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George Vincent (sailor) (1855–1928), English organist and composer
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George Vincent may refer to: * George Vincent (MP) (1493c. –1566), member of parliament for Leicestershire Parliamentary constituency * George Vincent (painter) (1796–1832), English painter * George Edgar Vincent (1864–1941), American academic * George R. Vincent (1841–1910), Wisconsin physician and legislator of the Greenback Party * George Robert Vincent (1898–1985), sound recording pioneer * George Frederick Vincent George Frederick Vincent (25 March 1855 – 30 November 1928) was an English organist and composer. Background George Frederick Vincent was born in Houghton-le-Spring on 27 March 1855, son of Charles John Vincent, organist, and educated at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vincent (MP)
George Vincent or Vyncent (c.1493 – 3 January 1566) was a member of the English landed gentry from Peckleton in Leicestershire, who served one term as a "knight of the shire" (i.e., MP) for Leicestershire in 1558. Background Vincent was born by 1493, the first son of Richard Vincent of Messingham, Lincolnshire by Anne (Grimsby), who was the daughter and heiress not only of her father (William Grimsby of Lincoln) after her brother's death, but also coheir through her mother to the Motons of Peckleton (an important Leicestershire family). Vincent was educated in the Inner Temple being admitted in 1519. Personal life By 1517, he had married Jane Story, daughter of William Story of Sleaford, by whom he had seven sons and two daughters; by 1542, he married one Anne (Radcliffe) Lache, a widow of Daventry in Northants; and he finally married Amy Colles of Preston Capes, by whom he had two more sons and one daughter. He succeeded his father some time before 1515. V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vincent (painter)
George Vincent (baptised 27 June 17961832) was an English landscape painter who produced watercolours, etchings and oil paintings. He is considered by art historians to be one of the most talented of the Norwich School of painters, a group of artists connected by location and personal and professional relationships, who were mainly inspired by the Norfolk countryside. Vincent's work was founded on the Dutch school of landscape painting as well as the style of John Crome, also of the Norwich School. The school's reputation outside East Anglia in the 1820s was based largely upon the works of Vincent and his friend James Stark. The son of a weaver, Vincent was educated at Norwich Grammar School and afterwards apprenticed to Crome. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution, and elsewhere. From 1811 until 1831 he showed at the Norwich Society of Artists, exhibiting more than 100 pictures of Norfolk landscapes and marine works. By 1818 he had relocated to London, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Edgar Vincent
George Edgar Vincent (March 21, 1864 – February 2, 1941) was an Americans, American sociologist and university president. Biography He was born at Rockford, Illinois, Rockford, Illinois, the son of Bishop John Heyl Vincent, John H. Vincent. He studied at Yale University, Yale, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and served on the thirteenth editorial board of ''The Yale Record''. After graduating in 1885, he engaged in journalism, journalistic and literary work. In 1888 he became associated with the Chautauqua, New York, Chautauqua system as vice principal, and after 1907 was president of the Chautauqua Institution (of the Chautauqua movement). From 1892 to 1894 he was a fellow at the University of Chicago, in the first Department of Sociology in the United States. He was appointed to the Chicago faculty in 1894 and became a professor of sociology in 1904. From 1900 to 1907 he was Dean (education), dean of the junior colleges, and from 1907 to 1911 he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George R
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robert Vincent
George Robert Vincent (July 17, 1898 - November 13, 1985) was a pioneer in the field of sound recording and archiving.About G. Robert Vincent , from the Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University, published November 10, 2005, retrieved August 5, 2011 It was once believed that in 1912, he brought a wax cylinder recording device, which he had borrowed from his friend Charles Edison, to the home of former President of the United States, President Teddy Roosevelt, and convinced Roosevelt to speak into it. However, this pivotal event occurred on March 4, 1913, according to Allen Koenigsberg's latest published research. Thus began Vincent's private collection of voice recordings of notable individuals and witnesses to history. In 1922, after graduating from Yale, he joined Thomas Edison, Edison Laboratories. and worked in the restor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
