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Greely (other)
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Greely may refer to: People Surname * Adolphus Greely (1844–1935), American polar explorer and United States Army officer *Ann F. Jarvis Greely (1831-1914), American women's rights activist *Aurora Greely (born 1905), American choreographer * Hannah Greely (born 1979), American artist * Penny Greely , American wheelchair curler and sitting volleyball player * Rose Greely (1883–1969), an American landscape architect Given name * Greely S. Curtis (1830–1897), American Civil War officer Places * Greely, Ontario, Canada * Fort Greely, U.S. Army missile launch site in Alaska ** Fort Greely, Alaska, census-designated place surrounding Fort Greely See also * Greeley (other) **Horace Greeley (other) Horace Greeley (1811–1872) was editor of the New-York Tribune and an 1872 presidential candidate. __NOTOC__ People * Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht (1877–1970), German economist and politician Sculptures * Statue of Horace Greeley (City Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphus Greely
Adolphus Washington Greely (March 27, 1844 – October 20, 1935) was a United States Army officer and polar explorer. He attained the rank of Major general (United States), major general and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. A native of Newburyport, Massachusetts and an 1860 graduate of Brown High School (now Newburyport High School), in 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army for the American Civil War. He received his commission as a Second lieutenant (United States), second lieutenant in 1863 and was promoted to First lieutenant (United States), first lieutenant in 1864 and Captain (United States O-3), captain in 1865. At the end of the war he received a Brevet (rank), brevet promotion to Major (United States), major in recognition of his wartime accomplishments. After the war, Greely accepted a second lieutenant's commission in the regular army. In 1881, he was appointed to command the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, a 25-man expedition organized to carry out Arctic explor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Greely
Aurora Borealis Greely (1905 – 1983) was an African American dancer and choreographer from the 1920s through the 1940s. Biography Greely was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1905. In 1922 she was a student at Wadleigh High School for Girls and was performing in Irvin C. Miller's play "Liza" which was on Broadway. She started in the chorus, and then moved into leading roles. In 1929 she opened a dancing school in Los Angeles, and in 1932, she took a break from dancing because she suffered from "rheumatic leg". Greely returned to dancing an in 1935 she was described as a "popular dance team" when she danced with Leroy Broomfield. In 1933, she and Broomfield danced before King Gustaf V of Sweden while in Shanghai. At the Cotton Club in Culver City, California Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. Founded in 1917 as a "whites only" sundown town, it is now an ethnically diverse city with what was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Greely
Hannah Greely (born 1979) is an American artist. Biography Hannah Greely was born in Dickson, Tennessee, United States, and now lives in Los Angeles, California. Greely graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ..., in 2002. She became an Artist in Residence at Bangkok University School of Fine and Applied Arts, Thailand in 2004. Greely also received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award in 2005. Exhibitions In 2012, her solo exhibition "Bob van Orsouw" Gallery was displayed in Zurich, Switzerland. Wild Corner, Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece in 2011. At same year, she also had American Exuberance, The Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation and American Contemprory Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Greely
Penny Ricker Greely (born March 10, 1971, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a three time Paralympian for Team USA. She competes as a wheelchair curler and competed as a sitting volleyball player. She played in the bronze medal-winning United States team in Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and competed in Wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Athletic career Greely began her Paralympic career as a sitting volleyball player in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, where she earned a bronze medal. She competed in the 2003 Parapan American Games to qualify for the 2004 Paralympic Team. She has since retired from sitting volleyball. Greely began wheelchair curling in July 2010. She competed in her first international competition in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in February 2011. She has since competed in over a dozen countries internationally, including Finland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Scotland, South Korea, and Russia. She made her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Greely
Rose Ishbel Greely (1887–May 23, 1969) was an American landscape architect and the first female licensed architect in Washington, D.C. Early life and education Rose Isabel Greely was born in Washington, D.C. in 1887. She was the daughter of Arctic explorer, Adolphus Greely and Henrietta H.C. Nesmith. Greely studied fine art at a number of different organizations, including Maryland Agricultural College, the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied interior design, and metal work while in Washington. In Florence, Italy, she studied silver repoussé and metal enameling before deciding to study landscape architecture. She returned to the United States to attend Smith College, studying under Henry Atherton Frost and graduating around 1920 and trained as both architect and landscape architect at the Cambridge School of Domestic and Landscape Architecture for Women, graduating in 1919. Among her fellow students was Gertrude Sawyer, with whom she would later work on an estate t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Greely may refer to: People Surname * Adolphus Greely (1844–1935), American polar explorer and United States Army officer * Ann F. Jarvis Greely (1831-1914), American women's rights activist * Aurora Greely (born 1905), American choreographer * Hannah Greely (born 1979), American artist * Penny Greely , American wheelchair curler and sitting volleyball player * Rose Greely (1883–1969), an American landscape architect Given name * Greely S. Curtis (1830–1897), American Civil War officer Places * Greely, Ontario, Canada * Fort Greely, U.S. Army missile launch site in Alaska **Fort Greely, Alaska Fort Greely is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is home to the Fort Greely military installation. At the 2010 census the population was 539, up from 461 in 2000. Geography Fort Greely ..., census-designated place surrounding Fort Greely See also * Greeley (other) ** Horace Greeley (other) { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greely, Ontario
Greely is a suburban-rural community in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Located south of the city in Osgoode Ward, it was part of the Township of Osgoode prior to amalgamation in 2001. Greely is currently the largest rural village in terms of land area and the third largest in terms of population in the City of Ottawa. According to the Greely Community Association, it is bounded on the east by Sale Barn Road and Greyscreek Road, on the north by Mitch Owens on the west by Manotick Station Road, and on the south by Snake Island Road. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the population within these boundaries was 9,049. It falls within the borders of federal parliamentary riding of Carleton. Provincially, it falls within the riding of Carleton, which shares the same boundaries of its federal counterpart, and is represented on City Council by George Darouze, being in Osgoode Ward. Greely is home to a set of tight-knit and unique communities throughout the village. Most homes sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Greely
Fort Greely is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles located about southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme-cold, and temperate-weather tests depending on the season. It is named in honor of Major General Adolphus Greely. There was an earlier Fort Greely on Kodiak Island. History The early years The camp was established in 1942 as Big Delta Army Air Field. During World War II, the Alaska Highway was built to connect a road in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada with the Richardson Highway in Alaska, a distance of 1,423 miles (2290 km). The Alaska Highway met the Richardson Highway at Delta Junction, five miles (8 km) north on the Richardson Highway from what is now Fort Greely. The United States used the base to help the Soviet Union fight Germany and Japan by sending airplanes and supplies authorized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Greely, Alaska
Fort Greely is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is home to the Fort Greely military installation. At the 2010 census the population was 539, up from 461 in 2000. Geography Fort Greely is located at (63.905016, -145.554566). Fort Greely is located south of Delta Junction on the Richardson Highway. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of . of it is land and of it (0.21%) is water. Army Nuclear Power Program Because of its remote location, Fort Greely was chosen as one of the first US military posts to have a compact, nuclear power reactor to generate heat and electricity, under the auspices of the Army Nuclear Power Program. A nuclear power plant, designated the SM-1A was flown in and installed between 1960–62, and was based on the Army's first prototype reactor, the SM-1 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. SM-1A pressurized-water reactor reached initial criticality on 13 March 1962, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greeley (other)
Greeley can refer to: *Greeley (surname) Places in the United States Counties * Greeley County, Nebraska * Greeley County, Kansas Places * Greeley, Colorado, a city * Greeley, Iowa, a city * Greeley, Kansas, a city * Greeley, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Greeley, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Greeley, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Greeley Center, Nebraska, a village, commonly shortened to Greeley * Greeley, Pennsylvania Other *Greeley Estates, a band from Arizona * Greeley House (Chappaqua, New York) * Horace Greeley High School Horace Greeley High School is a public, four-year secondary school serving students in grades 9– 12 in Chappaqua, New York, United States. It is part of the Chappaqua Central School District. It is consistently ranked among the top high schoo ... See also * Greely (other) ** Horace Greeley (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
