WebCaesar Rodney (October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician from St. Jones Neck in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware.He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a signer of the …

WebKent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware.As of the 2010 census, the population was 162,310, making it the least populous county in Delaware. The county seat is Dover, the state capital of Delaware. It is named for Kent, an English county.. Kent County comprises the Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is …

WebRodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including The Time Machine (1960), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Birds (1963), and Inglourious Basterds (2009).. Taylor was born in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, to a father who was a steel construction …

WebThe Committee of Five of the Second Continental Congress was a group of five members who drafted and presented to the full Congress in Pennsylvania State House what would become the United States Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. This Declaration committee operated from June 11, 1776, until July 5, 1776, the day on which the …

WebLouisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among …

WebGeorge Read (September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798) was a politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware.He was a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, president of Delaware, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and chief …

WebEarly life. Lawrence was born in New York City, the son of a Polish Jewish mother, Minerva Norma (née Sugarman), and a Russian Jewish father, Israel Simon Goldsmith. He participated in plays in school, then attended the City College of New York.In 1930, he received a two-year scholarship to the repertory theater operated by Eva Le Gallienne.. …

WebBismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck …

WebHistoire. La Déclaration d'indépendance est une étape majeure dans l'histoire des relations anglo-américaines : après une série de crises entre la métropole et les colonies, principalement sur les questions de taxation des produits (dont le fameux Stamp Act), le texte proclame l'indépendance de la nation américaine et représente un acte …

WebIn 1745, Lewis married to Elizabeth Annesley (died 1779), a sister of his business partner. Together, they were the parents of seven children, three of whom survived to adulthood: Ann Lewis (1748–1802), who married Captain George Robertson (1742–1791) of the British Royal Navy.; Francis Lewis Jr. (1749–1814), who served as churchwarden of St …