Rotch Scholarship

	Rotch Scholarship Rotch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abbott Lawrence Rotch (1861–1912), American meteorologist Arthur Rotch (1850–1894), American architect Edith Rotch (1874–1969), American tennis player * Benjamin Rotch (1794–1854), British barrister, politician and author Francis J. Rotch (1863–1918), American politician from Washington State Francis M. Rotch (1822–1863), American politician from New York Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849–1914), American pediatrician See also Roch (other) Saint Roch was a Christian saint who lived c.1295–1327. Roch or St. Roch may also refer to: * ''St. Roch'' (ship), Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner, the first ship to completely circumnavigate North America St. Roch, New Orleans, neighbor ... {{surname, Rotch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Abbott Lawrence Rotch Abbott Lawrence Rotch (January 6, 1861 – April 7, 1912) was an American meteorologist and founder of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, the longest continually operating observation site in the United States and an important site for world climatology. Early life Abbott Lawrence Rotch was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 6, 1861. As a young man, Rotch became interested in the newly developing science of meteorology and determined to make this field his lifetime career. By the time he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1884, Rotch had conceived and carried into execution his plans for erecting a meteorological observatory on the summit of the Great Blue Hill, south of Boston in the Blue Hills Reservation, a 6,000 acre (24 km²) public park managed by the Metropolitan District Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Milton, Massachusetts. Rotch chose the site because the elevation of was the highest point within of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Arthur Rotch Arthur Rotch (May 13, 1850 – August 15, 1894) was an American architect active in Boston, Massachusetts. Early life Rotch was born in Milton, Massachusetts to Benjamin Smith Rotch (1817-1882) and Annie Bigelow Lawrence (1820-1893). His was a prominent Boston family whose roots went back to Nantucket and New Bedford whaling and shipping interests in the 18th century. His maternal grandfather, Abbott Lawrence, was minister to Great Britain and one of the founders of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He studied humanities at Harvard College for four years, graduating in 1871, and spent two years (1872-1873) at MIT. He then worked as a draftsman at the firm of Ware and Brunt. From 1874 to 1880 studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and in the atelier of Emile Vaudremer. Career While in France he was in charge of the restoration of the Château de Chenonceau. In 1880, he became partner of Rotch & Tilden (Boston) with George Thomas Tilden, designing churches, the Memorial Library i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Edith Rotch Edith Eliot Rotch (August 11, 1874-December 11, 1969) was an American tennis player of the start of the 20th century. Born and raised in greater Boston, she was a 1901 magna cum laude graduate of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts."Edith Eliot Rotch, Was Tennis Champion." ''Boston Globe'', December 12, 1969, p. 45. During a successful tennis career, on three occasions, she won the US Women's National Championship : in mixed doubles in 1908 (with Nathaniel Niles) and in women's doubles with Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman in 1909 and 1910. In addition to tennis, she won local trophies in ice skating. By the late 1910s, she had become active in amateur radio. Her ham call letters were 1RO, and later 1ZR. She had her own ham station and administered the licensing exam to other amateurs.Harold B. Matson. "Woman Net Champ Leads in Radio." ''Wilkes-Barre (PA) Times-Leader'', May 24, 1924, p. 17. Grand Slam finals Doubles (2 titles) Mixed doubles (1 title) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Benjamin Rotch Benjamin Rotch (1794–1854), was a British barrister, politician and author. Rotch was MP for Knaresborough from 1832 to 1835. He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rotch, Benjamin 1794 births 1854 deaths Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Francis J Francis may refer to: People Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters Francis (surname) Places Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada *Francis (electoral district) Francis, Nebraska Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska Francis, Oklahoma Francis, Utah Other uses ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills ''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia * Francis turbine, a type of water turbine * Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also * Saint Francis (other) * Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name * Francisco (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Francis M Francis Michael Durango Magalona (October 4, 1964 – March 6, 2009), also known by the moniker Francis M, was a Filipino rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actor, and television personality. Born in Manila, He became a significant influence to artists in the Pinoy hip-hop scene and the local rap community. Beyond music, Magalona was also a television host on MTV Asia and Channel V Philippines and on the noontime variety television show ''Eat Bulaga!''. Magalona died on March 6, 2009, seven months after being diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. Magalona was later awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Merit. The award's citation noted that it had been given "for his musical and artistic brilliance, his deep faith in the Filipino and his sense of national pride that continue to inspire us." Family and early career Magalona was the eighth of the nine children of actors Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran, popular film stars of the 1940s and 1950s. His grandfather, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Morgan Rotch Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849–1914) was the president of the American Pediatric Society for 1890–91 and America's first full professor of pediatrics. He was the great-grandson of Samuel Powel Griffitts. Biography Thomas Morgan Rotch was born in Philadelphia on December 9, 1849. He graduated from Harvard College in 1870, and from Harvard Medical School in 1874. He died at his home in Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ... on March 9, 1914. References Presidents of the American Pediatric Society American pediatricians 1849 births 1914 deaths 19th-century American physicians 20th-century American physicians Harvard College alumni Harvard Medical School alumni {{US-physician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]