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Colhoun (other)
Colhoun, a surname of Scottish origin, is a variant of the surname ''Colquhoun''. Colhoun may refer to: People * Edmund Colhoun (1821–1897), admiral in the U.S. Navy * John E. Colhoun (1750–1802), U.S. senator and lawyer from South Carolina * John Colhoun (plant pathologist) (1913–2002), British mycologist, phytopathologist, and professor of cryptogamic botany * Mabel Colhoun (1905–1992), Irish photographer, teacher and archaeologist * Ossie Colhoun (born 1938), Irish cricketer Places * Lumsden (Colhoun) Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada * Calhoun College, a college of Yale University Ships * USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-85), a U.S. Navy destroyer 1918-1942 * USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-801), a U.S. Navy destroyer 1944-1945 See also * Calhoun (other), variant name * Colquhoun Colquhoun ( ) is a surname of Scottish origin. Phonetically, MacOlquhoun is similar to MacElhone/MacIlhone and therefore may derive from the name the Gaelic name ''Mac Giolla Còmhghan''. ''Còmhghan'' is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colquhoun
Colquhoun ( ) is a surname of Scottish origin. Phonetically, MacOlquhoun is similar to MacElhone/MacIlhone and therefore may derive from the name the Gaelic name ''Mac Giolla Còmhghan''. ''Còmhghan'' is derived from ''comh'' ("together") and ''gan-'', ''gen-'' ("born").. Calhoun, Colhoun, Calhoon, Colhoon, Cohoon, Hoon, Cahoun, and Cahoon are variants of the surname Colquhoun. They are generally found only in the United States of America, where conversely the original spelling Colquhoun is rare. People with the surname Arts and entertainment * Alan Colquhoun, architect and architectural theorist * Alexander Colquhoun (artist) * Archibald Colquhoun, translator * Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter * Christian Colquhoun, special effects designer * Christopher Colquhoun, British actor * Connor Colquhoun, Welsh YouTuber * Frances Mary Colquhoun (born 1836), Scottish writer * Ian Colquhoun (Scottish author), Scottish author and actor * Ithell Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Colhoun
Edmund Ross Colhoun (6 May 1821 – 17 February 1897) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican War and the American Civil War, in which he was commended for his participation in the bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher. Naval career Service from 1839 to 1853 Colhoun was born at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on 6 May 1821 and was appointed a midshipman on 1 April 1839. He was attached to the sloop-of-war in the Brazil Squadron from 1839 to 1841, then to the frigate in the Mediterranean Squadron and Brazil Squadron from 1842 to 1844. He then attended the Philadelphia Naval School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1845 and, after completing his studies, was promoted to passed midshipman on 2 July 1845. Colhoun next served aboard the frigate from 1846 to 1847, seeing action in the Mexican War, first under Commodore David Conner in the first attack on Alvarado, Mexico, and then under Commodore Matthew C. Perry at Tabasco, Mexico. From 1850 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John E
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 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Colhoun (plant Pathologist)
John Colhoun (born 15 May 1913, Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland – 5 January 2002, Stockport, Cheshire, England) was a British mycologist, phytopathologist, and professor of cryptogamic botany. (with a comprehensive list of Colhoun's publications) For a one-year term from 1963 to 1964 he was the president of the British Mycological Society. Life Born into a farming family, John Colhoun preferred an academic approach to agriculture. In 1930 he matriculated at Queen's University Belfast (QUB). There he graduated in 1933 with a B.Sc. in botany, in 1934 with a degree in agricultural botany with first class honours, and in 1937 with an M.Agr. in mycology and plant pathology. His M.Agr. thesis is entitled ''Biological Studies on the Apple Fruit Crop''. Supported by research assistantships at QUB and at the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, he did research from 1934 to 1940 at Imperial College London and at QUB. The research concerned how nutrition and nitrogen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Colhoun
Mabel Colhoun (2 November 19051992), was a Derry-based pioneering photographer, teacher and archaeologist. Biography Mabel Remington Colhoun was born on 2 November 1905 in Derry to John Colhoun and Lizzie Johnston Gordon. Her family were originally from Inishowen, County Donegal. Colhoun trained in the Froebel educational technique. She worked as a teacher and was the first principal of the Preparatory Department in the Londonderry High School. She began working there in 1936 and retired in 1969. Colhoun also started a school in Deanfield, Derry and helped establish nursery schools throughout the 1950s and 1960s as the chair of the ''Londonderry Nursery School Association''. She worked extensively on the area from which her family came, and her work was published in ''The Heritage of Inishowen: Its Archaeology, Heritage and Folklore''. During her life, Colhoun travelled extensively. In the 1920s she visited the pyramids. In the 1930s she hiked in the Alps. She toured the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossie Colhoun
Osmund David Colhoun (born 6 June 1938) is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he made his debut for Ireland against Lancashire in July 1959 and went on to play for them on 87 occasions, his last match coming in July 1979 against FW Millet's XI. Of Colhoun's matches for Ireland, 28 of them had first-class status. His cousin Most generally, in the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of familial relationship in which two relatives are two or more familial generations away from their most recent common ancestor. Commonly, ... Aubrey Finlay also represented Ireland at cricket. References 1938 births Living people People from Sion Mills Irish cricketers Cricketers from County Tyrone Wicket-keepers {{NorthernIreland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumsden (Colhoun) Airport
Lumsden (Colhoun) Airport is located north-east of Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada. See also * List of airports in Saskatchewan This is a list of airports in Saskatchewan. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports, aerodromes and heliports in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Airport names in are part of the National Airports System ... * Disley Aerodrome * Lumsden (Metz) Airport References External links Page about this airporton COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory Registered aerodromes in Saskatchewan Lumsden No. 189, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calhoun College
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was the 7th vice president of the United States. Calhoun can also refer to: Surname * Calhoun (surname) Inhabited places in the United States *Calhoun, Georgia *Calhoun, Illinois *Calhoun, Kansas *Calhoun, Kentucky * Calhoun, Louisiana * Calhoun, Missouri *Calhoun, South Carolina *Calhoun, Tennessee * Calhoun, West Virginia *Calhoun, Wisconsin *Calhoun County, Alabama *Calhoun County, Arkansas Calhoun County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,368, making it the least populous county in Arkansas. The county seat is Hampton. Calhoun County is Arkansas ... *Calhoun County, Florida *Calhoun County, Georgia *Calhoun County, Illinois *Calhoun County, Iowa *Calhoun County, Michigan *Calhoun County, Mississippi *Calhoun County, South Carolina *Calhoun County, Texas *Calhoun County, West Virginia *Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Lakes in Minnesota, United States *Lake Calhoun ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Colhoun (DD-85)
USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-85/APD-2) was a in the United States Navy during World War I and later redesignated APD-2 in World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for Edmund Ross Colhoun, Edmund Colhoun. Launched in 1918, she remained on convoy duty for the final few months of World War I, and she then operated out of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic for several years until being decommissioned in 1922. Returning to service in 1940 as a high-speed troop transport, ''Colhoun'' was dispatched to support the Guadalcanal campaign early in World War II. While unloading supplies to the island on 30 August 1942, she was attacked by aircraft of the Empire of Japan, and sunk with the loss of 51 men. Design and construction ''Colhoun'' was one of 111 s built by the United States Navy between 1917 and 1919. She, along with 25 of her sisters, were constructed at Fore River Shipyard shipyards in Quincy, Massachusetts, using specifications and detail designs drawn up by Bethlehem Steel. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Colhoun (DD-801)
USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-801), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Edmund Colhoun (1821–1897). ''Colhoun'' was launched 10 April 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Captain K. K. Johnson, WAC; and commissioned 8 July 1944. Service history ''Colhoun'' arrived at Pearl Harbor 10 October 1944 for training and patrol duty. Arriving off Iwo Jima 19 February 1945, she screened transports, served as radar picket and gave fire support for the invasion of Iwo Jima. On 1 March, she was hit by a salvo from heavy enemy batteries ashore, which killed one man and injured 16. After repairs at Saipan, ''Colhoun'' sailed for Okinawa, arriving 31 March for radar picket duty. At 1530 on 6 April 1945, during the first heavy ''kamikaze'' raid of the battle of Okinawa, ''Colhoun'' received a request for help from USS ''Bush'' and sped to her aid. Interposing her guns between ''Bush'' and the attacking suicide planes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calhoun (other)
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was the 7th vice president of the United States. Calhoun can also refer to: Surname *Calhoun (surname) Inhabited places in the United States *Calhoun, Georgia *Calhoun, Illinois *Calhoun, Kansas *Calhoun, Kentucky *Calhoun, Louisiana *Calhoun, Missouri *Calhoun, South Carolina *Calhoun, Tennessee *Calhoun, West Virginia *Calhoun, Wisconsin *Calhoun County, Alabama *Calhoun County, Arkansas *Calhoun County, Florida *Calhoun County, Georgia *Calhoun County, Illinois *Calhoun County, Iowa *Calhoun County, Michigan *Calhoun County, Mississippi *Calhoun County, South Carolina *Calhoun County, Texas *Calhoun County, West Virginia *Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Lakes in Minnesota, United States *Lake Calhoun (Kandiyohi County, Minnesota) *Lake Calhoun, Minnesota, now called Bde Maka Ska Schools and universities in the United States *Grace Hopper College of Yale University, known as Calhoun College until 2017 *Calhoun Middle School (other) *Calhoun School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
