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Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3] Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter: 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall [15] Unknown [e]
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Riley is a surname of English origin, as well as an Anglicized version of an Irish surname.. The name has the meaning "rye clearing", or is from one of several placenames, including High Riley in Accrington, Lancashire, and in Devon.
1860 Cascade Mansion, home of Dr. William F Poole, son-in-law of Atlanta's first physician, 1530 Dodson Drive SW; As far as cemeteries are concerned, Utoy Cemetery, circa 1826, is Atlanta's oldest. Atlanta's first physician and DeKalb County's first sheriff are buried at the site. [1] [2] Oakland Cemetery was begun in 1850.
Franklin Lafayette Riley Jr. (August 24, 1868 – November 10, 1929) was an American historian. The title of his dissertation was Colonial Origins of New England Senates . [ 1 ] After receiving his doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University he was appointed as the first Professor of History at Ole Miss .
Once back on American shores, Riley devoted himself to anti-slavery work but eventually returned to a life at sea.. He died March 13, 1840, on his vessel the Brig William Tell which he was sailing from New York to "St. Thomas in the Caribbean" [a] [5] "of disease caused by unparalleled suffering more than twenty years previous during his shipwreck and captivity on the desert of Sahara".