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Swindler (surname)
Swindler is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Daris Swindler (1925–2007), American anthropologist * John Edward Swindler (1944–1990), American murderer *Mary Hamilton Swindler Mary Hamilton Swindler (January 2, 1884 – January 16, 1967) was an American archaeologist, classical art scholar, author, and professor of classical archaeology, most notably at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Pennsylvania, and the ... (1884–1967), American archaeologist, author, and professor See also * Swindle (surname) {{surname, Swindler Surnames from nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daris Swindler
Daris Ray Swindler (August 13, 1925 – December 6, 2007) was an American anthropologist. Biography Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, Swindler later served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, working on tankers in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He went on to study anthropology at West Virginia University and the University of Pennsylvania. A long-time professor at the University of Washington, Dr Swindler also taught human anatomy at Cornell University Medical College (now known as Weill Medical College of Cornell University), at the University of South Carolina and Michigan State University. Swindler assisted police in many criminal cases, notably the searches for serial killers Gary Ridgway (a.k.a. the Green River Killer) and Ted Bundy. Swindler was generally acknowledged as a leading primate expert, having specialized in the study of fossilized teeth; his book ''An Atlas of Primate Gross Anatomy'' is a standard work in the field. According to Stein,Stein, 2003 H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edward Swindler
John Edward Swindler (May 12, 1944 – June 18, 1990) was an American murderer and suspected serial killer who was executed by the state of Arkansas for the 1976 murder of Patrolman Randy Basnett. He was also convicted of the murders of two teenagers: Greg Becknell and Dorothy Rhodes, in Columbia, South Carolina, and was charged but never convicted of the murder of Jeffrey McNerney in Florida. Swindler was the first person to be executed by the state of Arkansas since 1961, and is the only person to have been executed in the electric chair in Arkansas since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976. Murder John Edward Swindler shot and killed Patrolman Randy Basnett in the afternoon of September 24, 1976. Officer Basnett had stopped at a service station at the Kelly Highway exit in Fort Smith, Arkansas, when Swindler also stopped there in a stolen car with a South Carolina license plate. Swindler was returning to Leavenworth, Kansas to settle some personal grudges that ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hamilton Swindler
Mary Hamilton Swindler (January 2, 1884 – January 16, 1967) was an American archaeologist, classical art scholar, author, and professor of classical archaeology, most notably at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan. Swindler also founded the Ella Riegel Memorial Museum at Bryn Mawr College. She participated in various archaeological excavations in Greece, Egypt, and Turkey. The recipient of several awards and honors for her research, Swindler's seminal work was ''Ancient Painting, from the Earliest Times to the Period of Christian Art'' (1929). Early life and education Mary Hamilton Swindler, nicknamed "Mayme", was born in Bloomington, Indiana, on January 2, 1884."U.S. Social Security Death Index; 1935 – current", from AncestryLibrary.com, shows her birth as January 2, 1884. Her parents were Harrison T. and Ida Hamilton Swindler.New York Times (obituary section), Jan 18, 1967 Swindler attended public school in Bloomington a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swindle (surname)
Swindle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christina Swindle (born 1984), American swimmer * Clinton Howard Swindle (1945–2004), investigative journalist and editor for ''The Dallas Morning News'' and author * Gerald Swindle, American professional bass angler * Liz Lemon Swindle, (born 1953), American painter * Orson Swindle (born 1937), American Vietnam War veteran and former government official See also * Swindler (surname) * Swindell * Swindall {{surname, Swindle Surnames from nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |