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Forrester (surname)
Forrester is a surname of Anglo/Norman origin, referring to a forester. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Forrester (politician) (–1787), British barrister and politician * Alistair Forrester, Scottish darts player * Billy Forrester, English footballer * Bruce M. Forrester (1908-1995), Judge of the United States Tax Court * Andrew Forrester, pseudonym of British novelist James Redding Ware * Cay Forrester, American film and television actress * Dia Forrester, Attorney General of Grenada 2020 * Douglas Forrester (born 1953), American businessman * Gary Forrester, New Zealand musician, novelist, and poet * George Forrester (other), various people * Helen Forrester, English author * Jack Forrester (1894–1964), Scottish-American professional golfer * James Forrester (politician) * James Forrester (rugby union) * James H. Forrester (1870–1928), American lawyer, judge, and politician * Jay Wright Forrester (1918–2016), founder of the study of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forester
A forester is a person who practises forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including ecological restoration and management of protected areas. Foresters manage forests to provide a variety of objectives including direct extraction of raw material, outdoor recreation, conservation, hunting and aesthetics. Emerging management practices include managing forestlands for biodiversity, carbon sequestration and air quality. Many people confuse the role of the forester with that of the logger, but most foresters are concerned not only with the harvest of timber, but also with the sustainable management of forests. The forester Jack C. Westoby remarked that "forestry is concerned not with trees, but with how trees can serve people". Career United States The median salary of foresters in the United States was $53,750, in 2008. Beginning foresters without bachelor's degrees make considerably less. Those with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Wright Forrester
Jay Wright Forrester (July 14, 1918 – November 16, 2016) was a pioneering American computer engineer and systems scientist. He is credited with being one of the inventors of magnetic core memory, the predominant form of random-access computer memory during the most explosive years of digital computer development (between 1955 and 1975). It was part of a family of related technologies which bridged the gap between vacuum tubes and semiconductors by exploiting the magnetic properties of materials to perform switching and amplification. He is also believed to have created the first animation in the history of computer graphics, a "jumping ball" on an oscilloscope. Later, he was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he introduced the Forrester effect describing fluctuations in supply chains, and is credited as the founder of system dynamics, which deals with the simulation of interactions between objects in dynamic systems and is most often applied to researc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development. The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress living in the fictional rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. It is set two years after the invention of a synthetic blood product branded "Tru Blood" that has allowed vampires to "come out of the coffin" and let their presence be known to mankind. It chronicles the vampires' struggle for equal rights and assimilation while anti-vampire organizations begin to gain power. Sookie's world is turned upside down when she falls in love with 174-year-old vampire Bill Compton ( Stephen Moyer), and for the first time, she must navigate the trials and terrors of intimacy and relationships. The show was broadcast on the premium cable network HBO, in the United States, and was pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of True Blood Characters
''True Blood'' is an American television drama series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' by Charlaine Harris. This article includes main characters (i.e. characters played by a main cast member), as well as every recurring vampire, and every other character to appear in at least four episodes. http://tviv.org/True_Blood/Characters TVIV.com—True Blood characters Main characters Humans Supernaturals Seasonal antagonists Past main characters Additional characters Supporting vampire characters Additional characters, introduced in season 1 Additional characters, introduced in season 2 Additional characters, introduced in season 3 Additional characters, introduced in season 4 Additional characters, introduced in season 5 See also * List of ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' characters References External links ''True Blood''Official site * {{DEFAULTSORT:True Blood characters True Bloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Forrester
Aleytys "Lee" Forrester is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Her first appearance was in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #143. Fictional character biography Forrester is a resident of Florida and the captain of the fishing trawler, ''Arcadia''. Cyclops of the X-Men, a.k.a. Scott Summers, hires himself aboard the ''Arcadia'' during a leave of absence. Lee is targeted by the supernatural being D'Spayre after her father, Jock, commits suicide over the loss of his wife. D'Spayre is defeated by Cyclops and D'Spayre's principal enemy, the Man-Thing. Scott and Lee engage in a brief romantic relationship. They are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by Magneto in the Bermuda Triangle, and Magneto reveals Scott's identity as Cyclops to her. Lee eventually breaks off their relationship, claiming she doesn't want to become involved in the X-Men's dangerous lives, but becomes sexually intimate with Magneto after she rescues him from a shark attack. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Clayton Forrester (War Of The Worlds)
''The War of the Worlds'' (also known in promotional material as ''H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds'') is a 1953 American science fiction film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It is the first of several feature film adaptations of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel of the same name. The setting is changed from Victorian era England to 1953 Southern California. In the film, Earth is suddenly invaded by Martians, and American scientist Clayton Forrester searches for any weakness to stop them. ''The War of the Worlds'' won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, and went on to influence other science fiction films. In 2011, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot In Southern California, Dr. Clayton Forrester, a well-known atomic scientist, is fishing with colleagues when a large object cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viviane Forrester
Viviane Forrester (29 September 1925, in Paris – 30 April 2013) was an essayist, novelist, journalist and literary critic. Biography Born Viviane Dreyfus in a French Jewish family, after wartime exile she married Simon Stoloff, with whom she had two sons. After they divorced, she married John Forrester - they separated after some years, but never divorced. She worked for ''Le Monde'', '' Le Nouvel Observateur'' and '' Quinzaine littéraire'' and was a member of the jury of the Prix Femina. She became famous internationally with her books on Virginia Woolf (Prix Goncourt 2009) and on politics. In ''L'horreur économique'' and ''Une étrange dictature'' she criticized the globalisation of capitalism. These international bestsellers in particular attacked the free market dogma, and the resulting alienation and misfortunes for the unemployed. She was also a founding member of ATTAC. Viviane Forrester died Tuesday 30 April 2013. Awards She won the Prix Goncourt de la Biographie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Forrester
Anthony R. (Tony) Forrester (born 1953) is an English bridge player and writer. He is a British and English international and a World Bridge Federation World International Master. Forrester was a bridge columnist for ''The Daily Telegraph'' from 1993 until 2019 and for ''The Sunday Telegraph'' from 1996 until 2019. Personal life Forrester was brought up in West Yorkshire. He is married to Diana, and they live in Gloucestershire. International honours Forrester won the European Youth Team Championship in 1978 and the European Team Championship in 1991. The European Team Championship win was in partnership with Andrew Robson, with whom he played for seven years. The pair also won the Cap Gemini and the Sunday Times-Macallan. Since that time he was regarded, by the English Bridge Union, as England's number one player. Playing for Rita Shugart's team, in 1998 he was the first Briton, with teammate Robson, to win a prestigious US Major, the Reisinger, and the same squad won the eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Forrester (triathlete)
Stephanie Emma Forrester (born 30 April 1969) is a British triathlete from Aberdeen. Forrester competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took 15th place with a total time of 2:03:56.11. That same year, Forrester took first place at the 2000 ITU Duathlon World Championships in Calais, France. Following her athletic career, Forrester joined Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...'s Sports Technology Institute, where she is a Reader in Sports Engineering and Biomechanics. References 1969 births Living people British female triathletes Scottish female triathletes Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Great Britain Duathletes Sportspeople from Aberdeen {{UK-triathlon-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippa Forrester
Philippa Clare Ryan Forrester (born September 1968) is a British television and radio presenter, producer and author. Throughout her career, Forrester has presented shows such as CBBC, ''Tomorrow's World'', Crufts, ''The Heaven and Earth Show'' and '' Robot Wars''. In 2015, Forrester moved with her family to Wyoming, US to support her husband's work with ''National Geographic'' magazine. Education Forrester was educated at Westgate School, a co-educational comprehensive school in Winchester, Hampshire, and at Peter Symonds College in the same city. She holds a degree in English from the University of Birmingham, where she appeared on the internal Students Guild television station. Broadcasting career Forrester first worked as a children's presenter for BFBS television in 1986, and was often seen reading out birthday cards onscreen. She became a presenter on Children's BBC from the late 1980s, becoming a more regular fixture alongside Toby Anstis from July 1990 until 1994. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Graham Forrester
Patrick Graham Forrester (born March 31, 1957) is a NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office. He is a retired United States Army colonel and Army aviator. He is married and has two children. Forrester flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-105, STS-117, and STS-128. Personal Born March 31, 1957, in El Paso, Texas, he is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Forrester is married to the former Diana Lynn Morris of Springfield, Virginia. They have two sons, Patrick Forrester, Jr. and Andrew. His father, Colonel (ret.) Redmond V. Forrester, is deceased; his mother, Patsy L. Forrester, is deceased. Education * 1975: Graduated from West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia * 1979: Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Sciences and Engineering from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York * 1989: Received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Forrester
Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, (July 25, 1930 – June 16, 2010) was a Canadian operatic contralto. Life and career Maureen Forrester was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec, one of four children of Thomas Forrester, a Scottish cabinetmaker, and his Irish-born wife, the former May Arnold. She sang in church and radio choirs. At age 13, she dropped out of school to help support the family, working as a secretary at Bell Telephone. When her brother came home from the war he persuaded her to take singing lessons. She paid for voice lessons with Sally Martin, Frank Rowe, and baritone Bernard Diamant. In the spring of 1951, Forrester appeared on the CBC radio talent competition '' Opportunity Knocks'', singing "Ombra mai fu", and describing herself to the host as a "starving musician" and part-time switchboard operator. She was ultimately named first runner-up, and later competed on the similar shows ''Singing Stars of Tomorrow'', and '' Nos Futures Étoiles''. She gave her de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
