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Richard Oswald ( c. 1705 – 6 November 1784) was a Scottish merchant, slave trader and diplomat. During the American Revolution, he served as an advisor to the North ministry on trade regulations and the best way to respond to the American War of Independence.
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald.
Richard Oswald. Director: Around the World in 80 Days. Director and producer of many German as well as a few American, British and French films, Richard Oswald started making films in 1914 and shortly formed his own production company.
Feb 17, 2011 · Richard Oswald was the son of a Presbyterian minister. He was apprenticed to his cousins in Glasgow who had a successful trade in tobacco and he travelled to the Caribbean and the...
Richard Oswald, 1705-1784. Overview of Chapter O : This Scottish businessman epitomizes the interconnectivity of the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century, as well as the horrors that unity produced. Oswald established his own triangular trade by owning a slave station in Sierra Leone, a plantation in Florida, and an office in London.
Jun 20, 2020 · Richard Oswald rose from birth as the son of a minister in Caithness to become a London-based merchant, advisor to the British government and slave trader. The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) describes him as a ‘ peacemaker ’ and briefly outlines his ‘ slave adventures ’.
OSWALD, RICHARD. (1705–1784). British diplomat. Scotland. Married to Mary Ramsay, whom Robert Burns celebrated in one of his poems, he was related to the famous Continental artillery officer, Eleazer Oswald.
Richard Oswald (1705-1784) was advisor to the British government on trade regulations and the conduct of the American War of Independence and was a British peace commissioner who negotiated the Peace of Paris in 1782.
Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He directed more than 100 feature films from 1914 to 1951. Among them the classics "Nachtgestalten" (1920), "Unheimliche Geschichten" (1919/1932), "Die Prostitution 1-2" (1919) and "Alraune" (1930).
1. Nächte des Grauens (1917) 56 min | Drama, Horror. 6.2. Rate. An extremely jealous artist slips into a monkey costume and kills all those men who come too close to his wife, another artist. Directors: Richard Oswald, Arthur Robison | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Lorenz Köhler, Hans Mierendorff. Votes: 24. 2. Eerie Tales (1919)
