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Sloss Company
Sloss can refer to: People * Bruce Sloss (1889–1917), Australian Rules footballer, killed in action in World War I * Daniel Sloss (born 1990), Scottish comedian, actor and writer * Elizabeth Butler-Sloss (born 1933), President of the Family Division of the UK's family law system * James Sloss (1820–1890), founder of Sloss Furnaces * Louis Sloss (1823–1902), partner in the Alaska Commercial Company * M. C. Sloss Marcus Cauffman ("Max" or "Dick") Sloss (February 28, 1869 – May 17, 1958) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from December 19, 1906, to March 1, 1919. Early life and education Sloss wa ... (1869–1958), American judge in California * Peter Sloss, Scottish meteorologist and broadcaster for BBC Scotland Other * Sloss Furnaces, a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama * The SLOSS debate regarding biodiversity in conservation planning {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Sloss
Bruce Moses Farquhar Sloss (21 January 1889 – 4 January 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played as a follower with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and with Brighton in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). Early life Bruce Sloss, the youngest son of James Davis and Christina Sloss, was born in East Malvern on 21 January 1889. As he grew up, he was a keen footballer and cricketer, and he taught Bible classes at the Malvern Presbyterian Church – where his name appears on its ''Roll of Honour''. He was handsome, stood tall, and had a wonderful tenor voice.Main & Allen, D., (2002), p.180. Essendon When just 18, Sloss was invited to train with Essendon. He played his first match in round 2 of the 1907 season against Melbourne. He played one more senior match for Essendon that year, against Geelong, in round 8; and he played his third and last senior game for Essendon in round 2 of the 1908 season. Brighton Having reali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Sloss
Daniel Sloss (born 11 September 1990) is a Scottish comedian, actor, and writer. Sloss was the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London's West End, at the age of 19. He has toured internationally, released a stand-up comedy DVD through BBC Worldwide's 2Entertain label when he was 20, and has appeared on U.S. television shows such as '' Conan'' and ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. In 2018, Sloss simultaneously released two hour-long comedy specials called ''DARK'' and ''Jigsaw'' via Netflix under the collective title ''Daniel Sloss – Live Shows'', which received critical acclaim. Early life Daniel Sloss was born in Kingston upon Thames on 11 September 1990, the oldest of four children. He has two younger brothers, Matthew and Jack. His sister, Josie, was born with cerebral palsy in 1992 and died at age 7. He moved with his family to Scotland at the age of four, settling in Fife. He attended East Wemyss Primary School and Waid Academy in Anstruther. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, GBE, PC (''née'' Havers; born 10 August 1933), is a retired English judge. She was the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and was the highest-ranking female judge in the United Kingdom until 2004, when Baroness Hale was appointed to the House of Lords. Until June 2007, she chaired the inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed. She stood down from that task with effect from that date, and the inquest was conducted by Lord Justice Scott Baker. Early life The daughter of Sir Cecil Havers, a judge, and Enid Flo Havers (''née'' Snelling), she was sister to the late Lord Chancellor, The Lord Havers, and is aunt to his sons, the actor Nigel Havers and the barrister Philip Havers. She was educated at Broomfield House School in Kew, in West London, and Wycombe Abbey School in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, followed by a year at the University of Lausanne."Why I am Still an Anglican", ''Continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sloss
James Withers Sloss (April 7, 1820 – May 4, 1890) was a planter, industrialist, and the founder of the Sloss Furnaces, and a leading figure in the early development of Birmingham, Alabama. Early life Sloss was born Limestone County in northern Alabama. His parents were Scotch-Irish. Though he had little formal education, he bought a store in Athens, Alabama. By successfully handling his store and his plantation, he quickly became one of the richest men in the state. After serving as a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he became president of the railroad line between Nashville, Tennessee and Decatur, Alabama. He became a leading figure in encouraging Alabama's industrial development after the Civil War, and in 1871 he persuaded the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to finish a line of railroad track between Birmingham and Decatur. Work in Birmingham Sloss knew that all of the ingredients needed to make pig iron were present in Birmingham. Along with Henry F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Sloss
Louis Sloss (July 13, 1823 – 1902) was an American businessman who co-founded the Alaska Commercial Company. Biography Sloss was born in 1823 to a Jewish family in Untereisenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1845, he immigrated to the United States first settling in Kentucky and then Nevada City, California in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. He opened a general merchandise store with partners Dr. Richard H. McDonald and C.H. Swift (who traveled with him from Kentucky) in Sacramento, California that sold all types of goods for new arrivals including horses, mules, wagons, tents, and mining equipment. Sloss and McDonald, then partnered with Simon Greenwald and Lewis Gerstle, and opened a wholesale grocery firm. After the Great Flood of 1862 devastated Sacramento, Sloss and Gerstle moved to San Francisco where they worked as stockbrokers. In 1868, after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, Sloss and Gerstle formed the Alaska Commercial Company. In the 1870s, they won a 20-year c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sloss
Peter Sloss is a Scottish meteorologist and broadcaster currently working for BBC Scotland. Sloss has worked for the BBC Weather Centre and occasionally presents the weather on ''Reporting Scotland'' and on BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 197 ...'s news programmes. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) English meteorologists Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-radio-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloss Furnaces
Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971. After closing, it became one of the first industrial sites (and the only blast furnace) in the U.S. to be preserved and restored for public use. In 1981, the furnaces were designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior. and The site currently serves as an interpretive museum of industry and hosts a nationally recognized metal arts program. It also serves as a concert and festival venue. A new visitor center was built 2015 and opened in 2016. The furnace site, along a wide strip of land reserved in Birmingham's original city plan for railroads and industry, hosts thousands of students through their education programs per year. The museum is free to visit during their operating hours of Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M. History Colonel James Withers Sloss was one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
