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Joseph Merrick Jones (August 20, 1902 – March 11, 1963) was an American lawyer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He served as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs in the U.S. State Department at the close of World War II, and was for many years the president of the Board of Tulane University. Jones graduated from Tulane and was admitted to the bar.
Joseph Rockley Merrick (c. 1838 –1897) was the son of London-born weaver Barnabas Merrick (1791–1856) who moved to Leicester during the 1820s or 1830s, and his third wife Sarah Rockley. [9] Mary Jane Potterton ( c. 1837 –1873), born at Evington in Leicestershire, was the daughter of William Potterton, who was described as an agricultural ...
Policemen return Merrick to the hospital and Treves. He recovers some of his health but is dying of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Merrick thanks Treves for all he has done, saying his life is now fulfilled. Treves and Mothershead take Merrick, accompanying Princess Alexandra, to see a pantomime. Kendal comes on stage afterwards and ...
After four years in the workhouse, Merrick contacted a showman who agreed to exhibit him as the "Elephant Man". While on display in a penny gaff shop in London, Merrick met a surgeon named Frederick Treves who invited Merrick to the London hospital to be examined. Soon after, Merrick's exhibition was shut down by the police and Merrick ...
The House approved the bill in a 263-156 vote — with 46 Democrats joining all Republicans in favor. The Senate passed it in a 64-35 vote, with 12 Democrats breaking with their party to back it.
Joseph Jones (rugby) (1899–1960), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s Joseph Jones (trade unionist) (1891–1948), British coal miner Joseph Jones (Virginia politician) (1727–1805), U.S. statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress
1666 jackson—jones 1935 merrick rd. e. of riverside dr. wantagh: home of col. john jackson brig. gen. jacob s. jackson samuel jackson jones (1923) and their descendants for ten generations 3: benjamin f. thompson fulton ave., w. of terrace ave. hempstead: 1784–1849, wrote "history of long island" while living here. his grave is in hempstead. 4
By Catherine Sherman If a good country song tells a story, then George Jones was a master storyteller. The Country Music Hall of Famer, who passed away last Friday at age 81, spun tales both ...