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Poynter
Poynter is an English occupational surname for the maker of cord that fastened doublet with hose (clothing). The name derives from the Middle English "poynte" and originally from the Latin "puncta", meaning to pierce. Poynter may also be an Anglicised variant of the Huguenot name 'Pointier'. Notable people *Andrew Poynter (born 1987), English-born Irish cricketer * Beulah Poynter (1883–1960), American actress and author *Dougie Poynter (born 1987), English musician *Edward Poynter (1836–1919), British painter *Jane Poynter, American author, businesswoman, and environmentalist * James I. Poynter (1916–1950), United States Medal of Honor recipient *Nelson Poynter (1903–1978), American publisher *Rikki Poynter (born 1991), deaf American YouTuber and activist *Robert Poynter (born 1937), American sprinter * Stuart Poynter (born 1990), English-born Irish cricketer * William Poynter (1762–1827, English Catholic bishop * William A. Poynter (1848–1909), the 14th Governor of Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beulah Poynter
Beulah Poynter (June 6, 1883 – August 13, 1960) was an American writer, playwright and actress. Though her career touched on Broadway theatre, Broadway and Hollywood films, Hollywood, Poynter was better known for her starring roles with stock and touring companies and as a prolific writer of mystery and romance stories. Poynter was probably best remembered by theatergoers for her title role in ''Lena Rivers,'' a drama she reworked for the stage from the novel by Mary J. Holmes. Early life Beulah Marguerite Poynter was born in northern Missouri at Eagleville, Missouri, Eagleville and raised in nearby Bethany, Missouri, Bethany. She was the daughter of Henry Douglas Poynter and Lucy "Lula" Waltersbooks.google.com/books?id=qI0BAAAAMAAJ Daughters of the American Revolution Beulah Poynter Bowers, ID Number: 117643 born in Eagleville, Mo., wife of John Bowers ''Lineage Book,'' 1931, p. 199] Retrieved May 25, 2014Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809–1992 about Beulah Margurite Poynter, born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a non-profit journalism school and research organization in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The school is the owner of the ''Tampa Bay Times'' newspaper and the International Fact-Checking Network. It also operates PolitiFact. History Founding The school began on May 29, 1975, when Nelson Poynter, the owner and chairman of the ''St. Petersburg Times'' (now the ''Tampa Bay Times'') and Times Publishing Company, announced that he planned to start a small journalism school called the ''Modern Media Institute''. (The name of the school was changed to the Poynter Institute almost a decade later.) In 1977, Nelson Poynter willed ownership of the Times Publishing Company to the Institute so that after his death the school would become the owner of the ''St. Petersburg Times''. Poynter died on June 15, 1978, at the age of 74. He had become ill in his office just a few hours after he helped break ground for the new St. Petersburg ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikki Poynter
Rikki Poynter (born July 16, 1991) is a deaf YouTuber and activist. She began as a beauty vlogger and is now a lifestyle vlogger with a focus on Deaf awareness, accessibility, and the importance of closed captioning. Background Poynter was first diagnosed with hearing loss at age 11, genetically inherited from a deaf parent. She describes her deafness as severe in her right ear and moderate to severe in her left ear. She was raised orally under a German deaf mother and an American hearing father in a mainstream environment and attended mainstream schools from K-12, which she described as difficult due to a lack of accommodation. In her early 20s, Poynter became more involved in the Deaf community and began to learn American Sign Language (ASL) in 2015. YouTube channel Poynter created her YouTube channel soon after high school when she started uploading makeup tutorials to her YouTube channeRikkiPoynter She continued creating beauty videos for the next four years, but then deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Poynter
Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet (20 March 183626 July 1919) was an English painter, designer, and draughtsman, who served as President of the Royal Academy. Life Poynter was the son of architect Ambrose Poynter. He was born in Paris, France, though his parents returned to Britain soon after his birth. He was educated at Brighton College and Ipswich School, but left school early for reasons of ill health, spending winters in Madeira and Rome. In 1853, he met Frederick Leighton in Rome, who made a great impression on the 17-year-old Poynter. On his return to London he studied at Leigh's Academy in Newman Street and the Royal Academy Schools, before going to Paris to study in the studio of the classicist painter Charles Gleyre where James McNeill Whistler and George du Maurier were fellow-students. In 1866 Poynter married the famous beauty Agnes MacDonald, daughter of the Rev. G. B. MacDonald of Wolverhampton, and they had three children. Her sister Georgiana married t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dougie Poynter
Dougie Lee Poynter (born 30 November 1987) is an English musician, songwriter, fashion model, aspiring clothing designer, children's author and actor. He is the bassist of the pop rock band McFly. Biography Early life Poynter was born in Orsett, Essex, England. He went to school at Herd Lane Primary School, Corringham and later, Gable Hall school in Corringham. He has one sister. Musical career McFly In 2003, a then 15 year-old Poynter auditioned for and subsequently became the bass player for the English band McFly. The band consists of Poynter, Tom Fletcher (vocals/guitar), Danny Jones (guitar/vocals), and Harry Judd (drums). McFly rose to fame with their first single, "Five Colours in Her Hair," which was released March 2004 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number one in April 2004. Their first album, ''Room on the 3rd Floor'', also hit number one in the UK Albums Chart and would earn McFly a Guinness World Record for being the youngest band to have a debut album enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Poynter
Nelson Poynter (1903–1978) was an American publisher and media proprietor. He was the owner of the Times Publishing Company, and the co-founder of the ''Congressional Quarterly''. He is the namesake of the Poynter Institute. Early life Poynter was born in Sullivan, Indiana, in 1903. His family moved to Florida nine years later when his father, Paul Poynter, bought the ''St. Petersburg Times''. Nelson returned to Indiana to get his B.A. from Indiana University and went on to complete a master's degree from Yale University in 1927. Career Poynter worked various newspaper jobs across the country after completing his education. He began buying stock from his father in 1935, and he became an editor in 1939. He stayed in this position until his father's death in 1950 when he was appointed president. He co-founded the ''Congressional Quarterly'' with his wife, Henrietta. Poynter established the Poynter Fund in 1954 to honor his father. He gave generously to his two alma maters to en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Poynter
Jane Poynter is an American aerospace executive, author and speaker. She is founder, co-CEO and CXO of Space Perspective, a luxury space travel company. She was co-founder and former CEO of World View Enterprises, a private near-space exploration and technology company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. Poynter was also a founding member of the Biosphere 2 design team and a crew member from the original two-year mission inside the materially closed ecological system. Prior to World View, Poynter served as co-founder, Chairwoman and President of Paragon Space Development Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of hazardous environment life support equipment. Business ventures Space Perspective Space Perspective is a high-altitude flight tourism company, founded and incorporated in 2019 by Poynter and Taber MacCallum, with plans to launch its nine-person ''Spaceship Neptune'' crewed balloon from NASA Kennedy Space Center. On June 18, 2020, Space Perspective announced plans to ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Poynter
William Poynter (20 May 1762, at Petersfield, Hampshire – 26 November 1827, in London) was an English Catholic priest, bishop as vicar apostolic in London. Life Early life Poynter was educated at the English College at Douai, where he was ordained in 1786. He remained as professor, and afterwards prefect of studies till the college was suppressed during the French Revolution.Ward, Bernard. "William Poynter." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 11 January 2019 After undergoing eighteen months imprisonment, the collegians were set free, and returned to England in March, 1795. Poynter with the students from the South of England went to Old Hall at |
Stuart Poynter
Stuart William Poynter (born 18 October 1990 in Hammersmith, London) is an English-born Irish cricketer who has played for Durham County Cricket Club as a wicket-keeper. He made his One Day International debut against Scotland in September 2014. He made his Twenty20 International debut against Scotland on 18 June 2015. In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season. In October 2019, Poynter retired from international cricket, to focus his career at Durham. Career Poynter has represented Ireland at Under-19 and Under-17 level. He made his first-class debut against Oxford MCCU where he impressed keeping wicket, taking three catches and scoring 42 from 79 balls in a knock that included four 4's. He has also played a first-class match for Ireland against Canada as part of the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup where he scored 31, helping Ireland to a convincing innings victory. In September 2013 he made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Poynter
Andrew David Poynter (born 25 April 1987) is a former Irish cricketer. Poynter is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler who was trained at the Middlesex Cricket Academy and he made his first-class debut, aged eighteen for Middlesex County Cricket Club against Cambridge UCCE at Fenner's in 2005. His uncle Deryck Vincent also represented Ireland. International career Poynter has represented the Ireland under-19 cricket team. He played six youth ODIs, scoring 148 runs at an average of 29.60 with a top score of 76. Progressing from age group cricket, Poynter was named in the Ireland A squad to play Denmark and Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ... in summer 2007. Retrieved on 8 December 2008. Poynter scored 78 runs against Afghani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Poynter
Robert Addison "Bobby" Poynter (born December 5, 1937) is an American retired sprinter. He ran collegiately for San Jose State College, where he was coached by Bud Winter. He was the runner up at the 1959 NCAA Championships in the 100 yard dash and 220 yard dash. In the 220, he lost to San Jose State teammate Ray Norton. That same year he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games as a member of the American 4x100 meters relay. During that 1959 season he was ranked #3 in the world in both the 100 meters and the 200 meters. While at Pasadena High School, he won the 220 at the CIF California State Meet in 1955 and 56. His 21.0 in 1956 was the state record. Those same years he placed third and second in the 100, beaten by Ken Dennis in 1955 (later defeating Dennis in the 220). He was the 1956 CIF Southern Section Athlete of the Year. In 1957, running for Pasadena City College, he won the California Community College title in the 220 and 100 runner up. After getting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pointer (surname)
Pointer is a surname. Notable persons with the name include: * Aaron Pointer (born 1942), American baseball player * Anita Pointer (1948–2022), American singer-songwriter * Ben Pointer (born 1996), English rugby league player * Bonnie Pointer (1950–2020), American singer * Chris Pointer (born 1976), American football defensive back * Dick Pointer (before 1778 – 1827), American frontier hero * Ernest Pointer (1872– after 1900), English footballer * Fred Pointer, Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player * Grant Pointer (born 1987), English rugby union player * Issa Pointer (born 1978), American singer * John Pointer (cricketer) (1782–1815), English cricketer * John Pointer (antiquary) (1668–1754), English cleric and antiquary * John Pointer (American football) (born 1958), American football player * Joseph Pointer (1875–1914), English patternmaker and politician * June Pointer (1953–2006), American singer * Mick Pointer (born 1956), Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
