In the 19th century the nationally famed Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon built his Metropolitan Tabernacle here.

His mother, Charlotte Winslow, was a descendant of William Samuel Johnson, a signer of the United States Constitution, along with Jonathan Edwards, the famed Calvinist theologian, Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan preacher and healer, Robert Livingston the Elder, Thomas Dudley, the second governor of Massachusetts, and Mayflower passengers James Chilton and his daughter Mary Chilton.

Seelye was born in Beirut the son of a professor at the American University of Beirut, and great grandson of Julius H. Seelye ( famed preacher, writer and fifth president of Amherst College ).

In the southern United States, however, support for slavery was strong ; anti-slavery literature was prevented from passing through the postal system, and even sermons, from the famed English preacher Charles Spurgeon, were burned due to their censure of slavery.

Eliade writes, " Legend, as was natural, bestowed upon him the attributes of St. George, famed for his victorious fight with the monster.

This 40-inch aperture instrument was also the second ( and final ) telescope made by famed optician, George Ritchey.

General Putnam is an ancestor to the famed 20th-century newsman and former Marine Corps Officer George Putnam.

Starring in the lead roles were relative Hollywood newcomer Burgess Meredith as George, and veteran actor Lon Chaney Jr. ( the son of famed silent film actor Lon Chaney Sr .) as Lennie.

He also opined that famed Russian choreographer George Balanchine should watch Brigadoon to learn how a musical should be choreographed.

* K1 Britannia, a 1994 replica ( refit in 2012 ) of King George V's famed racing yacht Britannia which was scuttled in 1936.

Meanwhile, Michael spent a year performing The Tempest in New York City ’ s famed Delacourt Theatre, with Patrick Stewart, then at the Broadhurst on Broadway directed by George Wolfe.

Robert Gray, a Boston fur trader, entered the mouth of the Columbia River in May 1792, the famed British explorer George Vancouver traveled to the region to verify Gray's discovery.

Joe Smith, under whose leadership resulted in the biggest market share and gross revenues Elektra Asylum was to have, inherited the A & R services of Chuck Plotkin, famed later for producing many of Bruce Springsteen's greatest records, followed up by George Daly, who is credited as bringing in seminal New Wave band The Cars, setting Elektra, again, on another artist direction.

Examples include George Martin's AIR Studios in London, the famed Columbia Records 30th Street Studio in New York City ( a converted Armenian church, with a ceiling over 100 feet high ), and the equally famous Decca Records Pythian Temple studio in New York ( where artists like Louis Jordan, Bill Haley and Buddy Holly were recorded ) which was also a large converted church that featured a high, domed ceiling in the center of the hall.

He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer ; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son.

George Deems visited the famed tree shortly after he became extension agent and personally pruned the valuable tree while a DPW, That's Department of Public Works, to predepression kids-project renovated and restored the protective woven wire cage that guarded the tree against clandestine pruners who would have otherwise whittled it down, graft by graft.

famed fashion photographer Rupert Callender, Louis Armstrong, Godfrey Cambridge, George " BBQ George " Williams former Harlem Night Club Dancer turned restaurateur who owned the renowned BBQ George's Supper Club frequented by the Black elite of Queens and New York politicos including civil rights activist Judge William " Bill " Booth, Publisher and NYC Human Rights Commissioner and Publisher Ken Drew as well as Mayor John Lindsay and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.

George Harrison owned one of their MS500 models, which were introduced in 1957 and famed British session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan owned and used a Maton ' Cello ' guitar for many years during the peak of his career, playing it on recordings with Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Keating and his Big Band and Neil Finn from Crowded House.

There, he studied voice with famed oratorio baritones, George Lambert and Ernesto Vinci.

Assuming command of a brigade, Harris played a key role in delaying repeated attacks the next day by Harry T. Hays's famed Louisiana Tigers, helping secure the critical hill for George G. Meade.

King George V gave a famed address where he called for reconciliation between Irish people and for Northern Ireland to be free of discrimination against the minority.

Contributors to the magazine included famed photographer George Hurrell and famed writers like Faith Baldwin.

His many television credits include Tammy, McHale's Navy, Ironside, I Dream of Jeannie, That Girl, Green Acres, The Monkees, Batman, The Odd Couple, Bonanza, Happy Days, All in the Family, Murphy Brown, L. A. Law, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Murder, She Wrote, Little House on the Prairie, Love, American Style, Adam-12, F Troop and the made-for-TV movie The Scarlett O ' Hara War, in which he portrayed famed film director George Cukor.

His mother ( and Hulman's daughter ), Mari Hulman George ( born 1934 ), serves as the speedway's Chairman and delivers its famed " ladies and gentlemen, start your engines " public address before every Indianapolis 500.

In the sixth grade, Edwards played Edwards played Little Mary in The Women at the Coconut Grove Playhouse where famed theater producer-playwright George Abbott came backstage to single out her performance.

George Hearst was the father of the famed newspaperman, William Randolph Hearst.

Outside of marriage, Eva is said to have had an affair with famed African American comedian George Walker, husband of equally famous and talented musical comedy star Ada Overton Walker, and stage partner of Bert Williams.

George Whitefield, famed for his sparking of the so-called Great Awakening of American evangelicalism, campaigned, in the Province of Georgia, for the legalisation of slavery ; slavery had been outlawed in Georgia, but it was legalised in 1751 due in large part to Whitefield's efforts.

George Whitefield, famed for his sparking of the so-called Great Awakening of American evangelicalism, overturned a province-wide ban against slavery, and went on to own several hundred slaves himself.

The train arrives at Chicago Union Station at 3: 15 p. m. ( Central Time ), offering views of the Chicago skyline, including the famed Willis Tower ( previously known as the Sears Tower ) before heading underground to the station platform.

* 27 August – The Royal Naval Air Services famed Eastchurch Squadron arrives in France for World War I service, commanded by Wing Commander Charles Samson.

Markham was a familiar act at New York's famed Apollo Theater where he wore blackface makeup and huge painted white lips, despite complaints the vaudeville tradition was degrading.

He won a poetry contest in 1912 hosted by The Lyric Year, despite competing against Edna St. Vincent Millay's famed " Renascence ", a victory he felt was misjudged.

The blazing remains of the platform were eventually extinguished three weeks later by a team led by famed firefighter Red Adair, despite reported conditions of winds and waves.

According to the defense, the attack on Catherine was seen by his attackers as a last resort measure against a violent and exceedingly aggressive man who used his fighting skills ( and notably his famed roundhouse kick to the head ) to terrorize his neighbourhood and who seemed immune to prosecution despite the numerous assault charges brought against him.

Where he became famed for running to training on a morning as a warm up despite living a long way away.

Her grandfather, the famed Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, despite having been exiled for many years in Siberia, had lead many prosperous campaigns against the Tartars and the Turks.

The mummy inside, in its left-behind notes, claims to be the famed pharaoh Ramses II, despite the tomb's dating only to the first century B. C.

King Henry is famed for holding the record for more than twenty acknowledged illegitimate children, the largest number born to any English king ; they turned out to be significant political assets in subsequent years, his bastard daughters cementing alliances with a flock of lords whose lands bordered Henry's.

" It is noted that it was the Second Foundation which ensured that the famed library would survive the sacking of Trantor and the destruction of its urban culture – especially significant, considering that the library was vital to the Second Foundation itself.

He is famed for amassing a significant collection of cuneiform documents for his royal palace at Nineveh.

The following year in 1999 the company underwent a significant expansion in its international holdings when it purchased the San Francisco-based Fairmont Hotel chain, gaining control of famed hotels as The Plaza in New York City.

The Soloveitchik family includes many significant rabbinical forebears, most notably Rabbi Chaim Volozhiner, famed Talmudist and founder of the Volozhin yeshiva.

Historically significant because of its famed 1904 run, " City of Truro " was a prime candidate for preservation, wheareas the rest of the class were scrapped.

Another exception occurred in MGM's 1951 screen version of the famed musical Show Boat, in which the role of the cook Queenie ( Frances E. Williams ) has been reduced from a significant supporting role in the stage version to literally a bit part in the film.

The bellbird forms a significant component of the famed New Zealand dawn chorus of bird song that was much noted by early European settlers.

# The image on the cover is significant and famed because it was made by a famous artist, Miles Davis.

Which is why the recent opening of the Jacob's Pillow Archives at the famed dance festival in the Berkshires is so significant.