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Seydi Ali Reis (1498–1563), formerly also written Sidi Ali Reis and Sidi Ali Ben Hossein, was an Ottoman admiral and navigator.Known also as Katib-i Rumi, Galatalı or Sidi Ali Çelebi, [1] he commanded the left wing of the Ottoman fleet at the naval Battle of Preveza in 1538.
In academia, the education division of the National Endowment for the Humanities has prepared a lesson plan for schools asking whether "robber baron" or "captain of industry" is the better term. They state: In this lesson, you and your students will attempt to establish a distinction between robber barons and captains of industry.
The education division of the National Endowment for the Humanities has prepared a lesson plan for schools asking whether "robber baron" or "captain of industry" is the better terminology. The lesson states that it attempts to help students "establish a distinction between robber barons and captains of industry.
Captain of industry and similar can mean: Captain of industry, a business leader; Captains of Industry (band), a group formed by former Stiff Records performer Wreckless Eric; Captains of Industry (record label), an independent record label based in Durham, UK
Captain Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair (9 February 1922 – 17 May 2014) was an Indian businessman who founded The Leela Group. [2] [3] [4] He was a 2010 recipient of the Padma Bhushan, given by Government of India. [5] He was sometimes popularly known as Captain Nair due to his service in the Indian Army.
Union Pacific 844, the only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad. The 4-8-4 wheel arrangement was a progression from the 4-8-2 Mountain type and, like the 2-8-4 Berkshire and 4-6-4 Hudson types, an example of the "Super Power" concept in steam locomotive design that made use of the larger firebox that could be supported by a four-wheel trailing truck, which ...
Radhika Menon is an Indian female Merchant Navy officer currently serving as the captain of the Indian Merchant Navy. [1] She is also the first female captain of the Indian Merchant Navy who also led the oil products tanker Suvarna Swarajya. In 2016, Radhika also became the first woman to receive the IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea. [2]
[3] [9] [10] In 1768, his father John Lincoln purchased land in the Shenandoah Valley in the colony of Virginia. He settled his family on a 600-acre (2.4 km 2) tract on Linville Creek in Augusta County (now Rockingham County). In 1773, John and Rebekah Lincoln divided their tract with their two eldest sons, Abraham and Isaac.