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Isaac Evans
Isaac Evans may refer to: * Isaac Newton Evans (1827–1901), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Isaac C. Evans (1879–?), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * Isaac Evans (trade unionist) Isaac Evans (14 December 1847 – 12 November 1897) was a Welsh trade union leader and politician. Born at Garndiffaith, near Pontypool, Evans began working in a coal mine at Abersychan when only ten years old. Over the next few years, he wo ... (1847–1897), Welsh trade union leader and politician * '' Isaac H. Evans'', a two-masted schooner berthed in Rockland, Maine {{dab, hn=Evans, Isaac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Newton Evans
Isaac Newton Evans (July 29, 1827 – December 3, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Isaac Newton Evans was born near present-day West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and was graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1851 and from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1852. He began the practice of medicine in Johnsville, Pennsylvania in 1852. He moved to Hatboro, Pennsylvania in 1856 and continued the practice of medicine. He served as president of the Hatboro National Bank. Evans was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination. He was again elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination and returned to the practice of medicine, and was also engaged in the real estate business and banking. He died in Hatboro in 1901. He is buried in Friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac C
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the son of Abraham and Sarah, the father of Jacob and Esau, and the grandfather of the twelve tribes of Israel. Isaac's name means "he will laugh", reflecting the laughter, in disbelief, of Abraham and Sarah, when told by God that they would have a child., He is the only patriarch whose name was not changed, and the only one who did not move out of Canaan. According to the narrative, he died aged 180, the longest-lived of the three patriarchs. Etymology The anglicized name "Isaac" is a transliteration of the Hebrew name () which literally means "He laughs/will laugh." Ugaritic texts dating from the 13th century BCE refer to the benevolent smile of the Canaanite deity El. Genesis, however, ascribes the laughter to Isaac's parents, Abraham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Evans (trade Unionist)
Isaac Evans (14 December 1847 – 12 November 1897) was a Welsh trade union leader and politician. Born at Garndiffaith, near Pontypool, Evans began working in a coal mine at Abersychan when only ten years old. Over the next few years, he worked at a variety of collieries, some in the Risca Valley, and one in England, then in the Rhondda at Llwynpia No.3 pit. He then married, and found steady employment in Skewen, where he lived for the rest of his life.Joyce Bellamy and John Saville, "Evans, Isaac", ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.I, pp.113–114 Evans was a keen trade unionist, and in 1876 played a leading role in the negotiations which led to the formation of the Sliding Scale Joint Committee, to determine coal miners' wages. In 1878, he was appointed as the secretary of the Neath District of Miners, then in 1881, he was appointed to the Sliding Scale Joint Committee. He resigned as permanent secretary of the Neath District, but remained its agent, and acte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
