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Julius's wife, Alan's mother, was Ethel Sara ( née Stoney ; 1881 – 1976 ), daughter of Edward Waller Stoney, chief engineer of the Madras Railways.
After defeating the Army of Sir William Waller at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, King Charles marched west in pursuit of the Parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex, who was invading the Royalist stronghold of Cornwall.
Robcol — in line with normal British Army practice for ad hoc formations — was named after its commander, Brigadier Robert Waller, the Commander Royal Artillery of the 10th Indian Infantry Division.
Samuelson never patented any of his skiing equipment, but the first patent for water skis was by Fred Waller for skis called Dolphin Akwa-Skees.
The city was again occupied briefly from 23 April to 18 May 1643 by Parliamentarians commanded by Sir William Waller but it was in 1645 that the city saw most action.
This was referenced by Richard Waller in his introduction to The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke, M. D.
Much has been written about the unpleasant side of Hooke's personality, starting with comments by his first biographer, Richard Waller, that Hooke was " in person, but despicable " and " melancholy, mistrustful, and jealous.
He was the son of Henri Razafinkarefo, nephew of Queen Ranavalona III of Imerina, and Jennie ( Waller ) Razafinkarefo, the daughter of John L. Waller, the first African American consul to Imerina.
Fats Waller ( May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943 ), born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer.
Thomas Wright Waller was the youngest of four children born to Adaline Locket Waller and the Reverend Edward Martin Waller.
Fats Waller was the son of a preacher and learned to play the organ in church with his mother.
Waller was one of the most popular performers of his era, finding critical and commercial success in his homeland and in Europe.
Waller was kidnapped in Chicago leaving a performance in 1926.
A terrified Waller realized he was the " surprise guest " at Capone's birthday party, and took comfort that the gangsters didn't intend to kill him.
In addition to his playing, Waller was known for his many quips during his performances.
A Broadway musical revue showcasing Waller tunes entitled Ain't Misbehavin ' was produced in 1978.
He met Fats Waller, who was playing organ at the Lincoln Theater accompanying silent movies, and Waller taught him how to play that instrument.
This had left Oxford exposed to a sudden threat from the Parliamentarian armies commanded by the Earl of Essex and Sir William Waller and forced the King to leave the city in haste and head to Worcester, where he was still in danger.

Waller and ordered
Waller reported the contact and ordered his forward turrets to open fire.
Waller even hired Andrea Beaumont, AKA: The Phantasm, one of Bruce Wayne's many past lovers, and ordered her to kill Warren and Mary as they were coming out of a movie theater with their sons, hoping to recreate the same pyschological trauma that resulted in Bruce becoming Batman within Terry or his brother, but at the last minute Beaumont abandoned the job, refusing to subject an innocent child to the same tragedy that consumed Bruce's life ( but in the end, Warren's death at the hands of a criminal still occurred, thus cementing his destiny as the next Batman ).
Unknown to them during this battle, Waller had ordered a massive airstrike on standby to kill the combined villains, heroes, and even herself had the heroes failed to stop the menace.
Disillusioned, Wind Dragon ordered the Ultimen to find the person responsible, Amanda Waller, but when the Justice League intervened, he got a new idea: if they could take down the Justice League, the world will never forget them, regardless of the context.

Waller and building
The building was renamed as Waller Hall in 1912 to honor the Reverend Alvin F. Waller, and is now the oldest university building west of the Mississippi River still in use.
Waller Hall, completed in 1867 is the oldest building on campus
Administrative offices are found in the Putnam University Center and Waller Hall, Willamette's oldest building.
When he offers to help them when their lifespan ends, they deny his plea and head back to the building to look for Amanda Waller and their as-yet-unactivated clones.
Henderson has continued the school's programme of building and development started by Christopher Waller, including a major redevelopment to the front of the College, the Junior School and Music School.
Although the building was destroyed, Waller " had the facility scrubbed as per standard protocol " after Superman and Huntress broke into to rescue The Question from Moon's captivity.
After they were confronted by Batman and then the rest of the founding members of the Justice League, which Waller had released from custody, Luthor and Braniac escaped to Washington, D. C. to a Cadmus building that looked similar to NSA headquarters in order to merge with the Dark Heart, a nanotechnology-like alien being which the League defeated thanks to Atom.
This building opened as Robert A. Waller High School in 1900.

Waller and found
In Britain, Prince Ernest consulted the noted eye doctor, Wathen Waller, but Waller apparently found the condition inoperable, as no operation took place.
The finest and most intelligible map of the whole course of the Westbourne, superimposed over the Victorian street plan, is found in an article by J. G. Waller, published in the Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, vol VI ( 1882 ) pp 272 – 279.
Stewart found regular session work throughout the 1940s with Lester Young, Fats Waller, Coleman Hawkins, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, Johnny Guarnieri, Red Norvo, Don Byas, the Benny Goodman Sextet, and Beryl Booker, among others.

Waller and party
The king, Prince Charles, and the governing circle appreciated " their faithful lieutenant less than did his enemies Waller and Fairfax, the former of whom wrote, ' hostility itself cannot violate my friendship to your person ,' while the latter spoke of him as ' One whom we honour and esteem above any other of your party.

Waller and full
A recording of the full musical was released on the MCA label in 1974, again featuring Gary Bond, Peter Reeves, and Gordon Waller.
As Waller reviews future potential Squad members, Atom Smasher quits the team, threatening to inform Checkmate of Waller's unauthorized field ops unless she grants him a full pardon.
In the final issue of the Batman Beyond arc, " Hush Beyond ", an elderly Amanda Waller informs a head CADMUS scientist Dr. Thawne that the world will always need a Batman, before unveiling vats full of clones of the original Dark Knight and his allies.
Former members are James " Woody " Green who left the group for the second time to pursue a gospel career full time and Rufus " Scola " Waller who wanted to be a solo artist again and many people questioned whether he only joined the group for more exposure to jumpstart his solo career.
The first graduated driver licensing systems involving a learner licensing phase, an intermediate, provisional or probationary licensing phase, and full licensing were developed in Australia in the 1960s, but the advocacy of graduated driver licensing in North America is associated with Professor Patricia Waller, of the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center and later the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, commencing in the 1970s.
With its full power digital signal transmitting at the maximum power allowed by law as of early 2009, the KBTX signal also reaches Houston county in the Tyler / Longview market ; Trinity, San Jacinto, Austin, Harris and Waller counties in the Houston market ; and Lee County in the Austin market.

Waller and swing
Waller composed many novelty swing tunes in the 1920s and 1930s and sold them for relatively small sums.
Young played with such jazz and swing music notables as Mutt Carey, Fats Waller, Les Hite, Benny Goodman, and Lionel Hampton.
Albert Aloysius Casey ( September 15, 1915 – September 11, 2005 ) known professionally as Al Casey, was an African-American swing guitarist who played with Fats Waller on some of his famous recordings.

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