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Samuel Russell (other)
Samuel Russell (1789–1862) was an American entrepreneur and trader. Samuel Russell may also refer to: * Samuel Lyon Russell (1816–1891), American congressman * Samuel Russell (Yale co-founder) (1660–1731), co-founder of Yale University * Samuel Russell (politician) (1848–1924), Presbyterian missionary, newspaper editor and politician in Canada * Samuel Bridgman Russell, Scottish architect * Samuel Thomas Russell (1766–1845), English actor See also *Sam Russell (other) {{hndis, Russell, Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Russell
Samuel Russell (August 25, 1789 – May 5, 1862), was an American entrepreneur and trader, and founder of Russell & Company, the largest and most important American trading house in China from 1842 to its closing in 1891. Early life Russell was born on August 25, 1789, in Middletown, Connecticut. He was a son of Capt. John Russell and Abigail (née Warner) Russell. He was a cousin of William Huntington Russell, a co-founder of the Skull and Bones Secret Society at Yale University. At the age of 12, Russell was orphaned and did not receive any significant inheritance, and did not attend college. Instead, he began his career as apprentice clerk for a maritime trade merchant, Whittlesley & Alsop, in Middletown. It is there that Russell began learning his skills as a trader. Career In 1810, after his apprenticeship with Whittlesley & Alsop ended, he moved to New York where he hoped to prosper. In 1812, he joined Hull & Griswold, a merchant house, based in New York but esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Lyon Russell
Samuel Lyon Russell (July 30, 1816 – September 27, 1891) was a Whig member of the United States of America (U.S.) House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Formative years Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania on July 30, 1816, Samuel L. Russell was a son of James McPherson Russell). He attended the common schools and Bedford Academy before graduating from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1834. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1837, and opened his legal practice in Bedford. Legal and political career An attorney with private practice experience, Russell subsequently served as prosecuting attorney for Bedford County, Pennsylvania during the 1840s. He was then elected as a Whig to the 33rd United States Congress, but was not a candidate for renomination. After resuming the practice of law in Bedford, he became a Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Russell (Yale Co-founder)
Samuel Russell (4 November 1660 – 24 June 1731) was one of the founders of Yale University. He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the second son of Rev. John Russell and Rebecca Newberry Russell. He graduated from Harvard College in 1681 and was ordained while teaching at Hadley, Massachusetts. On 12 September 1687, he was elected pastor of the church at Branford, Connecticut where he officiated for the remainder of his life. The founders of Yale University met in his study in Branford to contribute their books to the founding of the University. The doors of the Samuel Russell house in Branford are preserved in the 1742 Room of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor .... References 1660 births 1731 deaths Harvard College alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Russell (politician)
Samuel Russell (January 29, 1848 – February 26, 1924) was a Presbyterian missionary, newspaper editor and politician in New Brunswick and Ontario, Canada. He represented Hastings East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1904 as a Liberal. The son of James Russell and Ann Carruthers, natives of Ireland, he was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, and was educated there and at the University of New Brunswick. Russell went on to study theology at Queen's University and the University of Glasgow. In 1872, he began preaching in Red Bank and Black River. Russell was ordained in Newcastle in 1873. He served as a minister in Newcastle. In 1876, he moved to Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian .... From 1878 to 1880, he served as pastor at the Scotch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Bridgman Russell
Samuel Bridgman Russell (9 August 1864 – 2 August 1955) was a Scottish architect who became chief architect to the Ministry of Health and after the Tudor Walters Report and the Addison Act 1919 designed to a series of model houses, which were copied extensively throughout the United Kingdom in the council estates of the 1920s and 1930s. Early life Born in 1864, Russell had been articled to Henry Hewitt Bridgman 1881–84 and had studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1882, thereafter becoming a draughtsman in the office of Thomas Chatfield Clarke, who designed the Royal Bank of Scotland building in Bishopsgate, London. He entered partnership with James Glen Sivewright Gibson in 1890. The partnership of Gibson and Russell was dissolved in 1899, Russell entering into partnership with Edwin Cooper. Housing department of the Ministry of Health Dr Addison appointed a number of architects to draw up designs for model plans for worker cottages (houses). This was the first time that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Thomas Russell
Samuel Thomas Russell (1766 – 25 February 1845) was an English actor and stage manager. He appeared many times at Drury Lane and at the Haymarket. His most famous role was Jerry Sneak in ''The Mayor of Garratt''. Life Russell, the son of Samuel Russell, a country actor, was born in London. As a child he acted juvenile parts in the country, and in 1782 at the "Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic", opened by Charles Dibdin and Charles Hughes on the spot subsequently occupied by the Surrey Theatre. He was one of the youthful performers, and, it is reported, spoke an opening address. About 1790 he was playing leading business with a "sharing company" at Eastbourne. In Dover in 1791 he married Ann Mate, whose father was a printer, actor and manager and proprietor of the theatre. At Margate, where he acted, his father was a member of the company, and was famous for his Jerry Sneak in Samuel Foote's ''The Mayor of Garratt'', the traditions of which he had inherited from Thomas W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
