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Reeve (surname)
Reeve is an English surname originally meaning officer or steward. Some notable persons with the surname include: * Ada Reeve (1874–1966), English actress * Alan Reeve (born 1948), English murderer * Arthur B. Reeve (1880–1936), American author * Arthur Stretton Reeve (1907–1981), Bishop of Lichfield * Arthur W.V. Reeve (1913 – c. 1994), Scouting New Zealand notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1979 * Birdie Reeve Kay (1907–1996), American champion typist * C. D. C. Reeve (born 1948), American philosopher * Charlie Reeve, American psychologist * Cheryl Reeve, American basketball head coach *Chris Reeve (born 1953), American knife maker *Christopher Reeve (1952–2004), actor, director, producer and writer *Clara Reeve (1729–1807), English novelist * Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer and activist * Dermot Reeve (born 1963), former English cricketer * Donald Reeve (1923–1994), British civil engineer * Edward Reeve (1822–1889), Australian art patron and playw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer
An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," from Latin ''officium'' "a service, a duty" the late Latin from ''officiarius'', meaning "official." Examples Ceremonial and other contexts *Officer, and/or Grand Officer, are both a grade, class, or rank of within certain chivalric orders and orders of merit, e.g. Legion of Honour (France), Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Holy See), Order of the British Empire ( UK), Order of Leopold (Belgium) *Great Officer of State *Merchant marine officer or licensed mariner *Officer of arms *Officer in The Salvation Army, and other state decorations Corporations *Bank officer *Corporate officer, a corporate title **Chief executive officer (CEO) **Chief financial officer (CFO) **Chief operating officer (COO) *Executive officer Education *Chief academic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Reeve Bloor
Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor (July 8, 1862 – August 10, 1951) was an American labor organizer and long-time activist in the socialist and communist movements. Bloor is best remembered as one of the top-ranking female functionaries in the Communist Party USA. Biography Early years Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor was born Ella Reeve on Staten Island on July 8, 1862, the daughter of Harriet Amanda (née Disbrow) and Charles Reeve. She grew up in Bridgeton, New Jersey. She was married first to Lucien Bonaparte Ware, then Louis Cohen, and finally Andrew Omholt. Ella married Lucian Ware in February 1882, at ages of 19 and 27, respectively. In the following 10 years, the couple had seven children. However, three died by the age of 3 (Pauline Stites Ware, Charles Reeve Ware, and Lucien Bonaparte Ware, Jr win to Harold, leaving 4 children: Grace, Helen, Harold and Hamilton Disbrow Ware. Her daughter, Helen Ware, was a concert violinist while son, Harold Ware, became an agriculture expert as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reeve (businessman)
John Reeve is a former Executive Chairman and chief executive officer of Willis Group Holdings. Business career Reeve worked for The British Aluminum Company plc., and then was a Group Finance Director of Mercantile House Holdings plc. He then joined Sun Life Corporation plc in 1988, and was a managing director there from April 1988 to October 1995. Reeve joined Willis on 1 November 1995 as Executive Chairman-elect. He succeeded Roger Elliott as Executive Chairman on 1 December 1995. During his tenure as Willis CEO, in the Fall of 1988 the company was purchased by Trinity Acquisition P.L.C., a consortium of investors (including five insurers) led by U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. At that time, Willis was known as Willis Corroon Group Ltd. In 2000, Reed retired at the end of his five-year employment contract. He was succeeded at Willis by Joe Plumeri Joseph J. Plumeri II (born July 7, 1943) is vice chairman of the First Data Board of Directors. He was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reeve (religious Leader)
John Reeve (1608–1658) was an English plebeian prophet who believed the voice of God had instructed him to found a Third Commission in preparation for the last days of earth. This commission was third in succession to the Mosaic Law and the gospel of Christ Jesus. He and his followers came to be known as Muggletonians, named after his cousin Lodowicke Muggleton. The pair saw themselves as the last prophets and the Two Witnesses foretold in the Book of Revelation chapter 11 verse 3. They are sometimes called “ the Staffordshire prophets”. Early life Reeve was born in Wiltshire. His father, Walter, was styled a gentleman but who fell on hard times. As a result, John and his elder brother, William, were apprenticed tailors in the City of London. William was Lodowicke Muggleton's first employer as a journeyman tailor. Mercurius Politicus (1653) says of John Reeve and Lodowicke Muggleton "only one works and that is Muggleton; the other (they say) writes Prophecies." "A Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Reeve
William Robert Cox (March 14, 1901 – July 7, 1988) was an American writer. He was a prolific writer of short stories and Western and Mystery novels mainly for the pulp and paperback markets. He wrote under at least six pseudonyms: Willard d'Arcy, Mike Frederic, John Parkhill, Joel Reeve, Roger G. Spellman and Jonas Ward. Traylor attributes one story to Cox (writing "as Wayne Robbins") - 'The Thing in Search of a Body', in ''Dime Mystery'' - without explanation. It seems simpler to attribute that to Wayne Robbins. He was born in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey. According to his widow, Casey Collins Cox, he was writing his 81st novel, ''Cemetery Jones and the Tombstone Wars'' on the day of his death in 1988. He was 87. In addition to his widow, he was survived by a stepson, Douglas Campbell. He was the "beloved husband of Midge, Lamar, Lee, Pat and Casey,"Armchair Detective, winter 1989, Vol. 22, No. 1 Published novels *The Lusty Men (1957) *The Tycoon and the Tigress (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Oakeshott
Grace Oakeshott (born Grace Cash, later Joan Reeve; 1872–1929) was a British activist for women's rights who faked her own death in 1907 and emigrated to New Zealand with her lover, Walter Reeve. Grace Cash was born in 1872. She married Harold Oakeshott and both were active in socialist circles. Grace wrote a paper in 1900 on ''Women in the Cigar Trade in London'', published in ''The Economic Journal''. She was involved in the foundation of the first Trade School for Girls in 1904, and in the Women's Industrial Council. In 1907 a pile of her clothes was found on a beach in Brittany where she was on holiday, giving the impression that she had drowned. In fact she had made plans to emigrate to New Zealand with her lover Dr Walter Reeve, apparently with the knowledge of her husband, at a time when divorce was difficult and scandalous. The supposed widower, Harold Oakeshott, later married again, bigamously. In New Zealand Oakeshott used the name Joan Reeve, and had three childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Reeve
Jill Reeve (born November 1, 1969, in Hoosick Falls, New York) is a former field hockey defender from the United States, who earned a total number of 134 caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored eight goals. International Senior Tournaments * 1994 – World Cup, Dublin, Ireland (3rd) * 1995 – Pan American Games, Mar del Plata, Argentina (2nd) * 1995 – Champions Trophy, Mar del Plata, Argentina (3rd) * 1996 – Summer Olympics, Atlanta, US (5th) * 1997 – Champions Trophy, Berlin, Germany (6th) * 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht, The Netherlands (8th) * 1999 – Pan American Games, Winnipeg, Canada (2nd) * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milton Keynes, England (6th) * 2001 – Pan America Cup, Kingston, Jamaica (2nd) * 2002 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg, South Africa (5th) * 2002 – USA vs India WC Qualifying Series, Cannock, England (1st) * 2002 – World Cup A world cup is a global sporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James H
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Van Duzen Reeve
Isaac Van Duzen Reeve (29 July 1813 Butternuts, New York, Butternuts, Otsego County, New York – 31 December 1890 New York City) was a soldier in the United States Army during the 19th century. He rose to the rank of colonel, and retired a few years after his service in the American Civil War. Biography Reeve graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835, was engaged in the Seminole Wars in 1836–1837 and in 1840–1842, and served throughout the Mexican–American War. He became captain in 1846, and received the brevet of major and lieutenant colonel for gallant and meritorious service at Battle of Contreras, Contreras, Churubusco, and Molino del Rey. He commanded the expedition against the Pinal County, Arizona, Pinal Apache (tribe), Apaches 1858–1859, became major in May 1861, was made prisoner of war by Gen. David E. Twiggs on 9 May of that year, and was not exchanged until 20 August 1862. He was chief mustering and disbursing officer in New York City, 1862–186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Reeve
Herbert Reeve (28 May 1868 – 24 February 1956) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary with benefices in New Zealand. He was Archdeacon of Waitara before returning to England. Early life A son of Dr Edmund Reeve, surgeon, of Reepham, Norfolk, by his marriage to Kate Sewell, Reeve was born at Swaffham, Norfolk, in 1868''Cyclopedia of New Zealand'', vol. 6 (1908), p. 149 and educated at Holt Grammar School.John Venn, '' Alumni Cantabrigienses'', Part II. 1752–1900, vol. v (1953), p. 268 He proceeded to St John's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted in July 1893 and matriculated in the Michaelmas term of the same year. He graduated BA in 1896 and was promoted to MA in 1901. While at Cambridge, he played rugby union for his college. Reeve had two brothers, Charles Ernest and Arthur, the latter also a clergyman of the Church of England. Career In 1896 Reeve was ordained a deacon and in 1897 a priest. In 1896 he became Curate at St Matthew's, Newington, Surre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Reeve (soldier)
Henry Reeve (April 4, 1850 – August 4, 1876) was a brigadier general in Cuba's (Army of Liberation) – more commonly known as the – during the Ten Years' War (1868–1878). In his youth, he was a drummer boy in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography He was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, on April 4, 1850, son of Alexander Reeve and Maddie Carroll, and died in Matanzas, Cuba on August 4, 1876. Reeve was 26 years old at the time of his death, and had served in the Cuban Army for seven years, having participated in over 400 engagements against the Spanish Army. Legacy Reeve was honored by the Cuban government in 1976 on the centenary of his death with a postal stamp A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the fa .... In response to Hurrica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Reeve (journalist)
Henry Reeve (9 September 1813 – 21 October 1895) was an English journalist. Biography He was the younger son of Henry Reeve, a British Whig Party, Whig physician and writer from Norwich, and was born at Norwich. He was educated at the Norwich School under Edward Valpy. During his holidays he saw a good deal of the young John Stuart Mill. In 1829 he studied at Geneva and mixed in Genevese society, then very brilliant, and including the Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Sismondis, François Huber, Charles Victor de Bonstetten, Alphonse de Candolle, Pellegrino Rossi, Sigismund Krasinski (his most intimate friend), and Adam Mickiewicz, whose ''Faris'' he translated. During a visit to London in 1831 he was introduced to William Makepeace Thackeray, Thackeray and Thomas Carlyle, while through the Austins he made the acquaintance of other literary figures. Next year, in Paris, he met Victor Hugo, Victor Cousin, and Sir Walter Scott. He travelled in Italy, sat under Friedrich Wilhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
