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Hixon (surname)
Hixon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brandon Hixon (1981–2018), American politician * Camomile Hixon (born 1970), American visual artist *Curtis Hixon (1891–1956), mayor of Tampa, Florida, U.S. **Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa **Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa *David Hixon (born 1952), American college basketball coach *Domenik Hixon (born 1984), American football wide receiver * Gideon Hixon (1826–1892), American politician and businessman ** Gideon C. Hixon House in La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. *Jack Hixon (1920 or 1921 – 2009), English football talent scout *Ken Hixon, American screenwriter *Lex Hixon (1941–1995), American Sufi author and poet *Michael Hixon Michael Hixon (born July 16, 1994) is an American diver. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won the silver medal with Sam Dorman in the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the ... (born 1994), American diver * Stan H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Hixon
Brandon Antone Hixon (October 26, 1981 – January 9, 2018) was an American politician and an Idaho Republican Party member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017, representing District 10, Seat A. He resigned in late 2017 while under criminal investigation and killed himself in January 2018. Education Hixon, a fourth-generation Idahoan, was born in 1981 and raised in Salmon, Idaho. He graduated from Salmon High School. He went on to graduate from Idaho State University with a degree in construction management. Elections 2012 Hixon ran against Jarom Wagoner for the Republican nomination winning with 51.5% of the vote. Hixon won on the November 6, 2012, general election with 6,677 votes (54.0%) against Democratic nominee Travis Manning. 2014 Hixon was unopposed in the May Republican Primary. Hixon defeated Manning again, winning with 58.9% of the vote. 2016 Hixon was unopposed in the May Republican Primary. Hixon defeated Jeremy Lopett in the general elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hixon
Ken Hixon is an American screenwriter, best known for films including ''Welcome to the Rileys'', ''City by the Sea'' and ''Inventing the Abbotts''. He is married to Melanie Otey and has two children: Lillian and Samuel Hixon. His son, Sam, is a filmmaker. Early life Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Hixon studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. His classmates included Anna Deavere Smith, Gregory Itzin, M. C. Gainey and Harry Hamlin. Career Hixon was a stage actor who worked in regional theatre prior to his move to Los Angeles, where his roles in film and television included appearances in George A. Romero's ''Knightriders'' (1981), ''Bitter Harvest'' (1981), and ''The Hollywood Knights'' (1980). He later gained work as a screenwriter. Other films included ''Incident at Deception Ridge'' (1994), ''Morgan Stewart's Coming Home'' (1987), and ''Grandview, U.S.A.'' (1984). Two of his television films, ''Secret Sins of the Father'' (1994) and ''Caught in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William S
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hixon McDonald (junior)
William Hixon McDonald (junior) (1840-1898) was an Australian miner, political candidate and pioneer of Corindhap, Victoria. Biography William McDonald was born in Green Ponds (now known as Kempton), Tasmania on 8 June 1840. His father, William Hixon McDonald (senior), was a soldier with the 2nd/51st King’s Own Light Infantry Regiment and had been stationed in Van Diemen's Land since 1838. After his father purchased a discharge from the army, the family crossed the Bass Strait to settle on the mainland at Freshwater Creek in the Parish of Duneed, south of Geelong in 1847. It was here, that McDonald met and married Kezia Rankin (1844-1893), daughter of Samuel and Sarah Rankin and the aunt of Edwin ‘ Teddy’ Rankin, the renowned Geelong footballer. William and Kezia had 15 children. Other members of the Rankin family also played for Geelong. During the Victorian goldrush, the McDonalds moved to Corindhap, where both father and son tried their luck at the Break o'Day digg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hixon McDonald (senior)
William Hixon McDonald (senior) (1815-1869) was an Australian soldier-settler, who was amongst the first gold miners at Corindhap, Victoria. Biography McDonald was born c. 1815 in Enniscorthy, Ireland. He seems to have married Elizabeth Reid at Belfast, c. 1834. In February 1836, McDonald enlisted in the 2nd/51st King’s Own Light Infantry Regiment. Before he joined the army, he had been working in Dublin as a slater. His wife almost certainly accompanied him when McDonald’s regiment was posted to Van Diemen’s Land in December 1838. Their main duties in the colony concerned the supervision of convicts. The family was first stationed at "Malcolm’s Huts" near Richmond, then Port Arthur, before being sent to a more permanent posting at Green Ponds (now known as Kempton) in August 1839. Elizabeth bore two children at Green Ponds. McDonald purchased his discharge from the army in 1842 and in 1847 joined other ‘over-straiters’, taking his family to Victoria, where they s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Hixon Isnogle
Walter Hixon Isnogle was an American impressionist artist from Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s .... Isnogle was known for his participation in the Indianapolis City Hospital Project. Walter Hixon Isnogle was born in Ohio in 1887 and lived most of his life in Indianapolis. He married Ruth Collier (b. 1891). Career Walter Hixon Isnogle was a student of the John Herron Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana. “Though little information is published about Isnogle, his participation in the City Hospital project is well-documented.” Isnogle was one of several artists to participate in the project, and was also one of many Hoosier Group artists to have participated in the project led by William Forsyth. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Isnogle, Walter Hixon Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Hixon
Stan Hixon (born July 24, 1957) is an American football coach and former player. Hixon was most recently the wide receivers coach at Temple. Playing career Hixon played four years at Iowa State and accrued career numbers of 46 catches for 776 yards. Coaching career Following his graduation, Hixon served as an assistant coach at Morehead State, Appalachian State, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and LSU before coaching leaving the college ranks for the NFL. Hixon was the wide receivers coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) for six years, until January 2010, when his contract was not renewed after the Redskins hired new head coach Mike Shanahan. Following his departure from Washington, Hixon served as the wide receiver coach under Chan Gailey Thomas Chandler Gailey Jr. (born January 5, 1952) is a former American football coach. Most recently in 2020, he was the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hixon
Michael Hixon (born July 16, 1994) is an American diver. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won the silver medal with Sam Dorman in the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the silver medal with Andrew Capobianco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the same event. Early life and education Hixon was born on July 16, 1994, in Amherst, Massachusetts, to Mandy and David Hixon. He has an older brother, Matthew. Hixon's parents have both coached in American collegiate sports. His father was the head coach for the men's basketball team at Amherst College. His mother, an All-American diver at Ohio State University, helped foster his interest in diving after he joined her at a diving practice while she was a diving coach at Amherst College. Soon after, she became his personal coach, and he began entering competitions two years later. Growing up, Hixon was also involved in basketball, football, and lacrosse, but after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Hixon
Lex Hixon (1941–1995) (born Alexander Paul Hixon Junior, also known as Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi in the Sufi community) was an American Sufi author, poet, and spiritual teacher. He practiced and held membership in several religious traditions. He believed that all religions are true, which was sparked by his study of the life and teachings of Ramakrishna. Life and education Hixon was born on December 25, 1941, in Pasadena, California, one of three sons of Alexander and Adelaide Hixon. He married his second wife, Sheila, in 1965; they had two daughters Shanti, India, and one son, Dylan. Hixon also had a daughter, Alexandra, from a previous marriage to Margaret Taylor. He graduated from Yale University in 1963, where he majored in philosophy, and he received a PhD in comparative religion from Columbia University in 1976. His doctoral thesis was on the Gaudapada Karika, a Sanskrit scripture of the very early Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. Early spiritual training Hixo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hixon
John Hixon (7 February 1921 – 20 December 2009) was an English football talent scout. A familiar face at football games across the North East for decades, Hixon played a major part in furthering the careers of many footballers from the region. Working as Burnley's scout in the North East for many years, Hixon also recommended players to Southampton, Ipswich Town, Sunderland and Newcastle United. His most notable protégé was Alan Shearer Alan Shearer CBE DL (born 13 August 1970) is an English football pundit and retired football player and manager who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premie ..., with whom he remained close friends up until his death. References 1921 births 2009 deaths Ipswich Town F.C. non-playing staff {{England-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camomile Hixon
Camomile Hixon (born Camomile Mary Weiss in 1970) is an American visual artist whose primary medium is glitter and paint on canvas. Her works range from large-scale installations and environments to ''The Search for the Missing Unicorn'', an interactive street art project that has reached over 120 countries. Early life and education Hixon was born in New York City and raised in Milford, Connecticut. She studied filmmaking and philosophy at Hofstra University. Career She moved to Los Angeles to work in the film industry as an executive for Sanford-Pillsbury Productions. During that time, Hixon developed independent film projects and focused on music; composing, singing and recording. She also studied the classical music of North India under Guruji Mala Ganguly including voice in Sanskrit/Bengali and harmonium. After a number of years, Hixon returned to New York City with her husband, Dylan, and two sons. Glitter paintings In 2010 Hixon made the first Glitter YES painting fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh and lived in Ephra (Ophrah). As a leader of the Israelites, he won a decisive victory over a Midianite army despite a vast numerical disadvantage, leading a troop of 300 "valiant" men. Archaeologists in southern Israel have found a 3,100-year-old fragment of a jug with five letters written in ink that appear to represent the name Jerubbaal, or Yeruba'al. Names The nineteenth-century Strong's Concordance derives the name "Jerubbaal" from "Baal will contend", in accordance with the folk etymology, given in . According to biblical scholar Lester Grabbe (2007), " udges6.32 gives a nonsensical etymology of his name; it means something like 'Let Baal be great. Likewise, where Strong gave the meaning "hewer" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
