William Edward Parry

The opening up of the north polar sea between 1815 and 1817 had prompted Barrow to propose a plan to send two expedition voyages, one in search of the Northwest Passage and the other to proceed from the sea of Spitzbergen towards the North Pole. Accordingly he sent the plan to the President and Council of the Royal Society which duly returned with their approval and the orders were issued by the Board of the Admiralty. Examining such interplay between scientific institutions, such as the Royal Society

known to be a very vigorous speaker. During the administration of Sir John A. Macdonald he was the Postmaster-General. The earliest settlers in Foley are William Wilcox, Thomas McGown, William McPhillmay and William Scott. The surveying of Foley was instigated by the purchase of 56 square miles (in 1863) of timber area around Parry Sound by William and John Beatty, the southern boundary being the southern boundary of Foley and hence the northern boundary of Conger. It is surveyed

Hence there were more and more lots available. This migration culminated in the third week of April 1892 when 300 brave souls left for Saskatchewan being labelled the “Parry Sound Colony”. By 1891 Benjamin had moved along with his daughter Julie Ann and her husband Donald McDonald, Robert, with his youngest son, William H. was living with a young family of 3, Ned Wyld, Margaret and young daughter Mary. Even Benjamin’s ex-step daughter Nancy Burns had moved to the westernmost end of the road

Cassandra Kalinofski British Vocal Literature Ralph Vaughan Williams was a British/English composer born in Gloucestershire, England on October 12th, 1872. He was the leader of the nationalist movement for English music during the 20th century. Ralph was introduced to music very young when his aunt gave him piano lessons at 5 years old. (He started to learn to play the violin as well.) During that year, he composed a four bar piece (his first) called “ The Robin’s nest”. At the age of 8 years old

British naval officer William Edward Parry, who is in the 1827 reached latitude 82 to 45 North. A week later Robert E. Peary were civil engineer and a commander in the U.S.Navy, announced that he had reached the North Pole, by his long time companion by Matthew Henson, and he denounced Cook as a fraud. There were two explorers it was Dr. Frederick A. Cook and the commander was Robert E. Peary. I have always wonder how long it would take to get to the North Pole? Robert Edward Peary was born in Pennsylvania

Caroline Chisholm was philanthropist who born in Northampton, England, in the year of 1808. Originally born Caroline Jones, her parents, Caroline Jones and William Jones, were very remarkable people who knew of no meanness but only of being kind to everyone. William Jones was a pig-dealer and also owned land, while her mother, Caroline, had a very bubbly personality and used her Christian values everyday just like her husband. Growing up, Caroline was a member of the Church of England and had previously

expert, change agent and employee champion. It has been suggested that the use of technology within the HR function may create the opportunity for HR to become more strategic by freeing up time through the automation of many administrative tasks (Parry et al. 2007). The provision of accurate and detailed information available through the use of HRIS could also enable HR practitioners to engage in a more strategic role as such data could be used to inform managerial decisions. The move to new service

Mo Claiborne is a solid 2nd CB but has dealt with injuries for the last couple of years. And Buster Skrine isn’t a great player and commits a lot of penalties, but is formidable for a nickel role. Don’t be surprised if 6th round pick out of Tulane, Parry Nickerson takes over Skrine's spot through the season. He’s a very quick, agile corner who had the fastest 40 yard dash time at the combine at 4.32. Out of the players who I think will be cut, Rashard Robinson has been the biggest disappointment, after

During a time when women weren't known to have power, one woman stood out to me because she made such a huge impact on society. Dorothea Dix was an author, advocate, and reformer and she was known for her efforts to change how the mentally ill and prisoners were treated. She helped create institutions across the United States and Europe that would help change how people analyzed the mentally ill and prisoners. The reason for the creation of the institutes, was because she did research study, and

Salem Witch Trials: Casting a spell on the people Today, the idea of seeing a witch is almost inconsequential. Our Halloween holiday marks a celebration in which many will adorn themselves with pointy black hats and long stringy hair, and most will embrace them as comical and festive. Even the contemporary witchcraft religious groups forming are being accepted with less criticism. More recently, the Blair Witch movie craze has brought more fascination than fear to these dark and magical figures.