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Crandall (other)
Crandall is an English surname. It is likely a geographic feature name deriving from the Anglo-Saxon, "crundel," meaning hollow, ravine, or water-course. Notable people with the surname *Bradley Crandall (1927–1991), radio personality, US *Bruce Perry Crandall (born 1933), soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, US *Charles Henry Crandall (1858–1923), author and poet, US * Charles M. Crandall (1826–1867), physician and politician, US * Charles Martin Crandall (1833–1905), inventor and toymaker, US * Del Crandall (1930–2021), baseball player and manager, US *Duane Crandall (born 1946), politician, Canada * Elizabeth Walbert Crandall (1914–2005), academic, US * Ella Phillips Crandall (1871–1938), nurse, US *Geno Crandall, basketball player with Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. US *Harrison R. Crandall (1887–1970), photographer and painter, US * Harry Crandall (1879–1937), businessman, US * J'aime Crandall (born 1982), ballet dancer, US * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Crandall
Bradley Crandall (born Robert Lee Bradley; August 6, 1927 – March 14, 1991) was an American radio personality, voice-over announcer, and film narrator, best known for his radio show on WNBC (AM), WNBC in New York City, which aired from March 1964 to September 1971. Life and career Born in Herington, Kansas, Crandall served with the United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps where he was deployed to China in 1947 and stayed for two years. In the United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, he became a disc jockey, known as Brad Bradley, using an Air Force mobile radio broadcasting unit. While still in the military, he attended Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. In civilian life, he worked at radio stations in Texas and Florida under his pseudonym Brad Crandall. He was hired at CHKT, CKEY in Toronto, Canada, before joining WNBC in 1964. It was in Toronto that he changed from music programs to a radio phone-in format. In New York City, Crandall did voice-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crandall
Elder John Crandall (15 February 1618 – 29 November 1676) was a Baptist minister, born in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England and was one of the founding settlers of Westerly, Rhode Island. Biography English roots Crandall was born in 1618 (baptized February 15, 1617/8) in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England to James Crandall, a yeoman of Kendleshire in that parish, and his first wife Eleanor. The name was probably taken from Crundelend in Abberley, Worcestershire, where people bearing the name were concentrated in the 16th century. Crandall's great-grandfather Nicholas Crundall (died 1589) of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire came to south Gloucestershire in 1572 as the vicar of the parish of Winterbourne. Nothing else is known of John Crandall's life in England prior to his emigration to America, except that his relatives started spelling the name "Crandall" around 1610. In America The first documentation for Crandall in America is in 1643 when he appears as a grand jury m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Crandall Crocker
Rachel Crandall Crocker (born 1958) is an American psychotherapist and transgender activist. She founded the community organization ''Transgender Michigan'' to improve transgender lives in Michigan in 1997. In 2009 she founded the International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) as a counterpoint to the only other holiday for transgender people, the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Early life Crandall Crocker was born in 1958, in Michigan to a middle-class family. She knew that something was different since childhood, but growing up in the 1960s didn't come out until 38 years later. In 1985, she graduated from Michigan State University with a master's degree in social work. She came out in 1997 as a transgender woman and lost her first marriage, her home and was fired from her job at the hospital she was working at. Career After coming out in 1997, she co-founded the community organization ''Transgender Michigan'' with her now wife, Susan Crocker, where she serves as exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudence Crandall
Prudence Crandall (September 3, 1803 – January 27, 1890) was an American schoolteacher and activist. She ran the first school for black girls ("young Ladies and little Misses of color") in the United States, located in Canterbury, Connecticut. When Crandall admitted Sarah Harris, a 20-year-old African-American female student in 1832 to her school,Wormley, G. Smith. ''The Journal of Negro History'', "Prudence Crandall", Vol. 8, No. 1, January 1923, pp. 72–80. Tisler, C.C. "Prudence Crandall, Abolitionist", ''Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908–1984)'', Vol. 33, No. 2, June 1940, pp. 203–206. she had what is considered the first integrated classroom in the United States. Parents of the white children began to withdraw them. Prudence was a "very obstinate girl", according to her brother Reuben. Rather than ask the African-American student to leave, she decided that if white girls would not attend with the black students, she would educate black girls. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orson Leon Crandall
Orson Leon Crandall (February 2, 1903 – May 10, 1960) was a United States Navy diver and a recipient of America's highest military decoration - the Medal of Honor. Biography Orson Crandall was born on February 2, 1903, in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He enlisted in the Navy from Connecticut in June 1922, serving in several ships over the next decade. Trained as a diver in 1932–33 and designated a Master Diver in March 1939, he was serving in when she supported the rescue and salvage effort on the sunken submarine from May to September 1939. Chief Boatswain's Mate Crandall was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as Master Diver during that operation. During World War II, Crandall became a commissioned officer and served in a variety of salvage and diving-related positions. He transferred to the Fleet Reserve in June 1946 and retired in December 1952. Lieutenant Orson L. Crandall died on May 10, 1960, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Grain Crandall
Michael Grain Crandall (born November 29, 1940, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American mathematician, specializing in differential equations. Mathematical career In 1962 Crandall earned a baccalaureate in engineering physics from University of California, Berkeley, changed to mathematics, earning a master's in 1964 and a PhD in 1965 under Heinz Cordes at Berkeley, with a thesis that solved a problem in celestial mechanics posed by Carl Ludwig Siegel; the thesis title is ''Two families of plane solutions of the four body problem''. In 1965 he was an instructor at Berkeley, in 1966 an assistant professor at Stanford University and from 1969 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was a professor from 1973 to 1976. From 1974 to 1984 he was a professor at the Mathematics Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, from 1984 to 1990 as Hille-Professor of Mathematics. From 1988 until his retirement he was a professor at the University of Califo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Lesley Crandall
The Shins is an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's current line-up consists of Mercer, alongside Yuuki Matthews (bass, keyboards), Mark Watrous (guitar, keyboards, lap steel), Patti King (keyboards), and Jon Sortland (drums). They are based in Portland, Oregon. The band was formed by Mercer as a side project to Flake Music, who were active from 1992 to 1999. Flake Music released two 7-inch singles and a full-length album, ''When You Land Here It's Time to Return'', on Omnibus Records and were touring with Modest Mouse when the Shins became signed to Sub Pop Records. The Shins' first two records, ''Oh, Inverted World'' (2001) and '' Chutes Too Narrow'' (2003), performed well commercially and received critical acclaim. The single "New Slang" brought the band to mainstream attention when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Crandall
Lynn Crandall (December 8, 1888 – June 26, 1964) was an American civil engineer who had charge of the water distribution of the Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ..., Salmon River and Henrys Fork of the Snake River for over 29 years. Early life and education Lynn Crandall was reared on his father's farm before entering Cornell University on a Hiram Sibley Scholarship in 1906. He would be awarded this prestigious honor throughout his education. in Civil Engineering, the same field as taught by his uncle, Charles Lee Crandall, at that institution. Professor Crandall, who himself entered the freshman class at Cornell in 1868, would also see Lynn's brother, Carl Crandall, graduate C.E. 1912. It was Carl who was noted for stating "Surveying is better ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Stephen Crandall
Lucien Stephen Crandall (May 4, 1844 – February 4, 1919) was an American inventor of typewriters, adding machines and electrical devices. Crandall gave his name to several typewriters, and he was also involved in the development of various machines, such as the project to produce the Hammond design at the Remington factory, or later the International typewriter. Early life Born in Portlerane, Broome County, New York, Crandall was a descendant on his mother's side of Joseph Warren. He served as a private for three years during the American Civil War, surviving twelve major battles without injury. Career In 1873, Crandall was employed as a salesman by James Densmore and George W. Yost of New York. Densmore and Yost had licensed Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden's patents and had established a contract with E. Remington and Sons to manufacture them. They gave Crandall the necessary tools and set him to work to perfect the typewriter. Crandall soon worked out an oscillating typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Eugene Crandall
Louis Eugene Crandall (July 27, 1929 – September 11, 2016) was an American printer and entrepreneur. He founded Legend City and the Crandall Historical Printing Museum. Biography Crandall was born July 27, 1929, in Mesa, Arizona, to Louis Packer Crandall and Louise Marie Crismon. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, and in 1963 at age 28, he founded Legend City, an amusement park in Phoenix. The park struggled financially and Crandall was forced out of management before the park's closing in 1983. Crandall went on to create the Crandall Historical Printing Museum in Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is the fourth-largest city in Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the largest city and county seat of Utah County and is home to Brigham Young University (BYU). Provo lies between the ..., which tells the history of printing, especially with regards to the printing of the Bible, the United States Declarat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Saunders Crandall
Lee Saunders Crandall (January 26, 1887 – June 25, 1969) was an American ornithologist and General Curator of Bronx Zoo. He worked at the Bronx Zoo from 1908 until his death in 1969. Biography Born in Sherburne, New York, before moving to Utica aged four, Crandall began breeding and exhibiting Sebright and Cochin Bantams aged fifteen. His father and grandfather being doctors, it was assumed Crandall would follow in their footsteps, and he attended Cornell Medical School in 1907; however, he only stayed for one year before realizing he wanted a career with animals. A chance conversation with his class president, the nephew of the Treasurer of the New York Zoological Society (now the Wildlife Conservation Society), led to an interview with Director of the New York Zoological Park (now the Bronx Zoo), William T. Hornaday.Conway, William (1972). In Memoriam: Lee Saunders Crandall The Auk, Vol. 89, No. 2, p. 421 After this interview, Crandall became a student at the Park in June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Crandall
Lauren Crandall (born March 17, 1985 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American field hockey player. At the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed for the United States women's national field hockey team in the women's event, serving as team captain in 2012 and 2016. She played for the national team from 2005 through 2016. Before joining the national team she played field hockey for Wake Forest University, winning the NCAA field hockey championship twice. Early life Crandall was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with 3 siblings. She attended Holicong middle school from 1997 to 2000. She began playing field hockey in 1998. She began attending Central Bucks East High School in 1999, playing both field hockey and soccer for the school. Crandall was named team captain of the field hockey and soccer team two times for each sport. As a high school senior, her team won the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association field hockey State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
