George Henry (disambiguation)
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Persons whose first and last names are George Henry
- George Henry (baseball)George Henry (baseball)George Washington Henry , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the National League for the 1893 Cincinnati Reds. He played in the minor leagues through 1905.-External links:...
(1863-1934), baseball player - George Henry (painter)George Henry (painter)George Henry was a Scottish painter, one of the most prominent of the Glasgow School. He was born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art, later in Macgregor's studio, but learned most from his nature studies at Kirkcudbright.He was influenced also by his collaboration...
(1858-1943), Scottish painter - George Morrison Reid HenryGeorge Morrison Reid HenryGeorge Morrison Reid Henry was an entomologist and ornithologist in Sri Lanka.He was born at Goatfell Estate, Kandapola, Sri Lanka where his father, Charles Reid Henry, managed tea estates. He was one of eleven children and was educated at home by his older sisters...
(1891-1983), entomologist and ornithologist - George Stewart HenryGeorge Stewart HenryGeorge Stewart Henry was a farmer, businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada.Born in Township of King, York County, Ontario, the son of William and Louisa Henry, Henry was educated at the public schools of Toronto, Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto where he received a B.A. and...
(1871-1958), farmer, businessman and politician - George Walter "Bunky" Henry, Jr.Bunky HenryGeorge Walter "Bunky" Henry, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.Henry was born in Valdosta, Georgia. He attended Georgia Tech on a football scholarship, where he also played golf...
(born 1944), professional golfer
Persons whose first and middle name(s) are George Henry
- George Augustus Henry SalaGeorge Augustus Henry SalaGeorge Augustus Henry Sala , English journalist.-Biography:Sala was born in London; his father being the son of an Italian who came to London to arrange ballets at the theatres, and his mother an actress and teacher of singing...
(1828-1895), English journalist - George Henry AndrewsGeorge Henry AndrewsGeorge Henry Andrews , former Liberian sports journalist and later minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs of Liberia. He presided over the first truly democratic elections ever in Liberia....
(1926-1997), former Liberian sports journalist - George Henry BarnardGeorge Henry BarnardGeorge Henry Barnard was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician.Born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Francis Jones Barnard and Ellen Stillman, Barnard was educated...
(1868-1954), Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician - George Henry BennettGeorge Henry BennettGeorge Henry Bennett was a brewer and a politician.Bennett emigrated to Australia in 1855....
(1850-1908), Australian politician - George Henry BogertGeorge Henry BogertGeorge Henry Bogert was an American landscape painter.-Life and work:George Henry Bogert was born in New York City, the son of Henry Bogert and Helen Anderson Evans. His father was a paper manufacturer, and a noted collector of coins, medals, and writings on numismatics...
(1864-1944), American landscape painter - George Henry BokerGeorge Henry BokerGeorge Henry Boker was an American poet, playwright, and diplomat.-Youth:Boker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was Charles S...
(1823-1890), American poet, playwright, and diplomat - George Henry BoschGeorge Henry BoschGeorge Henry Bosch was an Australian merchant and philanthropist.-Early life:Bosch was born at Osborne's Flat, near Beechworth, Victoria, the son of George Bosch, a miner from Bavaria, and his wife Emily, née Spann, of Hamburg. His father belonged to a Dutch family which migrated to Hamburg and...
(1861-1934), Australian merchant and philanthropist - George Henry BoughtonGeorge Henry BoughtonGeorge Henry Boughton was an Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer.-Life and work:...
(1834-1905), Anglo-American painter - George Henry BoulterGeorge Henry BoulterGeorge Henry Boulter was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Hastings North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1883....
(born 1825), Ontario physician and political figure - George Henry BurgessGeorge Henry BurgessGeorge Henry Burgess was an English landscape painter, wood engraver and lithographer.-Life and work:Born in London, England, Burgess studied at the Somerset House School of Design in that city. In 1849, he traveled to California to join the Gold rush...
(1831-1905), landscape painter and lithographer - George Henry CatonGeorge Henry CatonGeorge Henry Caton Haigh FZS, MBOU, DL, was a world authority on Himalayan flowering trees and exotic plants. He was also a famous ornithologist and his manuscript collection is lodged in The Natural History Museum....
(1860-1941), British ornithologist - George Henry ChaseGeorge Henry ChaseGeorge Henry Chase was a U.S. archaeologist and educator....
(1874-1952), U.S. archaeologist and educator - George Henry Compton CavendishGeorge Henry Compton CavendishGeorge Henry Compton Cavendish was an English politician, the son of Lord George Cavendish, later Earl of Burlington....
(1784-1809), English politician - George Henry ConnorGeorge Henry ConnorGeorge Henry Connor was a Church of England clergyman who became dean of Windsor.-Family:He was the eldest son of George Connor, master in chancery in Ireland. He married Maude Worthington in 1852, eldest daughter of John Worthington of Kent House, Southsea...
(1822-1883), Church of England clergyman - George Henry CorlissGeorge Henry CorlissGeorge Henry Corliss was an American mechanical engineer and inventor, who developed the Corliss steam engine, which was a great improvement over any other stationary steam engine of its time. The Corliss engine is widely considered one of the more notable engineering achievements of the 19th...
(1817-1888), American inventor - George Henry CowanGeorge Henry CowanGeorge Henry Cowan was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician. He represented Vancouver City in the Canadian House of Commons for one term from 1908 to 1911....
(1858-1935), Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician - George Henry CraigGeorge Henry CraigGeorge Henry Craig was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Cahaba, Alabama, Craig attended the Cahaba Academy....
(1845-1923), member of the United States House of Representatives - George Henry CramGeorge Henry CramGeorge Henry Cram was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:George Henry Cram was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, and was a merchant before entering the military service....
(1838-1872), officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War - George Henry Dashwood (antiquary)George Henry Dashwood (antiquary)George Henry Dashwood was a British antiquary.Dashwood, son of the Rev. James Dashwood, rector of Doddington, Isle of Ely, by his second wife, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. David Lloyd, LL.D., was born at Downham Market, Norfolk, 21 Oct. 1801. After spending five terms at Christ's College,...
(1801-1869), British antiquary - George Henry DoucettGeorge Henry DoucettGeorge Henry Doucett was a Canadian politician. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a Member of the Canadian House of Commons...
(1897-1974), Canadian politician - George Henry EllisGeorge Henry EllisGeorge Henry Ellis was a sailor in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War.Ellis was born in Peoria, Illinois. At an early age he accompanied his mother when she moved to New York City, and later to Brooklyn, New York. He enlisted in the Navy February 26, 1892 at age 16 as...
(1875-1898), United States Navy sailor - George Henry EvansGeorge Henry EvansBorn in England, George H Evans was a radical reformer, with experience in the Working Men's movement of 1829 and the trade union movements of the 1830s...
(died 1855), American activist - George Henry GordonGeorge Henry GordonGeorge Henry Gordon was an American lawyer and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
(1823-1886), American lawyer - George Henry GriebelGeorge Henry GriebelGeorge Henry Griebel was a prominent Berlin-born and trained architect who resided in New York City. He designed numerous public and private buildings, many of which are still standing in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington DC...
(1846-1933), German-American architect - George Henry HallGeorge Henry HallGeorge Henry Hall, 1st Viscount Hall PC was a British Labour politician. He served Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1945 and 1946 and as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1946 and 1951.-Background:...
(1881-1965), Welsh Labour politician - George Henry Hamilton TateGeorge Henry Hamilton TateGeorge Henry Hamilton Tate was an English-born American zoologist, who worked as a mammalogist for the American Museum of Natural History in New York....
(1894-1953), American zoologist - George Henry LeschGeorge Henry LeschGeorge Henry Lesch was the president and CEO of the Colgate-Palmolive company from 1960 to 1971, and was also the chairman of the board of the company from 1961 to 1974. He was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine in 1966....
(1909-1994), president and CEO of the Colgate-Palmolive company - George Henry LewesGeorge Henry LewesGeorge Henry Lewes was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious scepticism...
(1817-1878), English philosopher - George Henry LewisGeorge Henry LewisSir George Henry Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer of Jewish extraction.-Solicitor:Lewis was born at 10 Ely Place, Holborn in London and educated at University College, London. In 1850 he was articled to his father, James Graham Lewis , founder of Lewis & Lewis, one of the best-known firms...
(1833-1911), English lawyer - George Henry MackenzieGeorge Henry MackenzieGeorge Henry Mackenzie was a Scottish–American chess master....
(1837-1891), Scottish–American chess master - George Henry Martin JohnsonGeorge Henry Martin JohnsonGeorge Henry Martin Johnson was a chief of the Mohawk of the Six Nations in Canada and an interpreter.-Early life:...
(1816-1884), First Nations leader - George Henry MilesGeorge Henry MilesGeorge Henry Miles was an American writer.-Biography:Miles was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William Miles and Sarah Mickle. His father was a merchant and former commercial agent of the United States to Haiti. George Henry was a dramatist and man of letters. He graduated from Mount St...
(1824-1871), American dramatist - George Henry MonsonGeorge Henry MonsonThe Honourable Sir George Henry Monson was a noted English amateur cricketer whose known first-class career included 13 matches from the 1785 to the 1792 season...
(1755-1823), noted English amateur cricketer - George Henry MooreGeorge Henry MooreGeorge Henry Moore was an Irish politician who served as Member of Parliament for Mayo in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was one of the founders of the Catholic Defence Association and a leader of the Independent Irish Party. He was also father of the writer George A. Moore and the...
(1811-1870), leader of the Independent Irish Party - George Henry Moore (author)George Henry Moore (author)George Henry Moore was an American historical writer and librarian.-Biography:George Henry Moore was born April 20, 1823, in Concord, New Hampshire. He moved to New York City in 1839 and in 1843 graduated at New York University...
(1823-1892), American historical writer and librarian - George Henry Morris (1872-1914), Irish Guards officer
- George Henry MurrayGeorge Henry MurrayGeorge Henry Murray was a Nova Scotia politician who served as the province's ninth Premier for twenty-seven years, the longest unbroken tenure for a head of government in Canadian history. He was born in Grand Narrows, Nova ScotiaDespite his later political longevity, Murray's early political...
(1861-1929), Nova Scotia politician - George Henry PetersGeorge Henry PetersGeorge Henry Peters was an US astronomer. He died in Washington, D.C.He worked at the U.S. Naval Observatory as an astrophotographer, discovering three asteroids and photographing the Sun's corona.-External links:* -Obituary:...
(1863-1947), American astronomer - George Henry PowellGeorge Henry PowellGeorge Henry Powell was a Welsh songwriter who, under the pseudonym George Asaf, wrote the lyrics of the marching song Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag in 1915....
(1880-1951), British songwriter - George Henry RichardsGeorge Henry RichardsAdmiral Sir George Henry Richards was Hydrographer to the British Admiralty from 1864 to 1874.-Early life:Richards was born in Anthony, Cornwall, the son of Captain G S Richards, and joined the navy in 1832....
(1819-1896), Hydrographer to the British Admiralty - George Henry RobertsGeorge Henry RobertsGeorge Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...
(1868-1928), member of the United Kingdom Parliament - George Henry RoseGeorge Henry RoseSir George Henry Rose GCH PC was the eldest son of George Rose. He was Member of Parliament for Southampton from 1794–1813 and for Christchurch from 1818–32 and 1837–44, Clerk of the Parliaments from 1818–55 and sometime Envoy Extraordinary to Munich and Berlin, and to the...
(1771-1855), Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order - George Henry RossGeorge Henry RossGeorge Henry Ross was a politician and Barrister from Alberta, Canada.-Political career:...
(1878-1956), member of the Canadian House of Commons - George Henry SandersonGeorge Henry SandersonGeorge Henry Sanderson was a notable politician of the United States Republican Party. Sanderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and traveled to San Francisco during the 1849 Gold Rush in California. He served as the 22nd Mayor of San Francisco from January 5, 1891 to January 3, 1893.Mayor...
(1824-1893), politician - George Henry SmillieGeorge Henry SmillieGeorge Henry Smillie , brother of artist James David Smillie, was a painter.He studied under his father, James Smillie, and under James McDougal Hart, and became a member of the National Academy of Design in 1882. Like his brother, he painted both in oils and in water colour.His favourite subjects...
(1840-1921), American painter - George Henry SmythGeorge Henry SmythGeorge H Smyth is an artist born in Ardglass, County Down, Northern Ireland.-Background:George H. Smyth was born in Ardglass in 1968. His father was a talented water-colourist. Before entering Art College, he had produced art work for Irish rock band Therapy?...
(born 1968), Northern Irish painter - George Henry Tatham PatonGeorge Henry Tatham PatonGeorge Henry Tatham Paton VC MC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1895-1917), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross - George Henry ThomasGeorge Henry ThomasGeorge Henry Thomas was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater....
(1816-1870), career U.S. Army officer - George Henry Vanderbilt CecilGeorge Henry Vanderbilt CecilGeorge Henry Vanderbilt Cecil is the owner and operator of Biltmore Farms. He is the first of two sons born to John Francis Amherst Cecil and Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt and is the grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II, the founder of the Biltmore Estate. He was educated in Europe and...
(born 1925), owner and operator of Biltmore Farms - George Henry VerrallGeorge Henry VerrallGeorge Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...
(1855-1911), English entomologist - George Henry WhiteGeorge Henry WhiteGeorge Henry White was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1897 and 1901. He is considered the last African American Congressman of the Reconstruction era, although his election came twenty years after the era's "official" end...
(1852-1918), Republican U.S. Congressman - George Henry WilliamsGeorge Henry WilliamsGeorge Henry Williams was an American judge and politician. He served as Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, was the 32nd Attorney General of the United States, and served one term in the United States Senate...
(1823-1910), American judge and politician - George Henry With (1827-1904), English telescope/mirror maker and educator
- Lord George Henry CavendishLord George Henry CavendishLord George Henry Cavendish was the second son of William Cavendish and Louisa O'Callaghan...
(1810-1880), member of the United Kingdom Parliament - Sir George Henry Dashwood, 5th Baronet (circa 1790-1862), English landowner and politician