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Francis French
Francis French may refer to: * Francis French (author) Francis French (born 1970) is a book and magazine author from Manchester, England, specialising in space flight history. He is a former director of events for Sally Ride Science, and a director at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. French's s ... (born 1970), book and magazine author specialising in space flight history * Francis French, 6th Baron de Freyne (1884–1935), Anglo-Irish peer * Francis French, 7th Baron de Freyne (1927–2009), Anglo-Irish peer * Francis Henry French (1857–1921), United States Army general * Francis John French (born 1941), English civil servant {{hndis, French, Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis French (author)
Francis French (born 1970) is a book and magazine author from Manchester, England, specialising in space flight history. He is a former director of events for Sally Ride Science, and a director at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. French's space history books have been reviewed by the Smithsonian's ''Air & Space'' Magazine, ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'', Jeff Foust of '' The Space Review'', ''Student Life'' newspaper, Popmatters, Quest: The History of Spaceflight, Blogcritics, ''Space Times'', '' Oxford Journals'', ''Air Power History'', ''Technology and Culture'', '' Journal of Cold War Studies'', Michelle Evans of the National Space Society, readers of collectSPACE, and Hugo Award nominee Steven H Silver of Silver Reviews, hosted by SF Site. French's space history writing is noted for the amount of personal interviews with astronauts and cosmonauts, including Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, and Pavel Popovich. In addition, French is a contributor to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis French, 6th Baron De Freyne
Francis Charles French, 6th Baron De Freyne DL (15 January 1884 – 24 December 1935) was an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer; he was a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, and the Senate of Southern Ireland. He was the son of Arthur French, 4th Baron de Freyne ''of Coolavin'' and Marie Georgiana Lamb. He married Lina Victoria Arnott, daughter of Major Sir John Alexander Arnott, 2nd Bt. and Caroline Sydney Williams, on 28 February 1916. He died at his home French Park, Frenchpark on 24 December 1935 at age 51. He inherited the title Baron de Freyne in 1915. He was Deputy Lieutenant of County Roscommon and was also the High Sheriff in the County in 1912. Lord de Freyne had one son; Francis Arthur John French, 7th Baron de Freyne of Coolavin (1927–2009). Arms References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Freyne, Francis 1884 births 1935 deaths 6 Francis Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis French, 7th Baron De Freyne
Francis Arthur John French, 7th Baron de Freyne of Coolavin, County Sligo (3 September 1927 – 24 November 2009) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, son of Francis French, 6th Baron de Freyne and Lina Victoria (née Arnott). He was educated at Ladycross School (Seaford, East Sussex) and at Glenstal Abbey School (County Limerick). He inherited his title in 1935, at which time, until 1999, he could vote in the House of Lords. In 1999, all but 90 or so hereditary peers were stripped of voting rights in the Lords by Tony Blair's Labour government. Lord de Freyne was a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. In 1952, Lord de Freyne sold French Park, the family's ancestral home in Frenchpark, County Roscommon. Due to the successive Irish Land Acts, the remaining estate lands proved too small to sustain the running of the estate and the "Big House". The great house and demesne had been in the French family since were granted to Dominick French in 1666; prior to its dissemina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Henry French
Major-General Francis Henry French (September 27, 1857 – March 10, 1921) served in three wars: American Indian Wars, the Spanish–American War, and World War I. Early and personal life He was born on September 27, 1857, in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Rufus M. French and Maria C. Rudisill. He married Amelia Maud F. Wright on January 24, 1894, in Detroit, Michigan. Military career He was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1875, and graduated in 1879. He served frontier duty from 1879 to 1889 in the American Indian Wars. During his career, he served in and or commanded the 2nd, 11th, 12th, 16th, 21st and 28th Infantry Regiments. He was appointed brigadier general in September 1916. He served at Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, during World War I. In 1917 he was in Europe, inspecting the US and Allied forces in France. He retired in January 1920. He died on March 10, 1921, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, District of Columbia. He was buried in Arl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
