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Eleanor Young (tennis)
Eleanor Young may refer to: * Eleanor Anne Young, Catholic religious sister, research scientist, and educator * Eleanor Winthrop Young, British climber * Eleanor Young (Crazy Rich Asians), a character from the film ''Crazy Rich Asians'' * Eleanor Young Love, née Young, African-American librarian {{hndis, Young, Eleanor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Anne Young
Eleanor Anne Young (October 8, 1925 – July 13, 2007) was a Catholic religious sister, research scientist, and educator. She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1994. Biography The daughter of Carl Young and Eleanor Hamilton, she was born in Houston. Young joined the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1946. She received a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry (1947) from Incarnate Word College, a master's in nutrition education (1955) from St. Louis University and a PhD in nutrition, biochemistry and physiology (1968) from the University of Wisconsin. She was an associate professor at Incarnate Word College and then a professor in medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Young often asked her students to eat the same food as was being served to patients to help them appreciate the patient's viewpoint. She also served on the staff at the Health Center Hospital as an associate consulting member and as a consultant in nutritio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Winthrop Young
Eleanor "Len" Winthrop Young (1897–1994) was a British climber. She was a co-founder and the first president of the Pinnacle Club, a British women's climbing club, and made numerous ascents in the Alps and many in the United Kingdom. Early life Eleanor Slingsby was born in 1897 in Carleton-in-Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire. She was the youngest of five children born to William Cecil Slingsby (1849–1920), a mill owner and climber with extensive experience in Norway who became known as "the father of Norwegian mountaineering". Slingsby introduced each of his children to climbing at a young age around their local village. In 1902, aged seven, Eleanor first met English mountaineer Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1876–1958) at her home in Carleton-in-Craven. She married him in 1918; by that time, he had lost a leg in the war and she helped him to regain his climbing abilities with an artificial leg. They moved to Cambridge in the 1920s, and had a son named Jocelin and a daughter nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Young (Crazy Rich Asians)
''Crazy Rich Asians'' is a satirical 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. Kwan stated that his intention in writing the novel was to "introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience". He claimed the novel was loosely based on his own childhood in Singapore. The novel became a bestseller and was followed by two sequels, '' China Rich Girlfriend'' in 2015 and ''Rich People Problems'' in 2017. A film adaptation of the novel was released on August 15, 2018. Plot The novel begins with a quote from the 14th-century Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta: The book is told from the perspective of five main characters: Rachel Chu, Nicholas (Nick) Young, Eleanor Young, Astrid Leong, and Edison Cheng. The story revolves around the grand wedding of Singapore's most eligible bachelor, Colin Khoo, and a fashion icon, Araminta Lee, which everyone calls the wedding of the year. Rachel is a New York University (NYU) professor of economics, who is originally from Cupertino, California. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |