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Elizabeth Harris (choreographer)
Elizabeth Harris may refer to: People * Elizabeth Glover (née Harris; 1602–1643), responsible for bring the first printing press to the Thirteen Colonies * Elizabeth Harris (died 1812), wife of Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd * Elizabeth Underwood (née Harris; 1794–1858), Australian pioneering land owner * Eliza Harris (Civil War nurse) (1831–1891), volunteer nurse in the American Civil War * Elizabeth Webber Harris (1834–1917), English nurse awarded a replica Victoria Cross for her work during a cholera outbreak in India * Liz Harris (fl. 1962–1993), Australian actress * Liz Harris (Arizona politician) * Elizabeth Forsling Harris, journalist and the first publisher of ''Ms.'' magazine * Elizabeth Anne Harris (born 1980), American musician, artist and producer musician, stage name Grouper * Elizabeth Harris (born 1997), American rapper, stage name Cupcakke Fictional characters * Elizabeth Harris, in the 2011 film ''Unknown'' See also * Betty Harris (born 1939) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Glover
Elizabeth Glover ('' née'' Harris; 1602 – June 23, 1643) was responsible for bringing the first printing press to the Thirteen Colonies. She established a press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she printed ''Oath of a Freeman'', ''An Almenack'', and the Bay Psalm Book with the help of printer Stephen Daye. She married Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard University. After Glover's death, the printing press was gifted to Harvard, thus beginning the Harvard University Press. Early life Little is known about Glover's early life. However, it is known that her father was Reverend Nathaniel Harris, who was "prominent in university and ecclesiastical circles", and that she had a brother, Richard Harris, who would follow her to America. Marriage Elizabeth married Reverend Joseph Glover (also written Joos, Joss, Jose, Josse, Jesse, and Joas) in 1630 while he served as Rector of St Nicholas, Sutton in the Hundred of Wallington (formerly Croydon) in Surrey, England, a post h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Todd
Thomas Todd (January 23, 1765 – February 7, 1826) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1807 to 1826. Raised in the Colony of Virginia, he Read law, studied law and later participated in the founding of Kentucky, where he served as a clerk, judge, and justice. He was married twice and had a total of eight children. Todd joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1807 and his handful of legal opinions there mostly concerned land claims. He was labeled the most insignificant U.S. Supreme Court justice by Frank H. Easterbrook in ''The Most Insignificant Justice: Further Evidence'', 50 U. Chi. L. Rev. 481 (1983). Early life and education Todd was born to the former Elizabeth Richards and her husband, Richard Todd in King and Queen County, Virginia, on January 23, 1765.Kleber, John E. (ed.) (1992). ''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'', p. 888. The University Press of Kentucky. .KTyler, Lyon Gardiner (ed.) (1915). ''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography'', vol. 2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Underwood
Elizabeth Underwood (Harris, Lang) (1794 31 August 1858) in Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia, was a pioneering Australian land owner who founded the village (now a suburb) of Ashfield, New South Wales. She was the daughter of John Harris, an English-born ex-convict who had been sentenced to death for stealing eight silver spoons but was ultimately transported to Australia on the First Fleet. Her mother's identity isn't known for sure but she was probably also a convict. One biographer speculates her name was Mary Green and Elizabeth was actually born Elizabeth Green on 24 December. Neither parent played a significant part in her upbringing. Her father set sail for England in 1801 and left Elizabeth and her sister Hannah in the care of James Larra, a prominent Sydney merchant and ex-convict, and his wife Susannah. Elizabeth was later described as the niece of Larra and it may be that her mother was sister to either Larra or his wife. In 1812, she married wealthy Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Harris (Civil War Nurse)
Elizabeth Harris (1831 – June 12, 1891) served as a United States Sanitary Commission agent, army nurse, and newspaper correspondent during the American Civil War. She was active in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War until September 1863, when she went to Tennessee for several months before returning to the east. After the war, she was active in national reform causes. Early life Elizabeth Harris was probably born in 1831 at St Athan, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the United Kingdom. Most of early life is not known, including the year when she traveled to the United States of America. She married John Harris who practiced medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Civil War career In April 1861 at the start of the Civil War, Harris helped organize the Ladies' Aid Society of Philadelphia. She became the Society's field correspondent with the task of distributing the supplies gathered by the group. Because of her organizing talent, other ladies' aid societies in Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Webber Harris
Elizabeth Webber Harris (1834–1917) was an English nurse who was awarded a replica Victoria Cross (VC) in 1869, with the permission of Queen Victoria, for her bravery during a cholera outbreak in India. She remains the only woman to be awarded a VC of any description. Early life Harris was born Elizabeth Matthews in Kent, England in 1834. She was the second child of James Matthews and Mary Ann Bailey. On 22 February 1859 she married Webber Desborough Harris (born 1823) then a captain in the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers (later renamed the 104th). India and the Victoria Cross The details of Harris' time in India is highly reliant on her own account. In 1869 Harris was the only women with her husband's regiment, near Peshawar (modern Pakistan), during a cholera outbreak. The regiment was split in two in order to control the infection. Three months later about one-third of the soldiers in Harris's half of the regiment had died of cholera. Harris describes nursing the sick, a confront ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Harris
Elizabeth Harris is an Australian retired stage and television actress who appeared on a number of popular television series and films from the mid-1960s up until her retirement in 1993. She is best known for her role as Liza in the 1960s children's television series '' Adventure Island'' but also for playing recurring characters Sally Dempster in ''Prisoner'' and Clover Owen-Jones in '' A Country Practice'' in her later career. She was also the wife of longtime Australian television and radio star Leonard Teale. They married on 18 December 1968. Biography Harris made her television acting debut on ''Consider Your Verdict'' in 1962. From 1962 to 1966 she co-hosted an Australian version of ''Video Village'', with Danny Webb, on Channel 7. She was then cast in the children's television series ''The Magic Circle Club'' as a recurring character (and later replacing original host Nancy Cato, who had been injured during production), and made several guest appearances on '' Homicid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Harris (Arizona Politician)
Liz Harris is an American politician from Arizona and the Arizona RNC National Committeewoman. A Republican, she was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 2023 to April 2023. Harris was elected in November 2022 from the 13th legislative district, which includes much of Chandler, Arizona. On February 23, 2023, Harris invited Jacqueline Breger, an informed constituent, to testify before Arizona's Joint Senate/House Election Hearing to Strengthen and Increase Confidence in Arizona's 2024 Elections. Ms. Breger testified about counties having alleged backdoor portals in their computer systems, which weakened the integrity of the elections. She further elaborated on allegations of other corruption that resulted in the eventual expulsion of Liz Harris. QAnon Affiliation Harris, a real estate agent, is a longtime promoter of QAnon conspiracies. Harris repeatedly spread QAnon messaging beginning in 2018 and when QAnon message board operator Ron Watkins moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Forsling Harris
Elizabeth Forsling Harris was a journalist, public relations professional, and the first publisher of Ms. (magazine). Early life and education Harris was from Tennessee. She graduated from Mount Vernon College in Washington, DC. Career Harris worked as a journalist for Newsweek magazine from 1947 to 1951. From 1951 to 1953, she was a television producer for ABC-TV in New York after which she founded a public relations firm in Dallas. Harris worked for the Peace Corps from 1961 to 1963 and was active in politics. She worked on the campaigns of Lyndon B. Johnson, Sam Rayburn, and John F. Kennedy. In 1971, Harris co-founded Ms. Magazine and became its first publisher. She published Working Woman Magazine in 1976. Personal life Harris married and divorced Leon Harris, the son of the founder of Neiman Marcus department store. Death Harris died of emphysema Emphysema, or pulmonary emphysema, is a lower respiratory tract disease, characterised by air-filled spaces ( pne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grouper (musician)
Grouper is the solo project of American musician, artist and producer Liz Harris (born July 15, 1980). She has released material on her own label and other independent labels since 2005. Grouper released the critically acclaimed '' Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill'' in 2008, followed by five more records, including a two-part album, ''A I A'', and the piano-led album ''Ruins''. Her twelfth album, '' Shade'', was released in 2021. Grouper has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Xiu Xiu, Tiny Vipers (as the duo Mirrorring), Roy Montgomery, The Bug, Lawrence English (as Slow Walkers), and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (as Raum). History Harris was born July 15, 1980 in Northern California and grew up around the San Francisco Bay area. She grew up in a Fourth Way commune there which was inspired by the philosophy of George Gurdjieff. The community was known as "The Group", which would later serve as some inspiration for the moniker Grouper. According to Harris, the kids cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupcakke
Elizabeth Eden Harris (born May 31, 1997), known professionally as Cupcakke (often stylized as CupcakKe; pronounced ), is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. She is known for her hypersexualised, brazen, and often comical persona and music although she has also made songs with themes supporting LGBT rights, female empowerment, and autism awareness. Cupcakke began her career as a rapper in 2012 by releasing material online. She came to attention in 2015 when two of her songs, "Deepthroat" and "Vagina", went viral on video-sharing platforms. The songs were later included on her debut mixtape, ''Cum Cake'' (2016), which was included on ''Rolling Stone''s list of the Best Rap Albums of 2016 at number 23. A second mixtape, '' S.T.D (Shelters to Deltas)'', was released in 2016 and preceded the studio albums ''Audacious'' (2016), ''Queen Elizabitch'' (2017), ''Ephorize'' (2018), and ''Eden'' (2018). Since then, she has been steadily releasing standalone singles, such as "Gril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unknown (2011 Film)
''Unknown'' is a 2011 action-thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, and Frank Langella."Unknown White Male Starts Principal Photography" MovieWeb.com. Retrieved 2011-02-21. The film, produced by , and Andrew Rona, is based on the 2003 French novel by published in English as ''Out of My H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Harris
Betty Harris (born September 9, 1939 in Orlando, Florida, United States) is an American soul singer. Her recording career in the 1960s produced three hit singles that made the U.S. ''Billboard'' R&B and ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts: "Cry to Me" (1963), "His Kiss" (1964) and "Nearer to You" (1967). However, her reputation among soul music connoisseurs far exceeds her commercial success of the 1960s, and her recordings for the Jubilee and Sansu record labels are highly sought after in the 2000s by fans of Southern Soul, Northern soul and deep soul. Career In 1963, after being in the music business for a few years, Betty Harris recorded a slowed down version of Solomon Burke's hit of the year before, "Cry to Me", produced by the original record's producer, Bert Berns, and released on the Jubilee record label. Taken at a slower pace, Harris's rendition turned the song into a ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number 23 hit, with a corresponding number 10 listing on the R&B chart, and it beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
