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Minard
Minard may refer to: Places: * Minard, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom ** Minard Castle a castle in Argyll * Minard Castle (County Kerry) a castle in County Kerry, Ireland People with the surname: *Charles Joseph Minard (1781–1870), French civil engineer and noted pioneer in infographics *Chris Minard Christopher Minard (born November 18, 1981) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Edmonton Oilers before finishing his career in the Deutsche ... (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * David Minard (1913–2005), American physiologist * Joseph M. Minard (1932–2022), American politician from West Virginia * Lawrence Minard (1949–2001), American journalist See also * Menard (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Joseph Minard
Charles Joseph Minard (; ; 27 March 1781 – 24 October 1870) was a French civil engineer recognized for his significant contribution in the field of information graphics in civil engineering and statistics. Minard was, among other things, noted for his representation of numerical data on geographic maps, especially his flow maps. Early life Minard was born in Dijon in the Saint Michel parish. He was the son of Pierre Etienne Minard and Bénigne Boiteux. His father was a clerk of the court and an officer of the secondary school. Minard was baptized at Saint Michel on the day of his birth. From Posted by Edward Tufte. He was very bright and his father encouraged him to study at an early age. At age four he learned to read and write, and when he was six his father enrolled him in an elementary course in anatomy. He completed his fourth year of study at the secondary school at Dijon early, and then applied himself to studying Latin, literature, and physical and math sciences. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Minard
Captain David Minard, MC, USN (May 23, 1913 – October 9, 2005) was an American physiologist who was heat stress physiologist for Project Mercury, the United States' first human spaceflight. In the late 1950s, Minard as a captain in the U.S. Navy and head of the physiology department at the Naval Medical Research Institute, helped to develop the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Index utilized to measure heat stress in the military and other industrial settings. Minard, with Constantin Yaglou, created the wet bulb globe temperature index in 1957 for U.S. Marines training at Parris Island, South Carolina. It is still commonly used as a heat-stress index in the military, steel mills, marathon races and industrial environments. In 1960, Minard used the heat stress index to evaluate the Mercury Seven astronauts for Project Mercury astronauts at the Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Life and times In 1913, Minard was born in Fargo, North Dakota. During the time he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Minard
Everett Lawrence Minard III (November 19, 1949 – August 2, 2001) was an American journalist and the founding editor of ''Forbes Global'', the international edition of ''Forbes'' magazine. The Minard Editor Award is named in his honor. Early life Lawrence Minard was born in Seattle, Washington, to Nancy and Everett Lawrence Minard Jr., on November 19, 1949. He had two brothers, Frank and Michael, and spent part of his childhood in Juneau, Alaska. Minard earned a B.A. in economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and studied political economics at The New School in New York City. Career Minard joined ''Forbes'' magazine in 1974 as a researcher and reporter. He soon forged a friendship with Steve Forbes, then a fellow rookie reporter, that lasted the rest of his life. In 1977, Minard and David Warsh shared the 1977 Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines for their article "Inflation Is Too Serious a Matter To Leave to the Economists," in which they argue that inflation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minard, Argyll
Minard is a remote village on the western shore of Loch Fyne, situated between Inveraray and Lochgilphead. Minard is southwest of Inveraray, and is located at the northwestern corner of Achagoyle Bay. Minard is a linear village with lochside bungalows which has seen extensive building. Along the A83 road to the south is a school, church, village hall and several older cottages break up the linear aspect. Settlements Minard was originally part of the estate of Minard Castle before it became an independent village. The nearest large settlement is Inveraray to the north east, along the A83 road, passing Furnace and Auchindrain. To the south, the A83 follows the curves on the loch, with Lochgilphead Lochgilphead (; gd, Ceann Loch Gilb ) is a town and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with a population of around 2,300 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute. The village lies at the end of Loch Gi ... being the biggest town in the sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minard Castle
Minard Castle is a 19th-century castellated mansion on the north-western shore of Loch Fyne Argyll and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland, in the parish of Kilmichael Glassary. The castle is located slightly south of the village of Minard. The current structure is the enlargement of an older house carried out around 1848 by the architect John Thomas Rochead. History Minard Castle and estate was built to the south of Minard Bay, which itself is south of the village of Minard, on the headland of Minard Point. Minard Castle dates from the 18th century, when it was built by the Campbell family as Knockbuie House and renamed Minard Castle in the mid-nineteenth century, when a new castellated front was added. The house was reconstructed as a Tudor Revival style of mansion in 1842 by John Thomas Rochead. In 1850, William Hamilton extended the house, adding a facade consisting of a number of large rooms to the front of the old mansion. Later, the house was sold to the Scottish submari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minard Castle (County Kerry)
Minard Castle is a 19th-century castellated mansion on the north-western shore of Loch Fyne Argyll and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland, in the parish of Kilmichael Glassary. The castle is located slightly south of the village of Minard, Argyll, Minard. The current structure is the enlargement of an older house carried out around 1848 by the architect John Thomas Rochead. History Minard Castle and estate was built to the south of Minard Bay, which itself is south of the village of Minard, Argyll, Minard, on the headland of Minard Point. Minard Castle dates from the 18th century, when it was built by the Campbell family as Knockbuie House and renamed Minard Castle in the mid-nineteenth century, when a new Battlement, castellated front was added. The house was reconstructed as a Tudor Revival architecture, Tudor Revival style of mansion in 1842 by John Thomas Rochead. In 1850, William Hamilton extended the house, adding a facade consisting of a number of large rooms to the fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
