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Duer is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), American poet * Alva Duer (1904–1987), American college basketball coach * Carolina Duer (born 1978), Argentine world champion boxer * Caroline King Duer (1865–1956), American editor and writer * John Duer (1782–1858), American attorney and jurist * John Duer Irving (1874–1918), American geologist * Katherine Duer Mackay (1878–1930), American suffragist and socialite *Melinda Duer, British chemist * Roland Duer Irving (1847–1888), American geologist * Thomas Duer Broughton (1778–1835), English soldier and writer * William Duer (Continental Congressman) (1743–1799), British–American lawyer, developer, and land speculator * William Duer (U.S. Congressman) (1805–1879), American lawyer and statesman * William Alexander Duer William Alexander Duer (September 8, 1780 – May 30, 1858) was an American lawyer, jurist, and educator from New York City who served as the Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Duer Miller
Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses influenced political opinion during the American suffrage movement, and her verse novel ''The White Cliffs'' influenced political thought during the U.S.'s entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. Early life Alice Duer Miller was born in Staten Island, New York on July 28, 1874, into a wealthy and prominent family.BiblioBazaar, LLC Prominent Families of New York' New York: BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009; . Pg. 193 She grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey with her parents and two sisters. She was the daughter of James Gore King Duer and Elizabeth Wilson Meads.Burstyn, Joan N. ''Past and promise: lives of New Jersey women'', Syracuse University Press, 1997; . Pg. 171-173 The family lost their fortune during the Baring Bank failure. Her mother Elizabeth Wilson Meads was the daughter of Orlando Meads of Albany, New York. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alva Duer
Alva O. Duer (November 18, 1904 – November 18, 1987) was a college basketball coach and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and United States Olympic Committee administrator and is a member of the NAIA and Basketball Halls of Fame. He went to Stafford High School in Stafford, Kansas and was captain of the basketball team all four years he attended. He graduated from high school in 1923. He coached college basketball at Pepperdine College in Los Angeles, California from 1939 to 1948. During that time, he had a record of 176–102 (.633). He led Pepperdine to five postseason appearances (4 NAIB and 1 NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...), he also led Pepperdine to the 1945 NAIB final. He died on his 83rd birthday in 1987. Head coaching record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Duer
Carolina Raquel Duer (born 5 August 1978) is an Argentine boxer and former world champion. She formerly held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight, and earlier the WBO super flyweight championship. Her record as of January 2018 was 19–4–1. Early life and personal Duer was born 5 August 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is the daughter of Syrian immigrants. She is Jewish, attended a Jewish day school and Maccabi club, and celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in the Iona Hebrew Center, a Conservative synagogue. She attended the Jaim Najman Bialik Primary School in Buenos Aires. Boxing career Duer won 19 of 20 fights as an amateur, and turned pro in 2007. Duer became the WBO world super flyweight champion (fighters weighing 112 pounds to 115 pounds) in December 2010, and defended that title six times. She won the WBO world bantamweight title in July 2013, and in July 2014, Duer defeated Ana Maria Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline King Duer
Caroline King Duer (1865 – January 23, 1956) was an editor at ''Vogue'' magazine and writer. Biography She was born in 1865, and her sister was Alice Duer Miller Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses influenced political opinion during the American suffrage movement, and her verse novel ''The W .... References External links * * 1865 births 1956 deaths American magazine editors Women magazine editors Vogue (magazine) people 19th-century American women writers 20th-century American women writers {{US-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Duer
John Duer (October 7, 1782 – August 8, 1858) was a New York attorney, jurist, and co-founder of Children's Village. Biography Born in Albany, New York on October 7, 1782, he was the son of William and Catherine Duer. William Alexander Duer was his brother, and his maternal grandfather was William Alexander, Lord Stirling. He was the father of William Duer (1805–1879), who also served in Congress. John Duer entered the army at age 16, but after two years left to read law in the office of Alexander Hamilton. He was admitted to the bar, began a practice in Orange County, New York, and moved to New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ... in 1820, where he became a highly successful insurance lawyer. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Duer Irving
John Duer Irving (August 18, 1874 – July 20, 1918) was an American geologist. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from Columbia University in 1896 and 1899. He was a member of the 11th Engineers, U.S. Army during World War I and died in France on July 20 or 26, 1918, of pneumonia. In 1899, he joined the United States Geological Survey and was assigned to a party in the Black Hills. He worked closely with Samuel Franklin Emmons on several important publications. He left direct employment with the USGS for one year in 1903 to teach at the University of Wyoming at Laramie. In 1907, he took the chair of economic geology at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University. At the time of this death, he was on leave from his position at Yale University. He was considered one of the foremost representatives of applied geology in the United States. He was also the managing editor of the journal ''Economic Geology'' from 1905 until his death.Kemp, James F. "John Duer Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Duer Mackay
Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay (1878–1930) was an American suffragist, socialite and writer from New York city. She was the founder of the Equal Franchise Society. Her involvement with the woman's suffrage movement "encouraged other wealthy women to follow her lead and become involved." She was also the first female member of the Roslyn Union Free School District's school board in Roslyn, New York. Biography Katherine Duer was born in New York City in 1878. She was a direct descendant of Lady Kitty Duer, daughter of Lord Stirling. She married Clarence H. Mackay in 1898. Mackay was well known in connection with Harbor Hill where she was involved with philanthropy and education. She lived in Roslyn from 1898 to 1910. In 1899, Mackay refurbished Roslyn's public library, the William Cullen Bryant Library. She installed new carpet, replaced books and hired two librarians. Mackay would invite people, and children, to the house for various functions. Once, the Trinity Episcopal S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melinda Duer
Melinda Jane Duer is Professor of Biological and Biomedical Chemistry in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and was the first woman to be appointed to an academic position in the department. Her research investigates changes in molecular structure of the extracellular matrix in tissues in disease and during ageing. She serves as Deputy Warden of Robinson College, Cambridge. She is an editorial board member of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance. Early life and education Duer attended Sir James Smith's School, a comprehensive school in North Cornwall. She enjoyed science at high school and was encouraged by her chemistry teacher to study Natural Sciences (Cambridge), natural sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where she specialized in chemistry. She was the first member of her family to attend higher education. Duer went on to complete her PhD in 1988 in theoretical chemistry with Malcolm Gerloch, where she invest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Duer Irving
Roland Duer Irving (April 27, 1847 – May 30, 1888) was an American geologist. He was born in New York city and graduated from Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia College School of Mines in 1869 as a mining engineer. In 1879, he received his PhD, also from Columbia. Soon after his graduation he became assistant on the Ohio geological survey, and in 1870 was elected professor of geology, mining, and metallurgy at the University of Wisconsin. In 1879 the title of his chair was changed to that of geology and mineralogy. He became assistant state geologist of Wisconsin in 1878, and continued as such until 1879. From 1880 to 1882 he was one of the Tenth United States Census, United States census experts, and in 1882 was made geologist in charge of the Lake Superior division of the United States Geological Survey. His specialty was the micro-petrography of the fragmental rocks and crystalline schists, and pre-Cambrian stratigraphy and the genesis of some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Duer Broughton
Thomas Duer Broughton (1778–1835) was an English soldier and writer on India. Life and writings Thomas Duer Broughton, son of the Rev. Thomas Broughton, Rector of St Peter's Church, Castle Park, Bristol, was educated at Eton, and went to India in 1795 as a cadet in the East India Company's Bengal Army. He became a lieutenant in 1797 and fought at the siege of Seringapatam in 1799. He was later appointed adjutant and assistant teacher of Hindi to the Cadet company at Barasett.(described in his obituary in the ''United Services Magazine'' as " a sort of college formed to receive the cadets, and teach and discipline them on their first arrival in the country") In 1802 Broughton was appointed military resident with the Mahrattas. He published his experiences in a book entitled ''Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809, descriptive of the character, manners, domestic habits, and religious ceremonies of the Mahrattas'' (1813). During this period he also collected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Duer (Continental Congressman)
William Duer (March 18, 1743 – May 7, 1799) was a British-born American jurist, developer, and financial speculator from New York City. A Federalist, Duer wrote in support of ratifying the United States Constitution as "Philo-Publius". He had earlier served in the Continental Congress and the convention that framed the New York Constitution. In 1778, he signed the United States Articles of Confederation and is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Duer spent most of his life as a financial speculator. In 1792, following his involvement in one of the nation's first financial panics, Duer went bankrupt and was confined to debtor's prison, where he died seven years later. Early life Duer was born in Devonshire, Great Britain, in 1743. He was the son of John Duer, a planter in Antigua in the West Indies, who kept a villa in Devon, and Frances Frye. She was the daughter of Sir Frederick Frye, who held a command in the West Indies, where she met and married Duer. Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Duer (U
William Duer may refer to: *William Duer (Continental congressman) (1743–1799), New York speculator, Continental congressman and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury *William Alexander Duer William Alexander Duer (September 8, 1780 – May 30, 1858) was an American lawyer, jurist, and educator from New York City who served as the President of Columbia University from 1829 to 1842. He was also a slaveholder, owning numerous enslave ... (1780–1858), U.S. jurist, president of Columbia University, son of the Continental congressman * William Duer (U.S. Congressman) (1805–1879), U.S. lawyer and congressman from New York City; grandson of the Continental congressman {{hndis, Duer, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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