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Fassett
Fassett may refer to: People *Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett (1831–1898), American painter *Francis H. Fassett (1823–1908), American architect *Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853–1924), American politician and businessman *Kaffe Fassett (born 1937), American textile artist *Norman Carter Fassett (1900–1954), List of botanists by author abbreviation (E–F)#F, botanist with author abbreviation ''Fassett'' Places *Fassett, Pennsylvania, United States *Fassett, Quebec, Canada *Fassett Square, in Dalston, London Borough of Hackney, England {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett
Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett (November 9, 1831 – January 4, 1898) was an American Painting, painter. She painted portraits of politicians. Her most famous work is her painting of the Electoral Commission of 1877. Biography Cornelia Adele Strong was born in Owasco, New York, the third of six children of Captain Walker Strong and Sarah Devoe Strong.Judy Bullington"Cornelia Adele Fassett's Portrait of Martha J. Lambe" ''Woman's Art Journal'', Autumn2002/Winter2003, Vol. 23 Issue 2, page 3 et seq. Cornelia married artist and photographer, Samuel Montague Fassett, in 1851. She then studied in New York City, with Scottish people, Scottish artist J.B. Wandesforde, who taught her how to paint Portrait miniature, miniatures. Cornelia Fassett spent three years in both Paris and Rome studying under Giuseppe Castiglione, Henri Fantin La Tour, and Lambert Joseph Matthew. After an early career in Chicago, Fassett and her husband moved to Washington, D.C., in 1875, where she painted success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis H
Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) *Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also *Saint Francis (other) *Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name *Francisco (other) *Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Sloat Fassett
Jacob Sloat Fassett (November 13, 1853 – April 21, 1924) was a businessman, lawyer, and member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Early life He was born on November 13, 1853, in Elmira, New York, the son of Newton Pomeroy Fassett and Martha Ellen (Sloat) Fassett. He attended the public schools of Elmira and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1875. He studied law at his father's firm, Smith, Robertson & Fassett, was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Elmira. He was District Attorney of Chemung County in 1878 and 1879. On February 13, 1879, he married in Sacramento, California, Jennie Louise Crocker (1860–1939), the daughter of Judge Edwin B. Crocker. Around this time Fassett became the proprietor of the ''Elmira Daily Advertiser''. Afterwards he enrolled as a law student at Heidelberg University in Germany. He returned to Elmira in 1882 and began the practice of law. Political career Fassett was a member of the New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaffe Fassett
Frank Havrah "Kaffe" Fassett, MBE (born December 7, 1937) is an American-born, British-based artist who is best known for his colourful designs in the decorative arts—needlepoint, patchwork, knitting, painting and ceramics. While still a child, Fassett renamed himself after an Egyptian boy character from the book ''Boy of the Pyramid'' by Ruth Fosdick Jones. His name rhymes with 'safe asset'. Early life The second of five children, Fassett was born on December 7, 1937 in San Francisco, California, to parents William and Madeleine, who built the successful Nepenthe in Big Sur, California. He is the great-grandson of the wealthy businessman, lawyer and United States Congressman Jacob Sloat Fassett, and it was his great-great grandparents who founded the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. He received a scholarship to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the age of 19, but shortly left school to paint in London and moved there to live in 1964. Career In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Carter Fassett
Norman Carter Fassett (March 27, 1900 – September 14, 1954) was an American botanist and professor, known as an expert on the aquatic flora of Wisconsin. Career Fassett was born in Ware, Massachusetts. He studied at Harvard University, eventually earning his Ph.D. in 1925. That year, he was appointed an instructor of botany at the University of Wisconsin. By 1944, he advanced to full professor and was curator of the university herbarium. Under his direction, the herbarium grew from a size of 96,000 specimens to 380,000 specimens. Fassett personally collected over 28,000. From 1948 to 1949, he was chair of the botany department. Fassett participated in the Colombian Cinchona Mission, where he was part of a group searching for and studying ''Cinchona'' trees during World War II. He later participated in research expeditions in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. From 1945 to 1950, Fassett served as chairman of the Natural Areas Committee of the Wisconsin Department of Natura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Botanists By Author Abbreviation (E–F)
__NOTOC__ A–D To find entries for A–D, use the table of contents above. E * E.A.Barkley – Elizabeth Anne Barkley (born 1908) * E.A.Barthol. – Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew (1912–1985) * E.A.Br. – Elizabeth Anne Brown (1956–2013) * E.A.Bruce – Eileen Adelaide Bruce (1905–1955) * E.A.Durand – Ernest Armand Durand (1872–1910) * E.A.Flint – Elizabeth Alice Flint (1909–2011) * E.A.Hodgs. – Eliza Amy Hodgson (1888–1983) * E.A.Kellogg – Elizabeth Anne Kellogg (born 1951) * Eakes – Michael James Eakes (fl. 1999) * E.A.Mennega – Erik Albert Mennega (1923–1998) * Eames – Edwin Hubert Eames (1865–1948) * E.Arber – Edward Alexander Newell Arber (1870–1918) * Eardley – Constance Margaret Eardley (1910–1978) * Earle – Franklin Sumner Earle (1856–1929) * E.Arm. – Eleanora Armitage (1865–1961) * E.A.Rob. – Edward Armitage Robinson (1921–2013) * E.A.Sánchez – Evangelina A. Sánchez (born 1934) * E.A.Shaw – Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fassett, Pennsylvania
South Creek Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,128 at the 2010 census. Children residing in the township are assigned to attend the Troy Area School District. Geography South Creek Township is located in northwestern Bradford County, along the New York state line. It is bordered by Ridgebury Township to the east, Springfield and Columbia townships to the south, and Wells Township to the west. To the north, in Chemung County, New York, are the towns of Southport (northwest) and Ashland (northeast). Pennsylvania Route 14 runs north–south the length of the township, following the valley of South Creek, a tributary (via Seeley Creek) of the Chemung River in New York, and thence to the Susquehanna River. Route 14 passes through the unincorporated communities of Dunning, Gillett, and Fassett within the township. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fassett, Quebec
Fassett is a municipality and village in the Papineau Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, located on the north shore of the Ottawa River east of Montebello. Its main access roads are Route 148, which passes through the town, and Autoroute 50 which passes to the north. History The area was part of the Petite-Nation Seigneury, formed in 1674 and originally owned by François de Laval, the first bishop of New France. The seigneury was acquired in 1803 by Joseph Papineau, who became its first civilian lord, and later sold it to his son Louis-Joseph Papineau. The area became of interest economically when England was forced to rely on its colonies for wood for construction of its vessels during the Napoleonic blockade of 1807. It was full of oaks, pines, and maples regarding which Surveyor Joseph Bouchette wrote in 1815: "the terrain rises and is covered with wood of the best species: oaks are of high quality and particularly of large size, suitable for the constructio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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