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Rye (surname) (1863–1953), American politician
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Rye is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Angela Rye, born 1971, Political commentator *Barbara Lynette Rye, born 1952, Australian botanist * Daphne Rye (1916–1992), English theatre actress and director *Maria Rye (1829–1903), English social reformer *Michael Rye (born 1918), American voice actor *Olaf Rye (1791–1849), Dano-Norwegian military officer * Roger Rye, MP for Kent *Stellan Rye (1880–1914), Danish-born film director *Thomas Clark Rye Thomas Clarke Rye (June 2, 1863September 12, 1953) was an American politician who served as the 32nd governor of Tennessee from 1915 to 1919. An ardent supporter of prohibition of alcoholic beverages, he helped reunify the state's Democratic Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Rye
Angela Rye (born October 26, 1979) is the Principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, a political advocacy firm formerly based in Washington, DC. She is a special correspondent on ESPN. She was (until November 2020) a liberal political commentator on CNN. She briefly served as the executive director and general counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus for the 112th Congress. She formerly helped steer the boards of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee, Seattle University School of Law Alumni, and Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network. She serves as a senior advisor to the Government Technology and Services Coalition and is a member of The Links, Incorporated. Early life Rye grew up in the Madison Park section of Seattle, Washington. Raised Catholic, she graduated from Seattle's all-girls Holy Names Academy, the University of Washington, and Seattle University School of Law. Career Rye began her career in legisla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Lynette Rye
Barbara Lynette Rye is an Australian botanist born in 1952. Barbara Rye has been associated with the Western Australian Herbarium, where her work as a taxonomist has been the source of many new descriptions of plants. The number of taxa recorded as described by women authors is historically very low, of the terrestrial plant species this amount is around three percent, yet in analysis published in 2019 Rye is amongst the ten most prolific women taxonomists. Born in Perth, Western Australia, she spent her childhood investigating the local flora and fauna of the Southwest Australia region, a biodiversity hotspot, and later began studies at the University of Western Australia. Barbara Rye entered the fields of zoology and botany, taking a special interest in genetics and evolutionary biology. The first description of a new species was a '' Darwinia'', a genus of the family Myrtaceae that Rye investigated for her doctoral thesis, separating '' Darwinia capitellata'' from a more widel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Rye
Daphne Rye (1916 – 10 November 1992) was a director, actress, casting director and restaurateur. Rye was casting agent for the company H. M. Tennent. She discovered a number of talents who became big names, including Richard Burton, later one of Rye's lodgers. She also helped Kenneth More and Honor Blackman. Nigel Hawthorne said of her: "How daunting it was to hear her voice coming from a darkened auditorium during auditions." Her theatrical credits as director included ''Private Lives'', ''Edward, My Son'' and ''The Little Hut''. She was married three times. Her marriages to the actor Roland Culver and Dr John Janvrin were dissolved. Sam Ainley, her last husband, predeceased her. Rye had two sons from her first marriage, actor Michael Culver and painter Robin Culver. In 1963, with the backing of friends, Rye established a restaurant in Chelsea calleDaphne's which became a celebrity hangout, attracting the likes of Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Alec Guinness and Charles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Rye
Maria Susan Rye, (31 March 1829 – 12 November 1903), was a social reformer and a promoter of emigration from England, especially of young women living in Liverpool workhouses, to the colonies of the British Empire, especially Canada. Early life She was born at 2 Lower James Street, Golden Square, in central London, on 31 March 1829. She was the eldest of the nine children of Edward Rye, solicitor and bibliophile, and Maria Tuppen. Edward Rye of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, was her grandfather. Of her brothers, Edward Caldwell Rye was an entomologist, and Walter Rye, solicitor, antiquary, and athlete, published works on Norfolk history and topography and was mayor of Norwich in 1908–9. Maria Rye received her education at home and read for herself in the large library of her father. Career Coming under the influence of Charles Kingsley's father, then vicar of St Luke's Church, she devoted herself at the age of sixteen to parochial work in Chelsea. She was impressed by the lack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rye
Michael Rye (born John Michael Riorden Billsbury; March 2, 1918 – September 20, 2012) was an American actor. His decades-long career spanned radio, television, animated cartoons and video games. Aside from his voice over work, Rye also acted in on-screen television roles as well, including parts in '' Dr. Kildare'' and ''77 Sunset Strip''. He is also credited in TL Osborn's gospel documentaries as the narrator. Early life Rye was born John Michael Riorden Billsbury in Chicago, Illinois. Radio career He began his career during the Golden Age of Radio when radio programming was at the height of its popularity. Rye, who broadcast from Chicago, participated in an average of forty network radio shows per week. He was cast in numerous lead roles for radio shows, including Gary Curtis for the NBC soap opera, ''Ma Perkins''; Tim Lawrence on ''Guiding Light''; Jack Armstrong on the radio adventure series, ''Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy''; and Pembroke in the soap opera, ''Back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Rye
Olaf Rye (16 November 1791 – 6 July 1849) was a Denmark–Norway, Norwegian-Danish military officer. He died in battle during the First Schleswig War and is considered to have been a Danish war hero. Biography Olaf Rye was born at Bø, Telemark, Bø in Telemark, Norway. He was raised on the Nerbø farm. He was one of the sons of Matthias Andreas Rye (1793–1860) and Elisabeth Johanne Lind. His father was a captain and battalion manager of the Telemark Infantry Regiment (''Telemarkens Infanteriregiment''). His brother Johan Henrik Rye (1787–1868) was a jurist and civil servant.Ryes gate . Hosted by Kongsberg municipality. In 1804, he started his military career as a cadet with the Norwegian Cadastre Corps in Kristiania (now Oslo). In 1813, he was appointed captain. He left Norway in 1815 and enlisted in the serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Rye
Roger Rye (died 1425), of Canterbury and Eythorne, near Dover, Kent, was an English politician. Family Before June 1414, he married a woman named Margery. He is thought to have come originally from Dover. Career Rye was a Member of Parliament for Kent (UK Parliament constituency), Kent in 1417. References Year of birth missing 1425 deaths 14th-century births English MPs 1417 People from Eythorne Politicians from Canterbury {{15thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stellan Rye
Stellan Rye (4 July 1880 – 14 November 1914) was a Danish-born film director, active in the early 20th century. Rye was born in Randers. In 1913 he created (together with Hanns Heinz Ewers and Paul Wegener) the silent film '' Der Student von Prag'' (''The Student of Prague''). At the outbreak of World War I he joined the Reichsheer (German Army). He died in France, a prisoner of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of wa .... External linksBiography from thGerman Film association* 1880 births 1914 deaths Danish film directors German military personnel killed in World War I German prisoners of war in World War I World War I prisoners of war held by France Prisoners who died in French detention People from Randers German Army personnel of World War I Danish em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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