# George Downing

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S8 Ep546: ### HEADLINE: GEORGE DOWNING’S 17TH-CENTURY DIPLOMACY AND ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE SUMMARY: Dennis Su details George Downing’s 1655 mission to France, where he used Latin to negotiate a secret alliance with Cardinal Mazarin against Spanish influence. GUEST: De

### HEADLINE: GEORGE DOWNING’S 17TH-CENTURY DIPLOMACY AND ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE SUMMARY: Dennis Su details George Downing’s 1655 mission to France, where he used Latin to negotiate a secret alliance with Cardinal Mazarin against Spanish influence. GUEST: Dennis Su NUMBER: 9 (9)1800 BOSTON

093 - Randy Rarick

Randy Rarick is a plethora of information and insight regarding literally everything in surf culture. Enjoy as we discuss Kelly Slater's retirement, surfboard design, George Downing, Bob McTavish Gerry Lopez, and much much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

592 - Paul Strauch

Paul Strauch passed away this past weekend, at peace, at home with loved ones, comfortable and with his beloved Hawaiian music playing by his bedside. His daughter Summer said, "I asked my dad recently what he would want to say to everyone when he stepped into eternal life. He smiled and said, 'ALO…

S8 Ep1335: Dennis Sewell, author of Cromwell's Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War, Part One: Sewell introduces George

Dennis Sewell, author of Cromwell's Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War, Part One: Sewell introduces George Downing, a brilliant Harvard graduate who rose to become Oliver Cromwell's scoutmaster general during the English Civil Wars. He explores his ideological training, his ru…

2. Rogue Diplomat Shifts Allegiance To King - DENNIS SEWELL CROMWELL'S SPY

1658 NEW MODEL ARMYRogue Diplomat Shifts Allegiance To KingDennis Sewell, Part Two: In 1655, George Downing negotiates a secret treaty with France's Cardinal Mazarin, conducting late-night discussions entirely in Latin. Later appointed ambassador to Holland, Downing conducts economic espionage to u…

1. Harvard Scholar Leads Cromwell Military Intelligence - DENNIS-SEWELL-CROMWELLS-SPY

CAPTION 1653 CROMWELL MOCKEDHarvard Scholar Leads Cromwell Military IntelligenceDennis Sewell, author of Cromwell's Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War, Part One: George Downing, a graduate of Harvard College's first class, demonstrates exceptional fluency in conversational Lat…

Keone Downing

Born in 1953, raised in Hawaii, Keone Downing started surfing at age five at Waikiki. He's won many surf contests, but his crowning achievement, undoubtedly, is winning the 1990 Eddie, on a board shaped by his father, the late George Downing, one of the founders of modern surfing, a big-wave pionee…

BOOKSHELF - ENGLISH CIVIL WAR - DENNIS SEWELL CROMWELL'S SPY PART 1

1653Rise Of A Harvard Spy[Guest], author of [Book Title], Part One: A Harvard graduate, George Downing, enters the English Civil War as a chaplain for Parliament's New Model Army. Fluent in Latin, he uses his religious rhetoric to project ideological conformity while demonstrating cold-blooded ambi…

Philip B. Downing

On October 27, 1891, Black American inventor Philip B. Downing patented improvements to the street mailbox. His innovations made the collection of mail more efficient and better protected letters from the weather. His father, George T. Downing, was a prominent abolitionist who fought for Black suff…