Shaw, Lemuel — born Jan. 9, 1781, Barnstable, Mass., U.S. died March 30, 1861, Boston, Mass. U.S. jurist. He was educated at Harvard University. In 1822 he drafted the first municipal charter for Boston virtually without precedents to guide him; it remained in… … Universalium
Shaw — Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Irwin * * * (as used in expressions) Billings, John Shaw Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw, Artie Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Lemuel Theodore Shaw Wilson … Enciclopedia Universal
shaw — /shaw/, n. 1. Midland U.S. a small wood or thicket. 2. Scot. the stalks and leaves of potatoes, turnips, and other cultivated root plants. [bef. 900; ME shawe, OE sceaga, scaga; akin to SHAG1] * * * (as used in expressions) Billings John Shaw… … Universalium
Shaw — /shaw/, n. 1. Artie (Arthur Arshawsky), born 1910, U.S. clarinetist and bandleader. 2. George Bernard, 1856 1950, Irish dramatist, critic, and novelist: Nobel prize 1925. 3. Henry Wheeler. See Billings, Josh. 4. Irwin, 1913 84, U.S. dramatist and … Universalium
Lemuel Shaw — (January 9, 1781 March 30, 1861), American jurist, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, the second son of Oakes Shaw and his second wife Susanna, who was a daughter of John H. Hayward of Braintree. The Shaws were descendants of Abraham Shaw,… … Wikipedia
Lemuel Sawyer — (* 1777 bei Elizabeth City, North Carolina; † 9. Januar 1852 in Washington D.C.) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1807 und 1829 vertrat er mehrfach den Bundesstaat North Carolina im US Repräsentantenhaus. Werdegang Lemuel Sawyer … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lemuel Cambridge Owen — L honorable Lemuel Cambridge Owen, né le 1er novembre 1822 à Charlottetown, I. P. E., décédé le 26 novembre 1912 à Charlottetown, était un homme politique canadien. Il commence sa carrière politique en 1866 en étant élu à l assemblée… … Wikipédia en Français
Commonwealth v. Hunt — ▪ law case (1842), American legal case in which the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that the common law doctrine of criminal conspiracy did not apply to labour unions (organized labour). Until then, workers attempts to establish closed… … Universalium
photography, history of — Introduction method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the… … Universalium
Southworth & Hawes — ▪ American firm firm established by two American photographers who collaborated to produce some of the finest daguerreotypes (daguerreotype) of the first half of the 19th century. Albert Sands Southworth (b. March 12, 1811, West Fairlee, Vt.,… … Universalium
