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Norvell (name)
Norvell is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Norvell Austin (born 1958), American wrestler * Norvell P. Cobb (1824–1879), American Civil War officer * Norvell Coots, American physician, hospital administrator and retired military officer * Norvell L. Henley (1869–1923), American attorney and politician * Norvell W. Page (1904–1961), American pulp fiction writer * Norvell G. Ward (1912–2005), American naval officer Surname * David L. Norvell (born 1935), American politician * Hugh Norvell (1669–1719), Virginia planter, soldier and politician * James R. Norvell (1902–1969), American jurist * Jay Norvell (born 1963), American college football coach * John Norvell (1789–1850), newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. senators from Michigan * Lipscomb Norvell (1756–1843), American military officer * Margaret Norvell (1860–1934), lighthouse keeper * Mike Norvell (born 1981), American college football coach * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norvell Austin
Norvell Austin (born March 9, 1951) is a retired American professional wrestler. Austin worked for most of his career in the Southern United States, most often in tag team competition. Norvell Austin is most famous for teaming with Sputnik Monroe in one of the first "mixed races" villainous teams seen in the south. Austin was also part of the original Midnight Express from 1981 to 1983. Later on he would team with Koko B. Ware as one half of the "Pretty Young Things". Professional wrestling career Early career (1971–1981) Austin began his professional wrestling career in 1971 the Florida/Alabama area. At the time, African American wrestlers in the south were utilized in very specific ways. They were mainly restricted to wrestling other African Americans and if they were to wrestle white opponents, they were always fan favorites who could not cheat or use underhanded means to beat their white opponents. These restrictions meant that Austin worked as a face initially and main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Norvell
Merritt James Norvell III (born March 28, 1963) is an American college football coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the Colorado State Rams. Norvell served as the head football coach at University of Nevada, Reno from 2017 to 2021. His father, Merritt James Norvell Jr., was the athletic director at Michigan State University from 1995 to 1998. Playing career Norvell played college football at the University of Iowa from 1982 to 1985 and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) as a linebacker with the Chicago Bears for one season, in 1987. Coaching career Early coaching career His coaching career began at his alma mater Iowa in 1986 when Norvell took a job as a graduate assistant. From 1988 to 2001, Norvell served as an assistant coach for multiple positions at Northern Iowa, Wisconsin, and Iowa State. Norvell briefly spent time in the NFL as an assistant coach from 2002 to 2006 with the Indianapolis Colts and Oakland Raiders before ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Norvell
Scott Norvell is a blogger and columnist for the Fox News Website, having run a column there since 2001. Norvell's blog and column at Fox News, entitled "Tongue Tied", details incidents of what he considers extreme " political correctness". He is also the primary author of the former website www.tonguetied.us which deals with similar issues of language use, American politics, and international politics. The top of the site quotes the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Career Norvell is the Northeast Bureau Chief of Fox News Channel. Here he is responsible for directing the coverage of New England from Boston and New York City. He has been working for Fox News Channel since 1996 and has held many positions which include: Executive Editor, London-based European Bureau Chief, and head of the Miami bureau. Prior to working for FNC, he reported from Time, the ''New York Times'', '' The Washington Post Sunday Magazine'', '' Fortune magazine'', and ''People magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy Norvell
Patsy Ann Norvell (1942–2013) was an American visual artist who worked in sculpture, installation art and public art. She was a pioneering feminist artist active in the Women's movement since 1969. In 1972 she was a founder of A.I.R. Gallery which was the first cooperative gallery in the U.S. that showed solely women's work. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in the U.S. and abroad. She received numerous grants, awards and residencies for her achievements, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She created permanent public art works for thNew York City subway system designed and created lobby and plaza installations in Los Angeles, CA, New Brunswick, NJ, Bridgeport, CT, and Bethesda, MD. Her work has received historical and critical acclaim, and has been written about in books, journals and newspapers including, ''Art in the Land: A Critical Anthology of Environmental Art'', in Sculpture (magazine), the Los Angeles Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Norvell
Michael Kelly Norvell (born October 11, 1981) is an American college football coach who is currently head coach at Florida State. Norvell was previously the head coach at Memphis. He has coached at Arizona State, Pittsburgh, Tulsa, and Central Arkansas. He played wide receiver at the University of Central Arkansas from 2001 to 2005 and is the school's all-time receptions leader. Playing career Norvell attended the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) from 2001 to 2005 and played wide receiver. He set the school's all-time reception record with 213 pass receptions for 2,611 yards and 15 receiving touchdowns, 1 rushing touchdown, and 2 passing touchdowns during his career. During his senior season in 2005, Norvell was part of a UCA Bears team that won the Gulf South Conference championship, and made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs, finishing the season 11–3. Coaching career Memphis On December 4, 2015, Norvell was introduced as the 24th head footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Norvell
Margaret Norvell (1860-1934) was a lighthouse keeper, employed by the United States Lighthouse Service, a precursor agency to the United States Coast Guard. Norvell became a lighthouse keeper in 1891, and remained in that service for 41 years. Widows whose husbands were lighthouse keepers, who died in office, were allowed to hold positions as lighthouse keepers themselves. Norvell's husband drowned in the course of his duties. Norvell was credited with saving many lives, including by venturing out into storms in a rowboat to rescue stranded mariners. Early life Born Margaret Celeste Dimitry Ruth on February 11 1860 in Washington D.C. and married Louis Gray Norvell in 1883. Louis Gray Norvell was from St. Louis and became a lighthouse keeper on Deer Island at the Head of Passes on the Mississippi River.Norvell, John E"Margaret Norvell – 'True, Steady, Unfailing'" March 1, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2020. USCGC ''Margaret Norvell'' In 2010 when the Coast Guard decided t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipscomb Norvell
Lipscomb Norvell (September 1756 – March 2, 1843) was an American military officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Norvell was the son of John Norvell and an unknown daughter of Moses Lipscomb of Hanover County, Virginia, and the great grandson of Captain Hugh Norvell, one of the original trustees of the city of Williamsburg, Virginia. Norvell entered the Continental Army on August 7, 1777, as a cadet in Captain William Mosby's company of the 5th Virginia Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Josiah Parker. On January 15, 1778, he became regimental paymaster. He fought in the Revolutionary War Battles of Brandywine, Trenton, and Monmouth. He became a second lieutenant in September, 1778 and a first lieutenant in February, 1780. In 1780, he was in the City of Charleston with forces sent to defend the city in response to a British threat towards southern colonies. After the Siege of Charleston, the city fell, Norvell was taken prisoner of war and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Norvell
John Norvell (December 21, 1789April 24, 1850) was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan. History Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools. He is the son of Lt. Lipscomb Norvell, an officer of the Virginia Line in the American Revolutionary War, and Mary Hendrick. Lipscomb Norvell was taken prisoner by the British when they captured Charleston, South Carolina, in 1781 and later was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Lipscomb is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. Lipscomb descended from Captain Hugh Norvell (1666–1719), one of the original trustees of the City of Williamsburg in the 17th century and a Vestryman at Bruton Parish Church. Mary Norvell, Lipscomb's daughter, married James Walker, the father of William Walker (1824–1860) a soldier of fortune or filibusterer in Nicaragua in 1857. In 1807, Norvell wrote to U.S. Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James R
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norvell P
Norvell may refer to: * Congo Norvell, musical group * Norvell (name) * Norvell House, Seattle, Washington * Norvell Township, Michigan Norvell Township is a civil township of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,963 at the 2010 census. The township is named after John Norvell, one of Michigan's first U.S. senators. Communities * Norvell is an un ... * USCGC ''Margaret Norvell'', ship {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Norvell
Captain Hugh Norvell (1669–October 25, 1719) was a Virginia planter, soldier and politician. He served in King William's War, helped found and govern Williamsburg and several times served as a vestryman of Bruton Parish Church. Early and family life Born in James City County, Virginia, James City County to the former Sarah Lucy Bullock and her husband, George Augustus Norvell, Hugh Norvell married multiple women named Sarah. The former Sarah Besouth (1674-1704) gave birth to sons George (1693-1786), Hugh Jr. (1699-1759) and William Norvell (1695-1757) as well as daughters who married and became Elizabeth (Mrs. George) Baskerville (1692-1732) and Mary (Mrs. William) Lightfoot, and Sarah and James who died without having children (probably as children). The family descends from Thomas Norvell, born about 1591 and who died in Warwick County, Virginia before August 17, 1635, where he was an original proprietor. Thomas is thought to have married Mary Frye, either the sister or daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David L
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
