George Bethune English (Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 7, 1787 – Washington, DC, September 20, 1828) was a critic of traditional Christianity and an adventurer. Cambridge City Hall Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The son of Penelope Bethune and Thomas English, he graduated from Harvard College in 1807, after receiving the highest academic award, and a Masters in theology. During his theology studies at Harvard, he began to doubt the truth of the Christian religion, which he critiqued in a book entitled The Grounds of Christianity Examined (Boston, 1813). At this time he also published replies to the Unitarian leader William Ellery Channing's (1780-1842) "Two Sermons on Infidelity." Subsequently he edited a country newspaper, and was commissioned on March 1, 1815 as a second lieutenantin the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 and assigned to Marine Corps headquarters. He then sailed to the Mediterranean as a lieutenant of the U. S. Marine Corps. On his arrival in Egypt as the first citizen of the United States known to have visited Egypt, he resigned his commission and joined Isma'il Pasha in an expedition against Sennaar in Africa in 1820, winning distinction as an officer of artillery. He published his Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar (London 1822) regarding his exploits. He then worked in the Diplomatic Corps of the United States in the Levant region of the Ottoman Empire. In 1827, he returned to the United States and died in Washington, DC in 1828. Harvard College is the main undergraduate section of Harvard University. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and British Empire from 1812 to 1815, on land in North America and at sea around the world. ...
Partridge was the grandson of George Sidney Partridge and Mary Tew Partridge.
George Wirth was born in Bavaria and attended the Polytechnical Institute at Ratisbonne (Regensburg), Upper Palatinate District, Germany.
George Wirth was one of the most significant architects to work in Duluth in the early 1880s, and was particularly noted for his design of the 1883 Duluth Grand Opera House.
George Aitken, (father of Ian Aitken, who was later to be political editor of the Guardian)
Norman Bethune - A Canadian doctor who served with the Canadian, Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps and developed many brilliant medical tactics.
Land and Freedom, by Ken Loach although the subject of the film is not the International Brigades, it portrays international volunteers, and the actual International Brigades are indeed featured.
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