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T. O'Conor Sloane III
Thomas O’Conor Sloane III (November 20, 1912 – March 13, 2003) was an American editor, professor, etymologist and career military officer. Author collaborations at Doubleday and Devin-Adair Sloane, a senior editor at Doubleday in New York City, New York collaborated with such distinguished talents as Salvador Dalí, Thor Heyerdahl, Jacques Cousteau and his son, Philippe Cousteau, Marc Chagall, Hugo and Nebula Award winner Isaac Asimov, Marcel Marceau, Edward Steichen, Leon Uris, Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, Emmy Award winner Allan W. Eckert, Austin Clarke, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (Lord Dunsany), Owen Lee, JK Stanford, Joseph T. Durkin, Charles C. Tansill, Selden Rodman, Elizabeth Bentley, George Teeple Eggleston, John M. Oesterreicher, Peter Kavanagh, Oppi Untracht, Philippe Diole, Jack Ganzhorn, Leonard Wickenden, Mario Pei, Seon Manley, Anne Fremantle and many others, during his four decades as an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doubleday (publisher)
Doubleday is an American publishing company. It was founded as the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 and was the largest in the United States by 1947. It published the work of mostly U.S. authors under a number of imprints and distributed them through its own stores. In 2009 Doubleday merged with Knopf Publishing Group to form the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, which is now part of Penguin Random House. In 2019, the official website presents Doubleday as an imprint, not a publisher. History The firm was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday in partnership with Samuel Sidney McClure. McClure had founded the first U.S. newspaper syndicate in 1884 (McClure Syndicate) and the monthly ''McClure's Magazine'' in 1893. One of their first bestsellers was ''The Day's Work'' by Rudyard Kipling, a short story collection that Macmillan published in Britain late in 1898. Other authors published by the company in its early years include W. Somerset M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Wickenden
Leonard Wickenden (1886–1959) was a British-American chemist and organic farmer. Biography Wickenden was born in England.''Chemist, Author Mr. Wickenden Dies At 73''. ''Westport Town Crier'' (April 23, 1959). He was educated at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London."Testimony of Leonard Wickenden, Industrial Chemist, Westport, Conn" In ''Chemicals in Foods and Cosmetics''. , 1952. pp. 1077-1078 He graduated in 1906 and from 1908-1911 was an assistant chemist for [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ganzhorn
Jack Ganzhorn (1881–1956) was a silent film actor and script writer of the 1920s and 1930s – primarily in silent film Westerns, Hawk of the Hills (1927 serial) and Fightin' Odds. Family John W. "Jack" Ganzhorn was born on March 21, 1881, in Fort Thomas, Arisona Territory the son of William D. Ganzhorn and Ida A. His mother died in December 1882, when Jack was almost two years old. Early Years Jack Ganzhorn spent his early years living near Tombstone, Arizona. When the Battleship Maine was fired upon in February 1898, Ganzhorn joined the U.S. Navy during the Spanish–American War, from February 1898 to March 1899, and was wounded in the left foot. , John W. Ganzhorn at Fold3. Filmography * ''Thorobred'', 1922 – as Blackie Wells * ''The Iron Horse'', 1924 – as Thomas C. Durant (uncredited) * ''Fightin' Odds'', 192 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Diole
Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, father to Albert I of Belgium * Philippe d'Orléans (other), multiple people * Philippe A. Autexier (1954–1998), French music historian * Philippe Blain, French volleyball player and coach * Philippe Najib Boulos (1902–1979), Lebanese lawyer and politician * Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer * Philippe Daverio (1949–2020), Italian art historian * Philippe Dubuisson-Lebon, Canadian football player * Philippe Ginestet (born 1954), French billionaire businessman, founder of GiFi * Philippe Gilbert, Belgian bicycle racer * Philippe Petit, French performer and tightrope artist * Philippe Petitcolin (born 1952/53), French businessman, CEO of Safran * Philippe Russo, French singer * Philippe Sella, Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oppi Untracht
Oppi A. J. Untracht (November 17, 1922 – July 5, 2008) was an American master metalsmith, educator, and writer. Biography Born in New York City, Untracht obtained his Master of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1947. Originally trained as a photographer, he studied Indian arts and crafts and later became an expert on the jewelry of India and Nepal. In addition to being an honorary member of the , in 2000 Untracht was awarded a Lifetime American Achievement Award on behalf of the American Craft Council. His first book, ''Metal Techniques for Craftsmen'' is considered a standard training textbook for silversmiths. Untracht married Finnish designer Saara Hopea, and moved permanently to Finland in 1967. Untracht died in Porvoo Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kavanagh (writer)
Peter Kavanagh (19 March 1916 – 27 January 2006) was a writer, scholar, and publisher who collected, edited, and published the works of his brother, poet Patrick Kavanagh. Education Kavanagh was born in the Parish of Inniskeen, Ireland, the youngest of ten children. He attended the local schools, continued to secondary school, and upon receiving his diploma from the Patrician Brothers School in Carrickmacross, Kavanagh attended St. Patrick's Teachers College in Dublin, where he became a certified National Teacher (1936), graduated M.A. from the National University of Ireland (1941), and Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin in (1944). Scholarship Kavanagh began his writing career as the historian of the Irish theatre. His first publication, ''The Irish Theatre'' (1946), detailed the origins and development of theatre in Ireland. His next work was ''The Story of the Abbey Theatre'' (New York, 1950). Seán O'Casey described it in a front-page review in the New York Times Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John M
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Bentley
Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908 – December 3, 1963) was an American spy and member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She served the Soviet Union from 1938 to 1945 until she defected from the Communist Party and Soviet intelligence by contacting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and admitting her own activities. She became widely known after testifying in a number of trials and before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). In 1952, Bentley became a US informant and was paid by the FBI for her participation in investigations and frequent appearances before Congressional committees. She exposed two spy networks, ultimately naming more than 80 Americans who she said had engaged in espionage. Early life Elizabeth Terrill Bentley was born in New Milford, Connecticut, the daughter of dry-goods merchant Charles Prentiss Bentley and schoolteacher May Charlotte Turrill. Her parents moved to Ithaca, New York in 1915 and, by 1920, the family had reloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selden Rodman
Cary Selden Rodman (February 19, 1909 – November 2, 2002) was a prolific American writer of poetry, plays and prose, political commentary, art criticism, Latin American and Caribbean history, biography and travel writing—publishing a book almost every year of his adult life, he also co-edited ''Common Sense'' magazine. Biography Background Born on February 19, 1909, to architect Cary Selden Rodman and Nannie Van Nostrand (Marvin). He had one sibling, Nancy Gardiner Macdonald, who married Dwight Macdonald in 1934. He attended The Loomis Institute and Yale University. With William Harlan Hale, he was founder and editor of the campus magazine ''The Harkness Hoot'' (1930–31). Following university, he edited, with Alfred Mitchell Bingham, the political monthly ''Common Sense'' (1932–43). He served as Master Sgt. O.S.S. in the U.S. Army (1943–45). Poet and anthologist Rodman was first published as a poet in 1932. ''Mortal Triumph and Other Poems'' was followed by narr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles C
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JK Stanford
John Keith Stanford OBE MC (29 April 1892 – 24 September 1971) was a British civil servant who worked in Burma and wrote several books on sport, humour, and natural history. Stanford was born in Aldringham, Suffolk and educated at Rugby School and St. John's College, Oxford. He was commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment in 1915 and was attached to the Tank Corps from 1917. At the end of the First World War he held the rank of captain. Appointed to the Indian Civil Service (Burma services) on 24 October 1919, he arrived in India on 24 December 1919. He married Evelyn Lushington née Hirst just before his move to India but the marriage failed and they had a child in 1922. After a divorce he married his Eleanor, née Davies, in 1927. He held the following positions: * Deputy director of Commercial Intelligence, Calcutta, January 1922. * Services placed at the government of Burma's disposal, June 1923. * Under Secretary Home and Police Department, December 1923. * Officiatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
