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Stong Fjord , Viking-era long house in Iceland
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Stong is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfred Stong (born 1940), Canadian lawyer, judge and former politician *Marijane Stong Canadian figure skating coach *Phil Stong (1899–1957), American writer and journalist *Robert Evert Stong (1936–2008), American mathematician See also *Mount Stong (see list of mountains in Malaysia) *Þjóðveldisbærinn Stöng Þjóðveldisbærinn Stöng (, ''Stöng Commonwealth Farm'') is a reconstructed viking-era farmstead in Iceland, located in the Þjórsárdalur valley near road 32 in Árnessýsla county. It is a historically accurate reconstruction of the three b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Stong
Alfred Joseph "Alf" Stong (born August 2, 1940) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1981. He represented the riding of York Centre. After his time in government he was appointed as a judge to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Background He was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, the son of Alfred David Stong, and educated at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. In 1965, he married Raymonde Marie Aubrey. Stong served as a lieutenant in the Canadian Forces. Politics He ran in the 1975 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of York Centre. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Tony Roman by 1,379 votes. He was re-elected in 1977, but was defeated by PC candidate Don Cousens in 1981. Later life Stong served as a judge in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice The Superior Court of Justice (French: ''Cour supérieure de justice'') is a superior court in Ontari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijane Stong
Marijane Stong is a Canadian figure skating coach and choreographer. In 2008, she was inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame. Career Stong became the first female coach in Canada to become NCCP Level 4 Certified. In the 1960s, Stong and her husband coached weekly group lessons at the Oakville Skating Club. In the later half of the decade, Stong became the first coach to use vocal music in an ice dancing routine, which caused it to be banned the next year. She later coached Tracy Wilson and Robert McCall during their three World Figure Skating Championships bronze medal run and three Canadian Figure Skating Championships. In 1992, she has been awarded the 3M Coaching Excellence Award for Continued Success and was named Female Coach of the Year. By 1999, Stong was hired by the Canadian Figure Skating Association as a consultant. Stong designed the costumes used by Jamie Salé and David Pelletier in the 2001 World Figure Skating Championships and 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Stong
Philip Duffield Stong (January 27, 1899 – April 26, 1957) was an American author, journalist and Hollywood scenarist. He is best known for the 1932 novel ''State Fair'', which was adapted as a film three times ( 1933, 1945 and 1962) and as a Broadway musical in 1996. Biography Stong was born in Pittsburg, Iowa, near Keosauqua. His father operated the general store, which is now an antique store. The 1844 brick house where Stong was born is located adjacent to the store and is now a private residence. He attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Stong scored his first success in 1932 with the publication of his famous novel, ''State Fair'', which was later adapted for the screen as the hit Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name. In addition to his novels, his short stories were published in most of the leading national magazines of the time, and he wrote several screenplays. His novel "The Stranger's Return" was also made into a motion picture, starring Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Evert Stong
Robert Evert Stong (August 23, 1936, Oklahoma City – April 10, 2008, Charlottesville, Virginia) was a mathematician at the University of Virginia who proved the Hattori–Stong theorem. Early life and education Stong received a B.A. and M.A. in mathematics at the University of Oklahoma. He received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1962. His Ph.D. dissertation, ''Some relations among characteristic classes and numbers'', was written under the supervision of Richard Lashof. He served on active duty with the United States Army Reserves from 1962 to 1965 and was stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison and the Pentagon. He worked on computer development and rose to the rank of captain. Career After serving with the Army, he went to the University of Oxford as a post-doctoral fellow (1964–66), and then to Princeton University as faculty (1966–68). In 1968 he became Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia, where he taught until his retirement in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mountains In Malaysia
The following is a sortable list of the mountains and hills of Malaysia. List of mountains See also *List of hill stations in Malaysia *List of volcanoes in Malaysia External linksList of mountains from S.O.S Malaysia {{Asia in topic, List of mountains in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |