James Shewan (6 January 1848 - 7 May 1914) was a Scottish-American businessman who made his fortune in real estate in the United States. He was the founder...
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Dr James Mackay Shewan LLD FSA Scot FRSE FRSC FIBiol CBiol FIFST (1909–1988) was a 20th-century Scottish chemist, bacteriologist and amateur historian...
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Sir James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson, 1st Baronet, FRS (17 November 1796 – 31 December 1878), was a Scottish opium trader and taipan. Born in Shiness...
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of Shewan was a military engagement between Coalition forces and Taliban insurgents that took place on August 8, 2008, near the village of Shewan in the...
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Dry Docks, Inc. The other five companies involved in the merger were James Shewan & Sons, W. & A. Fletcher Company (owner of the Hoboken Shipyard), New...
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Company in 1917. She was fitted out for United States Navy service by James Shewan & Sons at Brooklyn, New York. The minelaying conversion enabled her to...
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Industrial and Marine Bacteria. The collection was curated by Professor James Shewan from 1959 to 1974. When support from the Scientific Civil Service was...
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series of wars to conquer land for the Ethiopian Empire and to increase Shewan supremacy within Ethiopia. This was carried out predominantly with soldiers...
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Shewan, Tomes & Co. was one of the leading trading companies in Hong Kong and China during the late 19th and early 20th century. When Russell & Co., which...
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James Flint (Chinese name: 洪任輝, Hóng Rènhuī, 1720 — unknown) was an 18th-century British merchant and diplomat employed by the East India Company and...
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