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Polson (surname)
* Cecily Polson, Australian actor *John Polson (born 1965), Australian actor *Nicholas Polson (born 1963), British statistician *Shannon Huffman Polson, American soldier and writer *Thomas Andrew Polson (1865–1946), Anglo-Irish writer and politician *William Polson Sir William John Polson (6 June 1875 – 8 October 1960) was a New Zealand politician, first as an Independent and then in the National Party. He joined the National Party on its formation in 1936, and "later acted effectively as Holland's d ... (1875–1960), New Zealand politician {{Paul-surname English-language surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecily Polson
Cecily Polson, is a New Zealand-born former Australian actress, known for her role as Martha O'Dare in the television series '' E Street'' in which she appeared for its four-year run from the pilot in 1989 to 1993, appearing in 403 episodes. She has primarily appeared in television soap opera as a character actress including '' Certain Women'', ''Cop Shop'', Ryan, ''Homicide'' (5 roles), ''Division 4'' (8 roles), ''A Country Practice'' (3 roles), '' G.P.'', ''The Flying Doctors'' and '' All Saints'' (5 roles). Her film roles dating from 1969 onwards include both theatrical and TV movies '' The Year of Living Dangerously'' and ''Muriel's Wedding''. She also appeared in the horror genre films '' See No Evil'' and ''See No Evil 2''. She was married to fellow New Zealand-born Australian actor Peter Gwynne Peter Gwynne (1929 – 17 November 2011) was a New Zealand-born Australian television actor who was also known for voice-over work. Career Born in New Zealand, Gwy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Polson
John Polson (born 6 September 1965) is an Australian actor, director and founder of Tropfest. As an actor, Polson's best known role is probably starring opposite Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson in '' The Sum of Us'' (1994). In February 2001, Polson attended the 12th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Hokkaidō, Japan, where his film ''Siam Sunset'' won the Minami Toshiko Award. In 2005 he directed the film ''Hide and Seek'', which achieved number one box-office status in America. He also directed the feature film '' Tenderness'' starring Russell Crowe and Laura Dern Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. Born to actor Bruce Dern and a ..., which was released in 2009. Polson is the creative founder of Tropfest, the world's largest short film festival. In 2007, Tropfest partnered with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Polson
Nicholas Polson (born 7 May 1963) is a British statistician who is a professor of econometrics and statistics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His works are primarily in Bayesian statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo and Sequential Monte Carlo, (aka Particle filter). Polson was educated at Worcester College, Oxford University and the University of Nottingham where his PhD supervisor was Adrian Smith. Polson is the co-author (with James Scott) of the book ''AIQ: How People and Machines Are Smarter Together'' (2018), about the key ideas that played a role in the historical development of artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re .... Selected publications * Eraker, B., M. Johannes and N.G. Polson, "The Impact of Jumps in Volatility in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Huffman Polson
Shannon Huffman Polson is an American writer. In 1995, Polson became one of the first women to fly the Apache attack helicopter in the U.S. Army. Early life Polson (''nee'' Huffman) was born and reared in Anchorage, Alaska, daughter of an Army JAG officer. She grew up active on the swim team and the debate team, and in her church youth group. Education and military career Polson earned her BA from Duke University in English Literature. While home from college after her sophomore year, Polson became the youngest woman at the time to successfully summit Denali, the highest peak in North America. She entered the Army's Aviation Officer Basic Course and Initial Entry Rotary Wing Course at Ft. Rucker, Alabama in the fall of 1993, just after the lifting of aviation Combat Exclusion Policy by Les Aspin in the summer of 1993. She graduated as an honor graduate of the Officer Basic Course and in 1995 qualified on the AH-64A Apache attack helicopter. In 1995, Polson was the first woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Andrew Polson
Colonel Sir Thomas Andrew Polson, KBE, CMG, TD (28 August 1865 – 22 August 1946) was an Anglo-Irish writer who was briefly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover. Biography Colson was born in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, the eldest surviving son of Thomas Andrew Polson, Tuam agent for Bradford city wool buyers. He was educated at Tuam Diocesan School and from there went into business. He was commissioned an officer in the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), where he was promoted to captain on 21 July 1902, and to major on the following day. He married Elizabeth Lindsay of Edinburgh in 1918, while Chief Inspector of the Army Clothing Department. Polson was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in January 1921, after the Conservative MP Viscount Duncannon had succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Bessborough. Polson's election was supported by Horatio Bottomley, but although claimed by Bottonmley as a member of the right-wing Independent Parliamentary Group, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Polson
Sir William John Polson (6 June 1875 – 8 October 1960) was a New Zealand politician, first as an Independent and then in the National Party. He joined the National Party on its formation in 1936, and "later acted effectively as Holland's deputy". Biography Early life and career Polson was born in Wanganui to Scottish immigrants Donald Gunn Polson and Janet Campbell Gillies, and was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School. After finishing school he worked on his father's farm until ill health caused him to cease work. During his recuperation he taught himself shorthand and later became a journalist. He was Wellington provincial president of New Zealand Farmers' Union from 1920 to 1921 and became dominion president from 1921 to 1936. Polson's position as president meant he became prominent in national politics. He clashed with the Reform government over meat marketing in 1919, monopolistic marketing trusts in the face of a produce price slump in 1921. He initiated the Meat E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots language, Scots, and then closest related to the Low German, Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is Genetic relationship (linguistics), genealogically West Germanic language, West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by Langues d'oïl, dialects of France (about List of English words of French origin, 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
