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Greenleaf (name)
Greenleaf is a surname, and occasionally also a given name. People surnamed Greenleaf * Cat Greenleaf (born 1972), American TV reporter * Diunna Greenleaf (born 1957), American blues singer and songwriter * Elizabeth Bristol Greenleaf (1895–1980), American collector of folk songs * Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf (1681–1762), American apothecary * Frank Greenleaf (1877–1953), Canadian sports administrator * Halbert S. Greenleaf (1827–1906), U.S. Representative; spouse of Jean Brooks Greenleaf * James Greenleaf (1765–1843), important early American land speculator * Jean Brooks Greenleaf (1832–1918), American woman suffragist; spouse of Halbert S. Greenleaf * Ralph Greenleaf (1899–1950), American pocket billiard champion * Robert K. Greenleaf (1904–1990), founder of the modern Servant leadership movement * Stewart Greenleaf (1939-2021), American politician * Simon Greenleaf (1783–1853), American jurist * William Greenleaf (born 1948), American science fiction author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Greenleaf
Catherine Kaye Greenleaf (born March 13, 1972) is the former host of ''Talk Stoop''. Career Born in White Plains, New York, Greenleaf started her career as an airborne traffic reporter for KGO (AM) radio in San Francisco in 1999. The following year, she moved back to the East Coast and reported traffic on NY1, then moved to news reporting on WRNN-TV in Queens, New York. NYC Media hired Greenleaf to produce her own weekly lifestyle segment, ''On the Prowl with Cat Greenleaf''. Greenleaf moved to WNBC, working as the station's Features Reporter, primarily on ''Today in New York'', and the ''11 O'clock News''. Her spots were seen on affiliates around the nation, as well as on the national ''Weekend Today Show'', and the New York Non-Stop channel. Shortly after the birth of her first son, Primo, Greenleaf started hosting ''Talk Stoop''. The show now airs in the top nine markets, and between broadcast, digital, and out-of-home platforms, ''Talk Stoop'' is viewed nearly 12 million ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Greenleaf
Stewart John Greenleaf Sr. (October 4, 1939 – February 9, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1979 to 2019. Greenleaf represented the 12th District, which includes portions of eastern Montgomery County and southern Bucks County. Early life and education Greenleaf is a 1961 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received his J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law. Career He served as an assistant district attorney in Montgomery County from 1970 to 1977 and as an assistant public defender in Bucks County. In 1971, Greenleaf was elected as a Commissioner for his hometown of Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. After one term, Greenleaf was elected to a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1976. He served a single term in the house before winning his bid for the State Senate in 1978. He was reelected seven times. Greenleaf considered a run for U.S. Congress in 1993, bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings, as well as his 1866 book ''Snow-Bound''. Biography Early life and work John Greenleaf Whittier was born to John and Abigail ( Hussey) Whittier at their rural homestead in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1807. His middle name is thought to mean ''feuillevert'', after his Huguenot forebears. He grew up on the farm in a household with his parents, a brother and two sisters, a maternal aunt and paternal uncle, and a constant flow of visitors and hired hands for the farm. As a boy, it was discovered that Whittier was color-blind when he was unable to see a difference between ripe and unripe strawberries. The farm was not very profitable, and there was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezra Greenleaf Weld
Ezra Greenleaf Weld (October 26, 1801 – October 14, 1874), often known simply as "Greenleaf", was a photographer and an operator of a daguerreotype studio in Cazenovia, New York. He and his family were involved with the abolitionist movement. Family Greenleaf was the son of Ludovicus Weld and Elizabeth (Clark) Weld. His brother was Theodore Dwight Weld, one of the most important abolitionists of his era. These Welds are all members of the very notable Weld Family of New England and share ancestry with Tuesday Weld, William Weld, and others. Personal life Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut and lived there until 1825 when his family moved to Pompey, New York. He married Mary Ann Parker on August 16, 1827. Mary died on April 30, 1831, soon after giving birth to her second child. After moving to Cazenovia, Ezra remarried to Deborah Richmond Wood on April 12, 1840 and they later had four children. Photography Weld opened his first studio in his home in 1845. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenleaf S
Greenleaf may refer to: Places United States Inhabited places * Greenleaf, California, former name of Gregg, California * Greenleaf, Idaho * Greenleaf, Kansas * Greenleaf, Minnesota * Greenleaf, Oregon * Greenleaf, Wisconsin * Greenleaf Township (other) Other places in the US * Greenleaf at Cheltenham, an outdoor shopping center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Greenleaf Hut, an Appalachian Mountain Club hut in the White Mountains of New Hampshire * Greenleaf Peak, a mountain in the Cascade Range, Washington * Greenleaf Point, former name of Buzzard Point, Washington, D.C. * Greenleaf Lake (other) * Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area, Minnesota * Greenleaf State Park, Oklahoma Publishers * Greenleaf Book Group, a publisher and book distributor (founded 1997), Austin, Texas, US * Greenleaf Publishing, a publisher of academic and professional books and journals (founded 1992), Yorkshire, UK * Greenleaf Publishing (1950s–1970s), a publishing house founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenleaf Whittier Pickard
Greenleaf Whittier Pickard (February 14, 1877, Portland, Maine – January 8, 1956, Newton, Massachusetts) was a United States radio pioneer. Pickard was a researcher in the early days of wireless. While not the earliest discoverer of the rectifying properties of contact between certain solid materials, he was largely responsible and most famous for the development of the crystal detector, the earliest type of diode detector. The crystal detector was the central component in many early radio receivers from around 1906 until about 1920. Pickard also experimented with antennas, radio wave propagation and noise suppression. On August 30, 1906 he filed a patent for a silicon crystal detector, which was granted on November 20, 1906. On June 10, 1907 he filed a patent for a Magnetic Aerial (a loop aerial) which was granted on January 21, 1908. Pickard's loop antenna had directional properties that could be used to reduce interference to the intended wireless communications. On June 21, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenleaf Clark
Greenleaf Clark (August 23, 1835 – December 7, 1904) was an American jurist. Born in Plaistow, New Hampshire, Clark received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1866 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1857. He then moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota to practice law and was an attorney for the Great Northern Railroad. Clark served briefly on the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1881 and 1882. Clark died suddenly at his winter home in Lamanda Park, Pasadena, California Lamanda Park is a neighborhood in Pasadena, California. It is bordered roughly by Foothill Boulevard to the north, Del Mar Boulevard to the south, the Eaton Wash to the east, and Allen Avenue to the west, with a panhandle extending south along th ....'Native of Plaistow, N. H.-Judge Greenleaf Clark of St. Paul Dies Suddenly,' The Boston Globe, December 8, 1904, pg. 7 Notes 1835 births 1904 deaths People from Plaistow, New Hampshire People from Pasadena, California Politicians from Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Greenleaf
William Greenleaf (born August 9, 1948) is an American author. He was born in Illinois, spent most of his life in Southern Arizona, and now lives in New Mexico near Santa Fe. He is a graduate of Arizona State University and worked as a corporate strategic and financial planner before changing careers to become a novelist, freelance book editor, and creative writing instructor. Published works Although Greenleaf has ghostwritten novels in many genres, as well as a variety of nonfiction books, he is best known for the science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ... novels published under his own name. His novels are traditional science fiction, and their common theme is the resilience of the human spirit and the ability of ordinary people, when threatened by extr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Greenleaf
Simon Greenleaf (December 5, 1783 – October 6, 1853), was an American lawyer and jurist. He was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts before moving to New Gloucester where he was admitted to the Cumberland County bar. Early life and legal career Greenleaf's family traces its ancestry back to Edmund Greenleaf, who lived in Ipswich, Suffolk in England before emigrating and settling in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The Greenleaf family flourished in this part of Massachusetts for almost 150 years prior to Simon's birth in 1783. Simon's father, Moses Greenleaf, married Lydia Parsons, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Parsons of Newburyport. Their son Moses Greenleaf (1777–1834), Simon's older brother, became a distinguished surveyor and mapmaker in Maine. In the 1790s, Simon's parents moved to New Gloucester in Maine, leaving him in Newburyport under the care of his grandfather Jonathan Greenleaf. There Simon was educated at the Latin school and studied the Greco-Roman classics. When h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert K
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diunna Greenleaf
Diunna Greenleaf (born October 6, 1957) is an American blues singer and songwriter. At the 2014 Blues Music Awards, Greenleaf won the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female), beating fellow nominees Teeny Tucker, Lavelle White, Trudy Lynn, and Zora Young. Life and career Diunna Fay Greenleaf was born in Houston, Texas, United States. Her parents, Ben and Mary Ella Greenleaf (née Travis), were religiously devout and involved in gospel music. Her early musical influences included Sam Cooke, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Koko Taylor, and Aretha Franklin. Before her musical career, Greenleaf obtained a degree in Mass Communications at the Prairie View A&M University. Greenleaf and her backing band, Blue Mercy, have performed on the international stage for a number of years. In 2005, they took part and triumphed at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. She was President of the Houston Blues Society for three years, becoming the first woman to undertake that role. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Greenleaf
Ralph Greenleaf (November 3, 1899 in Monmouth, Illinois – March 15, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American professional pool and carom billiards player. He was a 19 time World Pocket Billiards Champion, who dominated the sport during his heyday. His obituary in ''The New York Times'' said of Greenleaf, in March 1950: "What Babe Ruth did for baseball, Dempsey did for fighting, Tilden did for tennis...Greenleaf did for pocket billiards." The championships of his era were contested in the game of 14.1 continuous ("straight pool"), but varied in format from contest to contest and were not annual events. Championships were challenge matches between two players often played over several days to relatively high numbers (1,500 for example). He was one of the first three members inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame, in 1966. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
