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Hovey (surname)
Hovey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821–1891), American Civil War Union general, governor of Indiana and Indiana Supreme Court justice * Charles Edward Hovey (1827–1897), educator, college president and general in the U.S. Army * Charles Fox Hovey (1807–1859), businessman in Boston, Massachusetts * Charles Mason Hovey (1810–1887), American nurseryman, seed merchant, journalist and author * Charles Hovey (naval officer) (1885–1911), U.S. Navy officer * Chester Ralph Hovey (1872–1953), Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court * Elliot Hovey (born 1983), American Olympic rower * Frederick Hovey (1868–1945), American tennis player * George Rice Hovey (1860–1943), American university president, minister, professor and author * Natasha Hovey (born 1967), Italian actress * Richard Hovey (1864–1900), American poet, songwriter and playwright * Serge Hovey (1920–1989), American composer and ethnomusicologist See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Peterson Hovey
Alvin Peterson Hovey (September 6, 1821 – November 23, 1891) was a Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the 21st governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891. During the war he played an important role in the Western theatre, earning high approval from General Ulysses Grant, and uncovered a secret plot for an uprising in Indiana. As governor, he launched several legal challenges to the Indiana General Assembly's removal of his powers, but was mostly unsuccessful. He successfully advocated election reform before he died in office. Early life Family and background Alvin Peterson Hovey was born in Mount Vernon, Indiana, on September 6, 1821, to Abiel and Francis Hovey. His father died while he was a young boy, and his mother died in 1836, when he was just fifteen, leaving him orphaned. His youth was spent in poverty, and after being sent to an orphanage following his mother's death, he received a basic education before being t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edward Hovey
Charles Edward Hovey (April 26, 1827 – November 17, 1897) was an educator, college president, pension lobbyist and a brevet major general in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Early life Hovey was born in Thetford, Vermont, on April 26, 1827, to Alfred and Abigail Hovey (nee Howard). At the age of fifteen, he began teaching in Vermont before becoming a lumberjack for a short time. In 1848, he enrolled in Dartmouth to pursue his college degree, teaching during the summer to help pay for his education.Freed, John B., "Educating Illinois: Illinois State University, 1857-2007" (2009). Educating Illinois. 30. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/eil/1 He graduated from Dartmouth in 1852. He briefly studied law and taught school in Framingham, Massachusetts, becoming the principal of the Framingham Academy and High School. Hovey moved to Illinois after his time at the Framingham Academy, where he served as principal and then superintendent of schools in Peoria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Fox Hovey
Charles Fox Hovey (1807–1859) was a businessman in Boston, Massachusetts who established C.F. Hovey and Co., a department store on Summer Street. Through the years Hovey's business partners included Washington Williams, James H. Bryden, Richard C. Greenleaf and John Chandler. The Johnson family (Fidelity Investments Edward C. Johnson II) got their start at C.F. Hovey and Co. with Samuel Johnson Jr. In 1947 Jordan Marsh absorbed Hovey's. Hovey was also an abolitionist and a supporter of other social reform movements. He was one of a group of Boston businessmen who provided most of the funding for the American Anti-Slavery Society. He also signed the call to the first National Woman's Rights Convention in 1850. Hovey left a bequest of $50,000 to support abolitionism and other types of social reform, including "women's rights, non-resistance, free trade and temperance." The bequest was used to create the Hovey Fund, which provided significant support to social reform movements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mason Hovey
Charles Mason Hovey (October 26, 1810 - 1887) was an American nurseryman, seed merchant, journalist and author of horticultural books best known for his two-volume large quarto, ''The Fruits of America'' published between 1848 and 1856 and containing some 100 chromolithographs by William Sharp, the British-born lithographer and artist, with an extremely rare third volume which was partly published. Hovey was an honorary member of the Royal Societies of London and of Edinburgh. Biography Charles was the sixth of seven children born to Sarah Stone Hovey and Phineas Brown Hovey, who ran a grocery store at the comer of Main and Brookline Streets, and dealt in the sale and rental of property in Cambridge. In 1832 Hovey and his brother Phineas started ''Hovey & Co.'', a seed store and nursery in Cambridge, the nursery eventually growing to 40 acres in extent. Hovey set out to publish a magazine that would appeal to gardeners and showcase the various American fruits of interest. He beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hovey (naval Officer)
Charles Emerson Hovey (10 January 1885 – 24 September 1911) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Philippine–American War. He wrote the first edition of the ''Watch Officer's Manual'', published in 1911 and kept in print in subsequent revisions into the 21st century by the United States Naval Institute. Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Hovey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1907. He served aboard the in the Philippines in 1911. While in charge of a shore party on the island of Basilan, Hovey was killed by gunshot when attacked by Filipinos on 24 September 1911. was named for him. Veterans of Foreign Wars post #168 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is also named for him as Emerson Hovey. There is some irony in this - the Philippine conflict was not classified as a "foreign war" at the time of his death, since the Philippines was then a U.S. colony. There is also a fountain in Portsmouth's waterfront Prescott Park (New Hampshire), Prescott Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Ralph Hovey
Chester Ralph Hovey (January 21, 1872 – November 9, 1953) was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1921 to 1923. Early life, education, and career Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Hovey attended public high school in Durand, Wisconsin, graduating in 1888, and thereafter moving to Ellensburg, Washington.Charles H. Sheldon, ''The Washington High Bench: A Biographical History of the State Supreme Court, 1889–1991'' (1992), p. 218-19.H. James Boswell, ''American Blue Book: Western Washington, Seattle'' (Lowman and Hanford Co., 1922), p. 41. He "worked odd jobs and in a grocery store, studying law at night with Judge Ralph Kauffman", in Kittitas County, Washington. In 1893, Hovey was admitted to the bar, and "at once entered the practice of his profession in Ellensburg". Hovey was elected prosecuting attorney of Kittitas County from 1899 to 1901 and from 1910 to 1912. When he was not holding this office, he served as Ellensburg City Attorney, developing expertise in water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Hovey
Elliot Meyer Hovey (born 17 February 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American rower who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. During his youth in New England, Hovey's athletic focus was primarily on downhill ski racing. By high school he lost interest and began his rowing career at Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut (1999). He quickly rose through the ranks on Salisbury's Crew with hopes of following his grandfather's footsteps and row on an Ivy League college team. In the process, Hovey posted nationally ranked Concept2 ergometer scores for 2000 meter tests at the Junior level. He was invited to the US Junior National Rowing Team selection camps in 2000 and 2001 which both took place on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hovey failed to be selected and was cut from both teams. He was then recruited by coaches Booth Kyle and Ed Kloman (2000) as well as Evans Liolin and Colin Campbell (2001) to row with the Boston Rowin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Hovey
Frederick Howard Hovey (October 7, 1868 – October 18, 1945) was a male tennis player from the United States. Biography Frederick Howard Hovey was born on October 7, 1868 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. His brother was George Rice Hovey, and his father was Alvah Hovey. Hovey won the NCAA men's singles championship in 1890 while attending Harvard University. In 1893 Hovey won the men's doubles title at the U.S. National Championships with his partner Clarence Hobart with a victory over Oliver Campbell and Robert Huntington. In 1895 he won the men's title at the U.S. National Championships after defeating Robert Wrenn in three straight sets in the Challenge Round. That same year Hovey was ranked No. 1 in the United States. He died on October 18, 1945 in Miami Beach, Florida. In 1974, Hovey was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honors both players and other contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rice Hovey
Rev. George Rice Hovey (January 17, 1860 – January 17, 1943) was an American university president, professor, minister, and author. He served as the President of Wayland Seminary from 1897 to 1899; and as the President of Virginia Union University (VUU) from 1904 to 1918. Hovey taught theology, Hebrew, New Testament Greek, and philosophy. In his late career he worked to create an extension course for Black ministers. He was also known as George Hovey Rice. Early life and education George Rice Hovey was born on January 17, 1860 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, to parents Augusta M. (née Rice) and Alvah Hovey. His brother was tennis player Frederick Hovey. His father Alvah Hovey was a professor of theology and president of the Newton Theological Institute. He graduated with a B.A. degree (1882) from Brown University, where he competed as a baseball athlete. Hovey was awarded the Foster Prize in Greek studies. He continued his studies at Newton Theological Institute (Andover N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Hovey
Natasha Hovey (born August 14, 1967) is a Lebanese-Italian-French former film and television actress and a radio-hostess. Hovey was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of an American musician father and a Dutch graphologist mother. She moved to Rome at 7, and at 16 debuted as actress with a leading role in Carlo Verdone's ''Acqua e sapone''. Her typical role was the young, pretty high-class girl. She also appeared in commercials, television programs and stage works. In the late 1990s she moved to Paris and retired from the entertainment industry. Selected filmography * ''Acqua e sapone'' (1983) * '' Summer Games'' (1984) * ''Demons'' (1985) * '' Compagni di scuola'' (1988) * '' Volevo i pantaloni'' (1990) * ''La piovra ''La Piovra'' (; en, The Octopus, referring to the Mafia) is an Italian television drama series about the Mafia. The series was directed by various directors who each worked on different seasons, including Damiano Damiani (first season), Flores ...' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hovey
Richard Hovey (May 4, 1864 – February 24, 1900) was an American poet. Graduating from Dartmouth College in 1885, he is known in part for penning the school Alma Mater, '' Men of Dartmouth''. Biography Hovey was born in Normal, Illinois, the son of Major General Charles Edward Hovey and Harriet Spofford Hovey. He grew up in North Amherst, Massachusetts, and in Washington, D.C., before attending Dartmouth. His first volume of poems was privately published in 1880. He collaborated with Canadian poet Bliss Carman on three volumes of "tramp" verse: ''Songs from Vagabondia'' (1894), ''More Songs from Vagabondia'' (1896), and ''Last Songs from Vagabondia'' (1900), the last being published after Hovey's death. Hovey and Carman were members of the "Visionists" social circle along with F. Holland Day and Herbert Copeland, who published the "Vagabondia" series. Some twenty-nine poets have attempted to write sequels for Byron's ''Don Juan''. Hovey was one of them. Samuel Chew praised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Hovey
Serge Hovey (1920 – 5 May 1989) was a composer and ethnomusicologist. Life Hovey was born in New York City in 1920. He studied piano with Edward Steuermann and composition with Hanns Eisler and Arnold Schoenberg. He was musical director for the first American production of Bertolt Brecht's ''Life of Galileo'' in Los Angeles in 1947. He composed the theatrical scores for '' Tevya and His Daughters'' and ''The World of Sholom Aleichem'', among others. In 1976, when Jean Redpath began recording the complete songs of Robert Burns, Hovey researched and arranged 324 songs for the project but died before the project could be completed, leaving only seven of the planned twenty-two volumes. Death Hovey died in Pacific Palisades, California, after a twenty-year struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
