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Its county seat is Oxford. [2] The local pronunciation of the name is "la-FAY-et." The county's name honors Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero and American general who fought during the American Revolutionary War. [3] The Oxford, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Lafayette County. The county is policed by the Lafayette ...
James Hutchings "Si" Taylor, OC (born March 25, 1930) is a Canadian former diplomat who served as the Chancellor of McMaster University from 1992 to 1998. Taylor was born and raised in Hamilton [1] and was a Rhodes Scholar, graduating from McMaster in 1951. He worked for the Canadian Department of External Affairs for 40 years and served posts ...
Oxford is in central Lafayette County in northern Mississippi, about 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 26.7 square miles (69.2 km 2 ), of which 26.6 square miles (68.9 km 2 ) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2 ), or 0.35%, is water. [ 12 ]
James Edward Taylor (born August 30, 1935) [1] [2] was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He was Chief of the United States Naval Reserve from August 1989 until September 1992. [3] He was succeeded by Thomas F. Hall. [4] Born and raised in Alabama, [2] Taylor entered the United States Navy through the Naval Aviation Cadet Program. He ...
[1] [2] In May 2008, it was formally renamed the Vice Admiral James H. Doyle, Jr. Combat System Engineering Development Site (CSEDS). [ 3 ] It is located between Hartford Road and County Route 537 in Moorestown and resembles a warehouse with the superstructure of a planned, but never built naval strike cruiser sitting on the roof.
The Taylor Institution was established in 1845, funded largely by a bequest from the estate of the notable architect Sir Robert Taylor (1714–1788). Modern European languages were not then taught at the University. (Not until 1903 were a Medieval and Modern Languages Faculty and Honours School instituted in
Promoted to rear admiral on 1 November 1923, [16] he became second-in-command of the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet with his flag in the battleship HMS Resolution in May 1924. [14] After attending the senior officers' war course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich , he became commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the ...
James George Stavridis (born February 15, 1955) [2] is a retired United States Navy admiral and vice chair, global affairs, and a managing director-partner of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, [3] [4] [5] and chair of the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation.