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Robert Todd Lincoln was born in 1843 and Edward Baker Lincoln ( Eddie ) in 1846.
His last descendant, grandson Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, died in 1985.
* 1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War ( d. 1926 )
* Robert B. Todd, 1976, Alexander of Aphrodisias on Stoic Physics: A Study of the " De Mixtione " with Preliminary Essays, Text, Translation and Commentary.
* Abracadabra Robert Todd Carroll, Skeptic's Dictionary
The sketch featured Cheers co-star George Wendt, a Chicago native, as host of a radio talk-show ( similar in tone to WGN radio's " The Sportswriters "), with co-panelists Carl Wollarski ( Robert Smigel ), Pat Arnold ( Mike Myers ) and Todd O ' Connor ( Chris Farley ).
* 1904 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer ( d. 1985 )
* Skeptic Dictionary: Pseudoscience – Robert Todd Carroll, PhD
* Skeptic Dictionary: Pseudoscientific topics and discussion – Robert Todd Carroll
* Robert Todd Carroll ( 2003 ).
* The Skeptic's Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll
Robert Todd Carroll has said of Steiner that " Some of his ideas on education – such as educating the handicapped in the mainstream – are worth considering, although his overall plan for developing the spirit and the soul rather than the intellect cannot be admired ".
Passengers and crew who made calls include Sandra Bradshaw, Todd Beamer, Tom Burnett, Mark Bingham, Peter Hanson, Jeremy Glick, Barbara K. Olson, Renee May, Madeline Amy Sweeney, Betty Ong, Robert Fangman, Brian David Sweeney, and Ed Felt.
A scholarly, annotated edition of the original 1846 – 47 serial was published in volume form in 2007 by the Oxford University Press under the title of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, edited by Robert Mack.
", written by Jim Poyser and broadcast in June 2004 had aimless aristocrat Viscount Belport ( Paul Rider ) and his servant Ned ( Jason Done ) joining the police force under Sir Robert Peel and encountering demon barber Sweeney Todd ( Jonathan Keeble ) on their first case.
* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street edited by Robert Mack ( 2007 ).
* Robert Mack ( 2008 ) The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend.
Robert Todd Carroll in his book The skeptic's dictionary ( 2003 ) wrote that Blavatsky used trickery into deceiving others into thinking she had paranormal powers.
* July 26 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman and businessman, son of 16th President Abraham Lincoln ( b. 1843 )
* August 1 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman and businessman ( d. 1926 )
* Carroll, Robert Todd, The Skeptics Dictionary, Wiley, 2003.
Garfield nominated William Windom of Minnesota as Secretary of the Treasury, William H. Hunt of Louisiana as Secretary of the Navy, Robert Todd Lincoln as Secretary of War, Samuel J. Kirkwood of Iowa as Secretary of the Interior.
Retired professor of philosophy and skeptic Robert Todd Carroll notes that many of the commentators on the indigo phenomenon are of varying qualifications and expertise, and parents may prefer labeling their child an indigo as an alternative to a diagnosis that implies imperfection, damage or mental illness.
" Linking the concept of indigo children with the distaste for the use of Ritalin to control ADHD, Robert Todd Carroll states " The hype and near-hysteria surrounding the use of Ritalin has contributed to an atmosphere that makes it possible for a book like Indigo Children to be taken seriously.
The Skeptic's Dictionary is a collection of cross-referenced skeptical essays by Robert Todd Carroll, published on his website skepdic. com and in a printed book.

Robert and Carroll
The troop received a new leader, Lieutenant Robert M. Carroll, fresh out of ROTC and bucking for Regular Army status.
For example, philosophy professor Robert Carroll points to Dianetics ' lack of empirical evidence:
* Carroll, Robert T: ' Dianetics ', Skepdics Dictionary
According to skeptic Robert T. Carroll, " Reports of the Mokèlé-mbèmbé have been circulating for the past two hundred years, yet no one has photographed the creature or produced any physical evidence of its existence.
One of the most famous circuit riders was Robert Strawbridge who lived in the vicinity of Carroll County, Maryland soon after arriving in the Colonies around 1760.
Puns and other forms of word play have been used by many famous writers, such as Alexander Pope, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, Robert Bloch, Lewis Carroll, John Donne, and William Shakespeare, who is estimated to have used over 3, 000 puns in his plays.
Both collections had been written almost 10 years previously and were based on theatrical collaborations with Robert Wilson ; the former a musical play about Lewis Carroll, and the latter an interpretation of Georg Büchner's play fragment Woyzeck.
Left to right: David McCallum, Robert Vaughn and Leo G. Carroll.
Culverhouse's handshake deal to purchase the Los Angeles Rams from the estate of Dan Reeves was thwarted by Robert Irsay's purchase of the team, which he then traded to Carroll Rosenbloom in exchange for the Baltimore Colts, a complete trade of teams between two owners.
The books were adapted into an American television series, Topper, beginning in 1953, with Leo G. Carroll as Cosmo Topper, and Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys as the ghosts.
* Secret Agent ( 1936 ) with John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, and Robert Young, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
In 1962, Community Research and Development board member Melvin Berman took interest in a 1, 032 acre parcel of land assembled by land developer Robert Moxley comprising four farm properties from the Carroll, Kahler, Wix, and his uncle James R. Moxley Sr's families.
Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.
They would, however, through the draft acquire such standout players such as high-scoring forward Purvis Short ( 1978 ), former Georgetown Hoyas point guard Eric " Sleepy " Floyd ( 1982 ) ( who would later become an All-Star before being traded to the Houston Rockets ), and former Purdue University standout center Joe Barry Carroll, ( 1980 ) whose once promising career would be short-circuited because of injury, as well as center Robert Parish ( 1976 ).

Robert and author
* Robert Burnham, Jr., author of the Celestial Handbook.
* Robert Anton Wilson, polymath, author, philosopher, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian, ( edu.
In April 2007, it was reported that imaging analysis had discovered an early commentary on Aristotle's Categories in the Archimedes Palimpsest, and Robert Sharples suggested Alexander as the most likely author.
The author Robert Lee speculated that Teach may therefore have been born into a respectable, wealthy family.
A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems.
* Robert Graves, author of I, Claudius, also wrote Count Belisarius, a historical novel about Belisarius.
** Robert Waring Darwin of Elston ( 1724 – 1816 ), author of Principia Botanica
* 1972 – Robert Muchamore, English children's author
In some accounts, Hermes fathered Pan upon Dryope, daughter of Dryops, for whom he was tending kine, but according to 20th century author Robert Graves ( 1960 ), Pan was far older than Hermes.
Famous authors of the city include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Muriel Spark, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, James Hogg, author of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series of crime thrillers, J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who began her first book in an Edinburgh coffee shop, Adam Smith, economist, born in Kirkcaldy, and author of The Wealth of Nations, Sir Walter Scott, the author of famous titles such as Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and Heart of Midlothian, Robert Louis Stevenson, creator of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.
* 1857 – Robert Baden-Powell, British soldier, author, and Scout movement founder ( d. 1941 )
* Robert Henryson ( Scottish, 15th century ), author of The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian.
Historian Robert Nisbet thought him to be " the true author of National Socialism ".
* Robert Hazen, Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science, and author
The rules for simulating magic were inspired by the works of fantasy author Jack Vance, and the system as a whole drew upon the work of authors such as Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Fritz Leiber.
* 1927 – Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author ( d. 2011 )
* 1802 – Robert Chambers, Scottish author and journalist ( d. 1871 )
* 1558 – Robert Greene, English author ( d. 1592 )
* 1951 – Robert R. McCammon, American author

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