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2. George William Manby - Wikipedia

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   Manby was born in the village of Denver on the edge of the Norfolk Fens.His parents were Mary Woodcock (1741-1783) and Captain Matthew Pepper Manby (1735-1774), lord of the manor of Wood Hall in Hilgay, a former soldier and aide-de-camp to Lord Townshend and barrack-master of Limerick at his death. [1]

3. Deaths in March 2021 - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2021. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

4. Manby mortar - Wikipedia

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   Manby mortar, 1842 drawing John Cantiloe Joy, Going to a Vessel requiring assistance and Thereby preventing Shipwreck (undated), Norfolk Museums Collections. The Manby mortar or Manby apparatus was a maritime lifesaving device originated at the start of the 19th century, comprising a mortar capable of throwing a line to a foundering ship within reach of shore, such that heavier hawsers could ...

5. HMS Snipe (1801) - Wikipedia

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   The wreck was witnessed by captain George William Manby. [2] Following this tragedy, Manby experimented with mortars, and so invented the Manby Mortar, (later used with the breeches buoy), that fired a thin rope from shore into the rigging of a ship in distress. A strong rope, attached to the thin one, could be pulled aboard the ship.

6. Manby (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Charles Manby (1804–1884), civil engineer and son of Aaron Manby; Dave Manby, canoeist or kayaker; Frederic Edward Manby (1845–1891), surgeon and Mayor of Wolverhampton 1888/1889, elder brother to Alan Reeve Manby; Captain George William Manby FRS (1765–1864), inventor of the Manby Mortar and the first portable pressurised fire ...

7. CEO Joel Manby: A Real 'Undercover Boss' on a Seemingly ...

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   Manby meets another single mom at the company's Camden N.J.'s Adventure Aquarium who he learns was homeless when she first landed the job wiping hand prints off of the aquarium glass two years ago ...

8. List of United States Military Academy first captains

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   Martayn Van de Wall, 2023–2024 first captain Lauren Drysdale, 2022–2023 first captain John Tien, 1987 first captain, and former deputy secretary for the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Corps of Cadets at the United States Military Academy (USMA), at West Point, New York, is organized into a brigade. The senior ranking ...

9. Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks’ Charlie Griffin Dies in Boating ...

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   Charlie Griffin, a fishing boat captain who was featured on multiple seasons of National Geographic’s Wicked Tuna spinoff, Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks, died in a boating accident Monday. His death ...