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Norton (given Name)
Norton is the given name of: People * Norton Bush (1834-1894), American landscape painter * Norton Clapp (1906–1995), American businessman, chairman of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation * Norton Garfinkle (born 1931), economist, businessman and public servant * Norton Juster (1929-2021), American architect and author, best known for writing the children's book ''The Phantom Tollbooth'' * Norton Knatchbull, various people * Norton Mezvinsky (born 1932), American historian, professor, and author * Norton Nascimento (1962–2007), Brazilian actor * Norton A. Schwartz (born 1951), retired United States Air Force general and 19th Chief of Staff of the Air Force * Norton Simon (1907–1993), American industrialist and philanthropist * Norton Zinder (1928–2012), American biologist Fictional characters * Norton, protagonist of the fantasy novel '' Bearing an Hourglass'' * Norton Nork, simpleton created by Sandy Becker * Norton Campbell, a playable survivor in the chinese horror game ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Bush
Norton Bush (February 22, 1834 – April 24, 1894) was an American landscape painter. He did landscape paintings of California, Panama, Nicaragua, Peru and Ecuador, with a focus on Luminism (American art style), Luminism. Early life Norton Bush was born on February 22, 1834 in Rochester, New York. He learned landscape painting from William Harris in Rochester and Jasper Francis Cropsey of the Hudson River School in New York City. He was also mentored by Frederic Edwin Church, who suggested he paint the landscapes of South America. In 1853, Bush emigrated to California via Nicaragua. Career Bush became a professional landscape painter in San Francisco, California, initially on a part-time basis, until he opened a studio in the 1860s. His ''Mount Diablo'' gave him name recognition after it was purchased by Willard Brigham Farwell, the president of the Society of California Pioneers. Bush did landscape paintings of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe and New Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Clapp
Matthew Norton Clapp (April 15, 1906 – April 22, 1995) was a successful businessman, and eventually served as chairman of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation. He was active in civic service and a philanthropist. Early life and career Clapp was born in Pasadena, California. He was named for his maternal grandfather Matthew G. Norton, a Winona, Minnesota lumberman who via the Laird, Norton Company was to help finance the Weyerhaeuser purchase of land in Washington State in 1900. Clapp received an A.B. from Occidental College and a Ph.B in 1928 from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Chicago in 1929. He practiced law in Tacoma, Washington from 1929 until 1942. He was among the developers of Lakewood Colonial Center in 1937 in what is now Lakewood, WA. It was one of the first shopping centers west of the Mississippi River. In 1938, he converted an existing structure into the Lakewood Ice Arena. He became a trustee of the University of Puget Sound in 1933 and would serve the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Garfinkle
Norton Garfinkle (born February 26, 1931) is an economist, businessman and public servant. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate with honors from Columbia University and did his graduate work at Columbia University and Princeton University. He taught economics and economic history at Amherst College, where he was an editor the ''Journal of Economic History.'' Business career Norton Garfinkle is chairman of Princeton Scientific Capital Management, a financial investment company. He is also chairman of Princeton SciTech, an investment company that specializes in building new internet based technology companies. Garfinkle was the founder of Brand Rating Research Corporation, a public opinion research company that provided a syndicated service to many consumer product companies including Procter & Gamble, Bristol Myers and Colgate, major television networks, major national magazines and major newspapers. The company also created RADAR, the first national radio ratings service. The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Juster
Norton Juster (June 2, 1929 – March 8, 2021) was an American academic, architect, and writer. He was best known as an author of children's books, notably for ''The Phantom Tollbooth'' and ''The Dot and the Line''. Early life Juster was born in Brooklyn on June 2, 1929. Both his parents were Jewish and immigrated to the United States. His father, Samuel Juster, was born in Romania and became an architect through a correspondence course. His mother, Minnie Silberman, was of Polish Jewish descent. His brother, Howard, became an architect as well. Juster studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, obtaining a bachelor's degree in 1952. He went on to study city planning at the University of Liverpool. Career Juster enlisted in the Civil Engineer Corps of the United States Navy in 1954, and rose to the rank of lieutenant junior grade. During one tour, to combat boredom, he began to write and illustrate a story for children, but the commanding officer later reprimande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Knatchbull (other) , English secondary school in Kent
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Norton Knatchbull is the name of: *Sir Norton Knatchbull (MP for Hythe) (1569–1636), MP for Hythe, 1609 *Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet (1602–1685), English MP for Kent and New Romney * Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (1922–1943), British peer and soldier *Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born 1947), British peer See also *The Norton Knatchbull School The Norton Knatchbull School is a grammar school with academy status for boys located in Ashford, Kent, England. Girls are accepted into the Sixth Form. As of 2017, the school serves more than one thousand pupils aged 11 to 18. History The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Mezvinsky
Norton Mezvinsky (1932 – 2022) was an American historian, professor, and author. He was a Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, Central Connecticut State University, and was the president of the International Council for Middle East Studies, an academic think tank in Washington, D. C. He has written numerous published books, articles, and book reviews that deal with various aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Zionism. Family Norton Mezvinsky was from a well-known Iowa family long involved in Jewish politics. His father, Abe, was for decades a grocer and leading businessman in Ames, Iowa, and was famous for his philanthropy. Norton studied history at Wisconsin University under George Mosse, Howard K. Beale, and William Appleman Williams. At the same time, he corresponded with rabbi Elmer Berger, with whom he was to work and come very close to. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1960, while working on a sociological study on American Jewish Sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Nascimento
Norton Nascimento (4 January 1962 – 21 December 2007) was a Brazilian actor. Personal life Norton Nascimento was born in the city of Belém, capital of the state of Pará. His wife was actress Kelly Candia. He was a member of the Igreja Renascer em Cristo. Death Nascimento had suffered several years of failing health, including a reported Heart transplantation, heart transplant in December 2003 due to an aortic aneurysm. He died in Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo hospital, aged 45, in São Paulo, Brazil, from heart failure due to lung problems. Filmography Film credits *1995: ''Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil'' – Fernando Leão *1998: ''Drama Urbano'' – Waldo *2000: ''Até que a Vida nos Separe (1999), Até que a Vida nos Separe'' – Pedro *2004: ''Araguaia - A Conspiração do Silêncio, Araguaia – A Conspiração do Silêncio'' – Osvaldão Television credits *1981: ''Os Imigrantes'' *1992: ''De Corpo e Alma (TV series), De Corpo e Alma'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Norton may refer to: Places Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada *Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan *Norton Parish, New Brunswick **Norton, New Brunswick, a village United Kingdom England *Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, a district * Norton, South Hams, a location in Devon * Norton, Torridge, a location in Devon *Norton, County Durham, an area of Stockton-on-Tees * Norton, East Sussex, a location * Norton, Gloucestershire, a civil parish * Norton, Hampshire, a hamlet near Sutton Scotney *Norton, Herefordshire, a civil parish near Bromyard *Norton, Hertfordshire, a village *Norton, Isle of Wight, a location *Norton, Kent *Norton, Northamptonshire, a village *Norton, Nottinghamshire, a village * Norton, Culmington, a location in Shropshire * Norton, Stockton, Shropshire, a location in Shropshire * Norton, Wroxeter and Uppington, a location in Shropshire * Norton, Somerset, a location * Norton, Doncas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Simon
Norton Winfred Simon (February 5, 1907 – June 2, 1993) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was at one time one of the wealthiest men in America. At the time of his death, he had amassed a net worth of nearly US$10 billion. Simon was born to a Jewish family in Portland, Oregon. His father operated a wholesale goods store there. When Simon was sixteen years old, he relocated with his family from Portland to San Francisco following his mother's death. After dropping out of the University of California, Berkeley, Simon founded a sheet metal company before investing in an insolvent orange juice bottling plant in Fullerton, California. The company was renamed Val Vita Food Products Company, and, under Simon's supervision, expanded its product line to include numerous other fruit and vegetable products. The company was eventually sold by Simon to Hunt's Foods, after which Simon retired in 1969. He spent his later years serving in philanthropic and non-profit roles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Zinder
Norton David Zinder (November 7, 1928 – February 3, 2012) was an American biologist famous for his discovery of genetic transduction. Zinder was born in New York City, received his A.B. from Columbia University in 1947, Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1952, and became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1969. He led a lab at Rockefeller University until shortly before his death. In 1966 he was awarded the NAS Award in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences. Genetic transduction and RNA bacteriophage Working as a graduate student with Joshua Lederberg, Zinder discovered that a bacteriophage can carry genes from one bacterium to another. Initial experiments were carried out using ''Salmonella''. Zinder and Lederberg named this process of genetic exchange transduction. Later, Zinder discovered the first bacteriophage that contained RNA as its genetic material. At that time, Harvey Lodish (now of the Massachusetts Institute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bearing An Hourglass
''Bearing an Hourglass'' is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony. It is the second of eight books in the ''Incarnations of Immortality'' series. Plot summary Some time in the future (as evidenced by technology in use that is much more advanced than in the first story), Norton—a man of about forty—is living a life of nomadic wandering when a ghost named Gawain asks him to father a child to his wife, Orlene, with whom Norton eventually falls in love. Gaea, the Incarnation of Nature, makes the child in Gawain's likeness so his bloodline would continue. Unfortunately, due to a recessive disease that runs in Gawain's family, the child dies. Orlene commits suicide shortly after. Mourning Orlene, Norton resumes his travels, during which he is approached by Gawain. Trying to make up for his blunder, the ghost notifies Norton the office of Time (Chronos), who rules over all Earthly aspects of time, will be opening. Gawain explains that the person who holds the office of Chronos lives bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
