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Callen (other)
Callen may refer to: * Callen, Landes, France * Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland; also spelled ''Callen'' * Callen Point, a promontory in the Maine, United States __NOTOC__ People Given name * Cal Tjader (1925–1982), full name Callen Tjader, Latin jazz musician Surname * Bryan Callen (born 1967 American actor on ''MADtv'' * Herbert Callen (1919–1993), American physicist and textbook author * Ian Callen (born 1955), Australian cricketer * Maude E. Callen (1898–1990), rural nurse and midwife in South Carolina * Michael Callen (1955–1993), American musician and AIDS activist * Sylvia Callen (fl. 1937–1960), Chicago communist from the 1930s Characters * G. Callen, the lead character on ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' See also * Callan (other) * Kallen Kallen is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Horace Kallen (1882–1974), American philosopher *Jackie Kallen (born 1946), American boxing manager *Kitty Kallen (1921–2016), American sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callen, Landes
Callen is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department *Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne'') is a protected area of pine forest, wetland and oceanic coastline located in the Landes de Gascogne natural region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in so ... References Communes of Landes (department) {{Landes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan, County Kilkenny
Callan () is a town and civil parish in County Kilkenny in Ireland. Situated 16 km (10 mi) south of Kilkenny on the N76 road to Clonmel, it is near the border with County Tipperary. It is the second largest town in the county, and had a population of 2,475 at the 2016 census. Callan is the chief town of the barony of the same name. History and name Callan was founded by William the Marshal in 1207 and reputedly gets its name from the High King of Ireland, Niall Caille. It is reported that while at war with the Norsemen the High King arrived in Callan to find that its river was in flood. The King witnessed his servant trying to cross the river and being swept away by the fast-flowing current. The King, recorded in history as a man of action, seeing the impending disaster, impetuously urged his horse into the fast flowing river in a vain bid to save his servant, only to be also overcome and drowned by the torrent. The river in question is now named the "Kings River" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callen Point
Callen Point is a promontory in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. It is located east-southeast of Yarmouth Village, on the southern banks of the Royal River, east of Larrabee's Landing and near the river's confluence with Casco Bay. It was an important defensive point during King Philip's War and King William's War of the 17th century. Its name is believed to derive from ''Calling'' Point, due to locals calling across to the garrison for assistance. It is named ''Cuttinge Pinte'' in the York County deeds. Walter Gendall It was shortly after the outbreak of King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War) that Captain Walter Gendall, "hero of ancient Westcustogo", was killed near Callen Point by Native Americans while taking supplies to his troops, who were building a fort beside the point.''Captain Walter Gendall: A Biographical Sketch'' - Doctor Charles E. Banks (1880) Gendall had mistaken the cessation of the Indians' gunfire to mean that they were out of ammunition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Tjader
Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. ( ; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, known as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, even as he continued to perform music of Afro-Jazz, the Caribbean, México and Latin America. Cal Tjader played the vibraphone primarily, but was accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with many musicians from several cultures. He is often linked to the development of Latin rock and acid jazz. Although fusing Jazz with Latin music is often categorized as "Latin Jazz", Tjader's works swung freely between both styles. His Grammy award in 1980 for his album ''La Onda Va Bien'' capped off a career that spanned over forty years. Early years (1925–1943) Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. was born July 16, 1925, in St. Louis to touring Swedish American vaudevillians. His father tap danced and his mother played piano, a husband-wife team going from city to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Callen
Bryan Callen (born January 26, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster. He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Callen initiated his career as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series ''MADtv''. Callen played Coach Mellor in '' The Goldbergs'' and reprised the role as a main character in the ''Goldbergs'' spinoff series '' Schooled''. He is co-host of the podcast '' The Fighter and the Kid,'' alongside Brendan Schaub. Early life Callen was born on a military base in Manila, Philippines. He is the son of American parents, Victoria Callen (née Sclafani) and Michael A. Callen. Because of his father's career as an international banker, Callen lived overseas until he was fourteen years old, including in the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Greece and Saudi Arabia. He graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon High School in Gill, Massachusetts in 1985. He then attended American University in Washington, D.C., where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Callen
Herbert Bernard Callen (July 1, 1919 – May 22, 1993) was an American physicist specializing in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. He is considered one of the founders of the modern theory of irreversible thermodynamics, and is the author of the classic textbook '' Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics'', published in two editions. During World War II, his services were invoked in the theoretical division of the Manhattan Project. Life and work A native of Philadelphia, Herbert Callen received his Bachelor of Science degree from Temple University. His graduate studies were interrupted by the Manhattan Project. He also worked on a U.S. Navy project concerning guided missiles (Project Bumblebee) at Princeton University in 1945. Callen subsequently completed his PhD in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1947. He was supervised by the physicist László Tisza. His doctoral dissertation concerns the Kelvin thermoelectric and thermoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Callen
Ian Wayne Callen (born 2 May 1955) is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test match and five One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1982. He later ran a business making cricket bats from English willow he grew in Victoria and was the cricket writer for Sportshounds. Cricket career Callen made his first-class debut for Victoria in 1976–77. In his fourth Sheffield Shield match he took 4 for 55 and 5 for 15 in an innings victory for Victoria over South Australia, and in the next match he took 1 for 82 and 8 for 42 in a 10-wicket victory over Queensland. His only Test came against India in Adelaide in 1978. Despite being badly affected by the injections he had received just before the match in preparation for the tour to the West Indies that was to follow, he took three wickets in each innings, helping bowl Australia to a series-winning victory. On the night before the last day's play, he collapsed in the team hotel and was placed on an intravenous drip, but recover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude E
Maude may refer to: Places *Maude, New South Wales, a village on the lower Murrumbidgee River in Australia *Maude, South Australia, a locality in South Australia *Maude, Victoria, a town in Australia *Cape Maude, a high ice-covered cape forming the east end of Vaughan promontory in Antarctica *Mount Maude, a peak in the Entiat Mountains, a subrange of the North Cascades, in Washington state Other uses *Maude (name) * ''Maude'' (TV series), a 1972–1978 CBS television situation comedy starring Beatrice Arthur *Maude Flanders (fictional), wife of Ned Flanders from ''The Simpsons'' *Maude system, implementing reflective logic and rewriting logic See also *''Harold and Maude'', a 1971 cult classic movie *Matilda (other) Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Animals * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder * Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse * Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Callen
Michael Callen (April 11, 1955 – December 27, 1993) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, author, and AIDS activist. Callen was diagnosed with AIDS in 1982 and became a pioneer of AIDS activism in New York City, working closely with his doctor, Dr. Joseph Sonnabend, and Richard Berkowitz. Together, they published articles and pamphlets to raise awareness about the correlation between risky sexual behaviors and AIDS. As a major contributor to the foundation of AIDS activism, specifically activism from people with AIDS, Callen helped draft unprecedented documents such as '' How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach,'' and The Denver Principles. In addition to his written work, Callen was a leader and founder of activist organizations including The People with AIDS Coalition and the Community Research Initiative. As a musician, he was a member of the openly gay and politically active a cappella quintet The Flirtations and released two solo albums: ''Purple Heart'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Callen
Sylvia Callen Franklin, also known as Sylvia Lorraine Callen, and Sylvia Caldwell, was a young Chicago communist, recruited by Louis Budenz into the Communist Party USA's ''secret apparatus'' c. 1937. Callen was assigned by Dr. Gregory Rabinowitz to go to New York City and infiltrate the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party (SWP) using the pseudonym "Sylvia Caldwell". She became the secretary of James Cannon, who headed the SWP. Callen later testified to a federal grand jury about her infiltration of the SWP and about how she provided information from the SWP offices to Rabinowitz. Rabinowitz was later replaced by Jack Soble. She had been married for a time to Zalmond Franklin, who also served Soviet intelligence. For a time, she was also known as Sylvia Lorraine Doxsee. Callen is identified in Venona traffic under the cover name SATYR. Venona messages reveal Callen giving copies to the KGB of SWP correspondence, intimate information on Leon Trotsky's widow, Natalia Sedova, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan (other)
Callan is a given name and surname of Irish and Scottish origin. Callan may also refer to: Places * Callan (Parliament of Ireland constituency), a former constituency in the Irish House of Commons * Callan, County Kilkenny, a town in Ireland * Callan River, County Armagh, Northern Ireland * Mount Callan, County Clare, Ireland * Callan, a barangay in Pototan, Iloilo, Philippines Other * Callan (barony), a barony in County Kilkenny, Ireland * ''Callan'' (film), a 1974 film version of the TV series * ''Callan'' (TV series), a UK spy series, 1967–72 * Callan Data Systems, a 1980s U.S. computer manufacturer * Camp Callan, a former U.S. army training center * '' Clara Callan'', a 2001 novel by Richard B. Wright * USS ''General R. E. Callan'' (AP-139), a U.S. Navy transport ship See also * * Calla (name) * Callen (other) Callen may refer to: * Callen, Landes, France * Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland; also spelled ''Callen'' * Callen Point, a promontory in the Maine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
