William Crawford
- William Crawford
-
Pour les articles homonymes, voir
Crawford.
Portrait du Colonel William Crawford
William Crawford (1732 – 11 juin 1782) était un militaire américain et topographe qui travailla dans l'Ouest comme agent de George Washington.
Biographie
Crawford combattit lors de la Guerre franco-indienne et de la Guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis.
Il conduisit l'Expédition Crawford dans l'Ohio en 1782. Vaincu, il fut fait prisonnier. Il fut torturé et brulé vif par des Indiens, le 11 juin 1782.
Bibliographie
- Anderson, James H. Colonel William Crawford. Originally published in Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, vol 6. Columbus: Ohio Archæological and Historical Publications, 1898.
- Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. New York: McKay, 1966; revised 1974. ISBN 0-8117-0578-1.
- Butterfield, Consul Willshire. An Historical Account of the Expedition against Sandusky under Col. William Crawford in 1782. Cincinnati: Clarke, 1873.
- Miller, Sarah E. "William Crawford". The Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History. 1:311–13. Gregory Fremont-Barnes and Richard Alan Ryerson, eds. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2006. ISBN 1-85109-408-3.
- O'Donnell, James H., III. "William Crawford". American National Biography. 5:710–11. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-512784-6.
Source
Catégories :
- Naissance en 1732
- Décès en 1782
- Personnalité de la Guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis
- Personne brûlée
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Contenu soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA. Source : Article William Crawford de Wikipédia en français (auteurs)
Regardez d'autres dictionnaires:
William Crawford — is the name of:* William Crawford (soldier) (1732–1782), soldier in American Revolution, western land agent of George Washington, burnt at the stake by Native Americans * William Crawford (London MP), British MP for the City of London, 1833–1841… … Wikipedia
William Crawford — ist der Name folgender Personen: William Crawford (Offizier) (1732–1782), US amerikanischer Offizier und Geometer William Harris Crawford (1772–1834), US amerikanischer Politiker Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung … Deutsch Wikipedia
William Crawford Williamson — 1863 … Deutsch Wikipedia
William Crawford Sherrod — (* 17. August 1835 in Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama; † 24. März 1919 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas) war ein US am … Deutsch Wikipedia
William Crawford Sherrod — (1835 1919) was an American politician and Confederate officer from Alabama. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Afterward, he was a planter and served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Alabama in… … Wikipedia
William Crawford Dawson — was a Civil War hero and the first photographer in Elizabeth City. He was born in 1831 to Francis L. Dawson and Keziah Crawford, and was married to Nannie F. White. They had three children, William Crawford Dawson Jr., Joshua White Dawson, and… … Wikipedia
William Crawford Williamson — (November 24, 1816 ndash; June 23, 1895) was an English naturalist.Williamson was born at Scarborough. His father, John Williamson, after beginning life as a gardener, became a well known local naturalist, who, in conjunction with William Bean,… … Wikipedia
William Crawford (Pennsylvania) — William Crawford (1760 October 23, 1823) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Crawford was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1760. He received a liberal schooling, studied medicine at the University of… … Wikipedia
William Crawford Anderson — (1877 ndash; 25 February 1919) was a British socialist politician.Born on 13th February 1877 at Findon, Aberdeenshire, the name Crawford in fact does not appear on his birth certificate. His father Francis Anderson was a blacksmith, who married… … Wikipedia
William Crawford (soldier) — For other people of the same name, see William Crawford (disambiguation). Colonel William Crawford William Crawford (1732 – 11 June 1782) was an American soldier and surveyor who worked as a western land agent for George Washington. Crawford… … Wikipedia
