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Abbot (surname)
__NOTOC__ Abbot is an English surname derived from the word "abbot". It is a spelling variant of the more common name Abbott. Notable people with this surname include: A * Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), American pastor * Alice Balch Abbot (1867–1937), American writer B * Bec Abbot, Canadian singer * Benjamin Abbot (1762–1849), American schoolteacher * Brian Abbot (1911–1936), Australian actor C * Charles Abbot (botanist) (1761–1817), British botanist and entomologist * Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (1757–1829), British statesman * Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester (1798–1867), British Conservative politician * Charles Greeley Abbot (1872–1973), American astrophysicist, astronomer and fifth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution * Charles S. Abbot (born 1945), American naval admiral * Courtney Abbot (born 1989), New Zealand-born actress D * Dorian Abbot, American geophysicist E * Edwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927), American lawyer and railroad execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Surname
English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname, also referred to as a last name. There can be several given names, some of these being often referred to as a second name, or middle name(s). Given names Most given names used in England do not have English derivation. Most traditional names are Hebrew ( Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Susan), Greek ( Nicholas, Dorothy, George, Helen), Germanic names adopted via the transmission of Old French/Norman (Robert, Richard, Gertrude, Charlotte), or Latin (Adrian, Amelia, Patrick). There remains a limited set of given names which have an actual English derivation (see Anglo-Saxon names); examples include Alfred, Ashley, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Harold and Oswald. A distinctive feature of Anglophone names is the surnames of im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Ellingwood Abbot
Francis Ellingwood Abbot (November 6, 1836 – October 23, 1903) was an American philosopher and theologian who sought to reconstruct theology in accord with scientific method. His lifelong romance with his wife Katharine Fearing Loring forms the subject of '' If Ever Two Were One'', a collection of his correspondence and diary entries. Biography Abbot was born to Joseph Hale Abbot and Fanny Ellingwood Larcom on November 6, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts. He married Katherine Fearing on August 3, 1859 in Nashua, New Hampshire. The couple had three children; Everett Vergnies, Fanny Larcom, and Edward Stanley Abbot. As a spokesman for "free religion", he asserted that Christianity, understood as based on the lordship of Christ, is no longer tenable. He rejected all dogma and reliance on Scriptures or creeds, teaching the truth is open to every individual. Abbot graduated from Harvard University and the Meadville Theological School. He served Unitarian churches in Dover, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Abbot
Sir Maurice Abbot (Morris) (1565–1642) was an English merchant, Governor of the East India Company (1624–1638), and a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1638. Abbot's whole career, which had begun under no external advantages, was a remarkable instance of well-directed energy and enterprise; it was one of the earliest examples of the creation of enormous wealth by the application of great personal abilities to commerce, and illustrates the extraordinary development of the English foreign trade at the close of the sixteenth and opening of the seventeenth centuries. Biography Abbot was the fifth and youngest son of Maurice Abbot, a cloth-worker of Guildford who died in 1606, and he was the brother of Archbishop of Canterbury George and of Robert, who became Bishop of Salisbury. He was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford on 2 November 1565, was educated at Royal Grammar School, Guildford and was probably app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot
Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot (née Lillian Elvira Moore; c. –) was an American artist, known for her paintings and flower studies. Early life and education Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot was born on June 3, 1869 in Vienna, Virginia. Her parents were Elvira (née Finch) and John Lewis Moore. Abbot studied at the Corcoran School of Art and was the student of Catherine Carter Critcher, Edmund C. Tarbell, Edmund Clarence Messer, Richard Norris Brooke, and William M. Chase. Career Abbot primarily painted in watercolor and oil paintings and focused on the subject of flowers and floral still life. She less commonly painted landscapes (mostly of woodlands), portraits, and interior scenes. On October 13, 1897, she married astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot, the 5th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Once married, Abbot accompanied and assisted her husband during his expeditions on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, including to Algeria, South Africa, and India. They li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Abbot
Laura Abbot is an American writer of over a dozen romance novels in the ''Harlequin Superromance'' and ''Love Inspired Historical'' series. Early life Laura Abbot was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the eldest of three children. Abbot, a tomboy, spent a great deal of time with her grandmothers, who encouraged her love of reading and writing. Career Abbot found college liberating and worked hard to graduate in only three years. She became a teacher, and, for over twenty-five years taught secondary English. After Abbot retired from teaching, she began to write. She sold her first romance novel to Harlequin Enterprises in 1994. Harlequin has since published well over a dozen of her novels, mainly in the SuperRomance and Love Inspired Historical categories. Her novel, ''My Name is Nell'' was nominated for a ''Romantic Times Magazine'' award for Best Harlequin SuperRomance in 2003. and "You're My Baby" was the winner of the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence in Long Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jude Abbott
Chumbawamba () were a British rock band formed in 1982 and disbanded in 2012. They are best known for their 1997 single "Tubthumping", which was nominated for Best British Single at the 1998 Brit Awards. Other singles include " Amnesia", " Enough Is Enough" (with MC Fusion), " Timebomb", "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)", and "Add Me". The band drew on genres such as punk rock, pop, and folk. Their anarcho-communist political leanings led them to have an irreverent attitude toward authority, and to espouse a variety of political and social causes including animal rights and pacifism (early in their career) and later regarding class struggle, Marxism, feminism, gay liberation, pop culture, and anti-fascism. In July 2012, Chumbawamba announced they were splitting up after 30 years. The band was joined by former members and collaborators for three final shows between 31 October and 3 November 2012, one of which was filmed and released as a live DVD. Band history Early y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stevens Cabot Abbott
John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. Early life He was a brother of Jacob Abbott, and was associated with him in the management of Abbott's Institute, New York City, and in the preparation of his series of brief historical biographies. Dr. Abbott graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825, prepared for the ministry at Andover Theological Seminary, and between 1830 and 1844, when he retired from the ministry in the Congregational Church, preached successively at Worcester, Roxbury and Nantucket, all in Massachusetts. Literary career Owing to the success of his work, ''The Mother at Home'', he devoted himself from 1844 onwards, to literature. He was a voluminous writer of books on Christian ethics, and of popular histories, which were credited with cultivating a popular interest in history. He is best known as the author of the widely popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Abbot (entomologist)
John Abbot (1751) was an American naturalist and artist. He was the first artist in the New World to create an extensive series of insect drawings and to show insects in all stages of development. In addition to more than 3,000 insect illustrations, he also produced drawings of birds and plants. To facilitate his work he collected a great number of insects and reared thousands more. He was considered one of the best insect illustrators of his era and his art and insect collections were sold to an eager market in London.Sorensen 2005Mallis 1971 Early life By his own recollection, Abbot was born in London on June 1, 1751 but parish records indicate his birthday on May 31. He was the eldest son of James Abbot, a successful attorney, and Ann (Clousinger) Abbot. He grew up in a fashionable London neighborhood of Bennet Street, St. James, and spent part of his time at his family's country house. He was tutored at home and showed an early interest in collecting and drawing. Abbot studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Abbot (politician)
Joel Abbot (March 17, 1776 – November 19, 1826) was a United States representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. He practiced as a physician. Early years Abbot was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut on March 17, 1776. After studying at an academy and at a medical school he moved to Washington, Georgia, in 1794 and practiced medicine. Career He was a member of the Washington, Georgia city council. He also served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, 1799, 1802–1804, 1808, and 1811. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican Party, Republican to the 15th United States Congress and was reelected as a Republican to the two succeeding Congresses (16th United States Congress, 16th and 17th United States Congress, 17th), Abbott then successfully ran for reelection as a Crawford Republican to the 18th United States Congress, 18th Congress and his congressional service spanned from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1825. Last years After his congressional service, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Abbot (naval Officer)
Joel Abbot (January 18, 1793 – December 14, 1855) was a U.S. naval officer who served notably in the War of 1812, and commanded a ship during Commodore Perry's 1853-1854 visit to Japan. Commodore Joel Abbot was Admiral Matthew C. Perry's second in command when they opened Japan in 1853–1854. Military career Abbot was born in Westford, Massachusetts on January 18, 1793, son of Joel and Lydia (Cummings) Abbot. He entered the Navy at the age of 19 as midshipman at the beginning of the War of 1812.''Who Was Who in American History - the Military'', Marquis Who's Who, 1976, page 1. He served first on the frigate and next on Lake Champlain with Commodore Macdonough, who, when he asked Abbot if he were ready to die for his country received the reply "Certainly, sir; that is what I came into the service for." For his success in this dangerous exploit, and for his bravery in the engagement at Cumberland Head on 11 September 1814, the young officer received a sword of honor from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh The Abbot
Hugh the Abbot (died 12 May 886) was a member of the Welf family, a son of Conrad I of Auxerre and Adelaide. After his father's death, his mother apparently married Robert the Strong, the margrave of Neustria. On Robert's death in 866, Hugh became the regent and guardian for Robert's sons, Odo and Robert. Hugh entered the monastery and rose to become abbot of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre. Despite his vows, he was no peaceful, contemplative monk but the epitome of the warrior-monk of his age. King Charles the Bald sent him on a military expedition to the Nivernais. One can see in this the clerical tendency to support the reigning dynasty against the great vassals. Hugh welcomed Charles when the king had to flee during an 858 invasion of Louis the German, when his vassals refused him aid and rebelled under Robert the Strong. When Robert regained favour, Hugh was exiled to Lotharingia, where he became archbishop of Cologne (864). However, he was soon called back to France. In 866, u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Larcom Abbot
Henry Larcom Abbot (August 13, 1831 – October 1, 1927) was a military engineer and career officer in the United States Army. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was appointed brevet brigadier general of volunteers for his contributions in engineering and artillery. In 1866 he received additional brevet appointments as major general of volunteers and brigadier general in the Regular Army. He conducted several scientific studies of the Mississippi River with captain, later Major General Andrew A. Humphreys. After his retirement, Abbot served as a consultant for the locks on the Panama Canal. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1863. Military life Abbot attended West Point and graduated second in his class, which included Jeb Stuart and G. W. Custis Lee) with a degree in military engineering in 1854. He initially wanted to join the Artillery, but shortly after graduation, a classmate convinced him to choose the Engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
