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Crothers Halls Complex Stanford University 2011
Crothers may refer to: People *Austin Lane Crothers (1860–1912), United States political figure *Bill Crothers (born 1940), Canadian athlete * Charles C. Crothers (1857–1897), American politician and lawyer * Connie Crothers (born 1940), United States musician *Daniel J. Crothers (born 1957), United States judge in North Dakota *Deanne Crothers, Canadian politician *Derrick Crothers (born 1942), Irish professor and political figure * Doug Crothers (1859–1907), United States athlete * George Crothers (1909–1982), Irish athlete *George E. Crothers (1870–1957), United States judge and philanthropist * Graham Crothers (born 1949), Irish athlete * Harold Marion Crothers (born 1887), United States university professor in South Dakota *Joel Crothers (1941–1985), United States actor * Omar D. Crothers (died 1946), American politician and lawyer * Omar D. Crothers Jr. (1909–1953), American politician and lawyer from Maryland *Rachel Crothers (1878–1958), United States playwrig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Lane Crothers
Austin Lane Crothers (May 17, 1860 – May 25, 1912), was an American politician and a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 46th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1908 to 1912. Early life and career Crothers was born near Conowingo in Cecil County, Maryland, the eighth son of Alpheus and Margaret Crothers. He was raised on his father's farm, spending much of his life there. Educated at West Nottingham Academy, he spent several years in the work force, first as a store clerk, then as a public school teacher. He was inspired to become a lawyer, and graduated from the University of Maryland Law School in 1890. He practiced law in Elkton until becoming the State's Attorney for Cecil County, a post he held from 1891 to 1895. In 1897, Austin Crothers was elected to the Maryland State Senate as a Democrat, replacing his brother Charles C. Crothers. During the session of 1900, he became his party's leader in the Senate after becoming chairman of the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Crothers
Rachel Crothers (December 12, 1878 – July 5, 1958) was an American playwright and theater director known for her well-crafted plays that often dealt with feminist themes. Among theater historians, she is generally recognized as "the most successful and prolific woman dramatist writing in the first part of the twentieth century." One of her most famous plays was ''Susan and God'' (1937), which was made into a film by MGM in 1940 starring Joan Crawford and Fredric March. Biography Crothers was born on December 12, 1878 in Bloomington, Illinois, to Dr. Eli Kirk Crothers and Dr. Marie Louise (de Pew) Crothers. Crothers' mother, an independent-minded woman whose father had been friends with Abraham Lincoln, went to medical school at forty and became one of the first woman physicians in Illinois, encountering and eventually overcoming much opposition to her practice in Bloomington. Though her parents were religious and conservative, with no particular interest in theater, issues of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carothers
Carothers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *A. J. Carothers (1931–2007), American playwright and television writer, worked with Walt Disney * Craig Carothers, American singer-songwriter *Dennis Carothers Stanfill, American business executive, Rhodes Scholar and philanthropist *Don Carothers (1934–2008), American football player * Earling Carothers Garrison (Jim) (1921–1992), District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana from 1962 to 1973 *Eleanor Carothers (1882–1957), American zoologist, geneticist, and cytologist *Isaac Carothers, former alderman of the 29th ward on the far west side of the City of Chicago *Robert Carothers (born 1942), served as the tenth president of the University of Rhode Island from 1991 to 2009 * Thomas Carothers, international expert on international democracy support, democratization and U.S. foreign policy * Wallace Carothers (1896–1937), American chemist, inventor, the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carruthers (other)
Carruthers, sometimes Caruthers, is a Scottish surname and clan, originating from the lands of Carruthers in Dumfriesshire. The place name is derived from the Cumbric elements ''ker'' ("fort") and ''Rhydderch'' (a personal name perhaps meaning "red ruler"), and so meaning " Rhydderch's fort", possibly in reference to Riderch I of Alt Clut. As of 19 August 2019, Dr Simon Peter Carruthers of Holmains was confirmed as Chief of the Name and Arms of Carruthers by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Edinburgh, Scotland. The family and clan are represented internationally by the Clan Carruthers Society International (CCSI); its website is www.clancarrutherssociety.org. The Society was founded in January 2017 and is officially recognised by the Chief of Carruthers as representing the worldwide Carruthers family. It has regional representatives in Australia, Canada, Europe, U.K. and the US. CCSI is non-commercial, apolitical and non-partisan and is open to any member of the international Carru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crothers Woods
Crothers Woods is an area of the Don River valley in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is in size and consists of woodland, meadows, wetlands, and an assortment of past and present municipal uses. The wooded area has been designated as an Environmentally Significant Area (ESA) by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. An ESA designation is useful in highlighting valuable natural areas but this does not affect planning uses. The area is currently zoned as undeveloped parkland. Crothers Woods was named after George W. Crothers who owned and operated an equipment dealership called ''Crothers Caterpillar'' which sold and serviced new and used heavy machinery for the construction and mining industries. The company stayed until 1979 when they relocated to Vaughan, Ontario (now as Toromont CAT). Murhal Developments bought the property and eventually sold it to Loblaws which built the store that currently occupies the site just off Millwood Road. While there are no clear boundaries, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronson Crothers
Bronson Crothers (July 10, 1884 – July 17, 1959) was an American pediatric neurologist and a professor at Harvard Medical School. He studied birth trauma, cerebral palsy, and other neurological disabilities in children. Early life Bronson Crothers was born in 1884 in Elmira, New York. His father was a Unitarian minister. Crothers grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and later moved with his family to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he attended Cambridge Latin School. He graduated from Harvard College in 1904 and from Harvard Medical School in 1909. Career Crothers completed his residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital, and in 1915 he joined the Massachusetts General Hospital Unit of the British Royal Army Medical Corps. When the United States entered the war, he transferred to the U.S. Army Medical Corps. After the war, he studied at the Neurological Institute of New York, and in 1920 he returned to Boston, where he was appointed a neurol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Crothers Dilley
Whitney Crothers Dilley (born in New York City) is an American professor of comparative literature and cinema studies. She is best known as the author of the 2007 monograph ''The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen'', published by Wallflower Press, and distributed in the United States by Columbia University Press. Dilley's Ang Lee book was listed as a bestseller on Amazon.com within a month of its publication, demonstrating growing scholarly interest in the films of Ang Lee, whose films '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' and ''Brokeback Mountain'' both became cultural milestones in the American media. In addition, Dilley has been repeatedly honored (including both financial prizes and citations in ''Who's Who in the World'', ''Who's Who of American Women'', and others) for coediting the 2002 work ''Feminism/Femininity in Chinese Literature'', the first book-length English-language application of feminist theory to Chinese literature. She presently lives and works in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Crothers
Trevor Crothers (20 May 1938 – 9 July 2002) was a South Australian politician. Crothers entered the South Australian Legislative Council in 1987 to fill a Labor Party vacancy, and then was re-elected as a Labor candidate in 1993. However he resigned from the party in order to support the Olsen Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ... government's legislation to privatise ETSA in 1999. '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wilson Crothers
Thomas Wilson Crothers, (January 1, 1850 – December 10, 1921) was a Canadian politician. Born in Northport, Canada West, he was a lawyer and teacher before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario riding of Elgin West in the 1908 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1911 and as a Unionist in 1917. From 1911 to 1918, he was the Minister of Labour. In October 1921, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ... representing the senatorial division of Ontario. He died in office just two months later in December 1921. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crothers, Thomas Wilson 1850 births 1921 deaths Canadian senators from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Conservati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Crothers
Shane Crothers (born 2 July 1973) is an Australian basketball player and former Australian rules footballer. He played with the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), Port Adelaide in the SANFL and Geelong Supercats in the National Basketball League (NBL). Crothers was drafted by Geelong from Geelong Football League club Grovedale with the 113th pick of the 1989 VFL draft. Unable to break into the team, Crothers joined the Geelong Supercats and made his NBL debut in 1991, playing in a side which included a young Shane Heal. He also played NBL in 1992 but left the following year when he was again drafted by Geelong to the AFL. His AFL career consisted of just four games but he was a part of a strong team which made and lost the Grand Final in both seasons he was at the club; 1994 and 1995. Playing as a ruckman, Crothers had seven hit-outs and seven disposals on his league debut, against North Melbourne late in the 1994 AFL season. He played again t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scatman Crothers
Benjamin Sherman Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986), known professionally as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show ''Chico and the Man'', and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's '' The Shining'' (1980). He was also a prolific voice-over actor who provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the ''Harlem Globetrotters'' animated TV series, Jazz the Autobot in '' The Transformers'' and '' The Transformers: The Movie'' (1986), the title character in ''Hong Kong Phooey'', and Scat Cat in the animated film ''The Aristocats'' (1970). Music career He began his musical career as a teenager. He sang and was self-educated on guitar and drums. He was in a band that played in speakeasies in Terre Haute. During the 1930s, he formed a band, spent eight years living in Akron, Ohio, and performed five days a week on a radio show in Dayton, Ohio. The station manager thought he needed a catchier name, so Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel McChord Crothers
Samuel McChord Crothers (June 7, 1857–November 1927) was an American Unitarian minister with The First Parish in Cambridge. He was a popular essayist.Editorial (November 13, 1927). Dr. Crothers As Essayist. ''New York Times''Eliot, Frederick May (1931). ''Samuel McChord Crothers: Interpreter of life.'' Beacon Press, ASIN B00087IMZ0 Crothers graduated from Wittenberg College in 1873. In 1874, he graduated from College of New Jersey (later Princeton University). After earning a divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary in 1877, he became a Presbyterian minister. He resigned in 1881 and converted to the Unitarian church in 1882. Crothers died suddenly at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Staff report (November 10, 1927). Rev. Dr. Crothers Dies Suddenly; Noted Preacher and Author is Stricken at His Home in Cambridge. A Minister at Age of 19 Often Had Occupied Pulpit at Harvard During Long Unitarian Pastorate. ''New York Times'' Selected bibliography *''The Understanding H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
