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Otis (surname)
Otis is a surname of English origin and may have been a variant spelling of the English name Oates. *Amos Otis, a professional baseball player * Bill Otis, professional baseball player *Elisha Otis, inventor of a safety device for hoisting machinery, who went on to invent the first passenger elevator *Eliza Ann Otis (1833–1904), poet, journalist, philanthropist *Elwell Otis, an American general who served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars *Glenn K. Otis U.S. Army general (retd.) *Harrison Gray Otis (publisher) (1837–1917), a publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'' *Harrison Gray Otis (lawyer) (1765–1848), a representative and senator from Massachusetts *James Otis: ** James Otis, Sr. (1702–1778), American revolutionary politician ** James Otis, Jr. (1725–1783), American revolutionary politician **James Otis, pen name of James Otis Kaler (1848–1912), American journalist and author of children's literature **James Otis (mayor) (1826 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Otis (mayor)
James Otis (August 11, 1826 – October 30, 1875) was an American politician. He was active in San Francisco, where he served as mayor from 1873 to 1875. Biography James Otis was born in Boston, Massachusetts to the Otis family, which is counted among the Boston Brahmin families. He was the grandson of James Otis Jr. of the American Revolutionary War. He moved to San Francisco, California for the 1849 California Gold Rush. He was a prominent member of the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco. In 1858, Otis married Lucy Hamilton Macondray, together they had two daughters and five sons. Otis then became an importer and exporter in San Francisco, working at his father-in-law Frederick William Macondray's business Macondray and Company. Otis became a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1859 and served until 1862. Otis was then elected Mayor of San Francisco in 1873 and was sworn in on December 1, 1873. His campaign was for flushing the sewers and clean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis (given Name)
Otis is a male given name derived from an English surname, which was in turn derived from Ode, a variant form of Odo, Otto.{{citation needed, date=November 2016 The name also has origins in the Ars Goetia, it is a variation of the name Botis. Otis is also a male 'given' name from Otieno with its roots from the Luo tribe in Kenya. It is a nickname. People *Otis Armstrong (born 1950), American football player * Otis R. Bowen (1918–2013), American politician *Otis Chandler (1927–2006), American newspaper publisher *Otis Clay (1942–2016), American R&B and soul singer *Otis Davis (born 1932), American athlete *Otis Dudley Duncan (1921–2004), American sociologist *Otis Dozovic (born 1991), American professional wrestler *Otis Gibson (1826–1889), American missionary in China *Otis F. Glenn (1879–1959), American politician *Otis Grant (born 1967), Canadian boxer * Otis Grant (American football) (1961–2011), American football player * Otis Jackson Jr. (born 1973), American mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren (September 14, eptember 25, New Style1728 – October 19, 1814) was an American activist poet, playwright, and pamphleteer during the American Revolution. During the years before the Revolution, she had published poems and plays that attacked royal authority in Massachusetts and urged colonists to resist British infringements on colonial rights and liberties. She was married to James Warren, who was likewise heavily active in the independence movement. During the debate over the United States Constitution in 1788, she issued a pamphlet, ''Observations on the new Constitution, and on the Federal and State Conventions'' written under the pseudonym "A Columbian Patriot", that opposed ratification of the document and advocated the inclusion of a Bill of Rights. ''Observations'' was long thought to be the work of other writers, most notably Elbridge Gerry. It was not until one of her descendants, Charles Warren, found a reference to it in a 1787 letter to British h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Otis
William Smith Otis (September 20, 1813 – November 13, 1839) was an American inventor of the steam shovel. Otis received a patent for his creation on February 24, 1839. In 1839 William Smith Otis, civil engineer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was issued a US patent for the steam shovel (No. 1,089) for excavating an(removing earth) Officially the patent drawing imissingbut a drawing exists which is said to be the one from the patent and this shows the crane mounted on a railroad car. A load of earth could be lifted by the bucket, raised by the crane and turned to be dumped, such as in railcars. The patent described how a steam engine of a type then in ordinary use, was installed with a power control mechanism for the crane, and a system of pulleys to move its arms and bucket. It could move about 380 cubic meters of earth a day, with its 1.1 cubic meter capacity shovel and 180° slewing wooden jib. It was first used on the Western Railroad in Massachusetts. Otis was born on Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Otis
Todd H. Otis (born June 22, 1945) is an American businessman and politician. Early life and education From Minneapolis, Minnesota, Otis received his bachelor's degree in American history in 1967 from Harvard University. He then served in the Peace Corps from 1967 to 1969 and was stationed in Senegal. In 1970, Otis then received his master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Career Otis worked in corporate community affairs. He also wrote about nuclear energy and renewable energy. Otis served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991 and was a Democrat. Otis served as chair of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party from 1990 to 1993. In 1994, he ran for Minnesota governor and Minnesota auditor but lost in both primary elections. His father was James C. Otis, who served on the Minnesota Supreme Court The Minnesota Supreme Court is the Supreme court, highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuggie Otis
Johnny Shuggie Otis (born Johnny Alexander Veliotes, Jr.; November 30, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist. Otis's composition "Strawberry Letter 23" (as recorded by The Brothers Johnson) topped the '' Billboard'' R&B chart and reached #5 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1977. He also achieved commercial success with his 1974 single "Inspiration Information" (from the album of the same title), reaching #56 on the R&B chart. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Otis is the son of rhythm and blues pioneer, musician, bandleader, and impresario Johnny Otis, who was of Greek descent, and his wife Phyllis Walker, who was of African American and Filipinos, Filipino descent. The name "Shuggie" (short for "sugar," according to his mother) was coined by Phyllis when he was a newborn. Otis began playing guitar when he was two years old and performing professionally with his father's band at the age of eleven, often disguising h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Allyne Otis
Samuel Allyne Otis (November 24, 1740 – April 22, 1814) was the first Secretary of the United States Senate, serving for its first 25 years. He also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a delegate to the Confederation Congress in 1787 and 1788. Secretary of the Senate Early in 1789, as plans went forward for establishing the new Congress under the recently ratified Constitution, a heated contest developed for the job of Senate Secretary. The obvious candidate was dapper sixty-year-old Charles Thomson, secretary of the soon-to-expire Continental Congress during its entire fifteen-year existence. But Thomson weakened his candidacy by telling friends that he had a different secretarial post in mind—one in George Washington's cabinet. As the March 1789 convening date of the Senate neared, however, Thomson realized that he had no chance of landing a cabinet appointment. Consequently, he decided he would indeed like to become the first Secretary of the Sena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parapsychology Research At SRI
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) in Menlo Park, California carried out research on various phenomena characterized by the term parapsychology from 1972 until 1991. Early studies indicating that phenomena such as remote viewing and psychokinesis could be scientifically studied were published in such mainstream journals as '' Proceedings of the IEEE'' and ''Nature''. This attracted the sponsorship of such groups as NASA (by way of Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and The Central Intelligence Agency. In 1991, the research program was transferred to SAIC as part of the Stargate Project. While the SRI projects were classified at the time, the research materials were subsequently made public in 1995, and a summary of the early history of SRI and the origins of Stargate was published the following year. Scientists and skeptical writers would later find serious flaws in the methodology used at SRI, leaving the work largely discredited. Areas of research Harold Puthoff an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis (born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes; December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012) was an American singer, musician, composer, bandleader, record producer, and talent scout. He was a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll. He discovered numerous artists early in their careers who went on to become highly successful in their own right, including Little Esther Phillips, Etta James, Alan O'Day, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Ace, Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard, and The Robins, among many others. Otis has been called the "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues". Personal life Otis was born in Vallejo, California, to Greek immigrant parents, Alexander J. Veliotes, a Mare Island longshoreman and grocery store owner, and his wife, the former Irene Kiskakes, a painter. He had a younger sister, Dorothy, and a younger brother, Nicholas A. Veliotes, who became the U.S. Ambassador to Jordan (1978–1981) and Egypt (1984–1986). Johnny grew up in a predominantly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Otis (actor)
James Patrick Otis (March 16, 1948 – March 3, 2020) was an American film and television actor. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Otis began his film career in the 1970s, where he first appeared in the film ''Dragonfly'' in 1976, then made other films until 1998, when he made his first appearance in television. It was in '' Profiler'', and he starred in one episode. In 1999, Otis appeared in three episodes of '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. In 2006, Otis appeared in the true story film ''The Black Dahlia'', which starred Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson. Otis also appeared in ''The Prestige'', which starred Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Otis performed in numerous audio plays for Peabody-winner Yuri Rasovsky. Otis appeared in the film ''Nite Tales: The Movie'', which was released in December 2007. Otis died on March 3, 2020, at the age of 71 following an illness. Filmography *''Supernatural'' (2010) (TV series) — Famine (''1 Episode'') *'' Dark Streets'' (2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Otis Kaler
James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He wrote under the name James Otis. Life and career Kaler was born on March 19, 1848, in Winterport, Maine. He attended Public school (government funded), public schools, then got a job with the ''Boston Journal'' at 13, and three years later was providing coverage of the American Civil War. Later, he went on to work as a journalist or Editing, editor for various newspapers, superintendent (education), superintendent at schools, and a publicity man at a circus.Lost Classic Books Author Bio PageJames Otis (last accessed 1 September 2007) In 1880 he wrote his first, and still most famous (largely by way of a filmed version by Walt Disney), children’s book, ''Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus'', a story about an orphan who runs away to join the circus. Following the book's success he went on to author numerous other children’s books, mostly historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
