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James Erskine Murray
James Erskine Murray (1810–1844) was a lawyer, author, and adventurer in Borneo. Born as James Murray, seventh son of Baron Elibank, by his second wife, Erskine was inserted into his name on marrying Isabella Erskine, a granddaughter of Lord Alva, in 1832. He became a lawyer at the Scottish bar and wrote an early travel journal of the French Pyrenees. He wintered at Pau during the 1834-1835 season, hunting both at Pau, Tarbes and in the Pyrenees. From Pau he travelled by diligence to Toulouse and then onto Perpignan. He returned on foot documenting and sketching various Pyrenean cultures, customs, dialects and legends. Murray published an article about wolf hunting in the Landes, where villagers hunted using stilts due to sandy soil. He took his family, including two sons and two daughters and a younger brother, Robert Dundas Murray, to Port Phillip, Australia, in 1841. Early in 1843 he left Port Philip, ostensibly to trade, and headed for Hong Kong. There, he sold one ship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornell University Press
The Cornell University Press is the university press of Cornell University, an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. It is currently housed in Sage House, the former residence of Henry William Sage. It was first established in 1869, making it the first university publishing enterprise in the United States, but was inactive from 1884 to 1930. The press was established in the College of the Mechanic Arts, as mechanical engineering was called in the 19th century, because engineers knew more about running steam-powered printing presses than literature professors. Since its inception, The press has offered work-study financial aid: students with previous training in the printing trades were paid for typesetting and running the presses that printed textbooks, pamphlets, a weekly student journal, and official university publications. Today, the press is one of the country's largest university presses. It produces approximately 150 nonfiction titles each year in various disci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahakam River
The Mahakam River ( Indonesian: ''Sungai Mahakam'') is third longest river (with the third greatest volume discharge) in Borneo after the Kapuas River and the Barito River, it is located in East Kalimantan province of Indonesia. It flows from the district of Long Apari in the highlands of Borneo, to its mouth at the Makassar Strait. The city of Samarinda, the provincial capital of East Kalimantan, lies about from the river mouth. The delta of the Mahakam River has a specific micro climate which is influenced by high and low tide at sea level. Summary The Mahakam Riveis the largest river in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, with a catchment area of approximately 77,100 km2. The catchment lies between 2˚N to 1˚S latitude and 113˚E to 118˚E longitude. The river originates in Cemaru from where it flows south-eastwards, meeting the River ''Kedang Pahu'' at the city of ''Muara Pahu''. From there, the river flows eastward through the ''Mahakam lakes'' region, which is a flat tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Younger Sons Of Barons
Younger or Youngers may refer to: People * Younger (surname) * List of people known as the Elder or the Younger Arts and entertainment * ''Younger'', an American novel by Pamela Redmond Satran ** ''Younger'' (TV series), an American sitcom based on the novel * "Younger" (Seinabo Sey song), 2013 * "Younger" (Ruel song), 2018 * "Younger" (Jonas Blue and Hrvy song), 2019 * ''Youngers'', a British teen drama * "Younger", a song by Dala from ''Everyone Is Someone'', 2009 * "Younger", a song by Imagine Dragons from ''Mercury – Acts 1 & 2'', 2022 * "Younger", a song by Olly Murs from '' You Know I Know'', 2018 * the Younger family, fictional characters in the play ''A Raisin in the Sun'' Other uses * '' Younger v. Harris'', a decision of the United States Supreme Court * Younger Hall, the main music venue in St Andrews, Scotland * Viscount Younger of Leckie, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Younger (title) Younger is a Scottish convention, style of address, or de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1844 Deaths
In the Philippines, 1844 had only 365 days, when Tuesday, December 31 was skipped as Monday, December 30 was immediately followed by Wednesday, January 1, 1845, the next day after. The change also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands and Palau as part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines; these became the first places on Earth to redraw the International Date Line. Events January–March * January 4 – The first issue of the Swedish-languaged ''Saima'' newspaper founded by J. V. Snellman is published in Kuopio, Finland. * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives its charter from Indiana. * February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. * February 28 – A gun on the USS ''Princeton'' explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing U.S. Secretary of State Abel Upshur, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer and four other people. Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1810 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales. * January 4 – Australian Seal hunting, seal hunter Frederick Hasselborough discovers Campbell Island, New Zealand, Campbell Island, in the Subantarctic. * January 12 – The marriage of Napoleon and Joséphine de Beauharnais, Joséphine is annulled. * February 13 – After seizing Jaén, Spain, Jaén, Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba, Seville and Granada, Napoleonic troops enter Málaga under the command of General Horace Sebastiani. * February 17 – Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte decrees that Rome would become the second capital of the First French Empire, French Empire. * February 20 – County of Tyrol, Tyrolean rebel leader Andreas Hofer is executed. * March 11 – Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria by proxy in Vienna. April–June * April 2 – Napoleon Bonaparte marries Marie Louise of Austria, Duchess of Parma, in person, in Paris. * April 19 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cave Thomas
William Cave Thomas (8 May 1820 – 1906), generally referred to as Cave Thomas was an English Victorian painter of historical, religious and literary subjects, also known as a sculptor and author. History Thomas was born in London, a son of a picture-frame maker and gilder. He studied at the Royal Academy in the 1830s and in 1840 travelled to Munich, where for several years he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Academy of Fine Arts, learning the techniques of fresco painting, working at the List of basilicas in Germany, basilica of St. Boniface's Abbey and elsewhere under Heinrich Maria von Hess, and was influenced by "Nazarene movement, Nazarenes" Peter von Cornelius and Johann Friedrich Overbeck. In 1843 he returned to London, where he had some success as a painter and taught at an art school in Camden Town, and over the years wrote articles for art journals and specialist magazines such as ''Building (magazine), The Builder''. In April 1842 H.M. Government establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Brooke
James Brooke (29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868), was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. He ruled as the first White Rajahs, White Rajah of Sarawak from 1841 until his death in 1868. Brooke was born and raised in Company rule in India, India during the rule of the British East India Company. After a few years of education in England, he served in the Bengal Army, was wounded, and resigned his commission. He then bought a ship and sailed to the Malay Archipelago where, in gratitude for helping to crush a rebellion, he was rewarded with the position of governor of Sarawak. He then vigorously suppressed piracy in the region and, in the ensuing turmoil, restored the Sultan of Brunei to his throne, for which the Sultan made Brooke the Rajah of Sarawak. He ruled until his death. Brooke was not without detractors and was criticised in the British Parliament and officially investigated in Singapore in the Straits Settlements, Singapore for his anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gliddon
George Robbins Gliddon (1809 – November 16, 1857) was an English-born American Egyptologist. He worked as a United States vice-consul in Egypt and assisted Muhammad Ali Pasha's plans to modernize Egypt by attaining sugar, rice, and other mills from the United States. In 1841, he became frustrated with Pasha's destruction of archaeological sites and wrote ''Appeal to the Antiquaries of Europe on the Destruction of the Monuments of Egypt''. Gliddon worked with Samuel George Morton to define the race and physical type of the ancient Egyptians, published in the article ''Crania Aegyptiaca'', one of several publications that Gliddon worked on. He created interest in the field of Egyptology through his lectures in the United States, including the ''Panorama of the Nile'' with Egyptian mummies. Early life and career He was born in 1809 in St Thomas, Devonshire, England, the son of cousins Eleanor Gliddon and John G. Gliddon. His father a banker in London. Shortly after his birth, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenggarong
Tenggarong (, abbreviated: TRG) is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') which serves as the capital of the Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 358.34 km2, and it had a population of 96,209 at the 2010 Census and 106,480 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 112,937. Its administrative headquarters is located at the urban village (''kelurahan'') of Timbau. History The former Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate's capital was likewise located in Tenggarong. Historically, the then capital was called ''Tepian Pandan''. At some point, the Kutai Kartanegara Sultan, Aji Muhammad Muslihuddin, changed the name from ''Tepian Pandan'' to ''Tangga Arung'' (literally the ''house of the king''). In application, the people of Kutai would then shorten this name by combining the two words ''Tangga Arung'' to ''Tenggarong''. Tenggarong became the capital of the Special Region of Kutai (and then Kutai Regency) since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutai
Kutai is a historical region in what is now the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The region shares its name with the native ethnic group of the region (known as 'the Kutai people'), with a total population around 300,000, who have their own language known as the Kutainese language which accompanies their own rich history. Today, the name is preserved in the names of three regencies in East Kalimantan province which are the Kutai Kartanegara Regency, the West Kutai Regency and East Kutai Regency with the major river flowing in the heart of the region known as the Mahakam River. The Kutai Martadipura Kingdom (399–1635) was the earliest Hindu kingdom in the East Indies. It was later succeeded by the Muslim sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara (1300–1844). Kutai Martapura Kingdom The Kutai Martapura Kingdom (399–1635; locally known as ) is a 4th-century Hindu kingdom located in the Kutai area, East Kalimantan. Its capital is believed to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the latter part of the 19th century. In commercial use, they were gradually replaced by Fore-and-aft rig, fore-and-aft rigged vessels such as Schooner, schooners, as owners sought to reduce crew costs by having rigs that could be handled by fewer men. In Royal Navy use, brigs were retained for training use when the battle fleets consisted almost entirely of iron-hulled steamships. Brigs were prominent in the coastal coal trade of British waters. 4,395 voyages to London with coal were recorded in 1795. With an average of eight or nine trips per year for one vessel, that is a fleet of over 500 Collier (ship), colliers trading to London alone. Other ports and coastal communities were also served by colliers trading to Britain's coal ports. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank
Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank (24 April 1747 – 24 September 1820) was a Scottish peer. Background Elibank was the son of Reverend Gideon Murray, younger son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of General David Montolieu, Baron de St Hypolite, while Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank was his paternal uncle. His brother was David Murray (1748–1794). Political career Elibank was returned to Parliament for Peeblesshire in 1783, a seat he held until 1784. In 1785 he succeeded his uncle as seventh Lord Elibank. However, as this was a Scottish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire between 1794 and 1820. Family Lord Elibank was twice married. He married firstly Mary Clara, daughter of Lewis Charles Montolieu, Baron de St Hypolite, in 1776. After her death in January 1802 he married Christian Catherine Steuart (d.1853), daughter of James Steuart, in 1804. Lord Elib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
