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Mandell L
Mandell is a surname and a given name: Notable people with the surname include: * Arnold J. Mandell, American neuroscientist and psychiatrist *Barbara Mandell (1920–1998), British television journalist and travel writer *Daniel Mandell (1895–1987), American film editor *Eleni Mandell (born 1969), American singer-songwriter * Koby Mandell, Israeli-American child, killed in 2001 by Palestinian terrorists * Richard Mandell (born 1968), American golf course architect *Robert Mandell, American animated series and film director and producer * Robert Mandell (conductor) (born 1929), American conductor *Sammy Mandell (born 1904), boxer * Sherri Mandell, Israeli author and activist * Steve Mandell (–2018), American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist Notable people with the given name include: *Edward Mandell House (1858–1938), American diplomat, politician, and presidential advisor * Mandell Berman (born 1917), businessman and philanthropist *Mandell Creighton (1843–1901), English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold J
Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Arnold, East Riding of Yorkshire * Arnold, Nottinghamshire United States * Arnold, California, in Calaveras County * Arnold, Carroll County, Illinois * Arnold, Morgan County, Illinois * Arnold, Iowa * Arnold, Kansas * Arnold, Maryland * Arnold, Mendocino County, California * Arnold, Michigan * Arnold, Minnesota * Arnold, Missouri * Arnold, Nebraska * Arnold, Ohio * Arnold, Pennsylvania * Arnold, Texas * Arnold, Brooke County, West Virginia * Arnold, Lewis County, West Virginia * Arnold, Wisconsin * Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Massachusetts * Arnold Township, Custer County, Nebraska Other uses * Arnold (automobile), a short-lived English car * Arnold of Manchester, a former English coachbuilder * Arnold (band), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Mandell
Stephen Arnold "Steve" Mandell ( – March 14, 2018) was an American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist. Most notably, he is known for the 1973 instrumental hit "Dueling Banjos," recorded in duo with Eric Weissberg and was awarded a Grammy. Life and career Mandell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, New York. In the early 1960s, along with mandolinist David Grisman, he was part of the Garrett Mountain Boys. In the 1960s and 1970s, Mandell was a prominent session musician, and he played on Judy Collins live album ''The Judy Collins Concert'' (1964) and studio album ''True Stories and Other Dreams'' (1973), among others. In 1972, Mandell recorded "Dueling Banjos" with another session musician, Eric Weissberg. In 1973, the single peaked at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles, and No. 1 on Adult Contemporary chart, and the tune was the theme of the 1972 film ''Deliverance''. The song was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendel (other)
Mendel may refer to: People * Mendel (name), includes a list of people with the name :*Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), the "father of modern genetics" * Mendel (Hungarian family), a prominent Hungarian family that flourished in the 15th century * Yiddish diminutive of Hebrew name Menahem or Menachem Other * Mendel University Brno in the Czech Republic (formerly Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry) * Mendel Biotechnology, a plant biotechnology company in Hayward, California * Mendel (lunar crater), a crater on the Moon * Mendel (Martian crater) * 3313 Mendel, an asteroid named after Gregor Mendel * Mendelpass, a mountain pass in Northern Italy * RepRap 2.0 (Mendel), a self-replicating machine See also * Mendel Polar Station in Antarctica * L. Mendel Rivers (1905–1970), US Congressman * USS ''L. Mendel Rivers'' (SSN-686), a US submarine * Mendele * Mandel * Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantell (other)
Mantell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * David Mantell (1934—2017), English cricketer * Elizabeth Mantell (1941–1998), Scottish midwife and nurse * G. D. Mantell, 10th Surveyor General of Ceylon *Gideon Mantell (1790–1852), British obstetrician, geologist and palaeontologist *Joe Mantell (1915–2010), American actor *Mary Ann Mantell, palaeontologist * Richard Mantell (b. 1981), British field hockey player *Robert B. Mantell (1854–1928), Scottish actor *Simon Mantell (b. 1984), British field hockey player * Thomas F. Mantell (d. 1948), American pilot *Walter Mantell (1820–1895), New Zealand scientist and politician See also * Mantle (other) * Mantel (other) * Ord Mantell, a fictional planet in the ''Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandel
Mandel is a surname (and occasional given name) that occurs in multiple cultures and languages. It is a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, meaning "almond", from the Middle High German and Middle Dutch ''mandel''.''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Mandel Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 18 January 2016. Mandel can be a locational surname, from places called Mandel, such as Mandel, Germany. Mandel may also be a Dutch surname, from the Middle Dutch ''mandele'', meaning a number of sheaves of harvested wheat. Notable people *Alon Mandel (born 1988), Israeli swimmer *Babaloo Mandel (born 1949), American screenwriter *David Mandel (born 1970), American television producer and writer *Edgar Mandel (born 1928), German actor *Eli Mandel (1922–1992), Canadian writer *Emily St. John Mandel (born 1979), Canadian novelist * Emmanuil Mandel (1925–2018), Russian poet *Ernest Mandel (1923–1995), Belgian politician, professor and writer *Frank Mandel, America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandell Maughan
Mandell Maughan is a Portuguese-American film and television actress. She is best known for starring as Maggie in '' Me, Myself & I'' on CBS and Lisa Casper in ''Resident Alien'' on Syfy. She also played Victoria King, for four seasons, in the comedy fan favorite ''Bajillion Dollar Propertie$.'' Early life Maughan was born and raised in Point Loma, a peninsula within southern California, often referred to as "Little Portugal". She spent much of her youth traveling, internationally, as a member of The San Diego Children's Choir. After graduating from the University of San Diego High School, Maughan attended The University of Arizona and became a member of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Professional Acting from the competitive Arizona Repertory Theatre program, with a double minor in Classical Voice and Portuguese. Following her graduation, Maughan immediately moved to Los Angeles to start her career in film and television. Career Mande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandell Creighton
Mandell Creighton (; 5 July 1843 – 14 January 1901) was a British historian and a bishop of the Church of England. A scholar of the Renaissance papacy, Creighton was the first occupant of the Dixie Chair of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge, a professorship established around the time that history was emerging as an independent academic discipline. He was also the first editor of the ''English Historical Review'', the oldest English language academic journal in the field of history. Creighton had a second career as a cleric in the Church of England. He served as a parish priest in Embleton, Northumberland and later, successively, as a Canon Residentiary of Worcester Cathedral, the Bishop of Peterborough and the Bishop of London. His moderation and worldliness drew praise from Queen Victoria and won notice from politicians. It was widely thought at the time that Creighton would have become the Archbishop of Canterbury had his early death, at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandell Berman
Mandell "Bill" Berman (1917–2016) was the businessman (housing construction industry) and philanthropist behind the Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation,McGinity, KerenAssociation for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Lifetime Achievement Award Announcement December 19, 2010 which supports Jewish education, and research and study of the contemporary American Jewish community. His philanthropic focus was on the storage, dissemination, and preservation of Jewish data, as well as Jewish education and special education.A Philanthropist Crunches The Numbers Tamar Snyder, New York Jewish Week, November 25, 2009 Biography Berman was born (1917) and grew up in Detroit, Michigan, one of four siblings. His mother was from |
Edward Mandell House
Edward Mandell House (July 26, 1858 – March 28, 1938) was an American diplomat, and an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. He was known as Colonel House, although his rank was honorary and he had performed no military service. He was a highly influential back-stage politician in Texas before becoming a key supporter of the presidential bid of Wilson in 1912 by managing his campaign, beginning in July 1911. Having a self-effacing manner, he did not hold office but was an "executive agent", Wilson's chief adviser on European politics and diplomacy during World War I (1914–1918). He became a government official as one of the five American commissioners to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. In 1919, Wilson broke with House and many other top advisers, believing they had deceived him at Paris. Early years He was born July 26, 1858, in Houston, Texas, the last of seven children of Mary Elizabeth (Shearn) and Thomas William House Sr. His father was an emigrant from England by w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherri Mandell
Sherri Mandell is an Israeli-American author, mother and activist. She is best known as the mother of Koby Mandell, a thirteen-year-old American boy who was murdered near their home in Tekoa in May 2001. Sherri Mandell and her husband, Rabbi Seth Mandell, founded the Koby Mandell Foundation, and she wrote a book about the murder, ''The Blessing of a Broken Heart''. Education and professional history Mandell was born in New York and graduated from Cornell University in 1977. She received an M.A. in creative writing from Colorado State University and taught writing at the University of Maryland and at Penn State University. She is the author of ''Writers of the Holocaust,'' and has written for numerous magazines and journals, including ''The Washington Post'', ''The Denver Post'' and ''The Jerusalem Post'', and ''Hadassah Magazine''. She and her husband currently write a blog at JPost.coHeart Earned Wisdom Family Sherri and Seth Mandell briefly lived in Israel, where she g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Mandell
Allada Barbara Grenville Wells (15 July 1920 – 25 August 1998), known professionally as Barbara Mandell, was a British journalist, broadcaster, newsreader and travel writer. She became the United Kingdom's first female newsreader after she was recruited to present the Midday News on the newly launched Independent Television in 1955. Life and career Mandell was born in London, England, daughter of Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander Yvo Hedworth Fortescue Grenville Wells, later deputy editor of ''The Rand Daily Mail'', and Clara Isabella, daughter of Henry Wheaton, of The Abbey, Cambridge. The Wells family were shipbuilders who rose to the rank of landed gentry, owning Bickley Hall, Kent and Holmewood, Huntingdonshire until selling them during the nineteenth century. Yvo Wells was a maternal grandson of Sir John Croft, 2nd Baronet, and on his father's side a great-grandson of the politician William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton and a descendant of the Barons Cottesloe and Earls of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Mandell
Sammy Mandell (a.k.a. Samuel Mandella; February 5, 1904 – November 7, 1967) was an American World lightweight boxing champion from 1926-1930. Born in Rockford, Illinois, and named Salvatore Mandala, he was known as the "Rockford Sheik" due to his Rudolph Valentino like good looks and as the "Rockford Flash" due to his fast hands and foot speed. His father was an Albanian and his mother Italian. Statistical boxing website BoxRec ranks Mandell as the 13th greatest lightweight boxer to have ever lived. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998. Amateur career Mandell developed his fighting skills at the Camp Grant barracks in Rockford, Illinois. He was too young and underweight to join the army, weighing 105 lbs. Despite this, his persistence in hanging around the wrestling and boxing training areas saw him gain permission to join in with the military personnel. The camp boxing instructor at the time was Fred Dyer, "The Singing Boxer," who recalled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
