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Birdsell
Birdsell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Birdsell (born 1947), Canadian hockey player * John Birdsell (1815–1894), American manufacturer and inventor * Joseph Birdsell (1908–1994), American anthropologist * Regina Birdsell (born 1956), American politician * Sandra Birdsell Sandra Louise Birdsell, CM (née Bartlette) (born 22 April 1942) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer of Métis and Mennonite heritage from Morris, Manitoba. Life and career Born in Hamiota, Manitoba, Birdsell was the fifth of eleven c ... (born 1942), Canadian author See also * Birdsall (name) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Birdsell
John Comly Birdsell (March 31, 1815 – July 13, 1894) was an American manufacturer and businessman from New York. He was known for inventing the Birdsell Clover Huller and founding the Birdsell Manufacturing Company. Early life John Comly Birdsell was born on March 31, 1815, in Westchester County, New York, to Charity (née Carpenter) and Benjamin Birdsell. In 1822, Birdsell moved to western New York. He attended the district school and the village academy in West Henrietta, New York. In 1836, Birdsell rented a farm near Mendon. Career In 1839, Birdsell purchased a farm of in Rush. In 1855, Birdsell invented the Birdsell Clover Huller, a machine for threshing clover. His machine received first prize at the 1857 New York State Fair. He also received awards at the Ohio State Fair and Michigan State Fair. He built a small factory for his machine at Quaker Hill in West Henrietta, but the business was not successful. By the end of 1858, Birdsell had sold 26 hullers. He attempted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Birdsell
Sandra Louise Birdsell, CM (née Bartlette) (born 22 April 1942) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer of Métis and Mennonite heritage from Morris, Manitoba. Life and career Born in Hamiota, Manitoba, Birdsell was the fifth of eleven children. She lived most of her early life in Morris, Manitoba, where the family moved after her father joined the army in 1943. Her father was a French-speaking Cree Métis born in Canada and her mother was a Low-German speaking Mennonite who was born in Russia. When Birdsell was six and a half, her sister died from leukemia, which left a four-year gap between her and her next older sister. Her loneliness led her to ponder by herself to the nearby parks and rivers allowing her imagination to go wild. Her hometown of Morris experienced a major flood in 1950. Her first three stories in ''Night Travellers'' are based on that flood. Birdsell left home at the age of fifteen, where she studied at the University of Winnipeg and the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Birdsell
Joseph Benjamin Birdsell (March 30, 1908 – March 5, 1994) of Harvard University and UCLA was an anthropologist who studied Aboriginal Australians. Early life Born in South Bend, Indiana, Birdsell earned his degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. Australian work After meeting Australian anthropologist Norman Tindale, of the South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide, in 1936 when Tindale visited the US,PDF - Chapter 6 in Birdsell made his first field study in Australia in 1938. In May 1938, the two men and their wives visited Aboriginal reserve in |
Regina Birdsell
Regina Birdsell (born Mar 4, 1956) is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 19th district since 2014. She previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2010 to 2014. She lives in Hampstead, New Hampshire and earned a bachelor's degree in management from Merrimack College Merrimack College is a private Augustinian university in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine with an initial goal to educate World War II veterans. Its campus has grown to a campus with nearly 40 ... References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Birdsell, Regina Living people Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Republican Party New Hampshire state senators 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Women state legislators in New Hampshire People from Hampstead, New Hampshire Merrimack College alumni 1956 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Birdsell
Bob Birdsell (born December 10, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the second round (eighth overall) of the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft. Birdsell played with the Canadian National Team before beginning his professional career in 1969 with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the Western Hockey League. He also played the 1970–71 season in the Central Hockey League with the Kansas City Blues and Amarillo Wranglers, and then played two seasons with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 season, every team in the le ... before retiring following the 1972–73 season. References External links * Living people 1947 births Amarillo Wranglers players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |