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Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr
Alpheus or Alphaeus is a masculine given name which may refer to: Mythological, biblical and fictional figures * Alpheus (deity), a river god in Greek mythology * Alphaeus, father of two of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament * Alpheus, the World Forger, a DC Comics character People Ancient Greece * Alpheus Mytilenaeus, 1st century BC Greek poet * Alphaeus Alphaeus (; ) is a man mentioned in the New Testament seemingly as the father of two of the Twelve Apostles: Matthew the EvangelistMark 2:14 and James, son of Alphaeus. However, Mark 2:14 in Codex Bezae uses the name Levi rather than Matthew. ..., a Spartan hoplite who fought well at the Battle of Thermopylae, according to the historian Herodotus Modern world * Alpheus Babcock (1785–1842), American piano and musical instrument maker and inventor * Alpheus Baker (1828–1891), Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War * Alpheus Batson (1869–?), American lawyer and politician * Alpheus Michael Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpheus (deity)
Alpheus or Alpheios (; , meaning "whitish"), was in Greek mythology a river (the modern Alfeios River) and river god. Family Like most river gods, Alpheus was a son of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys (mythology), Tethys. Telegone (mythology), Telegone, daughter of Pharis (mythology), Pharis, bore his son, the king Orsilochus. Through him, Alpheus was the grandfather of Diocles (mythology), Diocles, and great-grandfather of a pair of soldiers, Crethon and Orsilochus, who were slain by Aeneas during the Trojan War. The river god was also called the father of Melanthea, Melantheia who became the mother of Eirene (daughter of Poseidon), Eirene by Poseidon. In later accounts, Alpheus (Alphionis) was the father of Phoenissa (mythology), Phoenissa, possible mother of Endymion (mythology), Endymion by Zeus. Mythology According to Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias, Alpheus was a passionate hunter and fell in love with the nymph Arethusa (mythology), Arethusa, but she f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpheus Hyatt
Alpheus Hyatt (April 5, 1838 – January 15, 1902) was an American zoologist and palaeontologist. Hyatt served as the founding president of the American Society of Naturalists from 1883 to 1884 and was the founding editor of the journal '' The American Naturalist''. A student of Louis Agassiz, he was keenly involved in developing biology research and education and helped establish the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. Biography Alpheus Hyatt II was born in Washington, D.C. to Alpheus Hyatt and Harriet Randolph (King) Hyatt. He briefly attended the Maryland Military Academy and Yale University, and after graduating from Harvard University in 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for the Civil War, emerging with the rank of captain. After the war he worked for a time at the Essex Institute (now the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. He and a colleague founded '' American Naturalist'' and Hyatt served as editor from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse
Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse Sr. (September 1, 1862 – July 25, 1931), best known as Al G. Barnes was the owner of the Al G. Barnes Circus. Biography Barnes was born on September 1, 1862, in Lobo, Canada West, to Thomas S. Stonehouse (1826-1882) and Sarah Barnes (1825-1883). He then married Dollie Arminta Barlow and she filed for divorce in 1916. Babe Eckhart started what she believed was a relationship with him. She played the calliope in his circus. When he refused to marry her, she shot herself just outside his private railroad car in Idaho in 1919. In 1922 his divorce from Dollie Arminta was granted. He then married Sarah Jane Hartigan and they had three children before they divorced. He lastly married Margaret Goldsboro. In January 1929, he sold his circus to the American Circus Corporation. He died on July 25, 1931, in Indio, California Indio (Spanish language, Spanish for "Indian") is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpheus Beede Stickney
Alpheus Beede "A.B." Stickney (June 27, 1840 – August 9, 1916) was the first president of the Chicago Great Western Railway, from 1884 to 1909. Youth and education Alpheus Beede Stickney was born in Wilton, Maine, on June 27, 1840, the first son of Daniel Stickney and his third wife, Ursula Maria Beede.Alpheus Beede Stickney'. Retrieved February 8, 2006. Railroad career Stickney was a personal and professional friend of James J. Hill, a pioneering railroad magnate, who became known in his lifetime as "The Empire Builder". Stickney worked for him and he had a hand in Stickney's later railroads. Stickney in 1879 had been the construction superintendent for Great Northern Railway (U.S.), St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, later known as the Great Northern Railway. James J. Hill in 1881 sent Stickney to be construction superintendent for the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1885 he started what would become the Chicago Great Western Railway, which linked Chicago, Il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
