Joseph Wood (May 12, 1915 – June 3, 2000) was an American composer and music educator. He was a faculty member at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where...
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Joseph Rudolph Wood III was an American convicted murderer executed on July 23, 2014, at Florence State Prison in Arizona, with a two-hour lethal injection...
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Joseph Wood may refer to: Joseph Wood (congressman) (1712–1791), American planter and Continental Congressman for Georgia Joseph Wood (painter) (c. 1778–1830)...
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Joseph R. Gannascoli (born February 15, 1959) is an American actor and chef. He is best known for his portrayal of Vito Spatafore on the HBO series The...
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Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin...
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1895–1923), one of two perpetrators of the Ruby Murders; executed by hanging Joseph R. Wood (1958–2014), double murderer; died from a botched execution by lethal...
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The Battle of Belleau Wood (1–26 June 1918) was a major battle that occurred during the German spring offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in...
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Sir Henry Joseph Wood CH (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944) was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade...
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(1991). In 1992, Wood co-starred with Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis in Forever Young, and with Joseph Mazzello in Radio Flyer. In 1993, Wood played the title...
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Robert Williams Wood (May 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955) was an American physicist and inventor who made pivotal contributions to the field of optics. He pioneered...
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Joseph Wood MVO (1841 – 19 June 1923) was an English clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster successively of Leamington College, Tonbridge School, and...
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Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned...
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pharmacology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. His research focused on the treatment of lymphoma. Joseph Rocco Bertino was born in...
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Mike R. Vining (born August 12, 1950) is a retired sergeant major in the United States Army, who was one of the first members of Delta Force. He joined...
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The R. W. Wood Prize is an award endowed by Xerox and given by Optica to an individual that makes an outstanding technical contribution or an invention...
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Engineered wood, also called mass timber, composite wood, human-made wood, or manufactured board, includes a range of derivative wood products which are...
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He also pursued private studies with Leon Dallin, Herbert Elwell, Joseph R. Wood, Vittorio Giannini, Robert Starer and Eugene O'Brien. He received composer...
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failed to chart. Wood signed with Double Shot Records, and his novelty song "The Oogum Boogum Song" reached No. 19 on the US Billboard R&B chart and No...
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Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American artist and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting...
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present at the surrender of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. It was Wood who transcribed, and perhaps embellished, Chief Joseph's famous speech, which ended with:...
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Joseph Stephen "Stevie" Woods Jr. (July 2, 1951 – January 28, 2014) was an American R&B musician and singer. Woods was born in Chatham, Virginia, to jazz...
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Joseph R. Holmes (c. 1838-May 3, 1869) was a slave who worked as a shoemaker, and after being emancipated during the American Civil War became a farmer...
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particularly the travelogue of two French priests, Évariste Régis Huc and Joseph Gabet, to provide the Tibetan cultural and Buddhist spiritual inspiration...
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death of her youngest son William. Joseph Rockley Merrick moved with his two surviving children to live with Mrs. Emma Wood Antill, a widow with children of...
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Joseph Randolph Cockerill (January 2, 1818 – October 23, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1857 to 1859. Joseph R. Cockerill...
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John's Wood. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM (1836–1912), painter, at 44 Grove End Road Gilbert Bayes (1872–1953), sculptor, at 4 Greville Place Sir Joseph Bazalgette...
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also shut down during this period as the Sisters of St. Joseph were recalled by James Frederick Wood, Archbishop of Philadelphia. The school would re-open...
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Joseph (RLF692J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Thomas, David J.; Smith, Judith M. (31 July 1990). "Joseph Raphson, F. R. S"...
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton...
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Rudyard Kipling (redirect from R. Kipling)
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjərd/ RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He...
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