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Durfee (surname)
Durfee is the surname of the following: *Brian Lee Durfee, American artist and author of '' The Forgetting Moon'' * David Durfee, American politician * Edmund Durfee (1788–1845), American settler * I. P. Durfee (born 1838), American state senator * James Randall Durfee (1897–1977), American judge *Job Durfee (1790–1847), American politician and jurist from Rhode Island * M. Eugene Durfee (1885–1941), American architect *Minta Durfee (1889–1975), American silent film actress * Nathan B. Durfee (1812–1872), American politician from Rhode Island * Thomas Durfee (1826–1901), American judge from Rhode Island *William Pitt Durfee (1855–1941), American mathematician **Durfee square In number theory, a Durfee square is an attribute of an integer partition. A partition of ''n'' has a Durfee square of size ''s'' if ''s'' is the largest number such that the partition contains at least ''s'' parts with values ≥ ''s''. An equival ..., an attribute of an integer partition i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forgetting Moon
''The Forgetting Moon'' is a 2016 grimdark epic fantasy novel by Brian Lee Durfee, published through Saga Press. Plot A young boy, Nail, is orphaned and subsequently raised by a retired warrior named Shawcroft. Unbeknownst to him, he is part of a much larger plot that involves war and power struggles across the Five Isles. Publication ''The Forgetting Moon'' was published in hardcover and ebook formats on 30 August 2016 through Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Saga released a trade paperback edition on 29 August 2017. Recorded Books released an audiobook narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds on 30 January 2019. The cover artist for the North American editions was Richard Anderson. Klett-Cotta released a German language edition on 10 March 2018 under the title ''Der Mond des Vergessens''. Reception Paul Di Filippo, in his review for ''Locus Online'', described ''The Forgetting Moon'' as " rovidingplenty of well-crafted spectacle, thrills, suspense, blood, thunder and gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Durfee
David Durfee is an American politician from Vermont. He has been a Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives ar ... for the Bennington-3 District since 2019. References External links Campaign website Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American legislators Democratic Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives People from Bennington County, Vermont {{Vermont-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Durfee
Edmund Durfee (Durfy) Sr. (October 3, 1788 – November 15, 1845) was an American settler and early member of the Latter Day Saint movement who is remembered as a martyr by Latter-day Saints. Biography Born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, Durfee was a farmer, carpenter, and millwright. He married Magdalena Pickle, and they later became the parents of thirteen children. The Durfees joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 1830s in Ohio. After being driven as religious refugees from Mormon settlements in Ohio and Missouri (''see Missouri Executive Order 44''), they moved to Morley's Settlement in Hancock County, Illinois, about 25 miles due south of Nauvoo, Illinois. In September 1845, a mob of anti-Mormon arsonists rushed upon Morley's Settlement. They burned down the Durfee home and, shortly thereafter, burned down the homes of dozens of other Mormon families. The morning following, Solomon Hancock sent word of the burnings to President Brigham Young in Nauvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Randall Durfee
James Randall Durfee (November 3, 1897 – October 29, 1977) was Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board and a judge of the United States Court of Claims. Education and career Born on November 3, 1897, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Durfee received a Bachelor of Laws in 1926 from Marquette University Law School. He served in the United States Army during World War I from 1917 to 1919. He entered private practice in Antigo, Wisconsin from 1926 to 1951. He was district attorney for Langlade County, Wisconsin from 1928 to 1932. He was a Commissioner for the Wisconsin Circuit Court for the Tenth Judicial Circuit from 1934 to 1950. He was a member of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin from 1951 to 1956, serving as Chairman from 1953 to 1956. He was Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board from 1956 to 1960. Federal judicial service Durfee was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 11, 1960, to a seat on the United States Court of Claims vacated by Judge Benjamin Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Durfee
Job Durfee (September 20, 1790 – July 26, 1847) was a politician and jurist from Rhode Island. Born at Tiverton, he graduated from Brown University in 1813 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiverton. He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1816 to 1820, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and was reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1825. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress and for election in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; he was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1826 to 1829, serving as speaker from 1827 to 1829. He declined to be a candidate for reelection and resumed the practice of law; in May 1833 he was elected associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations' (1891), p. 208-13. He was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minta Durfee
Araminta Estelle "Minta" Durfee (October 1, 1889 – September 9, 1975) was an American silent film actress from Los Angeles, California, possibly best known for her role in ''Mickey'' (1918). Biography She met Roscoe Arbuckle when he was attempting to get started in theater, and the two married in August 1908. Durfee entered show business in local companies as a chorus girl at the age of 17. She was the first leading lady of Charlie Chaplin. Durfee and Arbuckle separated in 1921, just prior to a scandal involving the death of starlet Virginia Rappe. There were three trials and finally Arbuckle was acquitted, but his career was destroyed and he received few job offers. Durfee and Arbuckle divorced in 1925. Durfee in her later years said Arbuckle was "the most generous human being I've ever met", and "if I had to do it all over again, I'd still marry the same man." Durfee was an avid defender of her close friend Mabel Normand throughout Normand's many public scandals. A regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan B
Nathan or Natan may refer to: People *Nathan (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name *Nathan (surname) *Nathan (prophet), a person in the Hebrew Bible *Nathan (son of David), biblical figure, son of King David and Bathsheba *Nathan of Gaza, a charismatic figure who spread the word of Eli the Prophet *Starboy Nathan, a British singer who used the stage name "Nathan" from 2006 to 2011 * Nathan (footballer, born 1994), full name ''Nathan Athaydes Campos Ferreira'', Brazilian winger * Nathan (footballer, born 1995), full name ''Nathan Raphael Pelae Cardoso'', Brazilian centre back *Nathan (footballer, born 1996), full name ''Nathan Allan de Souza'', Brazilian midfielder *Nathan (footballer, born May 1999), full name ''Nathan Crepaldi da Cruz'', Brazilian forward *Nathan (footballer, born August 1999), full name ''Nathan Palafoz de Sousa'', Brazilian forward Other uses *Nathan, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane in Australia *Nathan (band), an alt-coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Durfee
Thomas Durfee (February 6, 1826 – June 6, 1901)E.C. Bowler, An Album of the Attorneys of Rhode Island' (1904), p. 16. was an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from May 1865 to January 1875, and chief justice from January 1875 to 1891. Early life, education, and career Born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, to Job Durfee and Judith (Borden) Durfee, his father also served on the state supreme court. Durfee "inherited a judicial mind, and was brought up in an atmosphere adapted to prepare him for judicial service".Stephen O. Edwards, "The Supreme Court of Rhode Island", in Horace Williams Fuller, et al., eds., '' The Green Bag'', Vol. 2. (1890), p. 541-542. He was educated in the school of Rev. James Richardson, at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and received a degree from Brown University, with honors, in 1846. After reading law for two years in Providence, he was admitted to the bar in 1848, and in 1849 he was appointed reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court. Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pitt Durfee
William Pitt Durfee (5 February 1855 – 17 December 1941) was an American mathematician who introduced Durfee squares. He was a student of James Joseph Sylvester, James Sylvester, and after obtaining his degree in 1883 he became a professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Hobart college in 1884 and became dean in 1888. Durfee House and Durfee Hall are named in his honor. Publications * References * * * *''Who Was Who in America: with World Notables. Volume 1'', by Marquis Who's Who, 1942. External linksBiographyon HWS websiteDurfee House on HWS website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durfee, William Pitt 1855 births 1941 deaths University of Michigan alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni 19th-century American mathematicians 20th-century American mathematicians People from Livonia, Michigan People from Geneva, New York Mathematicians from Michigan Mathematicians from New York (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
