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Means (surname)
Means is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amanda Means (b. 1945), American artist * Carey Means (b. 1966), American voice actor * David Means (b. 1961), American writer * Eldred Kurtz Means (March 11, 1878 - February 19, 1957) was a white Methodist Episcopal clergyman and famed public speaker and author. * Gardiner Means (1896–1988), American economist * Gaston Means (1879–1938), American private detective, bootlegger, and con artist * Jimmy Means (b. 1950), American race car driver and owner * John Means (other) * Marianne Means (1934–2017), American political journalist * Natrone Means (b. 1972), American football player * Philip Ainsworth Means (1892–1944), American born anthropologist and historian * Rice W. Means (1877–1949), Republican United States Senator from Colorado * Russell Means (1939–2012), American activist * Samuel C. Means Samuel Carrington Means (1828–1891) was the founder and first captain of the Loudoun Rangers, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Means
Amanda Means (born 1945) is an American artist and photographer. She currently lives and works in Beacon, NY. Early life and education Means was born in 1945 in Marion, New York. She grew up on a farm in Upstate New York. The region consisted largely of family-owned small farms that produced the state's apples, dairy, and vegetables. "Our cobblestone farmhouse, built in the early 1800s, was constructed with small palm-sized stones naturally rounded by water from the shores of Lake Ontario," she has said, adding that she slept in a treehouse in the summer, and spent much time alone in the woods and fields. This time alone in nature as a child would create within her a deep and lifelong connection to nature, influencing her early black and white landscapes and eventually her camera-less images of plants and leaves. Means left the family farm to study art in New York City, where she was influenced by painters of the Abstract Expressionist, Abstract Expressionist Movement such as Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carey Means
Carey Means (born December 4, 1966) is an American voice and stage actor best known for playing Frylock on the Adult Swim show ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', and Thundercleese on ''The Brak Show''. He has also performed in several theatrical musicals and plays, including '' South Pacific'', ''Two Trains Running'', '' A Soldier's Play'', and '' Waiting for Godot''. He provided the voice of Jonah Bishop on the Nickelodeon series ''Welcome to the Wayne.'' Personal life Means is a graduate of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri with a degree for B.S. Fine Arts/Vocal Music. He is trained in many dialects, Australian, British, German, Italian, Celtic, Jamaican, Hispanic, South African, South Mississippian, New York, Asian, French, and West Indian Ocean. He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Leah Means. On March 31, 2022, Means' wife announced that he had been hospitalized with congestive heart failure. Filmography Theater work *'' South Pacific'': Henry/Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Means
David Means (born October 17, 1961) is an American short story writer and novelist based in Nyack, New York. His stories have appeared in many publications, including '' Esquire'', ''The New Yorker'', and '' Harper's''. They are frequently set in the Midwest or the Rust Belt, or along the Hudson River in New York. Biography Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Means graduated from Loy Norrix High School in 1980. He received his bachelor's degree in 1984 from the College of Wooster, where his I.S. was "Bullfighting in Boston and other Poems". He went to graduate school at Columbia University, where he received an MFA in poetry. He has been a part-time member of the English department at Vassar College since 2001. Means is married with two children. Work ''Contemporary Authors'' writes: "With Means's second collection, ''Assorted Fire Events: Stories'', he was compared favorably to such esteemed writers as Raymond Carver and Alice Munro and praised by critics for his sharp prose." Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldred Kurtz Means
Eldred Kurtz Means (March 11, 1878 – February 19, 1957) was an American Methodist Episcopal clergyman, famed public speaker, and author. A white man, he wrote fictional stories about African/African American characters who lived in an area of Louisiana which he named Tickfall. He described the characters in the most grotesque, comical and sensational terms. His magazine stories were compiled into books. He was a constant and prolific contributor to Frank A. Munsey's pulp magazines such as ''All-Story Weekly'', '' Argosy'' and its predecessors. His use of black stereotypes, minstrel show motifs, Jim Crow characters, fantastical mimicry and impressionism of Negro dialect made him a popular author with a niche of white audiences; but the implicit racist message has not aged well. Early life Means was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, the son of Virginia née Lively Means and George Hamilton Means. He married Ella Q. Crebbin in Monroe, Louisiana. Ministry Means was educated at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardiner Means
Gardiner Coit Means (June 8, 1896 in Windham, Connecticut – February 15, 1988 in Vienna, Virginia) was an American economist who worked at Harvard University, where he met lawyer-diplomat Adolf A. Berle. Together they wrote the seminal work of corporate governance, ''The Modern Corporation and Private Property''. During the New Deal, Means served as an economic adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace. Academic work Means followed the institutionalist tradition of economists. In 1934 he coined term "administered prices" to refer to prices set by firms in monopoly positions. In ''The Corporate Revolution in America'' (1962) he wrote: "We now have single corporate enterprises employing hundreds of thousands of workers, having hundreds of thousands of stockholders, using billions of dollars' worth of the instruments of production, serving millions of customers, and controlled by a single management group. These are great collectives of enterprise, and a system com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Means
Gaston Bullock Means (July 11, 1879 – December 12, 1938) was an American private detective, salesman, bootlegger, forger, swindler, murder suspect, blackmailer, and con artist. While not involved in the Teapot Dome scandal, Means was associated with other members of the so-called Ohio Gang that gathered around the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Means also tried to pull a con associated with the Lindbergh kidnapping, and died in prison following his criminal conviction. Biography Gaston Bullock Means was born in Concord, North Carolina, the son of William Means, a reputable lawyer. He was also a great-nephew of Confederate General Rufus Barringer. He was in the first graduating class of Concord High School in 1896, graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1903, became a schoolteacher, then a travelling salesman. His life avocation, however, was that of a confidence trickster. J. Edgar Hoover once called him "the most amazing figure in contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Means
James Means (born May 29, 1950) is a retired American racing driver and owner, who competed in the Winston Cup Series as an owner-driver. He is currently an adviser for Front Row Motorsports and owns his own team, Jimmy Means Racing. He competed in NASCAR for eighteen years in mostly his own equipment, posting seventeen career top-tens. He made three career Busch Series starts in 1989, finishing 10th at Darlington Raceway. Following his retirement, Means worked as a pit stop, crew chief in NASCAR, working for Bud Moore Engineering and Moy Racing. Means was part the Alabama Gang which included Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Neil Bonnett and Red Farmer and later Davey Allison, Hut Stricklin, Steve Grissom and Mike Alexander (NASCAR), Mike Alexander. Means' nickname "Smut" originated from his admiration for mechanic Smokey Yunick. Since the nickname "Smokey" was already taken in racing circles, Means' crew nicknamed him "Smut", the residue left behind by smoke. He is the fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Means (other) (1812–1862), governor of South Carolina
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John Means may refer to: * John Means (baseball) (born 1993), American baseball pitcher * John Means (businessman) (1829–1910), mayor of Ashland, Kentucky * John Means (comedian), stand-up comedian * John Barkley Means (born 1939), American professor * John Hugh Means John Hugh Means (August 18, 1812September 1, 1862) was the 64th Governor of South Carolina from 1850 to 1852 and an infantry colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Second Battle of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Means
Marianne Means (born Marianne Hansen, June 13, 1934 – December 2, 2017) was an American journalist and syndicated political columnist based in Washington, D.C. who, for many years, was a White House correspondent. She started her career as a reporter and advanced to the role of a copy editor for a newspaper in Nebraska for a couple of years. She then relocated to Washington, D.C. where she took a position as the chief editor for a Virginia newspaper and supervised a staff of men for two years. She later transferred to Hearst Newspapers where she was a Washington bureau correspondent. She covered the reporting of John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. Then she reported full-time at the White House and was the first female reporter to do this. There were rumors she was one of Kennedy's many lovers. She covered Kennedy's assassination and the transition to the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson. As a political reporter for ''The New York Times'' she reported on every presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natrone Means
Natrone Jermaine Means (born April 26, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Carolina Panthers from 1993 to 2000. He was selected by the Chargers in the second round (41st overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft. In 1994, he was selected to the Pro Bowl during San Diego's Super Bowl season. He is a member of the San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team. Means was nicknamed Natrone "Refried" Means and, later, "Natrone Means Business" by ESPN's Chris Berman, He is currently an assistant coach at North Carolina. College career Means attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and finished his career with 605 rushing attempts for 3,074 yards (5.1 yards per rushing attempt avg.), and 34 touchdowns, and hauled in 61 receptions for 500 yards (8.19 yards per rec. avg.). He rushed for more than 1,000 yards as both a sophomore and junior. *1990: 168 ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Ainsworth Means
Philip Ainsworth Means (1892–1944) was an American born anthropologist and historian. He was most well known for his study of South America, specifically Peru. Means made a total of 5 extended trips to Peru where he studied the Incas of the Cuzco area, published multiple books, supervised excavations, and held the position of Director of the National Museum of Archeology in Lima, Peru.Minnesota State University EMuseum His book, ''Ancient Civilization of the Andes (1931)'', was one of the first to explain Incan history and culture. His works include ''History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas'' (1917), ''Fall of the Inca Empire and the Spanish Rule in Peru, 1530–1780'' (1932), ''The Spanish Main: Focus of Envy, 1492–1700'' (1935) as well as a publication regarding the Newport Tower in Rhode Island (1942). Early life Philip Ainsworth Means was born in 1892 in Boston, to parents James and Helen Goodell. He graduated from Harvard in 1915 and received a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rice W
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera ''Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of ''Oryza''. As a cereal grain, domesticated rice is the most widely consumed staple food for over half of the world's human population,Abstract, "Rice feeds more than half the world's population." especially in Asia and Africa. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize. Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important food crop with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one-fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
