Nicholson, Francis

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• Francis Nicholson —     Francis Nicholson     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Francis Nicholson     A controversial writer; b. at Manchester, 1650 (baptized 27 Oct.); d. at Lisbon, 13 Aug., 1731. The son of Henry or Thomas Nicholson, a Manchester citizen, when sixteen he… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Nicholson — Family name Meaning derived from Son of Nichol Region of origin England, Scotland Footnotes: [1] Nicholson is a surname of northern E …   Wikipedia

• Francis Nicholson — (12 November 1655ndash 5 March 1727 or 1728) was a British military officer and was colonial governor or acting governor of New York, Virginia, Maryland, Nova Scotia, and South Carolina. Nicholson was born in the village of Downholme, Yorkshire,… …   Wikipedia

• Francis Nicholson (disambiguation) — Francis Nicholson may refer to:*Francis Nicholson (1655 1728), British military officer and was colonial governor *Francis Nicholson (painter), English painter *Francis Nicholson (preacher) (1650 1731), English preacher …   Wikipedia

• Francis Ysidro Edgeworth — (8 February 1845 ndash; 13 February 1926) made significant contributions to the methods of statistics during the 1880s. From 1891 onward he was the editor of a leading academic journal in economics and his own writings in economics were… …   Wikipedia

• Nicholson-Rand House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

• Francis Scott Fitzgerald — Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (* 24. September 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota; † 21. Dezember 1940 in Hollywood) war ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Francis Peabody Magoun — in RAF uniform. Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. MC (January 6, 1895 – June 5, 1979) was one of the seminal figures in the study of medieval and English literature in the 20th century, a scholar of subjects as varied as football and ancient Germanic… …   Wikipedia

• Francis Stillman Barnard — Francis Stillman („Frank“) Barnard, KCMG (* 16. Mai 1856 in Toronto; † 11. April 1936 in Victoria) war ein kanadischer Politiker und Unternehmer. Als Mitglied der Konservativen Partei war er von 1888 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Francis Bernasconi — (aka Francisco Bernasconi) (1762 ndash; 1 January 1841) was an English ornamental carver and plasterer of Italian descent. He became one of the the most successful ornamental carvers and plasterers in Georgian Britain.Early lifeFrancis Bernasconi …   Wikipedia