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Birdsall (name)
Birdsall is a surname that derives from Birdsall in North Yorkshire, England. It may refer to: * Alice M. Birdsall (1880–1958), attorney, an expert in bankruptcy law, and a female rights advocate * Ausburn Birdsall (1814–1903), U.S. Representative from New York * Ben Birdsall (born 1967), English writer and artist * Benjamin P. Birdsall (1858–1917), American politician * Byron Birdsall (1937–2016), American painter * Dave Birdsall (1838–1896), American baseball player * Derek Birdsall (born 1934), British graphic designer * Doris Birdsall (died 2008), British politician * Doug Birdsall, president of American Bible Society * Emma Birdsall (born 1992), Australian singer-songwriter * Horatio L. Birdsall (1833–1891), American soldier * James Birdsall (1783–1856), U.S. Representative from New York * Jeanne Birdsall (born 1951) American author of children's literature * Jesse Birdsall (born 1963), English actor * John Birdsall (1802–1839), New York and Texas lawye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdsall, North Yorkshire
Birdsall is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 180, increasing to 343 at the 2011 Census. The village is about four miles south of Malton, North Yorkshire, Malton and the parish also includes the village of North Grimston. Birdsall House Birdsall House is the seat of Baron Middleton. Thomas Willoughby (MP), Thomas Willoughby (1694–1742), brother of Francis Willoughby, 2nd Baron Middleton, married Elizabeth Sotheby of Birdsall, and their son Henry inherited the barony and Willoughby estates in Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire from his cousin in 1781. Church of All Hallows and Cross The ruins of the ancient church of All Hallows and Cross stand adjacent to Birdsall House. The present church of St Mary in Birdsall was built in 1824 at the expense of Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Birdsall
Mary B. Thistlethwaite Birdsall (1828 in Chester, Pennsylvania – February 1, 1894 in Philadelphia) was an American suffragette, temperance worker, and journalist. Born to English immigrants, she grew up on a farm near Richmond, Indiana, where she married Thomas Birdsall in 1848. They had three sons together. She began her journalism career as the woman's editor at the ''Indiana Farmer'' newspaper. For about five years she owned '' The Lily'', a newspaper for women, which she purchased from suffragist Amelia Bloomer in 1854. She helped organize the second women's rights convention in Indiana. At that Indiana convention in 1852, she was elected as secretary for the newly-formed Indiana Woman's Rights Association (renamed the Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association (IWSA) in 1869, and eventually became president of the organization. Birdsall was a vice-president at the fourth National Women's Rights Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853.Stanton et al. p. 125 She was among the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Birdsall Otis Edey
James Otis (October 12, 1836 – July 22, 1898) was a Republican member of the New York State Senate and a society leader during the Gilded Age. Early life Otis was born in New York City on October 12, 1836, as a member of the prominent Boston Brahmin Otis family. He was the son of James William Otis (1800–1869) and Martha (née Church) Otis. His elder brother was William Church Otis, who married Margaret Sigourney (their daughter Violet was married to William Greenough Thayer). He was the grandson of Harrison Gray Otis, a U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts who was one of the wealthiest men of Boston during his time, and a great-grandson of Samuel Allyne Otis, a delegate from Massachusetts to the Second Continental Congress who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the 1st Secretary of the United States Senate. He was also the granduncle of Sigourney Thayer, the theatrical producer, and Robert Helyer Thayer, the U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Birdsall Rogers
Richard Birdsall Rogers (15 January 1857 – 2 October 1927) was a Canadian civil engineer, civil and mechanical engineer whose most significant achievement was the design of the Peterborough Lift Lock, a boat lift at Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. From 1874 to 1878, he studied at McGill University, McGill College, Montreal, graduating with a degree in civil and mechanical engineering. In 1879, he was appointed a Provincial Land Surveyor and, in 1880, he became Dominion Land Surveyor, a position he retained until 1884 when he entered private practice, taking up the post of Superintending Engineer of the Trent Canal. In this role, Rogers suggested the use of hydraulic lift locks to the Minister of Railways and Canals, John Haggart, who commissioned him to travel to Europe to study existing boat lifts in France (the Fontinettes boat lift), Belgium (Lifts on the old Canal du Centre) and England (the Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich in Cheshire). Rogers was the grandson of a not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Birdsall may refer to: People * Birdsall (name) Places * Birdsall, New York, United States * Birdsall, North Yorkshire, England * Birdsalls, Ontario, Canada Other * Birdsall House, an English country house in Birdsall, North Yorkshire * Birdsall Lime Kiln Birdsall Lime Kiln is a historic structure located northeast of Decorah, Iowa, United States. Built in 1877, the kiln is high, and composed of irregularly-cut undressed limestone and exterior wood bracing. with Its inside walls are lined with ..., historic structure in Decorah, Iowa, United States * Birdsall Services Group, a US engineering, environmental and energy consulting firm {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdsall Briscoe
Birdsall Parmenas Briscoe (June 10, 1876 – 1971) was an American architect active in Texas, especially in Houston. He was known as "Birdsall Briscoe" or "Birdsall P. Briscoe". Several of his works have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture. Early life Briscoe was born on June 10, 1876, in Harrisburg, Texas, as son of Andrew Birdsall and Annie Frances (Paine) Briscoe. Andrew Briscoe was a grandfather and John Richardson Harris, founder of Harrisburg, was a great-grandfather. His parents owned a ranch near Goliad, Texas. He left the area to attend a San Antonio Academy, a preparatory school in San Antonio, Texas. He matriculated at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas. Career Briscoe trained as an architect under C. Lewis Wilson and Lewis Sterling Green, while later forming a three-year partnership with Green. He opened his own practice in 1912. He shared an office in downtown Houston with fellow architect, Maurice P. Sulli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birdsall
William Wilfred Birdsall (1854–1909) was a Quaker educator who was president of Swarthmore College from 1898 to 1902. Birdsall was born in Indiana in 1854, the son of Mary and Thomas Birdsall. His mother, Mary Birdsall, was a premiere suffragist, woman’s rights advocate, and editor in Indiana. She was one of the first women to address the Indiana State Legislature, demanding equal rights to men. Birdsall received a BS from Earlham College in 1873 and then went on to teach at Richmond High School in Indiana. Birdsall became the president of the Boys High School in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1880 at age 26 Birdsall married Viola Isabel McDill. In 1885 he became a teacher at Friends’ Central School in Philadelphia, and soon after was promoted to president of the school. In 1898 he was selected to be the President of Swarthmore College. Birdsall’s selection was an attempt by the Board of Managers to emphasize the Quaker qualities of the college. His predecessor, Charles D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Birdsall
Tracey Birdsall (born July 6, 1963) is an American actress. Biography Birdsall was born in Van Nuys, California. and grew up in Burbank, California.An Exclusive Interview with Actress-Producer Tracey Birdsall-Smith , Its Just Movies, by Sean Gerski She started performing as a young girl, on stage and in front of the camera. She recalls "My mother drove me to the Gary Dance Studio for lessons constantly as far back as I can remember. She would sew my costumes, drive me to rehearsals, and support me in my shows. It was in my blood, and my fondest childhood memories were on stage."As a teenager, she sang in choirs at local churches. After appearing in a Sunkist Soda commercial, she appeared in several other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Birdsall
Timothy Birdsall (10 May 1936 – 10 June 1963) was an English cartoonist. __TOC__ Life and work Birdsall was born in London. While an undergraduate at Christ's College, Cambridge, he illustrated ''Granta'' and formed part of the late 1950s talented set which included those later to become household names, such as Peter Cook and Ian McKellen. His first job was with ''The Sunday Times'', where he did the 'Little Cartoon' on the front page. He later became more widely known for his appearances on the BBC's ''That Was The Week That Was''. He was sometimes shown behind a glass panel improvising drawings on it with a paintbrush though he usually worked with an ink-marker on paper. He also contributed to '' Private Eye'' and was appointed political cartoonist to ''The Spectator''. He regularly caricatured the then prime minister Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, and Lord Beaverbrook, who issued a writ against him. Birdsall's cartoons satirised the Profumo scandal, besides the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Birdsall
Steve Birdsall (born 1944) of Sydney, Australia, is an aviation writer who has authored many articles and books since the 1960s. He has been published by Air Classics, Flying Review International, Airpower Historian, and the American Aviation Historical Society Journal. His wife is Sandra Birdsall. Birdsall toured briefly in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, as a correspondent for an Australian magazine. He flew several airborne missions including one in the A-1 Skyraider, about which he later wrote an illustrated history. It was Birdsall who tracked down and confirmed the existence of 91st Bomb Group combat veteran B-17G Shoo Shoo Baby in the late 1960s, sitting dormant at Creil Air Base, Creil Creil is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. The Creil station is an important railway junction. History Archaeological remains in the area include a Neolithic site as well as a late Iron Age necropolis, perhaps belonging ..., France. He should not be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Birdsall
Samuel Birdsall (May 14, 1791 – February 8, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1837 to 1839. Biography Born in Hillsdale, New York, Birdsall attended the common schools and studied law in the office of Martin Van Buren. He was admitted to the bar in 1812 and commenced practice in Cooperstown, New York. He married Ann Eliza Kendig and they had three children, Elizabeth Lucinda, Franklin Samuel, and Walter. Birdsall served as a master in chancery in 1815 and moved to Waterloo, New York in 1817. In 1819 he was commissioned Judge Advocate of the New York Militia's 21st Division with the rank of colonel. He was counselor in the supreme court and solicitor in chancery in 1823. He served as surrogate court judge of Seneca County from 1827 to 1837 and was a state bank commissioner in 1832. Tenure in Congress Elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, Birdsall was United States Representative for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Birdsall
Richard Birdsall (1799 – 21 January 1852) was a British born Upper Canadian land surveyor, land agent, politician, justice of the peace, and militia officer. Born in rural Yorkshire, England, he emigrated to Upper Canada in 1817, settling initially in the Township of Vaughan. Birdsall received a license for land surveying in 1819 and began his career that same year. Birdsall would go on to survey many areas in Newcastle District as well as other parts of what is now Southern Ontario, establishing the boundaries of many townships of the province and laying out the roads and farming lots within them. Early life Birdsall was born sometime in 1799 in Thornton-le-Dale, a small village in the northeast of Yorkshire, England. He was schooled in the nearby village of Londesborough, graduating in 1817. His parents had hoped this education would be followed by a career in the Royal Navy, however with the conclusion of the wars in both Europe and North America, the prospects for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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