Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 People Killed in Duels

By: Wilson

Wilson — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:11:53 +0000

As an expert marksman (he had killed 26 in duels before he met his match), Jackson’s political opponents had Dickinson insult Jackson’s wife so the notoriously hot-headed Jackson would challenge him to a duel, and, presumably, lose.

This is why we don’t use dangling modifiers! I couldn’t tell at first (until I googled “Charles Dickinson”) whether it was Dickinson, Jackson, or “Jackson’s political opponents” who had 26 kills prior to this duel. Obviously the last one made the least sense, but grammatically that phrase is the subject of the sentence.

By: Mr Retro

Mr Retro — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:57:19 +0000

Let us not forget the most famous duel in San Francisco, between David Broderick, (0-1), former US Senator, and David Terry, (1-0), former CA Supreme Court Justice, September 13, 1859. There is a marker commemorating the event on the edge of Lake Merced.

By: C.A.

C.A. — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:30:06 +0000

9. “All of this because he called von Holstein a cheater at gambling.” – Which was probably true considering the cowardly way he fought his duel.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:46:12 +0000

What about Benson and Clayton Endicott III?

By: Tom Rankin

Tom Rankin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:27:14 +0000

Biblical? Not with guns anyway! :-)

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:02:49 +0000

I am in the midst of reading a biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Hamilton arrived in what became the US midway through his teens, and Aaron Burr was one of the first people he met. Their rivalry started almost immediately, though at times it cooled to the point that they were sociable. In many, many ways Hamilton and Burr were polar opposites: Hamilton an extrovert, Burr fairly reclusive, Hamilton eloquent and verbose, Burr concise and succinct. It’s an amazing story, with plenty of sex, drugs, and violence along the way. The most surprising thing about Hamilton’s biography is that they have not made a movie of his life (yet).

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:50:59 +0000

So I wonder if John Wilson ended up with that woman after killing Robert Lyon? Talk about romantic…

By: HydePark

HydePark — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:45:05 +0000

What about the biblical time?

By: memandy

memandy — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:12:13 +0000

Oh oh! The best one I know of was between Lincoln and Sheilds, though I suppose no real duel occured.

Look that one up, you will not be disappointed.

By: Mariano

Mariano — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:45:52 +0000

Here is a link to Galois’ wikipedia entry
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois