a prominent role in Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E Major.

Richard Lovelace's mother, Anne Barne ( 1587 – 1633 ), was the daughter of Sir William Barne and the granddaughter of Sir George Barne III ( 1532-d. 1593 ), the Lord Mayor of London and a prominent merchant and public official from London during the reign of Elizabeth I ; and Anne Gerrard, daughter of Sir William Garrard, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1555.

In the 21st century, Richard Dawkins, a prominent member of the New Atheism movement, believes that theology is not a suitable subject for a university because it is not scientific, saying that " a positive case now needs to be made that it has any real content at all, and that it has any place in today's universities.

Other prominent academics associated with the University include Geoffrey Bennington, the creator of the MA programme in Modern French Thought ( Derrida, Lyotard ); Homi K. Bhabha ( postcolonialism ); Rachel Bowlby ( feminism, Woolf, Freud ); Geoff Cloke FRS ( Inorganic Chemistry ); Jonathan Dollimore ( Renaissance literature, gender and queer studies ); Katy Gardner ( social anthropology ); Gabriel Josipovici ( Dante, the Bible ); Michael Land FRS ( Animal Vision-Frink Medal )); Michael Lappert FRS ( Inorganic Chemistry ); Alan Lehmann FRS ( Genetics and Genome Stability ); ( Laura Marcus ( Woolf ); John Murrell FRS ( Theoretical Chemistry ); Peter Nicholls ( Pound, modernism ); John Nixon FRS ( Inorganic Chemistry )); Laurence Pearl FRS ( Structural Biology ); Guy Richardson FRS ( Neuroscience ); Jacqueline Rose ( feminism, psychoanalysis ); Nicholas Royle ( modern literature and theory ; deconstruction ); Alan Sinfield ( Shakespeare, sexuality, queer theory ); Norman Vance ( Victorian, classical reception ); Richard Whatmore & Knud Haakonssen ( intellectual historians ); Gavin Ashenden ( Senior Lecturer in English, University Chaplain, and Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ; Cedric Watts ( Conrad, Greene ); Marcus Wood ( postcolonialism ).

Though scientists often contribute to the field, many prominent scientists have felt that the practical effect on their work is limited ; a popular quote attributed to physicist Richard Feynman goes, " Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

Jerry Coyne, author of the book Why Evolution is True ( ISBN 0199230846 ) and its related blog, called for a boycott of the magazine, which was supported by prominent evolutionary biologists Richard Dawkins and P. Z. Myers.

However, her attempt to block the election of Richard M. Daley, the son of her late mentor, to the prominent position of Cook County States ' Attorney ( chief local prosecutor ) in 1980 failed as Daley defeated Byrne's candidate, 14th Ward Alderman Ed Burke in the Democratic Primary and GOP incumbent Bernard Carey in the general election.

Some of the most prominent names include The Grateful Dead, Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Bobby " Werner " Strete, Mod Fun, Virgil Thomson, Jeff Beck, Chick Corea, Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Thunders, Phil Lynott, Henri Chopin, John Cale, Édith Piaf, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Alice Cooper, Alejandro Escovedo, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Walker, Canned Heat, Sid Vicious, Vivian Stanshall, Richard Hell, Jobriath Boone, Little Annie, Rufus Wainwright, Lance Loud, Abdullah Ibrahim / Sathima Bea Benjamin / Jean Grae, Vasant Rai, Jacques Labouchere, and Leonard Cohen.

" Its willingness to engage positively with, and avoid taking sides against, religiously minded supporters of evolution has been noted by prominent historian of creationism Ronald L. Numbers and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins.

In 1995, prominent evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins had this to say about Lynn Margulis and her work:

Wilson's theories have been used to justify the implementation of zero tolerance policies by many prominent American mayors, most notably Oscar Goodman in Las Vegas, Richard Riordan in Los Angeles, Rudolph Giuliani in New York City and Gavin Newsom in San Francisco.

Richard Meier ( born October 12, 1934 ) is an American architect, whose rationalist buildings make prominent use of the color white.

Catherine of Valois and Richard Whittington are the most prominent among the secondary characters.

One prominent view, due to Philip Johnson-Laird and Ruth M. J. Byrne among others is that humans are rational in principle but they err in practice, that is, humans have the competence to be rational but their performance is limited by various factors Richard Brandt proposed a ' reforming definition ' of rationality, arguing someone is rational if their notions survive a form of cognitive-psychotherapy.

The " Apple Annie " story transformed into Capra's Lady For A Day ( and Pocketful of Miracles ) has long been considered a natural source for a stage musical and a number of prominent writers, including Jerry Herman, David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr ; the team of John Kander and Fred Ebb have all worked on unfinished and unrealized adaptations.

One piece of music, chosen by John Ford himself, is most prominent, the melody “ The Isle of Innisfree ”, written not by Young, but by the Irish policeman / songwriter Richard Farrelly ( Dick Farrelly ), who wrote it on a bus journey from County Meath to Dublin.

This campaign is endorsed by prominent atheist Richard Dawkins, who states " there is a big closet population of atheists who need to ' come out.

In 1872, Henry H. Townsend established The Miltonia Mills, which manufactured fine wool blankets used by Admiral Robert E. Peary on his expedition to the North Pole, and Admiral Richard E. Byrd at the Antarctic.

Hyacinth persists in wrapping Sheridan up in cotton wool and tries to meet his every financial demand, yet Richard often refuses to send the large sums his son requests, much to the disapproval of Hyacinth, although it is unclear whether or not the money is sent regardless.

According to John Stow ’ s Survey of London ( 1603 ), a major benefactor of the church in the late 15th century was wool merchant Richard Cely Sr. ( d. 1482 ), who held the advowson on the church ( inherited by his son, Richard Cely, Jr .).

Aliena supports Richard financially by becoming a wool merchant.

* Richard ( Richard of Kingsbridge ): Aliena's younger brother, a knight who becomes a skilled soldier and leader, depending on Aliena for revenues from her wool business.

Built in 1700 by wool merchant Richard Gough ( d. 1728 ) it is a rare example of a house of its era which survives in the City of London ( note that this refers only to the " Square Mile ", as there are many other houses of this period elsewhere in Greater London ) and is the only one of Johnson's 18 residences in the City to survive.

The house, currently a museum, was built for a local wool merchant, traditionally supposed to be Richard Ailwyn ( or Aldwyn ) in the fifteenth century.

His brother Richard Fermor was a wool merchant.

** Richard Amerike, English merchant and patron of John Cabot ( b. 1445 )

* March 30 – Richard Sharp MP, known as ' Conversation Sharp ' London merchant, critic, poet and wit.

Richard Whittington ( c. 1354 – 1423 ) was a medieval merchant and politician, and the real-life inspiration for the pantomime character Dick Whittington.

The eye-witness Richard Clough, a Welsh Protestant merchant then in Antwerp, saw: " all the churches, chapels and houses of religion utterly defaced, and no kind of thing left whole within them, but broken and utterly destroyed, being done after such order and by so few folks that it is to be marvelled at.

Richard Kennon came to Virginia prior to 1670, and became a merchant of Bermuda Hundred.

* Sir Richard Gresham ( 1494 – 1549 ), merchant and MP

1485 ), born c. 1459 ), wife of a cloth merchant William Gardiner, of London, sometimes spelled William Gardynyr for his Welsh descent ( born c. 1450 ), having by him: Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester ( c. 1490 – 12 November 1555 ); Richard Gardiner ( 1486 – 1548 ); and William Gardiner, ( 1488 – 1549 )

In the early seventeenth century, the endowment of Thomas Tesdale — a merchant from nearby Abingdon — and Richard Wightwick — a clergyman from Berkshire — enabled the conversion of the Broadgates Hall, which had been a University hostel for law students since its construction in the fifteenth century, to form the basis of a fully fledged college.

Born in London and descended from an old Norfolk family, Gresham was one of two sons and two daughters of Sir Richard Gresham, a leading London merchant, who for some time held the office of Lord Mayor, and who for his services as agent of Henry VIII in negotiating loans with foreign merchants received the honour of knighthood.

Beverley Minster was almost demolished by its new owners who wanted to profit from selling its stone and lead, however the local people led by wealthy merchant Richard Gray saved it from this fate.

The abbey continued in the Levett family until 1377, when John Levett of Hooton Levitt sold his rights in the abbey to the London merchant Richard Barry.

Cosgrave balanced these with hardline Christian Democrats such as Richard Burke, a former teacher, Cork merchant prince Peter Barry and west Dublin farmer Mark Clinton.

Richard ap Meryk, Anglicised to Richard Amerike ( or Ameryk ) ( c. 1445 – 1503 ) was a wealthy English merchant, royal customs officer and sheriff, of Welsh descent.

* Richard ' Conversation ' Sharp ( 1759 – 1835 ) Prominent among the Dissenters ' ' Deputies ', critic, merchant and MP.

* No. 28: Richard Sharp, known as " Conversation Sharp ", merchant, critic, MP.

Working closely with Admiral Charles-Hector Estaing, the Commander of the French Fleet, Le Ray's support for the American cause involved having his shipyards refit a merchant vessel into a warship that he then gifted to America under the name USS Bonhomme Richard for use by Captain John Paul Jones.

Her brothers Charles, Richard and William were partners in the family merchant bank Kidston & Sons, and as only one of them had married ( and produced no heir ) it was generally accepted that Law would inherit the firm, or at least play a role in its management when he was older.

Richard William was the eldest of three sons of John Dearman Church, a wine merchant, and his wife Bromley Caroline Metzener ( d. 1845 ).

The apportionment of lands in the new colonies fell to the same group of English and Scottish entrepreneurs and merchant interests, led chiefly by the Englishman Richard Oswald, later a diplomat, and the British General James Grant, who would later become governor of East Florida.

Lincoln's Inn barrister Levett Blackborne, grandson of Sir Richard Levett, a powerful merchant and Lord Mayor of London, came in for grants of in both locales, for instance.

Richard Allen was born into slavery on February 14, 1760 to Benjamin Chew, a wealthy merchant of Philadelphia.

Richard Cocks was appointed as chief merchant.

Richard de Malbis, who owed money to the powerful Jewish merchant Aaron of Lincoln, exploited an accidental house fire to incite a local mob to attack the home and family of a recently deceased Jewish employee of Aaron in York.