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Follett may refer to: Places * County of Follett, Australia * Electoral district of Normanby, Dundas and Follett, one of the 16 original electoral districts of Victoria * Follett, Texas * Follett High School, in Follett, Texas * Follett Independent School District, in Follett, Texas * Follett Stone Arch Bridge Historic District, in Vermont * Folletts, Iowa Corporations * Follett Corporation, a company that provides educational products to schools, colleges, and libraries * Follett Ice, a company that manufactures ice and beverage equipment, and refrigerators and freezers People * A. Follett Osler (1808–1903), British meteorologist * Barbara Follett (politician) (born 1942), English politician * Barbara Newhall Follett (1914–1939), American novelist * Brent Follett (1810–1887), British politician * Brian Follett (born 1939), British government official * Burley Follett (1806–1877), mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin * David Follett (1907–1982), director of the London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Follett
The County of Follett is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It comprises a strip in the far southwest of the state bounded by the Glenelg River (Victoria), Glenelg River to the east, South Australia to the west and Elderslie Creek to the north beyond Casterton, Victoria, Casterton. No larger towns are contained within its boundaries. The county was proclaimed in 1849. Parishes Parishes within the county: *Ardno *Bahgallah *Bogalara *Byjuke *Dartmoor *Drajurk *Kaladbro *Kanawinka *Kinkella *Langkoop *Mageppa *Malanganee *Mumbannar *Nagwarry *Nangeela *Palpara *Roseneath *Tooloy *Tullich *Wanwin *Werrikoo *Wilkin References Vicnames, place name details Counties of Victoria (Australia) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follett Thomas
Follett Johns Thomas (21 October 1863 – 3 January 1942) was an Australian politician. He was born at Majors Creek, near Araluen in New South Wales, to Richard Uren Thomas and Mary Ann Johns. The family moved to Inverell around 1871 and Thomas attended the public school there before apprenticing to a chemist in Glen Innes. He qualified as a chemist, and also served as an alderman at Glen Innes from 1884 to 1903, as mayor in 1895, 1896, 1902 and 1903. On 30 June 1888 he married Louise Dibley Dawson, with whom he had four children. In 1903 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Glen Innes, moving to Gough in 1904. He held the seat until the introduction of proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follett House
The Follett House is a historic house at 63 College Street in Burlington, Vermont. Built in 1840 for a prominent local businessman, it is the last surviving grand 19th-century lakeside mansion in the city, and one of the state's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It has seen commercial and institutional uses since 1885. Description and history The Follett House stands prominently overlooking Burlington's waterfront, at the southwest corner of college and South Champlain Streets. The house is oriented facing west toward Lake Champlain, with a terraced lawn extending westward to Battery Street. It is a -story brick structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and stone foundation. The main facade is five bays wide, with a projecting Greek temple front with five fluted Doric columns supporting an entablature and gabled pediment. Ground floor windows are long behind the temple front, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Follett
Zachary Follett (born July 3, 1987) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at California. College career Follett began his career in football at California as a middle linebacker. He switched over to weak-side linebacker as a sophomore and then eventually to strong-side linebacker as a junior. He started 24 of 49 games over the course of his career and finished 10th on California's tackle list with 245. He set a school record and tied the Pac-10 Conference record for forced fumbles with 13. He finished fifth at California in stops behind the line of scrimmage with 51.0. Included in that total were 23.5 sacks which put him in sixth place on the school's career sacks list. Follett represented California at the 2009 Senior Bowl. Professional career Follett was drafted 235th overall in the seventh round by the Detroit Lions in the 2009 NFL Draft. Follett was released by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Follett
Roy Wilson Follett (March 21, 1887 – January 7, 1963) was an American writer known for writing the draft form of what became ''Follett's Modern American Usage'', which was unfinished at his death and was completed and edited by his friend Jacques Barzun (in collaboration with six other people who helped with the editing) and published posthumously. He was educated at Harvard and taught at Brown University. In 1921, he was one of the dedicatees of James Branch Cabell's novel '' Figures of Earth''. He also edited ''The Work of Stephen Crane'' in twelve volumes (1925–27), the first collected edition of Crane's writings. His novel ''No More Sea'' came in third in the voting for the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000 by H. and E. Fischer He was the father of Barbara Newhall Follett Barbara Newhall Follett [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webb Follett
Sir William Webb Follett (2 December 179628 June 1845) was an English lawyer and politician who served as MP for Exeter (1835–1845). He served twice as Solicitor-General, in 1834-5 and 1841 and as Attorney-General in 1844. He was knighted in 1835. He was reputed to have been the "greatest advocate of the century".Per inscribed plaque on base of his bust in the Devon & Exeter Institution Early life Follett was born 2 December 1796 at Topsham in Devon, the eldest surviving son of ten children. His father was Captain Benjamin Follett, late 13th Regiment of Infantry, who had retired from the army in 1790 and gone into business as a timber merchant, and his mother was Ann Webb, daughter of John Webb, of Kinsale, Ireland. His younger brother was Brent Spencer Follett (1810–1887) QC, MP and his sister Elizabeth married Richard Bright. Follett attended Exeter grammar school and was privately educated by Mr Hutchinson, the curate of Heavitree. In 1813, he matriculated at Trini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Follett
Rosemary Follett (born 27 March 1948) is a former Australian politician who was the inaugural Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory, serving in 1989 and again between 1991 and 1995. She was the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory. Early life Follett is the daughter of hansard writer Aubrey Follett, an Anglican, and his wifJudith (née Lusby) a teacher and Roman Catholic. Follett was born in Sydney in 1948, and moved with her family to Canberra in 1952. She took inspiration from female models of leadership in her own family from an early age - her mother was a teacher who had worked in naval intelligence with the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service during World War Two, while her aunt, Dr Gwen (Lusby) Fleming, had been a Major in the Australian Army Medical Corps, and auntElizabeth Lusbywas a school prioress in the Dominican Sisters. Follett attended Canberra Catholic Girls' High School. She joined the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Parker Follett
Mary Parker Follett (3 September 1868 – 18 December 1933) was an American social worker, management consultant, philosopher and pioneer in the fields of organizational theory and organizational behavior. Along with Lillian Gilbreth, she was one of two great women management experts in the early days of classical management theory. She has been called the "Mother of Modern Management". Instead of emphasizing industrial and mechanical components, she advocated for what she saw as the far more important human element, regarding people as the most valuable commodity present within any business. She was one of the first theorists to actively write about and explore the role people had on effective management, and discuss the importance of learning to deal with and promote positive human relations as a fundamental aspect of the industrial sector. Life Follett was born in 1868 in Quincy, Massachusetts, to a wealthy Quaker family. Her family was composed of Charles Allen Follett, a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Dewey Follett
Martin Dewey Follett (October 8, 1826 – August 22, 1911) was a Democratic politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1883–1887. Martin Dewey Follett was born at Enosburg, Franklin County, Vermont. In 1836 his family settled in Licking County, Ohio, where he grew up. He taught school, then entered and graduated from Marietta College in 1853 with a BA. In 1856 he earned an MA. He taught high school for a year in Newark, and two years at Marietta, where he was elected superintendent of schools in 1856, and served two years. Ohio Archaeological and Historical volume 21 : 331–332 In 1856, Follett was married to Harriet L. Shipman, of Marietta, who had four children, and in 1875 he married Abbie M. Bailey, of Lowell, Massachusetts, who had one child. Follett was admitted to the bar in 1858. In 1864, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention which nominated George B. McClellan. In 1866, Follett was nominated for the Congress by the Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Follett
King Follett (or Follet; July 26, 1788 – March 9, 1844) was a Mormon elder and a close friend of Joseph Smith. An early convert to the Church of Christ in 1831, he was a police constable and was notably the last prisoner released in the 1838 Mormon War. Shortly after his death, Smith delivered a notable sermon in memory of Follett in which he introduced new teachings to members of the church which Smith founded. Biography Follett was born in Winchester, New Hampshire, on July 24 or 26, 1788. His parents were John Follett IV and Hannah (née Oakes) Alexander. He married Louisa Tanner in 1815. The couple had nine children. He later moved with his family to Cuyahoga County, Ohio. There, he heard the Mormon religion preached, and he and Louisa converted and were baptized in the spring of 1831. By 1833, he had settled, along with many members of the Church, in Missouri, and was living with the Whitmer branch, a large extended family living in Jackson County. That year, he moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin Follett, (born 5 June 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works. Many of his books have achieved high ranking on best seller lists. For example, in the US, many reached the number-one position on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list, including ''Triple'' (1979), ''The Key to Rebecca'' (1980), ''Lie Down with Lions'' (1985), ''A Dangerous Fortune'' (1993), '' World Without End'' (2007), ''Fall of Giants'' (2010), ''Winter of the World'' (2012), and '' Edge of Eternity'' (2014).New York Times List of Number One Best Sellers Early life and education Follett was born on 5 June 1949 in Cardiff, Wales. He was the first child of Martin Follett, a tax inspector, and Lavinia (Veenie) Follett, who went on to have two more children, Hannah and James. Barred from watching films and television by his Plymouth Brethren parents, he developed an early interest in reading but remained an indifferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph L
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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