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Durham Biographies
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Author : G. R. Batho
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Durham Biographies written by G. R. Batho and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Durham (England : County) categories.
The Durham Thirteen Biographical Sketches
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Author : Durham Thirteen
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
The Durham Thirteen Biographical Sketches written by Durham Thirteen and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Durham Thirteen is a fascinating collection of biographical sketches of thirteen famous individuals from the county of Durham in England. The book includes profiles of a wide range of people, from politicians and soldiers to artists and poets, and provides a unique insight into the history of Durham and the people who have lived there. The Durham Thirteen is a must-read for anyone interested in English history or the history of the North East of England. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Durham Thirteen
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Author : Durham Thirteen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-02-18
The Durham Thirteen written by Durham Thirteen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-18 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Lord Durham
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Author : Chester William New
language : en
Publisher: London : Dawsons
Release Date : 1968
Lord Durham written by Chester William New and has been published by London : Dawsons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lord Durham
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Author : CHESTER W. NEW
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
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The Durham Papers
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Author : Hilary L. Rubinstein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-05-13
The Durham Papers written by Hilary L. Rubinstein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-13 with History categories.
Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763–1845) was one of the most distinguished and colourful officers of the late Georgian Navy. His lucky and sometimes controversial career included surviving the sinking of HMS Royal George in 1782, making the first conquest of the tricolour flag in 1793 and the last in 1815, and having two enemy ships surrender to him at Trafalgar. A Scot distantly related to Lord Barham, Durham entered the Navy in 1777, serving initially on the American and West Indies stations. He was Kempenfelt's signal officer on HMS Victory during the second battle of Ushant in 1781 and on the Royal George. Making his reputation initially as the daring young master and commander of HMS Spitfire early in the French Revolutionary War, he became a crack frigate captain with a fortune in prize money, and commanded HMS Defiance at Trafalgar, where he was wounded. He ended his war service as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands. En voyage he artfully captured two brand-new French frigates which were subsequently taken into the service of Britain, and during his tenure he won the heartfelt gratitude of local merchants by ridding the surrounding seas of American privateers preying on British trading vessels. True to form, he clashed with the judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court on Antigua and with the general with whom he led a combined naval and military assault on Martinique and Guadeloupe following Napoleon's escape from Elba. He later served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth having resigned his parliamentary seat to do so. Married first to the sister of the Earl of Elgin, of 'Marbles' fame, and secondly to a cousin of 'sea wolf' Lord Cochrane, he was well-known to George III, who as a result of Durham's amusing yet improbable anecdotes, dubbed any tall tale he heard 'a Durham'. This collection of his papers consists mainly of letters and despatches relating to his service in the Channel Fleet, the Mediterranean, and the Leeward Islands. Correspondence with his parents during 1789–1790 reflects his anxieties relating to employment and prospects for promotion when he was a young lieutenant with an illegitimate child to support. The collection, featuring items from and to him, comprises a fascinating and informative set of documents.
Lord Durham
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Author : Chester W. New
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-19
Lord Durham written by Chester W. New and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-19 with History categories.
Excerpt from Lord Durham: A Biography of John George Lambton, First Earl of Durham These historical developments are dramatized for us by association with his personality. Much of the storminess of his life may be ascribed to the conflict of great political and social forces, but not a little of it was due to the directness of his methods, the loftiness of his courage, his hypersensitive pride, and his Violent temper. In him a magnificent manhood was hampered and marred by a singular childishness - a strange blending of noble visions and petty vanities, high sacrifices and puny impatience, sustained devotion and fiery temper, and through it all more than a touch of heroism. All his life the state of his health was such that few men so circumstanced would have thought of engaging in any form of public work. Through seasons of intense pain, and into one physical breakdown after another, he laboured on for the love of England that was in him; though frequently em bittered, he responded to every call and continued to make labour and trouble for himself until tuberculosis, added to his other maladies, cut off his life. He was spurred on, no doubt, by ambition as well as by patriotism, but it was the sort of ambition that we covet for our sons and daughters. I do not pretend to have been unmoved by such considera tions, but I believe that the weaker elements in Lord Dur ham's character are also clearly revealed. My business has been primarily to describe and interpret, and not to praise or blame. I have conceived of the task of the biographer as simply to set the stage and permit the central figure, his colleagues, friends, and opponents, to speak and act for themselves. From this conception of biography it follows that the pre face is the author's only refuge from anonymity. Here I have only one confession to make. I am a Canadian of the third generation and all of my grandparents were living in Canada in Lord Durham's day. That subjects me, I feel confident, to no party bias, but it does expose me to a pride that in the life of my own country there have developed certain world shaping conceptions. It was my original intention to add an epilogue tracing those ideas from Lord Durham to their fulfilment in our own day, showing that it was our Canadian forefathers who cherished most warmly Durham's concep tions, that it was they who took the lead in insisting that the British Empire should not break up again, and in bringing his vision of the permanence and character of the Empire to a fuller fruition than even he had dreamed. But I decided that that was another story and that my task should end with his death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Dukes Of Durham 1865 1929
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Author : Robert Franklin Durden
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1975
The Dukes Of Durham 1865 1929 written by Robert Franklin Durden and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Chiefly a record of the life and descendants of Washington Duke. He was born 20 Dec 1820 to Taylor Duke and Dicey Jones. He married Mary Caroline Clinton in 1842. They were the parents of two children. She died in 1847. He married Artelia Toney in Dec 1852. They were the parents of three children. She died in 1858. He died 8 May 1905.
True Stories Of Durham Pit Life
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Author : George Parkinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
True Stories Of Durham Pit Life written by George Parkinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with Coal miners categories.
African Americans Of Durham Orange Counties
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Author : Jean Bolduc
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016-11-14
African Americans Of Durham Orange Counties written by Jean Bolduc and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-14 with History categories.
Durham and Orange Counties have vibrant and active African American communities. Throughout the region's unjust past, generations have shown extraordinary strength and resolve. Floyd McKissick became the first African American student at the University of North Carolina School of Law after Thurgood Marshall argued for his admittance in court. The struggle for civil rights in Durham shaped the poetry of Jaki Shelton Green, one of the state's most esteemed wordsmiths. More recently, local leaders such as Michelle Johnson find the work of equality is far from over. Journalist and writer Jean Bolduc reveals the voices of Durham and Orange County African Americans in a series of inspirational oral histories.