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Albert Coombs Barnes (January 2, 1872 – July 24, 1951) was an American chemist, businessman, art collector, writer, and educator, and the founder of the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Alfred Barnes may refer to: Alfred Barnes (Labour politician) (1887–1974), British Labour Party MP and government minister; Alfred Barnes (Derbyshire politician) (1823–1901), British Liberal and later Liberal Unionist politician, MP 1880–1892; Alfred Smith Barnes (1817–1888), American publisher; Alfred E. Barnes (1892–1960), architect ...
Alfred John Barnes (17 July 1887 – 26 November 1974) [1] was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. [2] Born in North Woolwich, he was the youngest child of William Barnes, a docker. His brother Billy became a professional footballer. [3] Barnes lost a leg in a fairground accident at the age of 8.
William A. Longacre II (December 16, 1937 - November 18, 2015) was an American archaeologist and one of the founders of the processual "New Archaeology" of the 1960s. Early life [ edit ]
The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources. It was formed by merging the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Transport, bringing responsibility for both shipping and land transport to a single department, and easing problems of co-ordination of transport in wartime.
Longacre, Edward G. The Man Behind the Guns: A Biography of General Henry J. Hunt, Commander of Artillery, Army of the Potomac. New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1977. ISBN 0-498-01656-0. Longacre, Edward G. Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg. Potomac Books, 2021. ISBN 978-1-64012-429-5.
The property was purchased by Albert C. Barnes and his wife Laura in 1940 and expanded with two additions. The name "Ker-Feal" means "Fidèle's House" in Breton and was named after Barnes' favorite dog, Fidèle de Port Manech. [3] The property is now owned by the Barnes Foundation. Ker-Feal received an upgraded climate-control system in 2001 ...
Barnes was the youngest son of John Gorrell Barnes, of Ashgate, Derbyshire, and was educated at a private school at Worksop. He married, in 1854, Charlotte Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson, of Liverpool. [1] In 1846 he leased a large area of coal-ground in Derbyshire, and was one of the first to develop the Derbyshire coalfield.