Alexander, Edward Porter
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Military History; Land Forces and Warfare; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Biographical Studies. 1305 words.
Alexander, Edward Porter (26 May 1835–28 April 1910), Confederate soldier and author, was born in Washington, Georgia, the son of Adam Leopold Alexander, a planter and banker, and Sarah...
Alexander, Sir Charles Gundry
in Who Was Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Genealogy, Heraldry, Names, and Honours; Military History; Warfare and Defence. 183 words.
2nd Bt cr 1945; MA, AIMarE
Born 5 May 1923; s of Sir Frank Alexander, 1st Bt, and Elsa Mary (d 1959), d...
Allen, Maj.-Gen. William Maurice
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Military History; Warfare and Defence. 226 words.
CB 1983; FCIT, FIMI, FILDM; MInstPet
Born 29 May 1931; s of William James Allen and Elizabeth Jane Henrietta Allen; m 1st, 1955, Patricia Mary (née Fletcher) (d...null...
Ambler, Geoffrey Hill (1904–1978), inventor and air force officer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
P ublished online September 2014 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Engineering and Technology; Military History; Air Forces and Warfare. 1453 words.
Ambler, Geoffrey Hill (1904–1978), inventor and air force officer, was born at 10 Kirklands Avenue, Baildon, near Bradford, Yorkshire, on 23 June 1904, the eldest child in the family of two...
Ammen, Daniel
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Engineering and Technology; Military History; Naval Forces and Warfare. 1160 words.
Ammen, Daniel (16 May 1819–11 July 1898), naval officer, author, and inventor, was born in Brown County, Ohio, the son of David Ammen and Sally Houtz, farmers. While still a boy, Ammen...
Anderson, Maj.-Gen. Sir John (Evelyn)
in Who Was Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Military History; Warfare and Defence. 137 words.
KBE 1971 (CBE 1963); CEng, FIET
Born 28 June 1916; e s of Lt-Col John Gibson Anderson, Christchurch, NZ, and Margaret (née Scott), Edinburgh; m 1944, Jean Isobel, ...
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Anderson, Sir John (1814–1886), inventor of ordnance manufacture machinery and arsenal manager
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction; Engineering and Technology; Military History; Warfare and Defence. 799 words.
Anderson, Sir John (1814–1886), inventor of ordnance manufacture machinery and arsenal manager, was born at Woodside, near Aberdeen, on 9 December 1814, the posthumous child of a local...
Andrews, George Leonard
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Civil Engineering, Surveying, and Building; Education; Military History; Land Forces and Warfare. 926 words.
Andrews, George Leonard (31 August 1828–04 April 1899), soldier, engineer, and educator, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of Manasseh Andrews and Harriet Leonard. After...
Ashton, Sir John (c. 1354–c. 1398), soldier and landowner
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Military History; Warfare and Defence; History; History of Agriculture; Agriculture and Farming. 790 words.
Ashton, Sir John (c. 1354–c. 1398), soldier and landowner, was the son and heir of Sir John Ashton (d. c.1360) of Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, and of Margaret, a daughter of Robert del...
Attlee
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Politics; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Genealogy, Heraldry, Names, and Honours; Military History; Warfare and Defence. 147 words.
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Born 3 Oct. 1956; s of 2nd Earl Attlee and Anne Barbara, er d of late James Henderson, CBE; m 2008, Teresa Ahern
