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Henry Morgan (born Henry Lerner von Ost Jr.; March 31, 1915 – May 19, 1994) was an American humorist.He first became familiar to radio audiences in the 1930s and 1940s as a barbed but often self-deprecating satirist.
Sir Henry Morgan (Welsh: Harri Morgan; c. 1635 – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh [1] privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he and those under his command raided settlements and shipping ports on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as they did so.
John Steinbeck's first novel, Cup of Gold (1929), is about Henry Morgan's life. Book 1 of Nicholas Monsarrat's The Master Mariner has anti-hero Matthew Lawe sailing with Morgan as Mate. Doc Savage seeks Henry Morgan's lost treasure on the Canadian Pacific coast in Brand of the Werewolf, Doc Savage Magazine, January 1934, and reprints.
Henry Morgan's Panama expedition also known as the Sack of Panama, was an expedition that took place between 16 December 1670 and 5 March 1671 during the later stage of the Anglo-Spanish War. English privateers and French pirates commanded by Buccaneer Henry Morgan launched an attack with an army of 1,400 men with the purpose of capturing the ...
Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor whose television and film career spanned six decades.Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T ...
Henry Morgan's raid on Porto Bello was a military event which took place in the latter half of the Anglo-Spanish war beginning on 10 July 1668. Notable Welsh Buccaneer Henry Morgan led a largely English Privateer force against the heavily fortified town of Porto Bello (now Portobelo in modern Panama).
Henry Morgan (1825 [when?] –1884 [when?]) was an author and Methodist minister in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. Biography.
Henry James Morgan (1842–1913), Canadian civil servant, historian and editor; Henry A. Morgan (1861–1942), Arizona pioneer, merchant, first mayor of Willcox, Arizona; Henry Sturgis Morgan Jr. (1924–2011), American lawyer and rear admiral; Henry Coke Morgan Jr. (1935–2022), American federal judge for Eastern District of Virginia