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William Chauvenet ( 24 May 1820, Milford, Pennsylvania-13 December 1870, St. Paul, Minnesota ) was a professor of mathematics, astronomy, navigation, and surveying who was instrumental in the establishment of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and later the second chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
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William Chauvenet was born on a farm near Milford, Pennsylvania to William Marc Chauvenet and Mary B. Kerr and was raised in Philadelphia.
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William Chauvenet was placed in charge of the school in 1842 and formalized much of the study.
In statistical theory, the Chauvenet's criterion ( named for William Chauvenet ) is a means of assessing whether one piece of experimental data — an outlier — from a set of observations, is likely to be spurious.
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Alfred William Lawson ( March 24, 1869 – November 29, 1954 ) was a professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals.
King William gave the Abbey independence from its mother church and endowed it generously, including income from 24 parishes, land in every royal burgh and more.
It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 24 institutions: 11 senior colleges, seven community colleges, the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, the doctorate-granting Graduate School and University Center, the City University of New York School of Law, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education.
William Dwight Schultz ( born November 24, 1947 ) is an American stage, television, film actor, and voice artist.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled of crude oil.
Ackerman was born Forrest James Ackerman ( though he would refer to himself from the early 1930s on as " Forrest J Ackerman " with no period after the middle initial ) on November 24, 1916 in Los Angeles, to Carroll Cridland ( née Wyman ; 1883 – 1977 ) and William Schilling Ackerman ( 1892 – 1951 ).
Malcolm arrived there on 24 August 1093 to find that William Rufus refused to negotiate, insisting that the dispute be judged by the English barons.
* Calvin, William " Neural Darwinism: The Theory of Neuronal Group Selection ", Science, 24 June 1988, accessed April 16, 2007 ( a review of Gerald Edelman's book Neural Darwinism )
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Thomas Bowdler (; 11 July 1754 – 24 February 1825 ) was an English physician and philanthropist, best known for publishing The Family Shakspeare, an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's work, edited by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler, intended to be more appropriate for 19th century women and children than the original.
William Morris ( 24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896 ) was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and libertarian socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement.
William Morris was born in Walthamstow on 24 March 1834, the third child and the eldest son of William Morris, a partner in the firm of Sanderson & Co., bill brokers in the City of London.
William Jardine ( 24 February 1784 – 27 February 1843 ) was a Scottish physician and merchant.
William O ' Dwyer ( July 11, 1890November 24, 1964 ) was the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950.
William O ' Dwyer died in New York City on November 24, 1964, in Beth Israel Hospital, at the age of 74 of heart failure.
* June 24 – William Keighley, American film director ( b. 1889 )
* September 24 – Warren William, American actor ( b. 1894 )
* December 24 – William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist ( b. 1811 )
* April 24 – William Sargant, British psychiatrist ( d. 1988 )
* September 24 – William Adams, English navigator and samurai ( d. 1620 )
* November 24 – William Stowell, American silent film actor & director ( b. 1885 )
* November 24 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( b. 1779 )
* June 24 – William B. Saxbe, American politician ( d. 2010 )
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But what the elements could not do was seriously threatened when Brigadier General William E. ( Grumble ) Jones reached Philippi while on the famous Jones-Imboden raid in May, 1863.
On May 18, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Lincoln's friends promised and manipulated and won the nomination on the third ballot, beating candidates such as William H. Seward and Salmon P. Chase.
It celebrated winning the award on May 15, 1974 when the Governor of Michigan, William Milliken, and many dignitaries came to town.
General John P. Jumper, U. S. Air Forces in Europe commander, escorts President William Jefferson Clinton upon his arrival to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 5, 1999.
* William Theodore Heard ( 28 April 1969 – 18 May 1970 )
William " Captain " Kidd ( c. 1645 – 23 May 1701 ) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean.
Alexander William Doniphan joined Atchison's law practice in Liberty in May, 1833.
( Davy's invention had been preceded by that of William Reid Clanny, an Irish doctor at Bishopwearmouth, who had also read a paper to the Royal Society in May 1813.
Earlier negotiations for a marriage to William Herbert having fallen through, in May or June 1599 Oxford's 15-year-old daughter Bridget married Francis Norris.
* 4 May: Joseph Plunkett, William Pearse, Edward Daly and Michael O ' Hanrahan
Bulwer-Lytton was born on 25 May 1803 to General William Earle Bulwer of Heydon Hall and Wood Dalling, Norfolk and Elizabeth Barbara Lytton, daughter of Richard Warburton Lytton of Knebworth, Hertfordshire.
Canadian Ambassador William Crosbie makes remarks during the opening of the refurbished Turquoise Mountain Foundation in Kabul on May 9, 2011.
Fort William is the home of the Scottish Six Day Motorcycle Trial ( SSDT ), held annually in the first full week of May.
Frederick William I () ( 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740 ) was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg ( as Frederick William II ) from 1713 until his death.
At that point, George William withdrew Brandenburg from the war and signed the Peace of Prague with Emperor Ferdinand II on 30 May 1635.
Then the following month, on May 31st 1902, in a letter to William Blackwood, Conrad remarks:
On May 10, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation, following President Warren Harding's death and in response to allegations that the prior director, William J. Burns, was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal.
When released on May 1, 1941, Citizen Kane — based in part on the life of William Randolph Hearst — did not do much business at theaters ; Hearst owned numerous major newspapers, and forbade them to carry advertisements for the film.
* Lady Margaret Hamilton ( d. c. 4 May 1642 ), married Sir William Cuninghame of Caprington
From May 1684, the King's illegitimate son, James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, lived in the Netherlands, where he was fêted by William and Mary.
An article in The New York Times ( March 8, 1953: E9 ), titled " Looking Back Two Billion Years " describes the work of Wollman ( William ) M. MacNevin at The Ohio State University, before the Miller Science paper was published in May 1953.
On May 3, 1952, U. S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher and Lieutenant William Pershing Benedict, along with scientist Albert P. Crary, landed a modified Douglas C-47 Skytrain at the North Pole.
He was survived by his second wife Dorothy ( Blanchard ) Jacobson ( m. May 13, 1929 ) and his three children, William Hammerstein and Alice Hammerstein Mathias by first wife Myra Finn, and James Hammerstein by Blanchard.
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