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71Carver chair — a chair of 17th century New England, having a frame formed entirely of turned pieces, a back filled with several spindles, and no spindles between the arms and the seat. Cf. Brewster chair. [1900 05; named after John CARVER, who owned one of this …
72Carver Vocational Technical High School — Infobox Education in the United States name= Carver Vocational Technical High School imagesize= 240px motto= motto translation= streetaddress= 2201 Presstman Street city= Baltimore state= Maryland district= Baltimore City Public School System… …
73Carver, Richard Michael Power Carver, Baron — ▪ 2002 British field marshal (b. April 24, 1915, Bletchingley, Surrey, Eng. d. Dec. 9, 2001, Fareham, Hampshire, Eng.), rose steadily through the military ranks from 1935, when he graduated from Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Royal …
74Carver Claim — The Carver Claim grew out of the assertion that at St. Paul on May 1, 1767, the Sioux nation granted to Jonathan Carver an extensive tract embracing approximately the northwestern one fourth of modern Wisconsin. The American Government had… …
75Carver Theatre (Columbia, South Carolina) — Infobox nrhp | name =Carver Theatre nrhp type = caption = location= 1519 Harden St., Columbia, South Carolina lat degrees = 34 lat minutes = 0 lat seconds = 37 lat direction = N long degrees = 81 long minutes = 1 long seconds = 18 long direction …
76Carver, George Washington — (1861?, cerca de Diamond Grove, Mo., EE.UU.–5 ene. 1943, Tuskegee, Ala.). Químico agrícola y agrónomo estadounidense. Nacido en la esclavitud, vivió en la plantación de su ex amo hasta los 10 o 12 años, cuando la abandonó para trabajar en… …
77carver chair — “ noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st C Etymology: after John Carver died 1621 first governor of Plymouth Colony; from a specimen belonging to him : a heavy turned chair having three vertical and three horizontal spindles in the back * * * a… …
78Carver, John — ▪ British colonial governor born c. 1576, Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England died April 15, 1621, Plymouth, Mass. first governor of the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth in New England. Originally a prosperous businessman when the… …
79Carver, Robert — ▪ Scottish composer born c. 1490, , Scotland? died 1547? outstanding Scottish composer whose extant works include five masses and two motets. One of the motets, for 19 voices, was found in a large choir book compiled in the first half of… …
80Carver , George Washington — (1864–1943) American agricultural chemist Carver was born a slave in Diamond Grove, Missouri. Nevertheless, he managed to acquire some elementary education and went on to study at the Iowa State Agricultural College from which he graduated in… …
