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    Qalaherriaq (c. 1834 – 1856) was an Inughuit hunter from Cape York in northwestern Greenland.Born around 1834 and baptized Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, he was taken aboard the British barque HMS Assistance in 1850 as an interpreter during the search for Franklin's lost expedition.

  3. Marine Midland Bank - Wikipedia

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    Marine Midland was founded as Marine Bank, a state-chartered bank, on July 10, 1850, with capital of $170,000. It was founded by eight men from across New York—General James S. Wadsworth of Geneseo, J. P. Beekman of Kinderhook, New York, John Arnot of Elmira, John Magee and Constant Cook of Bath, William R. Gwinn of Medina, and George Palmer and James M. Ganson of Buffalo.

  4. Solvay Hut - Wikipedia

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    The Solvay Hut or Solvay Bivouac (German: Solvayhütte) is a mountain hut located on the north-eastern ridge (Hörnli Ridge) of the Matterhorn, near Zermatt in the canton of Valais. At 4,003 metres (13,133 ft) [ 1 ] it is the highest mountain hut owned by the Swiss Alpine Club , but can be used only in case of emergency.

  5. Ilham Kadri - Wikipedia

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    Ilham Kadri (born February 14, 1969) [1] is a French-Moroccan business executive with a scientific background, currently serving as the CEO of Syensqo.. Between 2019 and 2023, she was the CEO of Solvay, a Belgian chemicals company.

  6. Solvac - Wikipedia

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    Solvac is a Belgian holding founded in 1983, which groups the investments of the descendants of Ernest Solvay in Solvay of which it is the largest single shareholder with 30% of its shares. Jean-Pierre Delwart is President of the Board of Directors. Sources. Trends magazine, p. 66, 27 March 2008; Solvac (Google finance) External links. Solvac

  7. List of bank robbers and robberies - Wikipedia

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    The first bank robbery in Denmark occurred August 18, 1913 in the bank Sparekassen for København og Omegn at Østerbro in Copenhagen.It was carried out by two men, Danish salesman Lindorff Larsen and a German machinist Güttig, armed with revolvers; the two got away with 9000 Danish kroner.

  8. Solvay Institute of Sociology - Wikipedia

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    The Solvay Institute of Sociology [SIS; Institut de Sociologie Solvay] assumed its first "definitive form" (Solvay 1902/1906: 26) [1] on November 16, 1902, when its founder Ernest Solvay, a wealthy Belgian chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist, inaugurated the original edifice of SIS in Parc Léopold ().

  9. Georges Janssen - Wikipedia

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    George also worked as an administrator at the Mutuelle Solvay (1928) and the Société Belge de Banque (1932). When in 1935 the Banking Commission was established, he was appointed as its president. National bank of Belgium. Georges Janssen was appointed as a director of the NBB on 13 October 1937 and one week later became its vice-governor.