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Tryon (surname)
Tryon is an English language, English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon (1906–1976), British peer *Chloe Tryon (born 1994), South African cricketer *Darrell Tryon (1942-2013), Australian linguist *Dwight William Tryon (1849–1925), American painter *Edward Tryon (floruit, fl. 20th century), American physicist *George Tryon (1832–1893), British naval officer *George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon (1871–1940), British peer *George Washington Tryon (1838–1888), Jr., American malacologist *James R. Tryon (1837–1912), American naval doctor and Surgeon General of the United States Navy *Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (born 1999), American football player *Justin Tryon (born 1984), American football player *Kate Tryon (1865–1952), American journalist, artist and lecturer *Richard Tryon (1837 —1905), British Army officer and cricketer *Richard T. Tryon, retired U.S. Marine lieutenant general. *Robert Tryon (1901-1967), American behavioral psychologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Tryon
Justin Deaon Tryon (born May 29, 1984) is a former American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He also played for the Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants. Early life Tryon was born Northridge, California. He played for Littlerock High School and graduated from William Howard Taft High School (Los Angeles). He played college football at Arizona State University and College of the Canyons College of the Canyons (COC) is a public community college in Santa Clarita, California. It comprises the Santa Clarita Community College District. The college is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has campus loca .... Justin started all 26 games during his two seasons at ASU. Earned Second-team All-Conference honors as a senior after being named honorable mention All-Pac 10 as a junior. Won junior college national championship game in 2005. Professional career Washington Redskins On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty Tryon
William Augustus "Ty" Tryon IV (born June 2, 1984) is an American professional golfer. Tryon was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He swings right-handed. He was coached at the David Leadbetter Academy in Florida. He turned professional in 2001 at the age of 16, which caused some controversy as typically American golfers attend college before turning pro. As an amateur in 2001, he made the cut at the PGA Tour's Honda Classic, making him, at the time, the third-youngest player ever to make the cut in a PGA Tour event (16 years, 9 months, 7 days). He is now the eighth-youngest. At age 17 while still a student at Lake Highland Preparatory School, Tryon survived qualifying for the PGA Tour in the fall of 2001 finishing T23. He made his way through the three levels of elimination events to become the youngest player to earn exempt status in this manner. Following his qualification, he signed a lucrative endorsement deal with Callaway, estimated in the several millions of dollars. Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Tryon
Thomas Lester Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American actor and novelist. He is best known for playing the title role in the film ''The Cardinal'' (1963), featured roles in the war films '' The Longest Day'' (1962) and ''In Harm's Way'' (1965) with John Wayne, and especially the Walt Disney television character '' Texas John Slaughter'' (1958–1961). He later turned to the writing of prose fiction and screenplays, and wrote several science fiction, horror and mystery novels. Early life and education Thomas Tryon was born on January 14, 1926, in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Arthur Lane Tryon, a clothier and owner of Stackpole, Moore & Tryon (he is often erroneously identified as the son of silent screen actor Glenn Tryon). He served in the United States Navy in the Pacific from 1943 to 1946 during and after World War II. Acting career Broadway Tryon appeared in ''Wish You Were Here'' (1952), ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1953), and ''Richard III'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tryon (architect)
Thomas Tryon (1859 – July 31, 1920) was an American architect who practiced during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a member of the New York Architectural League, the American Institute of Architects and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Tryon was once partnered with Arnold W. Brunner Arnold William Brunner (September 25, 1857 – February 14, 1925) was an American architect who was born and died in New York City. Brunner was educated in New York and in Manchester, England. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wh ... as the firm Brunner and Tryon.Thomas Tryon " Brief Biographies of American Architects: Who Died Between 1897 and 1947, ''Society of Architectural Historians''. Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tryon
Thomas Tryon (6 September 1634 – 21 August 1703) was an English sugar merchant, author of popular self-help books, and early advocate of animal rights and vegetarianism. Life Born in 1634 in Bibury near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, he had to work spinning wool as a child and received no education. As a teenager, he worked as a shepherd till the age of eighteen and managed to learn reading and writing in his spare time.Stuart p. 60-61; Spencer p. 206. In 1652 he moved to London without telling his parents and apprenticed with a hatter at the Bridewell area. He became an Anabaptist in 1654 under the influence of his master. He liked the ascetic lifestyle of that congregation, but soon he found his own independent spiritual way after reading the writings of Jakob Böhme. In 1657 he heard an inner voice, which he named the "Voice of Wisdom", encouraging him to become a vegetarian and to live on a frugal diet. He married in 1661 but failed to convert his wife to his li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolla M
Rolla is an Italian surname and also a diminutive for the Toyota Corolla. Rolla may refer to: People Surname *Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841), Italian composer, violin and viola virtuoso * Antonio Rolla (1798–1837), Italian composer, violin and viola virtuoso Given name * Rolla Anderson (born 1920), American former football and basketball player and coach *Rolla Daringer (1888–1974), American baseball shortstop *Rolla Dyer (1886–1971), American physician * Rolla Mapel (1890–1966), American baseball pitcher * Rolla C. McMillen (1880–1961), American politician from Illinois * Rolla Norman (1889–1971), French actor *Rolla Wells (1856–1944), American politician from Missouri Places ;United States * Rolla, Kansas *Rolla, Missouri **Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly the University of Missouri–Rolla *Rolla, North Dakota ;Canada * Rolla, British Columbia ;Norway *Rolla (Troms), an island in Troms county, in the municipality of Ibestad ;United Arab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tryon
Robert Choate Tryon (September 4, 1901 – September 27, 1967) was an American behavioral psychologist, who pioneered the study of hereditary trait inheritance and learning in animals. His series of experiments with laboratory rats showed that animals can be selectively bred for greater aptitude at certain intelligence tests, but that this selective breeding does not increase the general intelligence of the animals. Life Tryon was born in Butte, Montana on September 4, 1901. He spent most of his life at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his AB degree from the undergraduate school in 1924, and as a graduate student he earned his Ph.D. in 1928 with thesis titled ''Individual differences at successive stages of learning''. After graduating from the school he spent two years as a National Research Council fellow. In 1931, he became a faculty member of the college's Department of Psychology, of which he was a member for 31 years. During the War he served in Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard T
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Tryon
Richard Tryon (31 August 1837 — 12 December 1905) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. The son of Thomas Tryon and Anne Trollope, he was born in August 1837 at Bulwick Park in the Northamptonshire village of Bulwick. He was commissioned into the British Army as an ensign in the Rifle Brigade in November 1854. Shortly after he was promoted to lieutenant in February 1855. Tryon purchased the rank of captain in July 1858, later retiring from active service nearly a decade later in May 1867. Tryon made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), captained by W. G. Grace, against Kent at Lord's in 1871. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed by Bob Lipscomb for 7 runs in the MCC first innings. A resident of The Lodge, Oakham in the County of Rutland, Tryon was nominated to be Sheriff of Rutland in November 1880. He was unsuccessful, with Francis Pierremont Cecil being made Sheriff; however, Cecil went on act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Tryon
Kate Allen Tryon (March 18, 1865 – 1952) was a journalist, artist and lecturer. Early life Kate Allen Tryon was born in the village of Naples, Maine, on March 18, 1865. She was the daughter of Charles A. Allen, of Portland, Maine. She attended the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Career For three years after their marriage, Tryon's husband was local editor of Portland and Bangor newspapers, and Tryon, as his associate, gained a wide experience in journalism. In the fall of 1889 Tryon's husband was able to fulfill his long-cherished plan of studying at Harvard University and they moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. As member of the staff of the ''Boston Advertiser'' and its allied evening paper, the '' Boston Record'', Tryon's name became well known to the newspaper-readers of New England. In 1891 she lectured upon the subject of New England's wild song-birds, her field being mostly in the scores of literary and educational clubs which abounded in Massachusetts. She supplemented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (born April 30, 1999) is an American football linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington and was drafted by the Buccaneers in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Early years Tryon-Shoyinka grew up in Renton, Washington and attended Hazen High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football. As a senior, he was named regional defensive lineman of the year by ''The Seattle Times''. A 3-star defensive end recruit, Tryon-Shoyinka originally committed to play college football at Washington State but changed it to attend the University of Washington over offers from Eastern Washington, Oregon, and Utah. College career Tryon-Shoyinka redshirted his true freshman season at the University of Washington. As a redshirt freshman, he played in 12 games with 20 tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack. Tryon-Shoyinka made 41 tackles with 12.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks in his r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
