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Catherine Wood (musician)
Katherine or Catherine Wood may refer to: *Katherine Ellis, née Wood, English dance music vocalist and songwriter *Catherine Marshall, née Wood, American author *Cathie Wood, CEO and CIO of ARK Invest *Catherine Wood, fictional character in ''A Man Called Peter'' See also *Katie Wood, American figure skater * Catherine Woods, entrepreneur and media personality *Kate Woods Kate Woods is an Australian film and television director who has directed and produced mini series, television shows, pilots and feature films. Career Woods made her feature film directorial debut with the film '' Looking for Alibrandi'' (2 ..., film director * Kate Woods (field hockey) {{hndis, Wood, Katherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Ellis
Katherine Ellis (born Katherine Jane Margaret Wood on 21 June 1965 in Bromley, England) is an English electronica vocalist and songwriter. A mainstay of the house music genre past and present, she has been featured on vocals since 1990. Background Personal life Her husband Max Ellis, with whom she has two sons, is a professional photographer. Her brother Thomas is a theatre actor. Katherine’s family lineage also have ties to the entertainment spectrum; her mother Elizabeth was trained as an actress at the Royal Academy for dramatic art, her grandmother Joy was a violinist and pianist, and her great grandmother Elizabeth Haslam was a opera singer who won a competition at the Royal Albert Hall in 1893. Professional career She records under the aliases Katherine Ellis, Kathy Wood, Arrola and K. Ellis and her maiden name Katherine Wood. She has no connection with two American performers with the same name: vocalist Katherine E (also born Katherine Ellis, whose well-known sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Marshall
Catherine Sarah Wood Marshall LeSourd (27 September 1914 – 18 March 1983) was an American author of nonfiction, inspirational, and fiction works. She was the wife of well-known minister Peter Marshall. Biography Marshall was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the Reverend John Ambrose Wood and Leonora Whitaker Wood. From the age of 9 until her graduation from high school, Marshall was raised in Keyser, West Virginia, where her father served as pastor of a Presbyterian church from 1924 to 1942. While a junior at Agnes Scott College, she met Peter Marshall, marrying him in 1936. The couple moved to Washington, DC, where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the United States Senate. In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis, for which at that time no antibiotic treatment was available. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack, leaving her to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine D
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning "pure", leading to the alternative spellings ''Katharine'' and ''Katherine''. The former spelling, with a middle ''a'', was more common in the past and is currently more popular in the United States than in Britain. ''Katherine'', with a middle ''e'', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations English In Britain and the U.S., ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. The most common variants are ''Katherine,'' ''Kathryn,'' and ''Katharine''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katheryn'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARK Invest
ARK Investment Management LLC is an American investment management firm based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that manages several actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It was founded by Cathie Wood in 2014. As of February 2021, the company had $50 billion in assets under management. By May 2022, assets had dropped to $15.9 billion, after a period of poor performance. History In 2014, after Cathie Wood's idea for actively managed exchange-traded funds based on disruptive innovation was deemed too risky by AllianceBernstein, where she was chief investment officer of global thematic strategies, she left and founded Ark Invest. The company is named after the Ark of the Covenant. Wood, a devout Christian, was reading the One-Year Bible at the time of founding. It is also a backronym for Active Research Knowledge. In October 2014, the company launched its first four active funds: the Innovation ETF, the Genomic Revolution ETF, the Next Generation Internet ETF and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Called Peter
''A Man Called Peter'' is a 1955 American drama film directed by Henry Koster, and starring Richard Todd. The film is based on the life of preacher Peter Marshall, who served as Chaplain of the United States Senate and pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D. C., before his early death. It is adapted from the 1951 biography of the same name, written by his widow, Catherine Marshall. The film was a box-office hit in 1955, and it was nominated for an Oscar in 1956 for its color cinematography. This was the final feature film of the actress Jean Peters, who played Catherine Marshall. Alfred Newman reused much of his score from his 1948 film '' The Walls of Jericho''. Plot As a boy growing up in Coatbridge, Scotland, Peter Marshall loves the sea and wishes to work on a ship. Several years later, he is caught in a fog, and nearly falls over a ledge. Survival compels him to dedicate his life to the ministry. He begins working double-shifts to save enough mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Wood
Katie Wood is an American former figure skater who competed in pairs. While performing with partner Todd Reynolds at an exhibition in Odesa, Ukraine on December 2, 1990, she suffered a fall which resulted in a fractured skull and the loss of hearing in her right ear. After recovering from the injury, she returned to skating with partner Joel McKeever, and the pair finished fourth at the United States Figure Skating Championships The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often ... in 1993 United States Figure Skating Championships. She retired from competition a few months later. References American female pair skaters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American women {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Hughes
Catherine Liggins Hughes (born Catherine Elizabeth Woods; April 22, 1947) is an American entrepreneur, radio and television personality and business executive. She has been listed as the second-richest Black woman in the United States. She founded the media company Radio One (now known as Urban One), and when the company went public in 1999, she became the first African-American woman to head a publicly traded corporation. In the 1970s, Hughes created the urban radio format called "The Quiet Storm" on Howard University's radio station WHUR with disc jockey and fellow Howard student Melvin Lindsey. Early life Cathy Hughes was born to Helen Jones Woods, a trombonist with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm at Piney Woods School, a private boarding school in Mississippi, and William Alfred Woods, who was the first African-American to earn an accounting degree from Creighton University. Her grandfather Laurence C. Jones was a successful Mississippi educator and lynching survi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Woods
Kate Woods is an Australian film and television director who has directed and produced mini series, television shows, pilots and feature films. Career Woods made her feature film directorial debut with the film '' Looking for Alibrandi'' (2000), which won 5 AACTA Awards from Australian Film Institute, including Best Film. Filmography Director Films * Looking for Alibrandi TV * ''G. P.'', ''Phoenix'' * ''Police Rescue'' * ''Person of Interest (TV series)'' * ''Changi'', * ''Escape from Jupiter'' ''Heartland'' * ''Crossing Jordan'', * ''Without a Trace'' * ''Bones'', * ''Castle'', * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * ''Hawaii Five-0'' * ''Private Practice'' * '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' * ''Body of Proof'' * ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' * '' Unsolved'' * ''Underground Underground most commonly refers to: * Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth Underground may also refer to: Places * The Underground (Boston), a music club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |