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Van Lear (other)
Van Lear may refer to: Places * Van Lear, Kentucky * Van Lear, Maryland * Vanleer, Tennessee People * Phillip Edward Van Lear, American actor * Thomas Van Lear (1864–1931), mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota * Van Lear Black (1875–1930), American publisher and civil aviation pioneer See also * Van Laer * Van Leer (other) * Van Lier * Vanleer {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Lear, Kentucky
Van Lear is an unincorporated community and coal town in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. History Incorporated in 1912, the town was named for a director of Consolidation Coal Company (Consol), Van Lear Black. It owes its existence to the viable efforts of John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo. Mayo bought coal rights to land along Miller's Creek in Johnson County, which he later sold to Northern Coal and Coke, which in turn was later acquired by Consol. Consol built five miles of railroad into the Johnson County property with money loaned by Van Lear Black's Fidelity Trust. Eventually five coal mines were opened and operated in Van Lear from 1910 through 1946. The vast coal deposits were mined from five underground mines around the clock. The miners included immigrant Irish, Italians and Slavs, as well as Appalachians and locals. The mines were integrated; both blacks and whites worked underground. During the boom years the population surpassed 4000. In 1945 Consol merged wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Lear, Maryland
Van Lear is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ..., United States. The community is part of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area). Van Lear is located between Halfway and Williamsport. History The Community of Van Lear was started in the late 1960s when a Hagerstown real estate agent, Lee Downey, started to sell tracts of his then rural land to developers. By the 1980s the Hagerstown area started to boom, so Downey made ''Van Lear Manor'' and ''Tammany Manor'', the first two suburban neighborhoods in Van Lear. Today Today, Van Lear is a diverse residential mix of new and old, modern and historic, all side-by-side. In Van Lear's newer neighborhoods, larger modern homes are c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanleer, Tennessee
Vanleer is a town in Dickson County, Tennessee, Dickson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was estimated to be 422 in 2019, up from 395 at the 2010 census. The town is approximately 49 miles northwest of Nashville and is located within the city's Nashville metropolitan area, greater metropolitan area. The town is named for Anthony Wayne Van Leer, onetime operator of the iron works in nearby Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee, Cumberland Furnace. Geography Vanleer is located at (36.237444, -87.444807). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 310 people, 124 households, and 90 families residing in the town. The population density was 500.9 people per square mile (193.1/km2). There were 141 housing units at an average density of 227.8 per square mile (87.8/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 94.52% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.65% African American (U.S. Census), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Edward Van Lear
Phillip Edward Van Lear is an American actor. He is known for playing C.O. Louis Patterson on the Fox series ''Prison Break''. Early life Van Lear was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1951 Career He has also played in various other movies such as: '' Barbershop 2: Back in Business'', Magic Mike, ''Chicago Cab'', '' Night of the Lawyers'', ''A Family Thing'' and ''Thieves Quartet''. He also starred alongside Oprah Winfrey, in the film ''There Are No Children Here ''There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America'' is a 1992 biography by Alex Kotlowitz that describes the experiences of two brothers growing up in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. It won the Carl Sandburg award ...'', where he plays a thug and a vandal hell-bent on corrupting youth for his own personal gain. He was originally cast to play Ray Charles in the movie Ray, but Jamie Foxx ended up with the role when funding for the movie he was filming fell through. Van Lear spent all of 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Van Lear
Thomas H. Van Lear (April 26, 1869 – March 4, 1931) was an American politician who served as the 28th Mayor of Minneapolis from January 1, 1917 to January 6, 1919. Van Lear was a member of the Socialist Party of America. Early life Van Lear was born in Maryland in 1869. As a boy, he worked in the area's coal mines and, at the age of 18, he joined the Knights of Labor. He later served in the United States Army (including a year during the Spanish–American War) before relocating to Minneapolis to work as a machinist. He soon became active with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, International Association of Machinists and other trade and union groups in the city. Career Van Lear led two unsuccessful campaigns for the mayoralty before he was elected on November 7, 1916, with over 33,000 votes. Van Lear did not win control of the city council, and Sheriff Otto Langum worked closely with the Minneapolis Citizens' Alliance, an anti-labor coalitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Lear Black
William Van-Lear Black (18 December 187518 August 1930) was an American publisher and civil aviation pioneer. Early life Black was born in Cumberland, Maryland, into a wealthy family who claimed they could trace their lineage back to the American Revolution. He married Jessie Gary (1876-1949) and had four children who survived to adulthood. Gary was the daughter of James A. Gary, Postmaster General under McKinley. In 1910 Black bought the estate "Folly Quarter" in Ellicott City, Maryland now known as the Shrine of St. Anthony. He restored it to its original condition and used it to entertain 500-700 political and publishing guests at a time, later selling it in 1924. Black was insured for $750,000 at the time of his death during the Great Depression. Black's wife died at the age of 73 in Baltimore. Black was considered to be the wealthiest person in Maryland at the time of his death. Businessman Black got his start in banking at the age of eighteen as a clerk with the Fide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Laer
Van Laer is a surname. Earlier spellings include Van Laar and Van Leer. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Theobald Van Laer (1857–1920), American painter * Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer (1869–1955), Archivist, translator, editor, and historian of Dutch-language documents from New Netherland *Pieter van Laer (1599 – c. 1642), Dutch Golden Age painter *Roeland van Laer Roeland van Laer (1598 – after 1635), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography Roeland van Laer was born in Haarlem. According to Houbraken who quoted the Haarlem writer Theodorus Schrevelius, Roeland and his brother Pieter tra ... (1598 – after 1635), Dutch Golden Age painter * Wannes Van Laer (born 1985), Belgian sailor {{surname, Van Laer Surnames of Dutch origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Leer (other)
Van Leer may refer to: Places in the United States * VanLeer, Tennessee, an old iron works town named after Anthony Van Leer * Van Leer Cabin, an 18th-century cabin in Chester County, Pennsylvania * Van Leer House, an 18th-century house in Delaware County, Pennsylvania * Van Leer Pleasant Hill Plantation, an 18th-century stone farmhouse near Glen Moore, Pennsylvania * Van Leer Building, a building on the main campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology * Broadview VanLeer Mansion, a 1906 mansion in McLean County, Illinois * Mortonson-Van Leer Log Cabin, historic cabin in Swedesboro, Cumberland County, New Jersey Other uses * Van Leer (surname) * Bernard Van Leer Foundation, a Dutch organization that promotes work in early childhood development and children's rights ** Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, established in 1959 * Van Leer Packaging, a packaging company which was acquired by Huhtamäki in 1999 * Van Leer Factory, a listed building in Dundee, Scotland See also * Van Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Lier
Van Lier is a surname first found in the Netherlands. Spelling variations of this family name include: Leer, Lier, Liere, Lierr, Lierre, Liers, Lieres, Lierrs, Lierres, de Lier, van Lier and many more. Some of the first settlers in the New World of this family name or some of its variants were: * Jan Evertsz van Lier, who arrived in New Netherland in 1664; Notable people with the surname include: * Adeline van Lier (born 1956), Dutch television and radio presenter *Anita van Lier (born 1954), Dutch cricketer * Coenraad van Lier (1836–1903), Suriname physician and politician *Josephine van Lier (born 1968), Dutch cellist *Norm Van Lier Norman Allen Van Lier III (April 1, 1947 – February 26, 2009) was an American professional basketball player and television broadcaster who spent the majority of his career with the Chicago Bulls. Early life Norman Van Lier was born in East L ... (1947–2009), American basketball player and broadcaster {{surname, Van Lier Dutch-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |