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Richard Andrews (1800-1835) was a Texian merchant and soldier who was the first killed in action casualty of the Texas Revolution during the Battle of Concepción on October 28, 1835. He is a folk hero (the "Nathan Hale of Texas") for his purported final words "I am a dead man, but don't let the other boys know it. Tell them to conquer or die."
Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
Richard King (July 10, 1824 – April 14, 1885) was a riverboat captain, Confederate, entrepreneur, and most notably, the founder of the King Ranch in South Texas, which at the time of his death in 1885 encompassed over 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2).
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Old Norman French: Quor de Lion) [2] [3] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [4] [b] [5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.
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Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic *rīk-'ruler, leader, king' and *hardu-'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'.
Mary Horne Coke. Richard Coke (March 18, 1829 – May 14, 1897) was an American lawyer and statesman from Waco, Texas.He was the 15th governor of Texas from 1874 to 1876 and was a US Senator from 1877 to 1895.
The then-dean of admissions Richard Shaw simply said: "There is no formula." #13 TIL of shell cordovan, a rare "leather" that isn't made from animal skin, but connective tissue from a horse's ...