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Francis Light (c. 1740 – 21 October 1794) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city of George Town in 1786. Light was the father of William Light , who founded the city of Adelaide in South Australia in 1836.
The Francis Light statue is a memorial to Captain Francis Light (1740–1794), the founder of the British colony of Penang in 1786. It is situated in the grounds of Fort Cornwallis , George Town , Penang, Malaysia.
The Francis Light Memorial is a memorial about Francis Light in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The memorial, located underneath the dome, reads: "In memory of Francis Light ESQ who first established this island as an English settlement and was many years governor. Born in the county of Suffolk in England and died October 21st, 1794. In his ...
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Frank William Taussig, of Czech ancestry, economist and educator, credited with creating the foundations of modern trade theory. Vlasta Vraz, of Czech ancestry, worked for Czech war relief and other Czech causes in Prague and US; René Wellek, of Czech father, founder of literary criticism and comparative literature.
T. Hayes Hunter: Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger: A damaged and incomplete copy was found in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, but a nearly-pristine print was located in the archives of the British Film Institute. [229] Hello Pop! Jack Cummings: Ted Healy, The Three Stooges: Full Technicolor print found in Sydney, Australia, in January 2013. [230]
Francis and the Lights is an American music project created by Francis Farewell Starlite. [1] The term "and the Lights" refers both to the lights on a stage and pixels on a computer screen. [ 2 ] Francis Farewell Starlite (born Abe Morre Katz-Milder, June 14, 1981) is an American musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, and dancer.
Francis Buzzacott was born on Christmas Day 1861 in Swansea, Wales to Welsh parents, Henry Buzzacott (1833-99) and Eliza Turner (born 1838). His father, Henry Buzzacott, also worked as a hunter and trapper after the Civil War and assisted Francis in drafting his Masterpiece. [2] Henry later returned to Swansea, where he died in 1899. His mother ...