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Charles Otis (musician)
Charles Otis may refer to: * Charles Otis (fencer) (1906–1970), Canadian fencer * Charles Otis (businessman) Charles Otis (1872 – 1944) was a prominent financial publisher in New York and New England who served as president of The Wall Street Journal and its parent, ''Dow Jones & Company'', and publisher of his family-owned newspapers, ''American Banker' ... (1872–1944), financial publisher in New York and New England * Charles A. Otis (1827–1905), businessman and mayor of Cleveland * Charles Pomeroy Otis (1840–1888), American educator and author {{hndis, Otis, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Otis (fencer)
Charles Otis (9 May 1906 – 19 December 19, 1970) was a Canadian fencer. He competed in five events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References 1906 births 1970 deaths Canadian male fencers Olympic fencers for Canada Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Fencers from Montreal {{Canada-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Otis (businessman)
Charles Otis (1872 – 1944) was a prominent financial publisher in New York and New England who served as president of The Wall Street Journal and its parent, ''Dow Jones & Company'', and publisher of his family-owned newspapers, ''American Banker'' and '' Bond Buyer''. Early life Otis was born August 19, 1872, in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, the eldest of eight children of George and Adelaide Freeman Otis, and attended local schools. George Otis worked in news and advertising on Cape Cod and in 1878 founded a local newspaper, ''The Cape Cod Item''. Career Otis began his journalism career at the Boston News Bureau, which was founded by Clarence W. Barron."Charles Otis Dies; Long a Publisher," New York Times, October 1, 1944, page 45 Through his association with Barron, Otis joined the board of Dow Jones & Company and was elected its president in 1905. By 1912, he had purchased Forest and Stream Publishing Company and resigned as president of Dow Jones to focus on active manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles A
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |