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Harriette Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence
Harriette is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Harriette Chick (1875–1977), notable British protein scientist and nutritionist *Harriette Cole (born 1961), writer and columnist who works for the New York Daily News * Harriette A. Keyser (1841-1936), American industrial reformer and author *Harriette Deborah Lacy (1807–1874), English actress born in London *Harriette Moore (1902–1952), African-American teacher and civil rights worker *Harriette Newell Woods Baker (1815–1893), prolific American author of books for children *Harriette Simpson Arnow (1908–1986), American novelist, claimed by both Kentucky and Michigan as a native daughter *Harriette Smythies (1813-1883), English novelist and poet *Harriette Tarler (1920–2001), American film actress *Harriette Walters served as a tax assessments manager for the District of Columbia *Harriette Wilson (1786–1845), celebrated British Regency courtesan *Harriette Winslow ''Family Matters'' is an American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Chick
Dame Harriette Chick DBE (6 January 1875 – 9 July 1977) was a British microbiologist, protein scientist and nutritionist. She is best remembered for demonstrating the roles of sunlight and cod liver oil in preventing rickets. Biography Early life and education She was born in London, England as the fifth child of seven daughters and four sons of Samuel Chick and Emma Hooley, a Methodist family. Her father owned property and sold lace. The Chick children were brought up strictly with no frivolities and regular attendance at family prayers. All seven girls attended Notting Hill High School, a girls' school thought to be outstanding for its teaching in the sciences. Subsequently, six of the sisters including Harriette continued to study for university degrees. Another of them, Frances Wood, became a notable statistician. Harriette was enrolled at Bedford College, and then as a science student at University College London in 1894 and then proceeded to obtain her doctorate i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Cole
Harriette Cole, is a life stylist, author, nationally syndicated advice columnist, motivational speaker, media trainer, magazine editor, lifestyle writer, wife and mother. Early life Cole was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the middle of three sisters. Her parents are Doris Freeland Cole, a retired kindergarten teacher who has devoted her life to her children, and the Honorable Harry A. Cole, the first black judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals. Cole's sisters are Susan Hill, a vice president at Disney in Los Angeles, and Stephanie Hill, a vice president at Lockheed Martin in Maryland. Education Harriette Cole went to public schools in Baltimore City including Dickey Hill Elementary School, Greenspring Junior High School and Western High School. She graduated from the all-girls' Western High School. Cole spent her first year in college at Towson State University. She completed her college education at Howard University where she became a member of Delta Sigma Theta sororit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette A
Harriette is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Harriette Chick (1875–1977), notable British protein scientist and nutritionist *Harriette Cole (born 1961), writer and columnist who works for the New York Daily News * Harriette A. Keyser (1841-1936), American industrial reformer and author *Harriette Deborah Lacy (1807–1874), English actress born in London *Harriette Moore (1902–1952), African-American teacher and civil rights worker *Harriette Newell Woods Baker (1815–1893), prolific American author of books for children *Harriette Simpson Arnow (1908–1986), American novelist, claimed by both Kentucky and Michigan as a native daughter *Harriette Smythies (1813-1883), English novelist and poet *Harriette Tarler (1920–2001), American film actress *Harriette Walters served as a tax assessments manager for the District of Columbia *Harriette Wilson (1786–1845), celebrated British Regency courtesan *Harriette Winslow ''Family Matters'' is an American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Deborah Lacy
Harriette Deborah Lacy (1807–1874) was an English actress. Born in London, she was the daughter of a tradesman named Taylor. Her first appearance on the stage was at Bath in 1827 as Julia in ''The Rivals'', and she was immediately given leading parts there, in both comedy and tragedy. Taylor's first London appearance was in 1830 as Nina, in William Dimond's ''Carnival of Naples''. Her Rosalind, Aspatia (to Macready's Melantius) in ''The Bridal'', and Lady Teazle to the Charles Surface of Walter Lacy (whom she was married in 1839) confirmed her position and popularity. She was the original Helen in ''The Hunchback'' (1832), and also created Nell Gwynne in Douglas William Jerrold's play of that name, and the heroine in his ''Housekeeper''. She was considered the leading Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama ''Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Moore
Harriette Vyda Simms Moore (June 19, 1902 – January 3, 1952) was an American educator and civil rights worker. She was the wife of Harry T. Moore, who founded the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida. The murder of the Moores was the first assassination to happen during the Civil Rights Movement and the only time both a husband and a wife were killed for their activism. Early life Harriette Vyda Simms was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, on June 19, 1902, to David Ira Simms (a wood lathe worker) and Annie (Warren) Simms. Her sisters were Valerie and Mae, and her brothers were George, Arnold, Rupert, and David Jr. The family relocated to Mims, Florida. As a youth, Harriette spent summers working in Massillon, Ohio with her father. She attended the segregated Daytona Normal Industrial Institute in Daytona Beach, Florida. She later graduated from Bethune-Cookman College, a historically black college in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Newell Woods Baker
Harriette Newell Woods Baker (pen names Mrs. Madeline Leslie and Aunt Hattie; August 19, 1815 – April 26, 1893) was an American author of books for children, and editor. Her career as an author began when she was about 30 years old. She devoted herself successfully to novels; but after about 15 years, she wrote popular religious literature. Her most famous book, '' Tim, the Scissors Grinder'', sold half a million copies, and was translated into several languages. Baker published about 200 moral and religious tales under the pen name "Mrs. Madeline Leslie". She also wrote under her own name or initials, and under that of "Aunt Hattie". She wrote chiefly for the young, and was still writing in 1893 when she died. Early life and education Harriette Newell Woods was born in Andover, Massachusetts, August 19, 1815. Her parents were Leonard Woods and Abigail Wheeler. She was one of the many children who were named after Harriet Newell, one of the first American missionaries. She w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Simpson Arnow
Harriette Simpson Arnow (July 7, 1908 – March 22, 1986) was an American novelist and historian, who lived in Kentucky and Michigan. Arnow has been called an expert on the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, but she herself loved cities and spent crucial periods of her life in Cincinnati and Detroit. Early life and education Arnow was born as Harriette Louisa Simpson in Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, and grew up in neighboring Pulaski County. She was one of six siblings in a family that traced its heritage to the Revolutionary War; both parents were teachers and she was raised to be a teacher. She attended Berea College for two years before transferring to the University of Louisville, after which she worked for two years as a teacher in rural Pulaski County, then one of the more remote areas of Appalachia, before moving to Cincinnati. In 1935 she published her first works in ''Esquire'', two short stories, "A Mess of Pork" and "Marigolds and Mules", under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Smythies
Harriette Smythies, (b. 1813 – d. 1883, aged 69), was an English novelist and poet. She was a prolific writer of sensation novels, publishing 20 books between 1838 and 1875. Life Smythies was born Harriet Maria Gordon in 1813 to an aristocratic military family in Margate, Kent. Her parents were Jane Gordon (née Halliday) and Edward Lesmoir Gordon, a Sergeant-at-Arms. Smythie had four siblings, including a brother, Edward, who was Sergeant-at-Arms at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838. Smythies married Reverend William Yorick Smythies (1816-1910). Smythies works were published primarily by Richard Bentley, Thomas Cautley Newby, and Hurst and Blackett Hurst and Blackett was a publisher founded in 1852 by Henry Blackett (26 May 1825 – 7 March 1871), the grandson of a London shipbuilder, and Daniel William Stow Hurst (17 February 1802 – 6 July 1870). Shortly after the formation of their part ..., sometimes under the name "Mrs. Gordon Smythies." Many of her novels inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Tarler
Harriette Tarler (November 4, 1920November 18, 2001) was an American film actress. Born in New York, New York, Tarler appeared in over 15 films between 1956 and 1959. Career Tarler is best known for her prominent work in many late Three Stooges shorts. In particular, she made her mark in the films featuring Joe Besser as the third Stooge. She appeared in eight of the 16 shorts with Besser, and starred in all three of the science fiction comedies ('' Space Ship Sappy'', ''Outer Space Jitters'' and ''Flying Saucer Daffy'').Capello, Bill. ''The Three Stooges Journal'' #117 (2006) p. 18 Perhaps Tarler's most memorable role was in ''Hoofs and Goofs'', where she played the dual role of Mr. Dinklespiel's (Benny Rubin) daughter, and also provided the voice of Joe Besser's reincarnated sister Birdie. Tarler again provided Birdie's voice in the sequel '' Horsing Around''. Other films include ''Commotion on the Ocean'', ''Rumpus in the Harem'', and ''A Merry Mix Up''. After Christine McInty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Walters
Harriette Walters (born c. 1956) is a former civil servant who worked as a tax assessments manager for the District of Columbia. She was convicted of being the central participant in the largest fraud scheme ever perpetrated by a District of Columbia government official. According to those officials, she worked with others to fraudulently approve over $31 million in improper tax refunds, with some estimates nearing $50 million. In her office, she was referred to as "Mother Walters" for the loans and extravagant gifts with which she would shower her fellow employees and friends. Walters was arrested in November 2007. From the ''Washington Examiner The ''Washington Examiner'' is an American conservative news outlet which consists principally of an online/digital website with a weekly magazine, based in Washington, D.C. It is owned by MediaDC, a subsidiary of Clarity Media Group, which is ow ...'' (June 30, 2009): 'Self-confessed tax scam mastermind Harriette Walters was led off t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Wilson
Harriette Wilson (2 February 1786 – 10 March 1845) was the author of ''The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson: Written by Herself'' (1825). Wilson was a famed British Regency courtesan who became the mistress of William, Lord Craven, at the age of 15. Later in her career, she went on to have formal relationship arrangements with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and other significant politicians. Early life Harriette Dubouchet's birth at 2 Carrington Street, in Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London, was recorded in the parish register of St George, Hanover Square. Her father kept a small shop with his wife, Amelia, ''née'' Cook. Her father is said to have assumed the surname of Wilson about 1801. One of the fifteen children of Swiss John James Dubouchet (or ''De Bouchet''), Wilson was one of four sisters in the family who pursued careers as concubines. Her sisters Amy, Fanny and Sophia also became courtesans. In her memoir, Wilson claims that Amy sets a poor example for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriette Winslow
''Family Matters'' is an American sitcom revolving around the Winslow family, a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago. The series ran for nine seasons (eight of which were broadcast on ABC, one on CBS) and is a spin-off of '' Perfect Strangers''. The series features a total of 12 main characters, some of which portrayed by multiple actors. Casting Jo Marie Payton originally appeared on '' Perfect Strangers'' in 1987 in the recurring role of Harriette Winslow, the elevator operator for the ''Chicago Chronicle''. Reginald VelJohnson later made one appearance on ''Perfect Strangers'' in the 1989 episode "Crimebusters" as Carl Winslow, policeman and husband of Harriette Winslow. Due to the large popularity of Payton's character with audiences, the character was spun off to its own show, ''Family Matters''. While Payton, VelJohnson, and Telma Hopkins (as Harriette's widowed sister Rachel) were initially the stars of the show, centered around the Winslow family, Jal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
