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Van Winkle
Van Winkle is a Dutch surname. It is the Anglicization of Van Winkel, meaning "from shop" in modern Dutch, but originating as "from Winkel", a number of places in the Low Countries and Germany. Perhaps the most famous Van Winkle is the title character of "Rip Van Winkle", an 1819 short story by Washington Irving. People with the surname include: *Archie Van Winkle (1925-1986), U.S. Marine awarded the Medal of Honor * Barrik Van Winkle, American linguistic and legal anthropologist * Isaac Homer Van Winkle (1870-1943), American attorney and Attorney General of Oregon *Marshall Van Winkle (1869-1957), U.S. Representative and grandnephew of Peter G. Van Winkle *Mina Van Winkle (1875-1933), American crusading social worker, suffragist and groundbreaking police lieutenant *Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), U.S. Senator *Vanilla Ice (born Robert Van Winkle in 1967), American rapper * Ryan Van Winkle (born 1977), American poet *Travis Van Winkle (born 1982), American actor * Winant Van W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rip Van Winkle
"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their liquor and falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains. He awakes 20 years later to a very changed world, having missed the American Revolution. The concept is ancient, including the 70-year nap by Choni HaMeA-Gail. Irving, inspired by a conversation on nostalgia with his American expatriate brother-in-law, wrote his story while temporarily living in Birmingham, England. It was published in his collection, ''The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'' While the story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains near where Irving later took up residence, he admitted, "When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills." Plot Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch-American man with a habit of avoiding useful work, lives in a village at the foot of New York's Catskill Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winkel (surname)
Winkel is a Dutch and Low German toponymic surname. While ''winkel'' means shop in modern Dutch, its original meaning was "corner" or "enclosed piece of land", and the surname is thought to be toponymic only. Among multiple places named (de/'t) Winkel, Winkel, North Holland is known to be at the origin of several families with the name. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant forms include ''De Winkel'', ''Te Winkel'', ''Van Winkel'', ''Van de Winkel'', ''Winckel'', and ''Winkels''. People with these surnames include: * Adrian P. Winkel (1915–1994), American politician, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Van Winkle
Colonel Archie Van Winkle (March 17, 1925 – May 22, 1986) was a United States Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as a staff sergeant during the advance to the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. A combat veteran of World War II, he was called to active duty with the Marine Corps Reserve after the outbreak of hostilities in Korea and was released to inactive duty on July 16, 1951. Van Winkle again returned to active duty and served in combat during the Vietnam War. He is the only Medal of Honor recipient from Alaska. Early life and World War II Born March 17, 1925, in Juneau, Alaska, Van Winkle attended public school in Darrington, Washington. An ardent athlete, he captained both the boxing and football teams at Darrington High School, where he also played baseball and basketball. He entered the University of Washington in Seattle to study physical education, but left after a few months to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve on December 14, 1942. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrik Van Winkle
Barrik Van Winkle is an American linguistic and legal anthropologist who has done research on the language and culture of the Washoe Nation and on gang violence in the United States. He received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, where he studied with Raymond D. Fogelson, and an M.A. from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he studied with Warren D'Azevedo and William Jacobsen. His publications include Scott H. Decker and Barrik Van Winkle, ''Life in the Gang: Families, Friends, and Violence'' (Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press A university press is an academic publishing hou ..., 1996), which won an Outstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Science. His articles on the Washoe are published in ''Social Analysis'', ''Cultural Anthropology'', and ''New Perspective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Homer Van Winkle
Isaac Homer Van Winkle (December 3, 1870 – December 14, 1943) was an American attorney in the state of Oregon. A former dean of Willamette University's law school, he served as the 6th Attorney General of Oregon for 23 years. Early life Van Winkle was born in Linn County, Oregon, near the community of Halsey, to Isaac Newton Van Winkle and Elizabeth Ann Pearl.Descendants of Rev. Isaac Newton Van Winkle RootsWeb. Retrieved on September 4, 2007. Isaac graduated from Willamette University in , in 1898 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.Ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Van Winkle
Marshall Van Winkle (September 28, 1869 – May 10, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, grandnephew of Peter G. Van Winkle. Biography Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Van Winkle attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was appointed counsel to the county tax board in 1895, holding this position until his resignation to accept an appointment as the assistant prosecutor of the pleas of Hudson County, New Jersey. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress. He served as assistant prosecutor of pleas from 1902 to 1905, when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress. Van Winkle was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He resumed the practice of law in Jersey City, New Jersey. Advisory master in chancery, matrimonial division from 1933 to 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mina Van Winkle
Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle (March 26, 1875 – January 16, 1933) was a crusading social worker, suffragist, and groundbreaking police lieutenant. From 1919 until her death in 1933, she led the Women's Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (in Washington D.C.), and became a national leader in the protection of girls and other women during the law enforcement and judicial process. Her provocative statements about gender and morality in the jazz age brought her further national attention. Biography She was born Wilhelmina ("Mina") Caroline Ginger in New York City in 1875. From 1902 to 1905, she worked at Fernwood Home, a municipal reform school for girls in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She graduated in 1905 from the social work program of the New York School of Philanthropy. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter G
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanilla Ice
Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host. Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Ice released his debut album, ''Hooked'', in 1989 on Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group, which released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title ''To the Extreme'' which became the fastest-selling hip hop album of all time and contained Ice's best-known hits: "Ice Ice Baby" and a cover of "Play That Funky Music". "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the '' Billboard'' charts and has been credited with helping to diversify hip hop by introducing it to a mainstream audience. Although he was successful, Ice later regretted his business arrangements with SBK, which had paid him to adopt a more commercial appearance to appeal to a mass audience and published fabricated biographical information w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Van Winkle
Ryan Van Winkle is an American poet, live artist, podcaster and critic. He has two collections of poetry and has created performance poetry for live audiences. His work has appeared in several anthologies. His poems have also appeared in ''New Writing Scotland'', ''The Prairie Schooner'' and ''The American Poetry Review''. Van Winkle was the first Reader in Residence at the Scottish Poetry Library. He has also produced and performed podcasts for the Scottish Poetry Library and the Scottish Book Trust. Biography Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Van Winkle graduated from Syracuse University, with a dual degree in journalism and political science. Winkle's first collection of poems, ''Tomorrow We Will Live Here'' (2010), won the Crashaw Prize. His second collection, ''The Good Dark'', won the 2015 Saltire Society Poetry Book of the Year award. Van Winkle's performance poetry, ''Red, Like Our Room Used to Feel'' was presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2012, the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Van Winkle
Travis Scott Van Winkle (born November 4, 1982) is an American actor, best known for starring in the feature film ''Accepted'' (2006) and the 2021 third season of the Netflix streaming television series ''You'', portraying Trent Sutton-DeMarco in ''Transformers'' (2007), '' Friday the 13th'' (2009) and Lieutenant Danny Green in '' The Last Ship'' (2014–2018). Early life Van Winkle was born in Victorville, California, the middle of three children of Sally (née Fitzgerald) and Charles Van Winkle. When he was two years old, his family moved to Oscoda, Michigan. When he was eight, his family moved again to Peachtree City, Georgia, where he graduated from McIntosh High School and attended the University of West Georgia but did not graduate, leaving at age 20 to pursue his acting endeavors in Hollywood. Career Van Winkle made his television debut in a December 2004 episode of the Fox sitcom ''Quintuplets'', and has since appeared in shows such as ''That's So Raven'', ''Malcol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winant Van Winkle
Winant Van Winkle (March 17, 1879 – 1943) was an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1935 to 1940, representing Bergen County as a Republican. Early life Winkle was born and raised in Rutherford, New Jersey. Career Winkle served in the New Jersey Senate from 1935 to 1940, representing Bergen County Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Republican. Personal life and death Winkle was married. Winkle was part of the eighth generation of his family in Bergen County. His grandfather, Daniel Van Winkle, served as the leader of the Republican Party of Bergen. Winkle died in 19 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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