For instance, we read of Whiting, the last abbot of Glastonbury, judicially murdered by Henry VIII, that his house was a kind of well-ordered court, where as many as 300 sons of noblemen and gentlemen, who had been sent to him for virtuous education, had been brought up, besides others of a lesser rank, whom he fitted for the universities.

The song " The Raven " featured lead vocals by the actor Leonard Whiting, and, according to the 2007 remastered album liner notes, was the first rock song to use a digital vocoder, with Alan Parsons speaking lyrics through it.

In addition to I Love Lucy, he executive produced The Ann Sothern Show, Those Whiting Girls and was briefly involved in several other series such as The Untouchables.

Later that year, the struggling company was taken over by James H. Whiting ( 1842 – 1919 ), who moved it to his hometown of Flint, Michigan, and brought in William C. Durant in 1904 to manage his new acquisition.

The crew of Whiting had not yet received news of the American declaration of war, and her capture was the first naval action of the American War of 1812.

Amoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company ( Indiana ), was a global chemical and oil company that was founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States.

Richard Whiting, the last Abbot of Glastonbury, was executed with two of his monks on 15 November 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries.

Frémont's mother, Anne Beverley Whiting, was the youngest daughter of socially prominent Virginia planter Col. Thomas Whiting.

Frémont's great-grandfather, Henry Whiting, was a half-brother of Catherine Whiting.

On December 4, 1700, Windham ’ s first Minister, Reverend Samuel Whiting, was ordained.

The city was incorporated in 1844 and is home to Naval Air Station Whiting Field.

The town was named after Timothy Whiting, an early settler.

The name Lynn was given to the area after King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, in honor of Samuel Whiting.

Charging into the Union soldiers, Whiting received multiple demands to surrender, and when he refused he was shot down, severely wounded.

Just as he was about to order a charge, he fell severely wounded and was brought next to General Whiting in the fort's hospital.

Still believing the situation in Fort Fisher was under control and tired of Whiting's demands, Bragg instead dispatched General Alfred H. Colquitt to relieve Whiting and assume command at Fort Fisher.

General Whiting was taken prisoner and died while in Federal captivity.

Allen was a " creditable " pianist, and a prolific composer, having penned over 14, 000 songs, one of which was recorded by Perry Como and Margaret Whiting, others by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Les Brown, and Gloria Lynne.

Albronda was later replaced by Paul Whaley, who was joined by Dickie's brother Jerre Peterson ( guitar ), Vale Hamanaka ( keyboards ), and Jerry Whiting ( vocals, harmonica ).

Lee was the son of Mabel ( née Whiting ) and Rex E. Lee.

In the mid-19th century, watercress was grown at Moor Farm, known locally as " The Bog ", ( now Low Farm ) by Richard Whiting Bradbery, the son of William Bradbery, the first British watercress pioneer who had a large cress farm at West Hyde, Hertfordshire.

Leader was born in Worcester as Benjamin Leader Williams, the son, and first child of eleven children, of notable civil engineer Edward Leader Williams ( 1802 – 79 ) and Sarah Whiting ( 1801 – 88 ).

* William Whiting Boardman ( 1794 – 1871 ), a U. S. Representative born in town, was the son of Elijah Boardman.

Williams was born in Worcester on 28 April 1828, the son of a civil engineer also named Edward ( responsible for works to make the River Severn navigable ; also a keen amateur artist and friend of John Constable ) and his Quaker wife Sarah Whiting.

Whiting was born in the Wood Green area of London, England, the only son of Arthur Leonard Whiting and Peggy Joyce O ' Sullivan.

He was the son of Robert Young Conrad, a prominent lawyer of Winchester, and state attorney general from 1857 to 1862 ; his mother was Elizabeth Whiting, daughter of Burr Powell.

* History of Rowe, Massachusetts, by Percy Whiting Brown ( 1921 )

His sister, Elizabeth St John, married Reverend Samuel Whiting and immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1636.

She was launched on 23 September 1941 sponsored by Mrs. Charles Francis Adams III, and commissioned on 12 May 1942 at Boston, Massachusetts, with Captain Francis E. M. Whiting in command.

William Fairfield Whiting ( born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on July 20, 1864, died August 31, 1936 ) was United States Secretary of Commerce August 22, 1928 to March 4, 1929, during the last months of the administration of Calvin Coolidge.

Former Senator William Butler of Massachusetts turned down the post before Coolidge offered it to Whiting.

Whiting died at his home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on August 31, 1936, after a long illness.

George Whiting Flagg lived out his later years at his home located at 12 Westminster Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts until his death, January 5, 1897.

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William Whiting Boardman ( October 10, 1794 – August 27, 1871 ) was a politician and United States Representative from Connecticut.

Newton Whiting Gilbert ( 1862 – 1939 ) was a politician from Indiana.

In March 1849 lieutenants William H. C. Whiting and William F. Smith were sent out by Maj. Gen. William J.

The Connecticut General Assembly, held in Hartford in 1706, appointed William Pitkin, Joseph Tallcot, William Whiting and Richard Lord, as a committee with full power to lay out the bounds of the town and divisions of the land, to admit inhabitants.

* 1913-African-American Eliza George sails from New York for Liberia ; William Whiting Borden dies in Egypt while preparing to take the gospel to the Muslims in China

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The earliest European settlers in Burlington were four men: Moses and Lemuel Smith, the sons of a Revolutionary War veteran, Benjamin Perce, and William Whiting, all of whom arrived on December 27 or December 28, 1835 and built a cabin ; Moses Smith and Whiting had been in the area previously, making a so-called " jackknife claim " ( carving their names and the date on trees in the vicinity ), on December 15, 1835.

On screen, Robert has been portrayed by Gordon Whiting in the two-part BBC TV play Conquest ( 1966 ), part of the series Theatre 625, and by Richard Ireson in the TV drama Blood Royal: William the Conqueror ( 1990 ).

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When Maj. Gen. William H. C. Whiting left the army on medical furlough July 26, Hood was the senior brigade commander and replaced Whiting as a division commander in Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Whiting, Allen S .( special editor ), with contributions by William T. R. Fox et al., “ In Memoriam: Quincy Wright, 1890-1970 — A Symposium ,” Journal of Conflict Resolution 14 ( December 1970 )