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Grace (given Name)
Grace is a female given name from the Latin ''gratia''.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p.113. It is often given in reference to the Christian concept of divine grace and used as a virtue name. Variants * French: Grâce *English: Gracie * Albanian: Greis, Graciela *Italian: Grazia, Graziella *Latin: Gratia *Polish: Gracja *Portuguese: Graça, Gracília *Spanish: Gracia, Graciela *Basque: Garazi * Bulgarian: Грация Notable people A * Grace Abbott (1878–1939), American social worker * Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion * Grace Akallo (21st century), Ugandan child soldier * Grace Akello (born c. 1940), Ugandan poet, essayist, folklorist and politician * Grace Albee (1890–1985), American printmaker and wood engraver * Grace Alekhine (1876–1956), American-British-French female artist and chess master * Grace Alele-Williams (1932–2022), Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Language
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italy (geographical region), Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a fusional language, highly inflected language, with three distinct grammatical gender, genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Abbott
Grace Abbott (November 17, 1878 – June 19, 1939) was an American social worker who specifically worked in improving the rights of immigrants and advancing child welfare, especially the regulation of child labor. Her elder sister, Edith Abbott, who was a social worker, educator and researcher, had professional interests that often complemented those of Grace's. Biography Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, the daughter of O. A. Abbott and Elizabeth M. Griffin, Grace graduated from Grand Island College in 1898. Before embarking on her career in social work, she was employed as a high school teacher in her hometown through 1906. In 1903, she started graduate studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In 1907, she moved to Chicago, where she entered the career of social work. She took up residency in the Hull House, an urban center for women engaged in early proto-feminism and social reform, as well as a safe haven for the poor. In 1909, Abbott received a Ph.M. in political sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Grace Baloyo
Mary Grace Pango Baloyo (October 30, 1973 – March 26, 2001) was a Filipino flight officer in the Philippine Air Force who posthumously became the first female member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to receive the Medal of Valor. Early life Mary Grace P. Baloyo was born in Bacolod, Negros Occidental to Rommie Baloyo and Annie Pango, who were meat vendors at the city's Libertad Market. Baloyo took up her primary and secondary education in her hometown, and graduated from the St. Scholastica's Academy in 1991. She then entered Cebu Institute of Technology – University and took up Bachelor’s Science degree in Airline Management. Upon earning her bachelors degree, she applied and passed for the Philippine Air Force Flying School (PAFFS) at Basilio Fernando Air Base in Lipa City Lipa (), officially the City of Lipa ( fil, Lungsod ng Lipa), is a 1st class component city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Ayensu
Grace Ayensu was a Ghanaian politician. She was a member of parliament representing the Western Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for the Gomoa constituency from 1965 to 1966. Ayensu was among the first women to enter the parliament of Ghana in 1960 under the representation of the people (women members) act. She was among the 10 women who were elected unopposed on 27 June 1960 on the ticket Convention People's Party. Early life and education Grace was born on 24 September 1914 at Elmina. She was educated at St. Peter's School in Sekondi and the Elmina Convent in Elmina from 1921 to 1927. Career and politics Ayensu left school and became a trader in 1928. She traded in textiles, provisions and hardware. In addition to trading, she was involved the timber business from 1941 to 1958. Ayensu volunteered for several organizations including serving as first woman President for the Sekondi/Takoradi Consumers' Cooperative Society in 1945 and patron of the Sekon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Arnold
Grace Arnold (19 September 1894 – 26 February 1979) was an English actress. Selected filmography * ''Guilt'' (1931) * ''Men Without Honour'' (1939) - Mrs. Hardy * ''Crimes at the Dark House'' (1940) - Maid (uncredited) * ''Spare a Copper'' (1940) - Music Shop Customer (uncredited) * ''Went the Day Well?'' (1942) - Mrs. Owen * ''The Gentle Sex'' (1943) - Restaurant attendant (uncredited) * ''The Bells Go Down'' (1943) - Canteen Lady (uncredited) * ''The Lamp Still Burns'' (1943) - Sister Grace Annie Sprock (uncredited) * ''The Way Ahead'' (1944) - Mrs. Fletcher * ''Give Me the Stars'' (1945) - Mrs. Gossage * ''Johnny Frenchman'' (1945) - Mrs. Matthews * ''Painted Boats'' (1945) - His Sister * ''The Trojan Brothers'' (1946) - Mrs. Johnson * '' They Knew Mr. Knight'' (1946) - Isabel Blake * ''The Captive Heart'' (1946) - Official (uncredited) * ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946) - Nurse (uncredited) * ''Hue and Cry'' (1947) - Dicky's Mother * ''The Loves of Joanna Godden'' (1947) - Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Apiafi
Grace Apiafi (born 27 November 1958) is a former track and field athlete from Nigeria, who competed in the shot put and discus throw events during her career. She represented her native West African country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ..., where she did not reach the final in either competition. International competitions External links * * 1958 births Living people Nigerian female shot putters Nigerian female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Nigeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Junior college women's track and field athletes in the United States {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Andrews (mathematician)
Grace Andrews (May 30, 1869 – July 27, 1951) was an American mathematician. She, along with Charlotte Angas Scott, was one of only two women listed in the first edition of ''American Men of Science'', which appeared in 1906. Education Andrews was one of five children of Edward Gayer Andrews, a Methodist Episcopal bishop and school administrator; she was born in Brooklyn, and moved frequently as a child, including stays in Ohio, Iowa, Washington DC, and Europe. She was a student at Mount Vernon Seminary and College, and obtained her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in 1890, taking a five-year program at Wellesley that also included music. She went to Columbia University for graduate study, earned an A.M. in 1899, and completed a Ph.D. in 1901. Her dissertation was ''The Primitive Double Minimal Surface of the Seventh Class and its Conjugate''. Career She worked as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics for Barnard College from 1900 to 1902. She then served as accoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Andreacchi
Grace Andreacchi (born December 3, 1954) is an American-born author known for her blend of poetic language and modernism with a post-modernist sensibility. Andreacchi is active as a novelist, poet and playwright. Biography Grace Andreacchi was born in New York City and grew up in the Inwood section of Manhattan. She was educated at the Academy of Mount St. Ursula High School, and went on to study theatre at the Stella Adler Studio. A brief period on the stage was followed by the study of philosophy, first at Hunter College (New York City), and then at Binghamton University (Binghamton, New York). In her final year she received a fellowship to study at Bedford College, London. During this time she specialised in the philosophies of ancient Greece and medieval Europe, as well as additional studies in Chinese philosophy and freudian thought. Since 1989 Andreacchi has lived in Europe, moving first to Paris, then rural Normandy, and later to Berlin (1994–1998) and London, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Greenwood Ames
Grace Greenwood Ames (born Brooklyn, January 15, 1905 – died New York City, July 21, 1979) was an American artist and social realism muralist. She worked in Mexico on murals alongside historical artists. When she married, rather than dropping her maiden name she added her husband's surname ''Ames'' on to the end of her name, and called herself variously 'Grace Greenwood', 'Grace Ames', or (as she has become known) 'Grace Greenwood Ames'. Later in life she became known as 'Grace Crampton'. Biography Grace Greenwood was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 15, 1905, to Walter Greenwood and Kathryn Boyland. Her father was a painter and her younger sister Marion Greenwood was also an artist. Ames studied at Art Students League of New York, alongside her sister. She went on to study art in Italy in the 1920s. In 1929, both of the Greenwood sisters participated in the famed Bohemian event, the Maverick Festival (1915–1931) at the Maverick Art Colony in Woodstock, New York. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Alele-Williams
Grace Alele-Williams (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, and the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University of Benin.. Early life and education Grace Awani Alele was born to Itsekiri parents in Warri, Western Region (present-day Delta State), Nigeria on 16 December 1932. She attended Government School, Warri, Queen's College, Lagos and the University College of Ibadan (now University of Ibadan). She obtained a master's degree in mathematics while teaching at Queen's School, Ede in Osun State in 1957 and her PhD degree in mathematics education at the University of Chicago (U.S.) in 1963, thereby making her the first Nigerian woman to be awarded a doctorate. Grace Alele was married later that year and became known as Grace Alele-Williams. She returned to Nigeria for a couple of years' postdoctoral work at the University of Ibadan before joining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Alekhine
Grace Norton Eisler Peeke Freeman Bromley Alekhine (born Grace Norton Wishaar; 26 October 1876 – 21 February 1956) was an American-British- French artist, chess master, and the fourth and last wife of World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine, who was her fifth husband. Biography Early life Grace Norton Wishaar was born in 1876 in Beverly, New Jersey. Her parents were Émile Bernard Wishaar (born Weishaar in Paris, 1842, died in Richmond, Washington on 8 September 1918) and Marie Ida Smith. The family moved to San Jose, California and then to Seattle, Washington. She received training at the New York School of Art under William Chase, and began her career in painting there. She married Whitney Irving Eisler in Seattle, Washington on 13 September 1897; the next year her son was born there. He was known as Carroll Earl Beauchamp Peeke (1898–1991) throughout his life. She married Oscar Graham Peeke in Seattle, Washington on 5 March 1902. Career as an artist She moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Albee
Grace Thurston Arnold Albee (July 28, 1890 – July 26, 1985) was an American printmaker and wood engraver. During her sixty-year career life, she created more than two hundred and fifty prints from linocuts, woodcuts, and wood engravings. She received over fifty awards and has her works in thirty-three museum collections. She was the first female graphic artist to receive full membership to the National Academy of Design. Early life Albee was born in Scituate, Rhode Island to Henry Cranston Arnold and Susanne Arabella Thurston. Despite her father's resistance towards her artistic creativity, Albee was awarded two Saturday Scholarships to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) during her high school education at Providence, Rhode Island between 1906 and 1907. She entered the Rhode Island School of Design in 1910 and graduated in 1912. At RISD, Albee enrolled in the Department of Freehand Drawing and Painting, where she was recognized for her artistic achievements. Additionally, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
