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George Townsend
George Townsend may refer to: * George Townsend (politician) (1769–1844), U.S. Representative from New York * George Fyler Townsend (1814–1900), translator of the standard English edition of ''Aesop's Fables'' * George Townsend (cricketer) (1814–1870), English cricketer * George Townsend (priest) (1788–1857), English clergyman and author * George Townsend (baseball) (1867–1930), American baseball player * George Alfred Townsend (1841–1914), war correspondent and novelist * George Henry Townsend George Henry Townsend (15 January 1787 – 23 February 1869) was an English literary compiler and journalist, who wrote several books that are of value in a study of his period. Townsend was born in Bermondsey, Surrey, England to John and Cordelia ... (1787–1869), English literary compiler and journalist * George Townsend (footballer) (1957-), English footballer See also * George Townshend (other) {{hndis, Townsend, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Townsend (politician)
George Townsend (December 21, 1768 – August 17, 1844) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Early life Townsend was born on December 21, 1768 in Lattingtown, township of Oyster Bay in what was then the Province of New York, a part of British America. He was the first son of Prior Townsend (1749–1803) and Sarah ( née Feake) Townsend (1750–1833). Among his siblings was Jacob Townsend, Hannah Townsend, Deborah Townsend and Hannah Townsend. Career Townsend engaged in agricultural pursuits. Townsend was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth In music, a fifteenth or double octave, abbreviated ''15ma'', is the interval between one musical note and another with one-quarter the wavelength or quadruple the frequency. It has also been referred to as the bisdiapason. The fourth harmonic, ... Congresses, serving from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1819. Personal life Townsend was married to Deborah Cock (1776–1854), a daughter of Daniel Cock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fyler Townsend
George Fyler Townsend (1814–1900) was the British translator of the standard English edition of ''Aesop's Fables''. He was the son of George Townsend and was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge -DCL 1876. He was Vicar of Barntingham, Yorks 1842-1857, of Leominster 1857-1862 and of St Michael's, Burleigh Street, Westminster 1862-1894.Harrow Register He was the last Clerical proctor for granting Marriage Licences in Doctors Commons and assumed the name "Townesend" in 1882. Although there are more modern collections and translations, Townsend's volume of 350 fables introduced the practice of stating a succinct ''moral'' at the conclusion of each story, and continues to be influential. Several editions were published in his lifetime, and others since. In 1860, Townsend also published a revised edition of ''The Arabian Nights'', "mostly founded on the version of Dr Jonathan Scott". In 1872, Townsend published, under the auspices of the Society for Promoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Townsend (cricketer)
George Barnard Townsend (17 July 1814 – 19 August 1870) was an English first-class cricketer. Townsend represented Hampshire in four first-class matches, making his debut in 1843 against the Marylebone Cricket Club and playing his final first-class match for the county in 1850 against an All-England Eleven. Townsend died on 19 August 1870 at Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ..., Hampshire. External links * George Townsendat CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Townsend, George English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Cricketers from London 1814 births 1870 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Townsend (priest)
George Townsend (1788 – 23 November 1857) was an English priest and author. Life Born at Ramsgate, Kent, he was the son of George Townsend, an Independent minister there and author of published sermons. He was educated at Ramsgate, and attracted the attention of Richard Cumberland, with whose help he was able to go to Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1812 and Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1816, was ordained deacon in 1813 and priest in the year following, and in 1813 became curate of Littleport, Cambridgeshire; he then moved to Hackney as curate to John James Watson. In 1816 he was appointed professor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and at the same time undertook the curacy of Farnborough, Hampshire. His work on the Old Testament was noticed by several eminent men, including Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, who appointed him his domestic chaplain in 1822. This was the period of great controversy over Catholic Emancipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Townsend (baseball)
George Hodgson Townsend (June 4, 1867 in Hartsdale, New York – March 15, 1930 in New Haven, Connecticut), nicknamed "Sleepy", was an American baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1887 to 1891. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L .... References 1867 births 1930 deaths Major League Baseball catchers Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players Baltimore Orioles (AA) players 19th-century baseball players NYU Violets baseball players Reading (minor league baseball) players Baltimore Orioles (Atlantic Association) players Binghamton Bingos players Rochester Flour Cities players People from Hartsdale, New York Baseball players from Westchester County, New York {{US-baseball-catc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Alfred Townsend
George Alfred Townsend (January 30, 1841 – April 15, 1914) was an American journalist and novelist. He worked as a war correspondent during the American Civil War. Townsend wrote under the pen name "Gath", which was derived by adding an "H" to his initials, and inspired by the biblical passage II Samuel 1:20, "Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askalon." Life and career Townsend was born in Georgetown, Delaware, on January 30, 1841.Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth. ''The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982: 218. He originally wrote for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', and in 1861 he moved to the ''New York Herald''. He is considered to have been the youngest correspondent of the war. In 1865, Townsend was Washington correspondent for the ''New York World'', covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and its aftermath. His daily reports filed between April 17 – May 17 were published later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Townsend
George Henry Townsend (15 January 1787 – 23 February 1869) was an English literary compiler and journalist, who wrote several books that are of value in a study of his period. Townsend was born in Bermondsey, Surrey, England to John and Cordelia Townsend. He was admitted a Freeman of the City of London. His books include ''Russell's History of Modern Europe epitomised'' (1857), ''Shakespeare not an Impostor'' (1857), ''The Manual of Dates'' (1862), ''Men of the Time'' (1868), ''The Handbook of the Year 1868'' (1869) and ''The Every-day Book of Modern Literature'' (1870). Between 1860 and 1866 Townsend wrote several pamphlets containing selections of madrigals and glees for John "Paddy" Green, the proprietor of Evans's music and supper rooms, 43 Covent Garden. He wrote a ''Summary of Persian History'', included as a preface to a book on Outram and Havelock's Persian Campaign and published in 1858. During the elections of 1868 he was an active supporter of the Conservative party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Townsend (footballer)
George Townsend (born 29 July 1957) is a former English footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who played as a defender. His son Ryan Townsend was also a professional football player. References 1957 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Rochdale A.F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Ashton-under-Lyne {{England-footy-defender-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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