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William Patten (b. circa 1510 – d. in or after 1598) [1] was born in London, the son of Richard Patten (d. 1536), clothworker, and Grace, the daughter of John Baskerville. His grandfather, Richard Patten of Boslow, Derbyshire , was a brother of William Waynflete (alias Patten), Bishop of Winchester . [ 2 ]
William Patten may refer to: William Waynflete (William Patten, c. 1398–1486), bishop of Winchester, 1447–1486, and Lord Chancellor of England, 1456–1460 William Patten (historian) (c. 1510 – after 1598), English historian and teller of the English exchequer
Battle of Pinkie, woodcut illustration from William Patten (1548) The Imperial ambassador François van der Delft went to the court of King Edward VI at Oatlands Palace to hear the news of the battle from William Paget. Van der Delft wrote to the Queen Dowager, Mary of Hungary, with his version of the news on 19 September. He described the ...
William Patten (1861-1932) was an American biologist and zoologist at University of North Dakota and Dartmouth College noted for work on fossil ostracoderms, ideas on the origin of vertebrates from arachnids and his 1919 address to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and follow-up book about The Grand Strategy of Evolution: the Social Philosophy of a Biologist.
Arnolfini's painting of 1434, depicting pattens taken off inside a house.. The Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.The Pattenmakers, who were incorporated by royal charter in 1670 [1] and granted livery status in 1717, [2] were makers of wooden-soled overshoes.
The Aborigines Progressive Association (APA [1]) was established in 1937 by William Ferguson and Jack Patten in Dubbo, New South Wales. [2] [3] Ferguson led a group in the western part of the state, while Patten assembled an alliance of activists in the north-east.
The AP U.S. History course is designed to provide the same level of content and instruction that students would face in a freshman-level college survey class. It generally uses a college-level textbook as the foundation for the course and covers nine periods of U.S. history, spanning from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. The percentage ...
Patten had been the chairman of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom until he lost his parliamentary seat in the general election earlier that year. Relations with the PRC government in Beijing became increasingly strained, as Patten introduced democratic reforms that increased the number of elected members in the Legislative Council .