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Verda Mae Cosgrove
Verda may refer to: People Mononym * Saint Verda, 4th-century Persian martyr Surname * Sandra Verda (1959-2014), Italian writer Given name *Verda Erman (1944–2014), Turkish classical pianist * Verda Smith (1923–2000), American National Football League running back for the Los Angeles Rams *Verda Ün Verda Ün (22 November 1919 – 15 February 2011) was a Turkish female classical pianist and piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern ha ...(1919–2011), Turkish female classical pianist * Verda Freeman Welcome (1907-1990), American teacher, civil rights leader, and Maryland state senator Places * Puig de la Collada Verda, a mountain of Catalonia, Spain * Verda, Kentucky, a community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States * Verda, Louisiana, a community in Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Verda
Saints Daniel and Verda (died 344) were Christian martyrs under King Shapur II of Persia. Their feast day is 21 February. Monks of Ramsgate account The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921), Butler's account The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'' under February 21, See also * Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II Notes Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel and Verda Groups of Christian martyrs of the Roman era Persian saints 4th-century Christian saints Christians in the Sasanian Empire 344 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Verda
Sandra Verda (Genoa, June 30, 1959 - Voltaggio Voltaggio (Ottaggio in Ligurian) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria. Located there is a Roman bridge on the Lemme st ..., September 10, 2014) was an Italian novelist and screenwriter. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for ''II male addosso '' in 1985. References Italian women novelists 20th-century Italian women writers 20th-century Italian novelists Italian women screenwriters Italian screenwriters Writers from Genoa 1959 births 2014 deaths {{Italy-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verda Erman
Verda Erman (19 December 1944 – 21 July 2014) was a Turkish pianist. Born in Istanbul in 1944, she began her career at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory. In 1957, she was sent to study at the Conservatoire de Paris under Turkish law no. 6660 for students with "extraordinary talents." She studied under French pianist Lucette Descaves and graduated from the conservatory with the highest honors. Erman then worked with pianist Lazare Lévy to improve her skills on the piano. She also enrolled in lessons on counterpoint and harmony from French composer, Noël Gallon. She gave a series of concerts in Paris before returning to Turkey. Erman performed with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey. She won first prize in the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition (now called the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition) in Paris in October 1963. In 1965, Erman placed second in the Canada International Piano Competition. Verda Erman was honored as a State Artist in 1971, the ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verda Smith
Verda T. "Vitamin" Smith, Jr. (October 30, 1923 – February 14, 2000) was a National Football League (NFL) running back for the Los Angeles Rams from 1949 through 1953. Smith served in the United States Army and participated in the Battle of Normandy before enrolling at Abilene Christian University where he sprinted, threw javelin and played college football for the Wildcats. In the NFL, Smith was a return specialist A return specialist or kick returner is a player on the special teams unit of a gridiron football team who specializes in returning punts and kickoffs. There are few players who are exclusively return specialists; most also play another position .... In 1950, he set a record by returning three kicks for touchdowns in a single season. That record would stand until 1967. References 1923 births 2000 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II American football running backs American football return specialists Abilene Christian Wildcats foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verda Ün
Verda Ün (22 November 1919 – 15 February 2011) was a Turkish female classical pianist and piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ... teacher. References 1919 births 2011 deaths Turkish women pianists Turkish classical pianists Piano pedagogues Turkish music educators Turkish women music educators Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery {{Turkey-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verda Freeman Welcome
Verda Mae Freeman Welcome (18 March 1907 – 22 April 1990) was an American teacher, civil rights leader, and Maryland state senator. Welcome was the second black woman to be elected to a state senate in the U.S. ( Cora Mae Brown was the first in 1952). She spent 25 years in the Maryland legislature and worked to pass legislation which enforced stricter employment regulations and discouraged racial discrimination. Early life and education Born as Verda Mae Freeman, one of sixteen children of John Nuborn and Ella Theodocia Freeman, Verda Welcome was born on a small farm in Lake Lure (previously known as Uree), North Carolina. In 1929, she moved to Baltimore, and graduated from Coppin State Teachers College three years later. She married Dr. Henry C. Welcome in 1935. She received a bachelor's degree in history from Morgan State College in 1939, and completed a master's degree in history at New York University in 1943. Between 1934 and 1945, Welcome taught at public schools in Balti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puig De La Collada Verda
Puig de la Collada Verda is a mountain of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... It has an elevation of 2,403 metres above sea level. See also * Mountains of Catalonia {{coord, 42, 27, 13, N, 2, 23, 46, E, region:FR-K_type:mountain_source:kolossus-cawiki, display=title Mountains of Catalonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verda, Kentucky
Verda is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ..., United States. The Verda Post Office is closed. References Unincorporated communities in Harlan County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky {{HarlanCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
