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Brackett (surname)
Brackett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Brackett (1836–1911), American philosopher, translator, and educator * Bert Brackett (born 1944) American politician * Brett Brackett, American football player * Bruce Godfrey Brackett (1915–1943), American naval aviator * Charles Brackett (1892–1969), American screenwriter and producer * Chris Brackett, archer * Deke Brackett (1911–1970), college football player and coach * Edgar T. Brackett (1853–1924), American lawyer and politician * Edward Augustus Brackett (1818–1908) American sculptor, poet, and conservationist * Elizabeth Brackett (1941–2018), Chicago-based correspondent and TV host * Frank Parkhurst Brackett (1865–1951), American professor of astronomy * Frederick Sumner Brackett (1896–1988), American physicist and spectroscopist * Gary Brackett (born 1980), American football player * John Q. A. Brackett (1842–1918), Governor of Massachusetts, 1890-91 * Joseph Brackett (1797–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Brackett
Anna Callender Brackett (May 21, 1836 – March 18, 1911) was an American philosopher known for being a translator, feminist, and an educator. Her philosophical achievements are oftentimes overlooked. She translated Karl Rosenkranz's ''Pedagogics as a System'' and wrote ''The Education of American Girls'', a response to arguments against the coeducation of males and females. Life Born to Samuel and Caroline Brackett, she was the oldest of five children. Her father was a dry goods merchant on Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts, and the family lived in Somerville. Brackett attended private and public schools in Boston and Somerville and Abbot Academy. In 1856 she graduated from the state teaching school in Framingham, Massachusetts, now known at Framingham State University. She served as a teacher in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, and then as an assistant principal in the teaching school in Framingham. In 1861, Anna became vice principal in Charleston, South Carolina. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Sumner Brackett
Frederick Sumner Brackett (August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1988), was an American physicist and spectroscopist. Born in Claremont, California, to Frank and Lucretia Brackett, he graduated from Pomona College and worked as an observer at Mount Wilson Observatory until 1920. He observed the infra-red radiation of the Sun. Brackett received a doctorate in physics from the Johns Hopkins University in 1922. Applying a hydrogen filled discharge tube, he discovered the hydrogen Brackett series, where an electron jumps up from or drops down to the fourth fundamental level, in 1922. He then taught physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He moved to the Washington area and joined the Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Lab in 1927. He transferred to the National Institute of Health (NIH) in 1936 as director of biophysics research. At NIH, he was a scientist in the Division of Industrial Hygiene, where he developed spectrometers to detect toxic substances in body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Brackett
Sean Brackett (born November 3, 1991) is a former American football quarterback and current quarterbacks coach for the Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football at Columbia University. Early life A two-sport letterman at Griswold High School in Griswold, Connecticut, Brackett played football and basketball. As a senior in 2008, Brackett was named First team All-Eastern Connecticut Conference as a quarterback. Brackett was a Class M All-Academic selection as a senior in 2009 on the basketball team. College career In December 2008, Brackett was accepted to Columbia University to be a member of the varsity football team. Statistics ''Source'': Professional career Brackett was rated the 77th best quarterback in the 2013 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com. Utah Blaze In August 2013, Brackett was assigned to the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League. However, in October 2013, the Blaze did not submit paperwork to return to the AFL, makin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Brackett
Sarah Evershed Brackett (13 May 1938 – 3 July 1996) was an American-born television and film actress who worked mostly in Britain. Brackett's parents were William Oliver Brackett, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Nancy Alexis Thompson, who had been born in Scotland. They were married in Edinburgh in 1931, and Brackett was born in Lake Forest, Illinois. In 1945, her father died, and her mother decided to return home, so that from the age of seven Brackett was brought up in Scotland.''National Geographic'', 1961 volume, p. 539 She trained for an acting career at the Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama. Her entry in ''Spotlight'' in 1966 reported that she spoke fluent French and German.''Spotlight'' Issue 118, Part 2 (1966), p. 1459 Brackett began her career in the theatre. In 1960 she was in repertory at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews, and in 1961 played Portia in a production of ''The Merchant of Venice'' at the Colchester Repertory Theatre. She also appeared in West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Brackett
Marc A. Brackett is a research psychologist and the Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University. Biography Brackett earned his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of New Hampshire in 2003, where he was supervised by emotional intelligence scholar John D. Mayer. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University with Mayer's collaborator, Peter Salovey. Academic career Brackett's research focuses on the role of emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, relationship quality, and mental health; the measurement of emotional intelligence; best practices for bringing emotional intelligence into schools and organizations; and the influences of emotional intelligence training on student and educator effectiveness, bullying prevention, and school climate. He is the author, co-author, and editor of over 125 scholarly publications and the developer of two university courses on emotional intelligence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Brackett
Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American science fiction writer known as "the Queen of Space Opera." She was also a screenwriter, known for ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), '' Rio Bravo'' (1959), and '' The Long Goodbye'' (1973). She also worked on an early draft of ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production. In 1956, her book '' The Long Tomorrow'' made her the first woman ever shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and, along with C. L. Moore, one of the first two women ever nominated for a Hugo Award. In 2020, she won a Retro Hugo for her novel ''The Nemesis From Terra'', originally published as "Shadow Over Mars" (''Startling Stories'', Fall 1944). Early life and education Leigh Brackett was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father died when she was very young; her mother did not remarry. She was a tomboy, "tall" and "athletic". She attended a private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Brackett
Joseph Brackett Jr. (May 6, 1797 – July 4, 1882) was an American songwriter, author, and elder of The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers. The most famous song attributed to Brackett, " Simple Gifts", is still widely performed and adapted. Biography Brackett was born in Cumberland, Maine, on May 6, 1797, as Elisha Brackett. When he was 10, his first name was changed to Joseph, like his father's, as the Bracketts joined the short-lived Shaker community in Gorham, Maine. This new Shaker community was centered on the Bracketts' property, until the whole group moved to Poland Hill, Maine, in 1819. Brackett's father died there on July 27, 1838, but Brackett continued to rise in the Shaker community, eventually becoming the head of the society in Maine. Brackett died in the Shaker community of Sabbathday Lake at New Gloucester, Maine, on July 4, 1882. Legacy Brackett is known today primarily as the presumed author of the Shake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Q
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Brackett
Gary Lawrence Brackett (born May 23, 1980) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Rutgers, and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2003. Brackett played for the Colts for his entire 9-year career, and won Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears. Early years Brackett attended Glassboro High School in Glassboro, New Jersey. He was a two-time All-South Jersey selection, a two-time All-Group I choice, and a two-time All- Tri-County Conference choice. College career Brackett was a walk-on to the Rutgers University football team.Gary Brackett player profile , Indianapolis Colts. By his senior year, he was captain of the defensive team and won the team's defensive |
Frank Parkhurst Brackett
Frank Parkhurst Brackett (June 16, 1865 – September 3, 1951) was an American professor of astronomy who taught at Pomona College. Biography Brackett was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the eldest son of Solomon Hoyt Brackett and Mary A. née Thomas. The following year his father taught school at Stoneham, then in 1868 he was named principal of the High School in Keene, New Hampshire. He later became Professor of Natural Sciences at St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont. Frank matriculated to Dartmouth College, where he paid his way working various jobs, then graduated with a B.S. in 1887 with Phi Beta Kappa honors. The same year he moved to Los Angeles, California and accepted a teaching position at a private school. In 1888, at the behest of Reverend Charles B. Sumner, he helped found a small Christian school in Pomona that served as the foundation of Pomona College. Bracket initially served as an instructor in mathematics and Latin at the school. He was married to the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Brackett
Noy Elbert "Bert" Brackett III (born October 17, 1944) is an American politician who served as a member of the Idaho Senate for the 23rd district from 2008 to 2020. Early life and education Bert Brackett was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1944. Brackett received a Bachelor of Science in agriculture at the University of Idaho in 1966. Career Brackett served one term in the Idaho House of Representatives. In 2008, Brackett was elected to represent Idaho's 23rd Legislative district, which includes Twin Falls.Senator Bert Brackett Biography – Project Vote Smart Votesmart.org (1944-10-17). Retrieved on 2013-04-20. Brackett is a rancher at Flat Creek Ranch. He has also served for the |
Elizabeth Brackett
Elizabeth E. Brackett (née Everett; December 11, 1941 – June 17, 2018) was an American journalist and political figure and writer. She was known for hosting WTTW's ''Chicago Tonight'' program, and also worked as a correspondent for PBS' ''The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer''. In 1988, she won a Peabody Award with her coverage of the 1988 U.S. presidential election. Brackett was also an unsuccessful Chicago politician, having campaigned for William Singer as mayor in 1975 and making her own unsuccessful bid for committeewoman in the 43rd ward in 1976. Early life and education Brackett attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University Bloomington. While at Indiana University, she was the only woman on the diving team. She held a master's degree in social work from Our Lady of the Lake College. Early career After graduating from Our Lady of the Lake College, Brackett worked part-time as a social worker at the YMC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
