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Tufts (surname)
Tufts is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Tufts (1955–2019), American baseball player * Charles Tufts (1781–1876), American businessman and philanthropist * Daryn Tufts (born 1973), American writer, director, producer, and actor * Eleanor Tufts (1927–1991), American art historian * Glenn Tufts (born 1954), American baseball player, manager, and scout * Henry Tufts (1748–1831), American criminal * James Tufts (1829–1884), American politician * James Hayden Tufts (1862–1942), American philosopher * James Walker Tufts (1835–1902), American businessman * John Tufts (music educator) (1689–1750), colonial American music educator * John Q. Tufts (1840–1908), American politician * Nathan A. Tufts (1879–1952), American lawyer and politician * Otis Tufts (1804–1869), American inventor * Patrick Tufts, American computer scientists * Peter Tufts (1617–1700), colonial American landowner * Richard Tufts (1896–1980), American golf administrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Tufts
Robert Malcolm Tufts (November 2, 1955 – October 4, 2019) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals between 1981 and 1983. Early life Tufts was born in Medford, Massachusetts, and raised in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, where he attended Lynnfield High School. He attended Princeton University, where he earned a degree in Economics in 1977. In 1975, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Baseball career Tufts was drafted by the Giants out of Princeton University in the 12th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft. In 1979 he led the Texas League in wins and complete games (12) as he was 14-10 with a 2.45 ERA for the Shreveport Captains. He made his debut for the Giants in 1981, and pitched in 11 games for them that season. He held the distinction of being the last Princeton University baseball player to appear in a major league baseball game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Tufts
Patrick Tufts is a computer scientist and inventor. He created Alexa Internet Alexa Internet, Inc. was an American web traffic analysis company based in San Francisco. It was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon. Alexa was founded as an independent company in 1996 and acquired by Amazon in 1999 for $250 million in stock. ...'s collaborative filter for creating related web site recommendations and later, one of Amazon.com's most successful product recommendation systems. References External links Patrick Tufts's website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tufte
Tufte is a surname of Norwegian origin. Notable people with the name include: * Virginia Tufte (fl. 1920s-2010s), American author and distinguished emerita professor of English * Edward Tufte (born 1942), American statistician, political scientist, graphic designer, and author * Bård Tufte Johansen (born 1969), Norwegian comedian * Jerod E. Tufte (born 1975), American judge * Olaf Tufte (born 1976), Norwegian competition rower and Olympic gold medal winner See also *Tofte (other) *Toft (other) *Tuft (surname) {{surname Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuft (surname)
Tuft is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Arne Tuft (1911-1989), Norwegian cross country skier *Gabbi Tuft or Tyler Reks (born 1978), American professional wrestler * Svein Tuft (born 1977), bicycle racer See also *Toft (other), include a list of people with surname Toft *Tofte (other), includes a list of people with surname Tofte *Tufte Tufte is a surname of Norwegian origin. Notable people with the name include: * Virginia Tufte (fl. 1920s-2010s), American author and distinguished emerita professor of English * Edward Tufte (born 1942), American statistician, political scientis ..., surname * Tufts (surname) {{surname, Tuft Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Tufts
Chester Warren Tufts (December 12, 1925 – July 6, 1982),Chester Tufts 564-20-2613, at the via GenealogyBank.com. Source gives death date only as "July 1982". best known as Warren Tufts, was an American and artist- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Tufts
William Terence Tufts (born 1954 in Gasline, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter writing in many different musical genres. History Tufts is a finger-style guitarist living off-grid with his wife (pianist Kathryn Briggs) and daughter in the bush in Ontario. Tufts has been playing music for enjoyment since 1963 and as a profession since 1974. His father's job with the Canadian government moved the family to Denver, Colorado in the US in the 1960s, at a time when the folk and rock music genres were influencing opinion everywhere. Other postings that influenced him musically took him to Ottawa, Ontario, and Rome, Italy. Upon returning to Canada to complete high school, he began to work as a full-time musician and continues to do so to this day. In 1974 he moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick, to pursue his own musical career as a singer-songwriter and guitarist for A Joint Effort (Rick Bastedo, Brian Bourne, Grant Harrison, Tim Tufts, and Terry Tufts), and later a reformed v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Tufts
Bowen Charlton "Sonny" Tufts III (July 16, 1911 – June 4, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for the films he made as a contract star at Paramount in the 1940s, including ''So Proudly We Hail!''. He also starred in the cult classic ''Cat-Women of the Moon''. Early life and family Bowen Charlton Tufts III (some sources give "Charleston") (nicknamed "Sonny") was born in Boston into a prominent banking family, the son of Octavia Emily (Williams) and Bowen Charlton Tufts. The Tufts family patriarch, Peter Tufts, sailed to America from Wilby, Norfolk, England in 1638. His granduncle was businessman and philanthropist Charles Tufts, for whom Tufts University is named. Tufts attended the Phillips Exeter Academy, He later broke with the family banking tradition by not studying business at Harvard, choosing instead to study opera at Yale University, where he was an editor of campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''. He was a member of the Sku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Tufts
Sean Tufts (born March 26, 1982) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Carolina Panthers. University of Colorado Football 2000–2003 At the University of Colorado, Tufts was the starting middle linebacker from 2001–2003. Including the 2001 Big 12 Championship season. His senior year, Tufts was voted Captain and was placed on the Butkus Award watch list. He averaged 8 tackles per game and finished the 2003 season with 95 tackles. In 2004, Tufts was drafted in the 6th round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. Carolina Panthers Football 2004–2006 Tufts was the 196th pick overall, taken by the Carolina Panthers, in the 2004 NFL Draft. He was used sparingly in 2004, playing in the season's final three games. In 2005, he backed up Pro Bowler Dan Morgan and played on special teams. Knee injuries forced Tufts to the sidelines for the 2006 season. Over his career Tufts played in 18 games for the Panthers and totaled 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tufts (other)
Robert Tufts (born 1955) is an American former baseball pitcher. Robert Tufts may also refer to: * Robert Tufts (politician) (born 2009), American mayor of Dorset, Minnesota *Robert Tufts, co-writer NSC 68 See also * Tufts (surname) Tufts is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Tufts (1955–2019), American baseball player * Charles Tufts (1781–1876), American businessman and philanthropist * Daryn Tufts (born 1973), American writer, director, producer, ... * Robert (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tufts, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Tufts
Richard Sise Tufts (March 16, 1896 – December 17, 1980) was a notable figure in American golf in the mid-20th century. Born in Medford, Massachusetts, he was a grandson of James Walker Tufts, the founder of Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, which was long America's preeminent golf resort. Richard Tufts grew up in Massachusetts and attended Harvard. He served in World War I before starting work at Pinehurst with his father Leonard, and later taking over himself. He added 40 holes to the resort and hosted the 1936 PGA Championship and the 1951 Ryder Cup. He ran Pinehurst until relatives sold their stock to Diamondhead Corp., ending family control. Tufts was a heavyweight of the golfing establishment, eventually rising to be President of the United States Golf Association in 1956-57. Like Bobby Jones, Tufts was a great believer in amateur golf, and had a rather patrician disapproval of any commercialization of the sport. He was non-playing captain of the U.S. team in the Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Tufts
Peter Tufts (1617 – May 13, 1700) was a prominent early citizen of Medford, Massachusetts, and ancestor of Charles Tufts who donated land for the Tufts University campus. The Peter Tufts House is still standing; it is believed by some historians to be the oldest all-brick house in the United States. Peter Tufts (also spelled "Tuffts" and Tuffes") immigrated from Wilby, Norfolk, England to Charlestown, Massachusetts where he is recorded in 1637 "on the Malden side (of Charlestown)." By 1638 he owned there. In early 1647 Peter, along with William Bridge, became ferryman on the Mystic River, succeeding Philip Drinker in that role. This ferry, later known as the Penny Ferry, served the inhabitants of Malden and the upper towns until 1787 when it was superseded by the Malden Bridge. By 1647 Peter had located to Malden, Massachusetts where he was one of the earliest and largest land owners; he also owned land on Mystic Side. Tufts' involvement in the Salem witch trials was thus d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis Tufts
Otis Tufts (February 14, 1804 - November 5, 1869) was a machinist and inventor who built printing machines, steam engines, firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver. Biography Otis Tufts was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1804 to Stephen Tufts and Lucy Frost Tufts. He had a twin brother, Joseph Tufts who died on July 24, 1807. On April 1, 1824, he married Sarah Caroline Oliver (1803-1868), in Malden, Massachusetts. Sarah was the daughter of William Oliver and Sarah Caroline Cheever. Together they had four children: Sarah, Eliza, Caroline and Otis. In 1837, he built a steam-operated printing press. In addition, he built the first double-hulled iron steamship and the first vessel constructed of all iron in the United States based on the designs of John Ericsson John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American inventor. He was active in England and the United States. Ericsson collaborated on the design of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
