Canadian scholar Richard Toporoski theorised in 1998 that " if, let us say, an alteration were to be made in the United Kingdom to the Act of Settlement 1701, providing for the succession of the Crown ... t is my opinion that the domestic constitutional law of Australia or Papua New Guinea, for example, would provide for the succession in those countries of the same person who became Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

The latter title is especially suggestive of his role in forming several Franciscans who later became influential thinkers in the faculty, among them Saint Bonaventure, John of La Rochelle, Odo Rigaldus, William of Middleton and Richard Rufus of Cornwall.

John became a painter and illustrator ; Richard was an actor in films such as Yankee Doodle Dandy and later an Emmy-nominated television director of such shows as The Beverly Hillbillies.

Richard Schwartz, CEO of Ansa, became Borland's CTO and Ben Rosen joined the Borland board.

However, several of his students became influential mathematicians, among them Richard Dedekind, Bernhard Riemann, and Friedrich Bessel.

They also adopted two sons, John and Richard, the latter of whom became a notable filmmaker, author, and psychologist.

Major construction projects, including the Sears Tower ( now known as the Willis Tower, which in 1974 became the world's tallest building ), University of Illinois at Chicago, McCormick Place, and O ' Hare International Airport, were undertaken during Richard J. Daley's tenure.

" The two men continued their dialogue when Ross moved to the University of Wisconsin, where he became a colleague of Richard Ely.

In defeating Taft for the nomination, it became necessary for Eisenhower to appease the right wing Old Guard of the Republican Party ; his selection of Richard M. Nixon as the Vice-President on the ticket was designed in part for that purpose.

Among his 69 Ph. D. students in Göttingen were many who later became famous mathematicians, including ( with date of thesis ): Otto Blumenthal ( 1898 ), Felix Bernstein ( 1901 ), Hermann Weyl ( 1908 ), Richard Courant ( 1910 ), Erich Hecke ( 1910 ), Hugo Steinhaus ( 1911 ), and Wilhelm Ackermann ( 1925 ).

Richard Hovey's " Men of Dartmouth " was elected as the best of Dartmouth's songs in 1896, and became the school's official song in 1926.

Most modern researchers including Richard Roberts and Tim Flannery argue that diprotodonts, along with a wide range of other Australian megafauna, became extinct shortly after humans arrived in Australia about 50, 000 years ago.

Beatty's other brothers were Charles Harold Longfield ( 1870 – 1917 ) who served with distinction in the South Africa wars before dying from complications after losing an arm in Flanders, Richard George ( 1882 – 1915 ) who died on active service in India, William Vandeleur Schruder ( 1873 – 1935 ) who became an army Major and Newmarket horse trainer, and one sister Kathleen Roma ( 1875 –).

After 1906 the composer Richard Wetz lived in Erfurt and became the leading person in the town's musical life.

Several of Bulwer-Lytton's novels were made into operas, one of which, Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen ( 1842 ) by Richard Wagner, eventually became more famous than the novel.

He then became tutor to three young brothers, one of whom, Richard Peters, later became a distinguished academic.

The archipelago became a French possession in 1892 when captain Richard of the Primauget made a formal claim.

However, Guy's mother's family were recusant Catholics, and his cousin, Richard Cowling, became a Jesuit priest.

He defeated and killed Richard in battle at Bosworth Field on 22 August of that year and became king as Henry VII.

In March 1970 he became the first of the scientist-astronauts to be assigned to space flight, joining Richard F. Gordon, Jr. ( Commander ) and Vance Brand ( Command Module Pilot ) on the Apollo 15 backup crew.

Richard became the first Astros pitcher to start an All-Star game.

The pro-treaty IRA soon became the nucleus of the new ( regular ) Irish National Army created by Collins and Richard Mulcahy.

The respected composer Richard Strauss, for example, became head of the Reich Music Chamber.

Through his friend Richard Lower, whom he knew from the Westminster School, Locke was introduced to medicine and the experimental philosophy being pursued at other universities and in the Royal Society, of which he eventually became a member.

* Richard Wollheim, Art and its objects, 2nd edn, 1980, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-29706-0

* 1176 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English military leader ( b. 1130 )

On his death, the title passed to his son Martin Richard Attlee, 2nd Earl Attlee ( 1927 – 91 ).

In August 1485 there was another rebellion against Richard, headed by Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond ( later King Henry VII ) and his uncle Jasper.

Elizabeth's brother Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, and others were arrested and taken to Pontefract Castle, where they were later executed under the accusation of having planned to assassinate Richard.

Richard also had two acknowledged illegitimate children: John of Gloucester, also known as " John of Pontefract ", and a daughter Katherine who married William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke in 1484.

The leader of the Norman forces, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, known as " Strongbow ", followed in 1170.

Bruce also married his second wife that year, Elizabeth de Burgh, the daughter of Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster.

After the Restoration he became secretary, or steward, to Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery, Lord President of Wales, which entailed living at least a year in Ludlow, Shropshire until January 1662 while he was paying craftsmen working on repairing the castle there.

* Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, and Robert G. Byrnes, SSH: The Secure Shell ( The Definitive Guide ), O ' Reilly 2005 ( 2nd edition ).

* 29 July – Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster ( b. 1259 )

* Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ( d. 1176 )

* September 12 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician ( b. 1711 )

* December 20 – Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, British military officer and statesman ( b. 1675 )

* Richard d ' Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester ( b. 1094 )

* April 20 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier ( b. 1130 )

* Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster ( d. 1326 )

Fearing the Woodvilles would attempt to seize power, Richard quickly moved to take control of the young king and had Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers and Richard Grey, brother and son to Queen Elizabeth arrested and beheaded.

* Robinson, Richard, Plato's Earlier Dialectic, 2nd edition ( Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1953 ).

* Richard Rickitt: Special Effects: The History and Technique, Billboard Books ; 2nd edition, 2007 ; ISBN 0-8230-8408-6

* Mrs Wilson's 2nd Diary Richard Ingrams and John Wells ( Rushton illustrations only ) ( Private Eye, 1966 )

* Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and 1st Earl of Burlington ( 1612 – 1698 ), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland ( 1660 – 1695 ).

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork PC ( 25 April 1694 – 15 December 1753 ), born in Yorkshire, England, was the son of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Earl of Cork.

* Lady Eleanor Neville ( d. 1472 ), married first Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh, married second Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland