MichaelAbsalom born 13 April 1980 , more commonly known as Abs , was a regular presenter on CBBC from 2002 to 2004 . Biography Born on 13 April 1980 in Falkirk ,Stirlingshire Scotland , Absalom has lived in many different areas including Barrow in Furness , Cumbria Rowlands Castle , Hampshire and the south west counties of Dorset and Somerset . He now lives in west London . CBBC Absalom made his first appearance on the new CBBC Channel CBBC digital channel in 2002, as the resident weather forecasting weatherman . However, his popularity meant that he soon became a regular presenter in the studio, and before long he was one of CBBC s leading presenters, presenting not only on the digital channel but also making regular appearances on the morning slot on BBC2 and the occasional appearance on the BBC1 afternoon slot. Other Shows His popularity on CBBC was furthered in the summer of 2003 when he and fellow presenter Anne Foy were chosen to host Britain s Amazing Mates , in which they toured the country attempting to find the best mates in Britain , involving games and activities. This was followed ... Khanijau . This quickly became one of the most popular shows on CBBC and again highlighted Absalom ... Of Friends and also the chance of a lifetime, when Absalom and Rani Khanijau filmed several episodes of the show in South Africa in honour of the BBC BBC s Africa Week . During the trip Absalom kept ... on CBBC s Art show SMart and has now also become a new Sportsround presenter. Christmas 2008 saw Absalom ... . Absalom joined the Eurosport Alpine Ski World Cup commentary team at the start of the 2006 07 .... Most recently Absalom can be heard on CBBC F1 . A new formula one commentary stream on the BBC s red button. Other Roles on Stage Michael, in 2009, starred in Aladdin in Mansfield s Palace Theatre ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 13 April 1980 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Absalom Category 1980 births ... more details
Tales . The character of Absalom appears in Michael Cook s The Head Guts and Sound Bone Dance Absalom is the name of a character in Michael Crummey s Newfoundland island Newfoundland set Galore ...about the biblical figure Image Gustave dore bibel death of absalom.jpg thumb right 200px The Death of Absalom by Gustave Dore According to the Bible , Absalom or Avshalom Hebrew Name Avshalom ... describes him as the most handsome man in the kingdom. Absalom eventually rebelled against his father ... 200px The Banquet of Absalom attributed to Niccol de Simone around 1650 After his full sister Tamar David s daughter Tamar was raped by their half brother, David s eldest son, Amnon , Absalom waited ... The Revolt at Hebron While at Jerusalem, Absalom built support for himself among the populace by promising ... of Jehoshaphat and Hinnom Jerusalem . Stairway in Absalom s Pillar Another view inside Absalom s Pillar ... Jonathan and Ahimaaz served as David s spies. Absalom reached the capital and took counsel with the renowned Ahithophel sometimes spelled Achitophel . David took refuge from Absalom s forces ... Absalom s court and subvert it. Hushai convinced Absalom to ignore Ahithophel s advice to attack ... Yerushalayim Tomb of Absalom 1860s.jpg thumb right Photo of Tomb of AbsalomAbsalom s Tomb in Kidron ... of the Jordan and Absalom s army was completely routed. ref http www.biblegateway.com passage ?search 2 20Samuel 2016 18&version NASB 2 Samuel 16 18 ref Absalom himself was caught by his head in the boughs ... striking and killing Absalom, by the use of three spears, followed by a group of swordsmen, an act that caused David great sorrow. Memorial to Absalom Another monument near Jerusalem not the modern Absalom Tomb Yad Avshalom which is of later origin was erected by Absalom in his lifetime to perpetuate his name bibleverse 2 Samuel 18 18 NIV blockquote Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared ... in remembrance and he called the pillar after his own name and it is called unto this day, Absalom ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Absalom, Absalom title orig translator image Image AbsalomAbsalom.jpg 200px image caption First edition cover author William Faulkner illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series genre Southern Gothic publisher Random House release date 1936 english release date media type Print pages isbn Absalom, Absalom is a Southern Gothic novel by the United States American author William Faulkner , first published in 1936. It is a story about three families of the Southern United States ... of the story on the life of Thomas Sutpen . Plot summary Absalom, Absalom details the rise ... handicaps, who remains on Sutpen s Hundred. Analysis Like other Faulkner novels, Absalom, Absalom allegorizes Southern history the title itself is an allusion to a Absalom wayward son fighting the empire ... his own destruction. Discussing Absalom, Absalom , Faulkner stated that the curse under which ... PA287&lpg PP1&dq 22Absalom Absalom 22&as brr 3&ie ISO 8859 1&output html Remarks on Absalom, Absalom , p.287 ref These two curses combined to ruin Sutpen. Absalom, Absalom juxtaposes ostensible fact ...&lpg PP1&dq 22Absalom Absalom 22&as brr 3&ie ISO 8859 1&output html Remarks , p.290 ref While many ...&dq 22Absalom, Absalom 22&lr &as brr 3&ie ISO 8859 1&output html M. Boyd, The Reflexive Novel Fiction ... to witness the burning of Sutpen s Hundred. Influence and significance Absalom, Absalom , along with The Sound ... called Absalom, Absalom the best Southern novel of all time. ref http www.oxfordamerican.org articles ... NOW... from user Attilio , July 2007 The title refers to the Bible Biblical story of Absalom , a son ... son. Another parallel to the Biblical story is that Absalom had his half brother executed for raping ... . It cites a sentence from Absalom, Absalom containing 1,300 words. Faulkner s short story Wash ... American gothic novels es Absalom, Absalom fr Absalon, Absalon nl Absalom, Absalom pl Absalomie, Absalomie ... more details
Otheruses Absalom disambiguation TOC right Infobox Given Name Revised name Absalom image imagesize caption pronunciation IPA bs l m gender Male meaning my father is peace . region origin Hebrew language Hebrew , Avshalom Hebrew related names Axel footnotes Infobox family name name Absalom image imagesize 200 px caption meaning region origin Hebrew related names footnotes Absalom IPAc en icon b s l m comes from the Old Testament Hebrew given name Avshalom , meaning my father is peace . It is common as a given name and a surname . There are alternate spellings, including the Scandinavian language Scandinavian Axel . ref cite web url http www.behindthename.com nmc dan.php title Danish names publisher behindthename.com accessdate 2007 12 18 ref People with the name Absalom include Given name Absalom , a son of King David Absalom Shade Allan 1843 after 1901 , Canadian merchant and politician Absalom Baird 1824 1905 , Union Army general in the American Civil War Avshalom Feinberg 1889 1917 , Jewish spy for Britain in World War I Absalom Harris Chappell 1801 1878 , American politician and lawyer Avshalom Haviv 1926 1947 , one of the Olei Hagardom Absalom Jones 1746 1818 , African American abolitionist and clergyman Absalom Willis Robertson 1887 1971 , American politician Absalom Shade c. 1793 1862 , Canadian businessman and politician Absalom Tatom 1742 1802 , American politician Surname Jack Absalom b. 1927 , Australian artist MichaelAbsalom b. 1980 , Scottish, regular presenter on CBBC References Reflist See also Absalon , historic Danish archbishop and statesman given name nocat surname DEFAULTSORT Absalom Name Category Masculine given names es Absal n nombre ... more details
Absalom may refer to People Main Absalom name Fictional characters Absalom comics , fictional character created by Marvel Comics and a mutant member of the immortal Externals. Absalom One Piece , a fictional character in Eiichir Oda s manga One Piece Absalom, fictional character in Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Caterpillar Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Caterpillar , a fictional character in the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland . Literature Absalom , science fiction story by Henry Kuttner anthologized in the collection Tomorrow, the Stars . Absalom, Absalom , novel by William Faulkner Absalom and Achitophel , landmark poetic political satire. Absalom was the name given by John Dryden to the Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles II of England Places Avshalom, Israel , a communal settlement in southern Israel Avshalom, Sinai , a former Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula Mount Absalom , Antarctica Yad Avshalom , an ancient tomb in the Kidron Valley near Jerusalem Ship Absalom 1853 , a wooden Ketch that was wrecked at the Macleay River bar New South Wales Australia on 29 March 1863 disambiguation he pl Absalom ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Mount Absalom coord 80 24 S 25 24 W is the southernmost and highest 1,640 m mountain of the Herbert Mountains , in the central part of the Shackleton Range . It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition and named for Henry W.L. Absalom, member of the Scientific Committee on the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition , 1955 58. usgs gazetteer EAntarctica geo stub Category Mountains of Antarctica Absalom ... more details
BLP sources date June 2007 Jack Absalom born 1927 is an Australia n artist and adventurer and was one of the members of the Brushmen of the Bush . He worked in the North Mine of Broken Hill . He was brought up in the Nullarbor , west of Port Augusta, South Australia Port Augusta and from an early age developed a wide knowledge the Australian outback. In 1972, Absalom made a trip to the Flinders Ranges with a group of artists. Although he had never before painted, he felt a great urge to paint the landscape and a natural talent was discovered. He now has his own gallery in Broken Hill. Each year Absalom disappears into the bush for two months to paint. Group exhibitions of his work with other bush artists have been held successfully internationally and Absalom has held one man shows throughout Australia. He also starred in the television series Absalom s Outback where he travelled to remote outback locations in a Chrysler Sigma and showed useful outback survival techniques. Works Absalom s outback paintings, 1983, ISBN 978 0 86788 005 2 ref http catalogue.nla.gov.au Search Home?lookfor author 22Absalom,Jack,1927 22&iknowwhatimean 1 Jack Absalom National Library of Australia ref Safe Outback Travel , 1988, ISBN 978 0 86788 028 1 Jack Absalom s Barbecue Cookbook , 1990, ISBN 978 0 86788 184 4 Absalom Paintings 1972 1996, 1996, ISBN 978 0 646 28427 9 Outback Cooking in the Camp Oven , 1997, ISBN 978 0 86788 281 0 Jack Absalom s Gallery, 2003, ISBN 978 0 646 42961 8 Jack Abdalom s Outback Journeys DVDs ref http www.flashbackentertainment.com.au movie.asp?ID 1279 Jack Absalom s Australia ...?ID 1360 Jack Absalom s Australia s Outback Journey 4 DVD Box Set Volume 2 ref ref http www.flashbackentertainment.com.au movie.asp?ID 1361 Jack Absalom s Australia s Outback Journey 4 DVD Box Set Volume 3 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Absalom, Jack ... Absalom, Jack Category 1927 births Category Australian painters Category Living people Australia ... more details
for the manga character of the same name Absalom One Piece Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image caption comic color background ff8080 character name Absalom real name species Mutant Marvel Comics Human Mutant publisher Marvel Comics debut X Force 10 creators Fabian Nicieza br Mark Pacella alliance color background ffc0c0 alliances Externals br High Lords aliases powers bone manipulation br immortality br superhuman durability br superhuman reflexes br superhuman speed br superhuman strength Absalom is a character arts fictional character , a supervillain in the Marvel Universe . He was created by writers Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza , and penciller Mark Pacella . His first appearance was in X Force 10. Character s background Little is known of Absalom s past prior to him joining the immortal mutant group known as the Externals . It is known he lived sometime in the Old West, where he was to be Hanging hanged for the murder of the renowned lawman and gunfighter Caleb Hammer . Upon his first death his spines grew, cutting himself free and scaring away the crowd. At some point in time he joined another group of Externals. It was later revealed that Absalom is infected with the deadly disease known as the Legacy Virus . ref X Force 37 ref Before the virus could claim him though, he is killed by Selene comics Selene , who is killing all the other Externals. ref X Force 54 ref Powers and abilities Absalom possessed superhuman agility, balance, coordination, endurance, reflexes, speed, strength, and the ability to grow razor sharp bone spines from all over his body. References reflist External links http www.mutanthigh.com absalom.html Cerebra s Files Absalom Category Comics characters introduced in 1992 Category Marvel Comics supervillains Category Marvel Comics mutants Category Marvel Comics immortals Category Marvel Comics characters with superhuman strength Marvel villain stub fr Absalom comics it Absalom fumetto tl Absalom komiks ... more details
Absalom Dlamini born 5 August 1984 is a Swaziland Swazi footballer with the Royal Leopards and the Swaziland national football team . ref http www.fifa.com worldfootball statisticsandrecords players player 205532 index.html FIFA profile at fifa.com ref He plays on position of defensive midfielder. References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dlamini, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 5 August 1984 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dlamini, Absalom Category 1984 births Category Living people Category Swazi footballers Category Swaziland international footballers Swaziland footy bio stub ... more details
Image Sydenstricker Family 1894.GIF 200px thumb Absalom Sydenstricker 1852 1931 was an American Presbyterian missionary to China from 1880 to 1931. ref Conn, Peter. Pearl S. Buck A Cultural Biography . Cambridge Cambridge UP, 1996. Pp 3 4. ref The Sydenstricker log house at the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia was Absalom s early childhood home. His daughter, Pearl S. Buck , became an award winning author. The book Fighting Angel , written as a companion to her memoir of her mother, The Exile 1936 The Exile , recounts the life and work of Absalom called Andrew in the book . ref Buck, Pearl. Fighting Angel Portrait of a Soul. New York John Day, 1936. ref She describes her father in harsh terms, both for his treatment of her mother and for his closed minded attitude towards China. She wrote that his was blockquote the story . . . of one soul and its march through time to its appointed end. For this soul there was birth, predestined, a duty to be done and it was done, and there was heaven at the end that was the whole story. There was nothing of the lives of people in it, no merriment of feasts, no love of joy, no tales of death. . . . There was nothing in it of empire or emperors or revolutions or of all the stir of changing human times. There was no reflection upon the minds and manners of men or any subtlety of philosophies. The tale was told as simply as the sun rises out of the dawn, marches swiftly across the firmament, to set in its own glory. ref Buck, Fighting Angel , 3. ref blockquote Notes references Bibliography Jost Zetzsche , Absalom Sydenstricker, in Kathleen Lodwick and Wah Cheng Kwan, ed., The Missionary Kaleidoscope Portraits of Six China Missionaries EastBridge, 2005 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sydenstricker, Absalom ... OF DEATH Protestant missions to China DEFAULTSORT Sydenstricker, Absalom Category American Christian ... Category 1852 births Category 1931 deaths no Absalom Sydenstricker zh ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2009 Absalom and Achitophel is a landmark poetic political satire by John Dryden . The poem exists in two parts. The first part, of 1681, is undoubtedly by Dryden. The second part, of 1682, was written by another hand, most likely Nahum Tate , except for a few passages including attacks on Thomas Shadwell and Elkanah Settle as Og and Doeg that Dryden wrote himself. The poem is an allegory that uses the story of the rebellion of Absalom against King David as the basis for discussion of the background to the Monmouth Rebellion 1685 , the Popish Plot 1678 and the Exclusion Bill Exclusion Crisis . The story of Absalom s revolt is told in the Second Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Bible wikisource Bible King James 2 Samuel Chapter 14 chapters 14 to 18 . Absalom rebels against his father King David. The beautiful Absalom is distinguished by extraordinarily ..., Ahitophel Achitophel in the Vulgate joins Absalom s rebellion, another advisor, Hushai, plots with David to pretend to defect and give Absalom advice that plays into David s hands. The result was that Absalom takes the advice of the double agent Hushai over the good advice of Ahitophel, who realizing that the rebellion is doomed to failure, goes home and hangs himself. Absalom is killed against ... that was under him went on NRSV 2 Sam. 18 9 . The death of his son, Absalom, causes David enormous personal grief. The title of Faulkner s novel Absalom, Absalom is taken from David s mourning in 2 Sam ... foment by making Monmouth into Absalom , the beloved boy, Charles into David who also had ... also refers to some of the Popish Plot furore. gallery Image James Scott.jpg Absalom Image lordashley.jpg ..., of the first part of Absalom and Achitophel gutenberg no 18517 name Anti Achitophel 1682 Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel Category British poems Category 1680s poems Category Poetry by John Dryden de Absalom and Achitophel fr Absalon et Achitophel ... more details
Image avtomb.JPG thumb right upright Tomb of Absalom Tomb of Absalom Lang he , Transliteration Transl. Yad Avshalom literally Absalom s Shrine , also called Absalom s Pillar , is an ancient Rock cut tombs in ancient Israel monumental rock cut tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem , Israel . Although traditionally ascribed to Absalom , the rebellious son of King David of Israel circa 1000 BCE , recent scholarship has attributed it to the 1st century CE. Description Absalom s Pillar is approximately 47 feet in height. ref http www.theshekel.org article historical sites 03.html Historical Sites in the Holy Land Absalom s Pillar . Retrieved on 2009 11 17. ref The lower half of the monument is a solid, monolithic block, about twenty feet square by twenty one feet high, surrounded on three sides by passageways which separate it from the walls of the cliff ... arcosolia graves on two sides and a small burial niche. ref Archaeological Supplement Absalom s Pillar ... in the Second Temple Period, Jeusalem, 2003, pp. 141 143 ref Traditional attribution Absalom s shrine has traditionally been identified as the monument of Absalom, rebellious son of King David, based ..., 1970, Pillar of Absalom, pp. 157 158 ref cquote Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared ... and he called the Monument after his own name and it is called unto this day, Absalom s Monument ... of Absalom existed in the days of Josephus , and was referred to in his Antiquities . ref Antiquities ... the death of Absalom. Additionally, the Book of Samuel reports that Absalom s body was covered over ... century CE. ref name Haaretz File InsideAbsalom sPillar.jpg thumb Stairway inside Absalom s Pillar another view inside the Tomb of Absalom Archeologically, the so called Tomb Of Absalom is a Nefesh ... panoramas tomb of absalom 1 Virtual Tour of Jerusalem . Offers 360 degree view from front of Absalom s Pillar. coord 31 46 37.05 N 35 14 20.25 E display title DEFAULTSORT Tomb Of Absalom Category ... more details
Infobox person name Absalom Jones image Absalom Jones.jpg image size 150xp caption birth date 1746 birth place Delaware , USA death date Death date and age 1818 2 13 1746 1 1 death place Philadelphia other names known for Anti slavery petitioner occupation Slave, priest spouse Mary King Absalom Jones 1746 1818 Absalom Jones was born in Delaware and raised on a Philadelphia plantation. Absalom Jones was a Baptist preacher. Jones delivered a sermon to celebrate the end of the slave trade. Most people do not know about Absalom Jones Opinion date March 2011 Whom? date March 2011 . He was the first black man to speak in congress. His church was called the Episcopal church of America. Absalom Jones 1746 February 13, 1818 was an African American abolitionist and clergyman . After founding a black congregation in 1794, in 1804 he was the List of African American firsts first African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopal Church of the United States. He is listed on the Calendar of saints Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopal calendar of saints and blessed under the date of his decease, February 13, in the Book of Common Prayer 1979 Book of Common Prayer as Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818 . Early life Jones was born into slavery in Delaware in 1746. When he was sixteen, he was sold to a storeowner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . While still a slave of Mr. Wynkoop, he married Mary King, another slave, on January 4 ... seven years he was able to purchase his own. ref http www.pbs.org wgbh aia part3 3h93.html Absalom ... of Pennsylvania Absalom Jones birthplace in Milford, Delaware is at coordinates Coord 38.91416 75.403998 type landmark name Absalom Jones birthplace Cat improve date February 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jones, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION minister ... OF DEATH Philadelphia DEFAULTSORT Jones, Absalom Category 1746 births Category 1818 deaths tl Absalom ... more details
Infobox Person name Absalom Boston image AbsalonBostom.gif caption Absalom Boston image size birth date 1785 birth place Nantucket, Massachusetts , United States USA death date 1855 death place Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA occupation Mariner, entrepreneur, civic leader spouse parents children Absalom Boston 1785 1855 was a United States mariner who was the first African American captain to sail a whaling ship whaleship with an all black crew. ref name NI cite book url http books.google.com books?id uuVLEXSHUqsC&pg PA207&lpg PA207&dq 22absalom boston 22&source bl&ots Jfzd3Dam6p&sig stc3oMRG68vhbZAvSqX96LG0lHo&hl en&ei GfwKS9b9CIbGlAfAl42FBA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CAsQ6AEwATgU v onepage&q 22absalom 20boston 22&f false title Nantucket Impressions author Robert Gambee and Elizabeth Heard publisher Robert Gambee year 2001 pages 206 207 isbn 0 393 01010 4 accessdate 2009 11 23 ref Absalom Boston was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts , to Seneca Boston, an African American ex slave father, and Thankful Micah, a Wampanoag people Wampanoag Indian mother. ref name BW cite news url http www.nha.org history hn HNracerelations.html title Black White Relations on Nantucket last Johnson first Robert date Spring 2002 work Historic Nantucket accessdate 2009 11 23 ref His grandfather, a slave named Prince Boston, was part of the crew of a 1770 whaling voyage, but refused to turn over his earnings to his white master. Instead, he went to court and won both his earnings and freedom, making him the first black slave to win his freedom in a U.S. jury trial. ref cite news url http www.c spanarchives.org congress ?q node 77531&id 6837701 title The Role of Civil Rights Organizations in History work C SPAN Archives accessdate 2009 11 23 ref Boston spent his early years working ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Boston, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... 1855 PLACE OF DEATH Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA DEFAULTSORT Boston, Absalom Category 1785 births ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 Absalom Tatom 1742 20 December 1802 was a United States House of Representatives U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1795 to 1796. Biography Born in North Carolina in 1742, Tatom was a sergeant in the Greenville, North Carolina Militia in 1763 he served in North Carolina Militia during the American Revolutionary War , where he was commissioned first lieutenant United States first lieutenant on September 1, 1775 and promoted to the rank of captain June 29, 1776. He resigned from the Continental Army on September 19, 1776. On August 15, 1778, Tatom enlisted as assistant quartermaster and keeper of the arsenal in the State service at Hillsborough, North Carolina he was contractor for Hillsborough in 1778 and named major of detachment of the North Carolina Light Horse February 12, 1779. In 1779, Tatom served as clerk of court in Randolph County, North Carolina Randolph County he was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons , but, because of his county clerk position, was disqualified from service in the legislature. In 1781, Tatom was district auditor for Hillsborough. Tatom rose in state government in 1782, he was one of three commissioners appointed by Congress to survey lands granted to Continental soldiers in the western territory later Tennessee that same year, he was a private secretary of Governor Thomas Burke governor Thomas Burke and state tobacco agent. The Continental Congress named him surveyor of North Carolina in May 1785 and was named commissioner to sign State paper money in December 1785. In 1788, Tatom was a delegate to the convention which considered ratification of the United States Constitution . In 1794, Tatom was elected ... CongBio T000050 Retrieved on 2009 02 26 Persondata NAME Tatom, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... OF DEATH Raleigh, North Carolina DEFAULTSORT Tatom, Absalom Category 1742 births Category 1802 ... Category American surveyors US politician stub sl Absalom Tatom ... more details
coord 30.83 S 153.01 E type landmark region AU display inline,title The Absalom was a wooden Ketch ... out for now Ship Description & Construction Ship Service History The Absalom in the early years ... . She spent much of 1858 travelling to Brisbane Water During this early part of her life The Absalom ... Saturday 30 July 1853 http trove.nla.gov.au ndp del article 670769?searchTerm Absalom ref ... Absalom , from Sydney bound to Moruya, which vessel at once returned to Sydney with Mr. Jones and Dalton, who desire to empress their thankfulness to Mr. Pye, the master of the Absalom , for lowering ...?searchTerm Absalom ref blockquote By 1862 the vessel was trading to the Macleay River Shipwreck Event The ketch Absalom with J Fraser as the master which had for some time trading Macleay River was wrecked ..., were totally lost. All hands were saved, and were returned to Sydney by the Woolloomooloo. The Absalom ... more details
Absalom Shade c. 1793 March 15, 1862 was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada . He was born in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania around 1793 and worked as a carpentry carpenter in Buffalo, New York . In 1816, he was hired by William Dickson Upper Canada William Dickson to manage his lands in Dumfries Township, Ontario Dumfries Township in Upper Canada . Shade operated a general store, a mill and a distillery in the area. The settlement that developed on the Grand River Ontario Grand River , originally known as Shade s Mills, was later known as Galt, Ontario Galt . Shade also secured a number of contracts to supply food and build roads for the Canada Company . He helped establish the Grand River Navigation Company to help transport goods along the river. He helped establish the Gore Bank in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton and also helped develop railroads in the area. He also helped to build Galt s Trinity Anglican Church Cambridge, Ontario Trinity Anglican Church in 1844 which still stands, and is in use, today. In 1831, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada representing Halton County, Ontario Halton he served until 1841. He died at Galt in 1862. External links http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 4700 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online DEFAULTSORT Shade, Absalom Category 1790s births Category 1862 deaths Category Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada Category Year of birth uncertain ... more details
Infobox military person name Absalom Baird born Birth date 1824 8 20 died Death date and age 1905 6 14 1824 8 20 placeofbirth Washington, Pennsylvania placeofdeath Relay, Maryland placeofburial Arlington National Cemetery placeofburial label Place of burial image File Absalom Baird.jpg 150px allegiance United States United States of America br Union American Civil War Union branch United States Army br Union Army serviceyears 1849 1888 rank Brevet military Brevet Major general United States Major General commands Inspector General of the Army battles American Civil War awards Medal of Honor laterwork Absalom Baird August 20, 1824 &ndash June 14, 1905 was a career United States Army officer who distinguished himself as a Union Army general in the American Civil War . Baird received the Medal of Honor for his military actions Early life Baird was born in Washington, Pennsylvania . He graduated from the preparatory department of Washington College now Washington & Jefferson College in 1841. He enrolled in the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1849, ranked ninth in a class of 43. From 1852 to 1859, he was a mathematics instructor at West Point, where one of his students was James McNeill Whistler . From 1859 to 1861, he served in Texas and Virginia. Civil War When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Baird was promoted to Brevet military brevet Captain U.S. Army captain . He fought at the First Battle of Bull Run under Brigadier general United States Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler ... html moh civwaral.html title Absalom Baird, Medal of Honor recipient work American Civil War ... title Absalom Baird, Medal of Honor recipient work American Civil War A L publisher United States Army ... www.generalsandbrevets.com ngb baird.htm title Photographs of Absalom Baird archiveurl http web.archive.org ... 20, 1885 August 20, 1888 S end Persondata NAME Baird, Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... OF DEATH Baltimore, Maryland DEFAULTSORT Baird, Absalom Category 1824 births Category 1905 deaths ... more details
Absalom Shade Allan November 26, 1843 &ndash after 1901 was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Wellington West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal Party of Canada Liberal member from 1886 to 1894. He was born near Preston, Ontario Preston , Canada West in 1843, the son of Alexander Allan, who came from Aberdeen , Scotland . His uncle Absalom Shade founded Galt, Ontario Galt . Allan was educated in Preston, Elora, Ontario Elora and Toronto . He taught school and then worked as a bookkeeper in Elora. In 1868, he moved to the village of Clifford, Ontario Clifford , where he opened a general store. He married Kate Bullock in 1871. Allan served as the first reeve for Clifford and was warden for Wellington County, Ontario Wellington County from 1884 to 1885. He was also a justice of the peace. Allan served as master in the local Freemason Masonic lodge and was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada Presbyterian church, serving for a time as superintendent of the village Sunday school . In 1893, he helped draft a Children s Protection Act. He was defeated in the 1894 election. In 1901, Allan was appointed sheriff for Wellington County and he moved to Guelph . External links http www.canadiana.org ECO mtq?doc 32961 The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891 JA Gemmill OntarioMPPbio ID 825 http www.ourroots.ca e toc.aspx?id 6028 The Way It Was A History of Minto Township , CM Harrison 1978 http www.ourroots.ca e toc.aspx?id 4925 Guelph Perspectives on a Century of Change 1900 2000 2000 http www.canadiana.org ECO mtq?doc 08545 The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self made men ... 1880 http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com wjmartin welling1.htm Transcription from Wellington County Atlas, 1906 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Allan, Absalom Shade ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1843 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Allan, Absalom Shade Category ... more details
Absalom Harris Chappell December 18, 1801 December 11, 1878 was an United States American politician and lawyer . Chappell was born in Mount Zion, Georgia Mount Zion , Georgia U.S. state Georgia , the oldest son of Joseph and Dorothy Harris Chappell. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia Athens in 1820 however, he did not graduate from the school. Chappell continued the study of law under the tutelage of Augustin Smith Clayton , passed the state bar exam, and became a practicing lawyer. Chappell was elected as to the Georgia Senate in 1832 and 1833 and served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1834 through 1839. Upon the resignation of Representative elect John B. Lamar , Chappell was elected as his replacement in the United States House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives in 1843 and served in that position until 1845 when he did not seek re election. Chappell was subsequently elected to one more term as a state senator in 1845 and served as the president of that body. In 1842 he married Loretto Rebecca Lamar, the younger sister of Judge Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar I and Mirabeau B. Lamar , second President of Texas. The Chappells had five children who survived to adulthood. Chappell died in Columbus, Georgia in 1878 and was buried in Linwood Cemetery in that same city. References CongBio C000319 CongBio C000319 http dlg.galileo.usg.edu cgi bin ebind2html.pl reed c03?seq 22 History of the University of Georgia , Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint Athens, Georgia University of Georgia, ca. 1949 p.188 William J. Northen , http books.google.com books?vid OCLC07068994&id Rg8ZD0XhkRMC&pg RA16 PA285&vq University of Georgia&dq 22Georgia Scenes ... Chappell, Absalom Harris ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1801 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1878 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chappell, Absalom Harris Category ... de Absalom Harris Chappell ... more details
John James Absalom Thomas , Doctor of Divinity DD ref http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk catalogue displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN 6&CATID 4378015&FullDetails True&j 1&Gsm 2008 08 08 National Archives ref was the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon from 1958 ref Electoral College Reaches Decision Ven. J. J. A. Thomas New Bishop Of Swansea The Times Friday, Nov 29, 1957 pg. 7 Issue 54011 col F ref until 1976. ref http www.churchinwales.org.uk swanbrec bishop Diocesan web site ref br Thomas was born on 17 May 1908 ref Who s Who Who was Who 1897 2007 London, A & C Black , 2007 ISBN 9780199540877 ref , educated at the University of Aberystwyth and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1932. ref Crockford s Clerical Directory 1947 48 Oxford, OUP ,1947 ref He held Curate curacies at Llancaiach and Sketty after which he was the John Morgan bishop Bishop s Messenger and Chaplain Examining Chaplain for the Swansea Diocese. He was then Warden of Church Hostel, Bangor, Gwynedd Bangor and a Lecturer at the University College of North Wales until 1944. Following this he was Vicar of Swansea and then Archdeacon of Gower before being enthroned Bishop of Swansea and Brecon on 2 February 1958 ref Bishop Of Swansea Enthroned Emphasis On Church Unity The Times Monday, Feb 03, 1958 pg. 10 Issue 54065 col E ref . He retired in 1976 and died on 27 February 1995. References references Start box S rel wa Succession box before William Glyn Hughes Simon title Bishop of Swansea and Brecon after Benjamin Noel Young Vaughan years 1958&ndash 1976 End box Bishops of Swansea and Brecon Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomas, John James Absalom ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1908 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1995 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomas, John James Absalom Category 1908 births Category Alumni of Aberystwyth University Category Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Category Academics of Bangor University Category Archdeacons of Gower Category Bishops of Swansea and Brecon ... more details
Infobox engineer image image size alt caption name Robert Absalom Thom nationality British citizenship birth date 14 June 1873 birth place Aberdeen death date Death date and age 1955 11 02 1873 06 14 df yes death place Ilkley education Robert Gordon s College spouse parents children discipline Locomotive engineer institutions practice name employer Great North of Scotland Railway br Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway br Great Central Railway br London and North Eastern Railway London & North Eastern Railway significant projects significant design significant advance significant awards OBE Robert Absalom Thom 14 June 1873 2 November 1955 was the final Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway , and became a key figure in the locomotive departments of the company s successors, the Great Central Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway London & North Eastern Railway . Biography Thom was born at Aberdeen on 14 June 1873. sfn Marshall 1978 p 214 He attended Robert Gordon s College in Aberdeen, where he received a technical education, before being apprenticed in 1888 to the Great North of Scotland Railway GNoSR at their locomotive works at Kittybrewster, just outside Aberdeen. sfn Marshall 1978 p 214 sfn Boddy Fry Hennigan Proud 1963 p 9 On completion of his apprenticeship in 1893, he became an inspector and then deputy works foreman. sfn Marshall 1978 p 214 He left the GNoSR in 1898, moving to the Neasden works of the Metropolitan Railway , where he was foreman but he did not stay long, moving to join Thomas Beeley & Sons at Hyde Junction, east of Manchester, as works foreman. sfn Marshall 1978 p 214 On 24 October 1902, he became the Locomotive Inspector of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway ... Kenilworth isbn 0 901115 40 1 ref harv cite book last Bonavia first Michael R. title 1. The First ... first Michael R. title 2. The Age of the Streamliners, 1934 39 series A History of the LNER year 1985 ... more details
Infobox Senator name Absalom Willis Robertson nationality American image name Absalom Willis Robertson.jpg jr sr Senator state Virginia party Democratic Party United States Democratic term start November 6, 1946 term end December 30, 1966 alongside preceded Thomas G. Burch succeeded William B. Spong, Jr. date of birth birth date 1887 5 27 place of birth Martinsburg, West Virginia dead dead date of death death date and age 1971 11 1 1887 5 27 place of death Lexington, Virginia spouse religion Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopalian Absalom Willis Robertson May 27, 1887 ndash November 1, 1971 was an United States American lawyer and Democratic Party United States Democratic Party politician from Lexington, Virginia . Also known as A. Willis Robertson , he represented Virginia in both the United States House of Representatives U.S. House and the United States Senate , where he compiled a conservative record in support of the Conservative Coalition . Life and career Robertson was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia , to Franklin Pierce Robertson and Josephine Ragland Willis. ref http www.wargs.com other robertson.html Ancestry of Pat Robertson Bot generated title ref He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1907. Robertson was elected to the Virginia General Assembly Virginia State Senate as a United States Democratic Party Democrat in 1915 and he served from 1916 to 1922. Robertson served in the United States Army during World War I . Robertson served as Commonwealth Attorney for Rockbridge County, Virginia from 1922 to 1928. In 1932, Robertson was elected to Virginia s 7th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives, and was reelected ... Persondata . NAME Robertson, Absalom Willis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH May ... DEFAULTSORT Robertson, Absalom Willis Category 1887 births Category 1971 deaths Category People from ... Party United States Senators de Absalom Willis Robertson fi Absalom Willis Robertson sv Absalom Willis ... more details
Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix name Henry Absalom Powell honorific suffix image Henry Absalom Powell.jpg imagesize constituency MP Westmorland electoral district Westmorland parliament Canadian predecessor Josiah Wood successor Henry Emmerson term start 1895 term end 1900 birth date birth date 1855 04 06 birth place Richibucto, New Brunswick Richibucto , New Brunswick death date death date and age 1930 04 15 1855 04 06 death place nationality spouse party Liberal Conservative relations children residence alma mater occupation profession cabinet committees portfolio religion signature website footnotes Henry Absalom Powell April 6, 1855 &ndash April 15, 1930 was a Canada Canadian lawyer and politician. ref name parl CanParlbio ID f959ea16 f9a9 4d79 8df0 0e3626c2b39a ref Born in Richibucto, New Brunswick , ref name parl the son of Edmund Powell, ref name johnson cite book title The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867 1967 last Johnson first J.K. date 1968 publisher Public Archives of Canada ref Powell was educated at Kent County Grammar School and at Mount Allison University where he graduated in 1875. He was called to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1880 and was appointed Queen s Counsel in 1894. ref name personnel Powell practised law in Sackville, New Brunswick Sackville and Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John . He was also professor of law at University of King s College King s College in Windsor, Nova Scotia . ref name johnson He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the New Brunswick general election, 1890 general elections of 1890 , but resigned after the election was protested. He was re elected, and again, in 1891, after being unseated. He was re elected in New Brunswick general election, 1892 1892 and resigned in August 1895 when he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Westmorland electoral district Westmorland . A Liberal Conservative , he was re elected in Canadian federal election, 1896 1896 ... more details
Infobox Politician name Absalom J. Hembree image imagesize caption office Member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature term 1849, 1851, 1854 constituency Yamhill County, Oregon Yamhill County nominator appointer predecessor successor office2 Member of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon constituency2 Yamhill District termstart2 1846 termend2 1849 nominator2 appointer2 predecessor2 successor2 birthdate December 14, 1813 birthplace White County, Tennessee deathdate death date and age 1856 4 10 1813 12 14 deathplace Washington Territory party Democrat spouse Nancy Dodson Absalom Jefferson Hembree December 14, 1813 &ndash April 10, 1856 was an United States American soldier and politician in what became the state of Oregon . A native of Tennessee , he served in the Provisional Legislature of Oregon and the Oregon Territorial Legislature before being killed in action during the Yakima War . Early years Absalom Hembree was born in Warren County, Tennessee , on December 14, 1813, to James and Nancy Hembree n e Pettit . ref name Oregon Corning, Howard M. 1989 Dictionary of Oregon History . Binfords & Mort Publishing . p. 111. ref ref name gaston cite book last Gaston first Joseph title The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811 1912 publisher Chicago, The S.J. Clarke publishing company year 1912 volume 3 pages 899 url http www.archive.org stream centennialhisto01gastgoog page n903 mode 1up search hembree ref On January 14, 1835, he married Nancy Dodson in White County, Tennessee, and the two would have ten children. ref name gaston In 1843, he and his family that now included three children William, Ann, and Nancy , along with an older brother Joel, immigrated to the Oregon Country ... County. ref name Oregon There the family raised livestock and Absalom operated a store in nearby ... Reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hembree, Absalom J. ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH April 10, 1856 PLACE OF DEATH Washington Territory DEFAULTSORT Hembree, Absalom J. Category ... more details
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