Month: December 2021

Ernest Hugo Meggeson HoodDSO, CdG (27 August 1915 – 1 August 1968), known as Hugo Hood, was an English war hero, schoolmaster and, for one game, a first-classcricketer.[1] He was a left-arm bowler who played for Somerset.[2][3] He was born at Burnby, Pocklington, Yorkshire and died in Scarborough. English cricketer […]

The Huon Peninsula montane rain forests is a tropical moist forestecoregion in New Guinea. The ecoregion covers the mountains of northeastern New Guinea’s Huon Peninsula. Huon Peninsula montane rain forests Kasanombe Base Camp Ecoregion territory (in purple) Ecology Realm Australasian realm Biome tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Borders Central […]

Cochrane is a town of 5300 people (2016) in Northern Ontario. Cochrane as seen across Lake Commando . . . Cochrane (Ontario) . . . The main industries in Cochrane are transportation, railway, tourism, and forestry. There is also marginal farming around Cochrane. Although the soil is considered to be […]

Erich Würdemann (15 January 1914, in Hamburg – 14 July 1943, west of Vigo in the Bay of Biscay) was a GermanU-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was […]

Będzin County (Polish: powiat będziński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Będzin, which lies […]

Reuben Francis Laffoon (March 10, 1854 – June 28, 1929) was a pioneer and lawyer in Tacoma, Washington, settling in the city during the development boom of 1880s. Laffoon dedicated his first year in Tacoma to real estate, but then resumed his law practice and operated from an office located […]

Rawa (Malay: Pulau Rawa) is a small, beautiful island located 16 km (10 mi) off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. Surrounded by clean blue waters with jungle vegetation struggling for a foothold on the craggy cliffs, the island would have been bypassed by the tourist trade altogether were it […]

Preston is the largest city in the county of Lancashire, England, and used to be a major port and industrial centre. Preston Town Hall For other places with the same name, see Preston (disambiguation). . . . Preston . . . Preston is one of the few cities that has […]

Marble Hall (Chinese: 雲石堂) was the private residence of Sir Catchick Paul Chater, co-founder of Hongkong Land. It was situated at 1 Conduit Road, Hong Kong, and constructed 1901–1904 from imported European marble. Historians regard it as one of the finest ever examples of architecture in Hong Kong. Marble Hall […]

Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. Ruined fortress in North Yorkshire, England Knaresborough Castle Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England The ruins of the keep of Knaresborough Castle. Knaresborough Castle Coordinates 54.00719°N 1.46932°W / 54.00719; -1.46932 Type Castle Site information […]