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The legacy of John Duncan.(Biography)
John Duncan was born in 1796 in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, to parents who were members of the Associate Presbytery, or Secession Church. When John was nine years old, he entered Aberdeen Grammar School, where from the outset he showed great interest in languages and metaphysics, the two subjects that were to be lifelong intellectual passions. He was once discovered, during class, furtively reading a copy of Aristotle hidden under his desk. (1) In 1810 he matriculated and, obtaining a scholarship, entered Marischal College, Aberdeen, from which he graduated with an M.A. in 1814. Despite the evangelical influences surrounding him, Duncan as a student had espoused the atheistic ...
- Historical plaques commemorate.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) Kennedy, Billy August 22, 1997 700+ words
...Presbytery of Ireland, which was also the result of a merger (1858) of the United Presbyterian Church and the Associate Presbytery of Ireland. That last body, led by the Rev James Bryce of Killaig, near Garvagh, had congregations at Craigmore...
- Ralph Seward Dies; Lawyer, Arbitrator
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post January 25, 1994 700+ words
...Presbyterian posts as associate executive director for finance of the Council of Churches of Greater Washington and associate presbytery executive for church development and stewardship. Since retiring from the full-time ministry, he had served...
- Duncan's mail logs released.
- Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) January 28, 2006 700+ words
...Taryn Brodwater Jan. 28--Joseph Duncan has sent more than 60 letters from...once told a parole board he thought Duncan wasn't a threat to society. Mail logs from the Kootenai County Jail show Duncan has received more than 100 letters...
- Duncan: 'It had to end': Court brief reveals accused killer boasted to police.
- Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) June 27, 2006 700+ words
...Taryn Brodwater Jun. 27--Joseph Duncan laughed at times and cried at times in...I could have gotten away with it," Duncan allegedly told sheriff's deputy Art...9-year-old brother, Dylan, whom Duncan is accused of killing, "taught me so...
- Duncan family feud leads to bankruptcy; Father, daughter battle over...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Detroit Business Snavely, Brent June 27, 2005 700+ words
...daughter auto dealers Richard and Gail Duncan, her husband and others gathered at a...under extraordinary circumstances. Gail Duncan, company president, had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for Jerome-Duncan Inc. only a few days before, on June...
- Gail Duncan: We tried to fix family feud before Ch. 11 filing.(News)(Jerome...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Detroit Business Snavely, Brent August 8, 2005 700+ words
...Byline: Brent Snavely Auto dealer Gail Duncan said last week that she tried to resolve...husband in an attempt to prevent Jerome-Duncan Inc. from filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In June, Gail Duncan and her husband, Shashi TejPaul...
- Duncan lawyers vie: Defense, prosecutor argue over early statements.
- Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) August 23, 2006 700+ words
...passionately Tuesday to keep statements Joseph Duncan made about Shasta Groene and crimes against...Tuesday focused on three issues: Was Duncan informed of his Miranda rights when he...invoking his rights; and should statements Duncan made to a chaplain and social worker have...
- Duncan told family in March that he had shredded Enron documents.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 15, 2002 700+ words
...investigators, Andersen accountant David Duncan confided to his family in March that he...in clipped, sometimes somber tones, Duncan testified in Andersen's federal obstruction...Hardin. Hardin's cross-examination of Duncan, the government's star witness in its...
