|
Munroe
Munroe is a derivation of the Scottish surname Munro (surname), Munro, and may refer to: In politics * Allen Munroe (1819–1884), New York politician * Daniel Munroe Forney, Congressional Representative from North Carolina * George H. Munroe (1844–1912), Illinois politician * James Munroe (New York politician) (1815–1869), New York politician * John H. Munroe, Ontario real estate agent and political figure * Trevor Munroe, Jamaican political scientist, labour activist, and politician In education * Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec * James Phinney Munroe, American author, professor and genealogist of the Clan Munro In other fields * Carmen Munroe, a British actress * Charles Edward Munroe, an American chemist * Eugene G. Munroe (1919-2008), a Canadian entomologist * Gage Munroe, a Canadian actor * Jim Munroe, a Canadian science fiction author * Kevin Munroe, the director of 2007 CG film ''TMNT'' * Ralph Munroe, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall Munroe
Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic ''xkcd''. Munroe has worked full-time on the comic since late 2006. In addition to publishing a book of the webcomic's strips, he has written four books: ''What If? (book), What If?'', ''Thing Explainer'', ''How To (book), How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems,'' and ''What If?2''. Early life Munroe was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and his father has worked as an engineer and marketer. He has two younger siblings, and was raised as a Quakers, Quaker. He was a fan of comic strips in newspapers from an early age, starting off with ''Calvin and Hobbes''. After graduating from the Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, Chesterfield County Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, a Renaissance Program in Midlothian, Virginia, he graduated from Christopher Newport University in 2006 with a degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Munroe
Ralph Middleton Munroe (April 3, 1851 – August 20, 1933) was an American yacht designer and early resident of Coconut Grove in south Florida. His home, now The Barnacle Historic State Park, is the oldest house in Miami-Dade County still standing in its original location. Early life Munroe was born to Thomas and Ellen Middleton Munroe at their family home on 22nd Street near 4th Avenue in New York City on April 3, 1851. Munroe's grandfather was William Munroe who made the first American lead pencils in 1812. In 1854, the Munroe family moved to Clifton, Staten Island where Munroe spent his childhood. He lived in a large home at 104 Townsend Avenue. Growing up near the sea, he became fascinated with the boats that were essential to island life. The New York Yacht Club America's Cup Race was held near his childhood home in Clifton. While a student at Eagleswood Military Academy, near Perth Amboy, New Jersey, from 1861 to 1864, he purchased the "Hornet" for a mere $2.00, the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Munroe (pencil Maker)
William Munroe (December 15, 1778 – March 6, 1861) was an American cabinet-maker and pencil manufacturer of Concord, Massachusetts.Monroe Jr., pp. 147–49 Early life Munroe was born on the Seaver Farm in Roxbury in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.Monroe Jr., p. 146 His father was a merchant during the time he was growing up. He received little formal schooling prior to being a teenager. When he was thirteen Munroe worked as a farmhand for a while at his grandparents' farm in Roxbury. Though he liked farming, he figured that there had to be a better way to make a living and desired to learn a skilled trade. At fourteen he became a wheelwright’s assistant. After working at this for a while he quit and briefly became a cabinet-maker’s assistant. He then worked at various day labor jobs through the age of sixteen. When he was seventeen he became employed with his second cousin deacon Nehemiah Munroe, a cabinet-maker in downtown Roxbury. He was exceptionally sharp at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Phinney Munroe
James Phinney Munroe (June 3, 1862 – February 2, 1929) was an American author, businessman, professor and genealogist of the Clan Munro. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated in 1882, although remained active in the affairs of the school. He published a number of mostly scholarly works. He was the father-in-law of Frederic Lansing Day who married his daughter Katharine. Munroe, who lived in Lexington, Massachusetts, was a president of the Lexington Historical Society and Treasurer and President of the Munroe Felt and Paper Company. He edited the second edition of Charles Hudson's ''History of Lexington''. Biography James Phinney Munroe was born in Lexington, Massachusetts on June 3, 1862. He died in Boston on February 2, 1929. Books *''A Sketch of the Munro Clan: Also of William Munro Who Deported From Scotland, Settled in Lexington, Massachusetts and Some of His Posterity''. 1900. James Munroe was a direct descendant of William Munroe. * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4942 Munroe
4942 Munroe, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 February 1987, by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile, and later named after American cartoonist and former NASA roboticist Randall Munroe. Orbit and classification ''Munroe'' orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,193 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 4 ° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first identified as at the Leiden Southern Station (Johannesburg-Hartbeespoort) in 1955, extending the body's observation arc by 32 years prior to its official discovery observation. Physical characteristics In the SMASS taxonomy, ''Munroe'' is characterized as an X-type asteroid. It has an absolute magnitude of 13.5. Diameter and albedo According to the survey carried ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm (Marvel Comics)
Storm is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, first appearing in ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1 (May 1975). Descended from a long line of African witch-priestesses, Storm is a member of a fictional subspecies of humans born with Superpower (ability), superhuman abilities known as Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutants. She is able to control the weather and atmosphere and is considered to be one of the most powerful mutants on the planet, and one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe. Born Ororo Munroe to a tribal princess of Kenya and an African-American photojournalist father, Storm is raised in Harlem, New York City, United States and Cairo, Egypt. She was made an orphan after her parents were killed in the midst of an Arab–Israeli conflict. An incident at this time also traumatized Munroe, leaving her with claustrophobia that she would struggle with for life. Storm is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Munroe
Carmen Esme Munroe, (born 12 November 1932)"Carmen Monroe, Actress & Officer of the Order of the British Empire Awardee" Guyanese Girls Rock, 8 November 2012. is a British actress who was born in , British Guiana (now ), and has been a resident of the UK since the early 1950s. Munroe made her West End stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Munroe
Kevin Andrew Munroe (born 26 October 1972) is a Canadian filmmaker and animator. His best-known work is that of writer and director of ''TMNT (film), TMNT'' (2007). Career Munroe has done extensive animation work during the last decade including video games, TV series, comic books and original. He has worked on the development of writing and design of animated projects for companies like Jim Henson Company, Stan Winston Studios, Shiny Entertainment, Disney, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Munroe started his career as storyboard artist on Nickelodeon's ''Hey Arnold!''. He also created, scripted and produced the international Christmas special ''Donner'' for ABC Family and TV-Loonland. He also made his directorial debut with the video game ''Freaky Flyers''. He also wrote the critically acclaimed comic book series ''El Zombo Fantasma'' which he co-created with Dave Wilkins for Dark Horse Comics, and ''Olympus Heights'' for IDW Publishing. In March 2005, Imagi Animati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edward Munroe
Charles Edward Munroe (May 24, 1849 – December 7, 1938) was an American chemist, discoverer of the Munroe effect, and chair of the Department of Chemistry at the George Washington University.Donald R. Kennedy''History of the Shaped Charge Effect: The First 100 Years''(Los Alamos, New Mexico: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1990), pages 55–56. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and studied at the Lawrence scientific school of Harvard, graduating in 1871. He then took a job as an assistant professor of chemistry at the college until 1874, when he moved to Annapolis to become a professor of chemistry at the United States Naval Academy. In 1886, he joined the Naval Torpedo Station and War College at Newport, Rhode Island as a chemist, where he discovered the Munroe effect, the basis for explosive shaped charges. From 1892–1917 Munroe was head of the Department of Chemistry and Dean of the Corcoran Scientific School at the Columbian University (renamed George Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Munroe
Jim Munroe is a Canadian science fiction author, who publishes his works independently under the imprint ''No Media Kings''."Author dumps publisher". ''Peterborough Examiner'', May 6, 2000. Munroe was managing editor at the magazine ''Adbusters'' in the 1990s, before publishing his debut novel ''Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask'' in 1999. The novel was put out by HarperCollins, a major publishing company owned by Rupert Murdoch, and though the book was successful, Munroe so disliked the experience that he launched No Media Kings as a venue for publishing and promoting his own works independently, and a guide to self-publishing for other prospective writers. The book was shortlisted for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2000. In 2000, Munroe released ''Angry Young Spaceman'' through No Media Kings. He followed up with ''Everyone in Silico'' in 2002, which was promoted partly by Munroe's attempt to invoice corporations mentioned in the novel for product placement. ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorne Munroe
Lorne Munroe (November 24, 1924 – May 4, 2020) was an American cellist.Gibson, Ronald and Winters, Kenneth"Munroe, Lorne*, ''Encyclopedia of Music in Canada''. Accessed March 12, 2009 He was principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1951 to 1964 and principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic from 1964 to 1996. He was a featured soloist more than 150 times during the 32 seasons he played for the New York Philharmonic. His last performance with the orchestra as a member of the ensemble was on February 27, 1996; although he later returned as a guest artist. Early life Munroe was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in November 1924. When he was three years old he learned to play the cello by using a viola with a leg attached. He won the Winnipeg Music Competition festival at 10. At age 14, he was sponsored by composer Arthur Benjamin to attend the Royal College of Music in London in 1937–39. In his final year, he played with Benjamin a piece the composer wrote for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gage Munroe
Gage Munroe (born January 4, 1999) is a Canadian actor. He has performed roles on television programs like '' Stoked'', ''Murdoch Mysteries'', '' Mr Moon'', ''Falling Skies'' and ''Alphas'', and has appeared in films like the 2008 Canadian drama ''One Week'' (directed by Michael McGowan) and the 2011 epic ''Immortals'' (alongside Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke). Munroe's best known role was as PK in the festival-lauded Canadian action film '' I Declare War''. He is also known for providing the voices of Hank N Stein in '' Hotel Transylvania: The Series'', Justin in the first two seasons of Justin Time, Marshall in the first season of ''PAW Patrol ''PAW Patrol'' is a Canadian computer-animated children's television series, children's television series created by Keith Chapman. It is produced by Spin Master, Spin Master Entertainment, with animation provided by Guru Studio. In Canada, the ...'' and for playing Josh Philips in the Christian drama '' The Shack''. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
