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Waldron (surname)
Waldron is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843-1909), American author, editor, clubwoman *Adelbert Waldron, United States Army sniper *Alfred M. Waldron, United States politician *Daniel Waldron, last holder of extensive Waldron real estate in Dover, New Hampshire *Duncan Waldron, astronomer and photographer *Henry Waldron, United States politician *Irv Waldron, baseball player *John Waldron (other), several people, including **John C. Waldron, United States Navy aviator *Jeremy Waldron, legal philosopher *Kathleen Waldron, president of Baruch College of the City University of New York *Mal Waldron, composer and pianist *Michael Waldron, American screenwriter and producer *Major Richard Waldron, second "president" of Colonial New Hampshire *Richard Waldron (colonel), prominent officeholder in colonial New Hampshire *Richard Waldron (Secretary), leading opponent of the Wentworth oligarchy in colonial New Hampshire *Richard Russel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Cilley Waldron
Adelaide Cilley Waldron (, Cilley; pen name, A. C. Waldron; February 23, 1843 – June 16, 1909) was an American author and editor of the long nineteenth century. She wrote poems, hymns, sonnets, children's stories, essays, and letters for newspapers, as well as articles for educational and historical journals. ''Farmington'' was published in 1904. Waldron was an accomplished musician and a Woman's club movement in the United States, clubwoman. She was associated with the Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.), Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.), New England Woman's Press Association (N. E. W. P. A.), and other organizations. Early life and education Adelaide Haines Cilley was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, February 23, 1843. She was the daughter of the Rev. Daniel Plumer Cilley and his wife, Adelaide Ayers (Haines) Cilley. In addition to the Plumers and Cilleys, Waldron's ancestors included the Frosts, Sherburnes, and Pepperells of colonial note, through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal Waldron
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Waldron led his own bands and played for those led by Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy, among others. During Waldron's period as house pianist for Prestige Records in the late 1950s, he appeared on dozens of albums and composed for many of them, including writing his most famous song, "Soul Eyes", for Coltrane. Waldron was often an accompanist for vocalists, and was Billie Holiday's regular accompanist from April 1957 until her death in July 1959. A breakdown caused by a drug overdose in 1963 left Waldron unable to play or remember any music; he regained his skills gradually, while redeveloping his speed of thought. He left the U.S. permanently in the mid-1960s, settled in Europe, and continued touring internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normal People (TV Series)
''Normal People'' is an Irish romantic psychological drama limited series produced by Element Pictures for BBC Three and Hulu in association with Screen Ireland. It is based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Sally Rooney. The series follows the relationship between Marianne Sheridan (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell Waldron (Paul Mescal), as they navigate adulthood from their final days in secondary school to their undergraduate years in Trinity College. The series was primarily written by Rooney and Alice Birch and directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald. The series was released on BBC Three in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2020, followed by weekly airings on BBC One. It premiered on RTÉ One in Ireland on 28 April 2020. In the United States, the series was released in its entirety on Hulu on 29 April 2020. The series has received critical acclaim, with praise for the performances, directing, writing, aesthetics, and its portrayal of mature content. At the 72nd Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Westbrook Waldron (consul)
Thomas Westbrook Waldron was a captain's clerk on the Wilkes Expedition, and the first United States consul to Hong Kong."Ceremony Recalls Fallen Diplomats" ''State Magazine'' (Oct 2009), p.8. Accessed 5 September 2010 His service to the United States consular service was honoured by Secretary of State during a ceremony in 2009. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Westbrook Waldron
Thomas Westbrook Waldron was a prominent political figure in Dover, New Hampshire, and a military officer that fought in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745), Siege of Louisbourg of 1745. He later became a commissioner at Albany, New York, and then a royal councillor in 1782. During the American Revolution, Waldron abandoned his loyalist friend, British colonial governor of New Hampshire Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, John Wentworth, to become a patriot of the United States. Family Waldron was born into a wealthy family in Dover, New Hampshire. Waldron's great grandfather was Richard Waldron. His grandfather was Thomas Westbrook, who distinguished himself in Father Rale's War. He married Constance Davis of Durham, New Hampshire, about 1755. Of their children, two sons and three daughters had descendants. He was the namesake of many descendants, including two grandsons, one who was Thomas Westbrook Waldron (consul), a Consul that died in Macao, the other moved to Canada. Waldron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Russell Waldron
Richard Russell Waldron was a purser "and special agent" in the Wilkes Expedition, together with younger brother Thomas Westbrook Waldron (consul). Several landmarks were named after him or his brother. After the expedition was completed Waldron enjoyed some popularity and influence in Washington, D.C. Youth Born March 28, 1803, the oldest son of Daniel Waldron and Olive Huske Sheafe, he would have seen the 1819 bankruptcy of his father, the 1820 loss of the substantial landholdings that his family had possessed continuously since his ancestor Richard Waldron began to acquire Dover, New Hampshire holdings in 1635, and the 1821 death of his father. Family heirlooms By February 1827 he was "of Portsmouth" and he had possession of his ancestor Richard Waldron's papers. In September 1845 he provided Father Sebastien Rale's strongbox, another family heirloom, for safekeeping to the Massachusetts Historical Society. Wilkes Expedition Waldron was a member of the Wilkes Expedition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Waldron (Secretary)
Richard Waldron (1694–1753) was a major opponent of the Wentworth oligarchy in colonial New Hampshire. He supported a continued political subordination of New Hampshire to Massachusetts and opposed moves to separation from this traditional senior partner. Through his friendship with Massachusetts governor and kinsman Jonathan Belcher and his positions of Secretary, Councillor, and New Hampshire assembly speaker, for a time he was "the central authority" in colonial New Hampshire politics. Family A son of Colonel Richard Waldron, grandson of Major Richard Waldron, and nephew of New Hampshire Lieutenant-Governor George Vaughan, he married Elizabeth, only child of Colonel Thomas Westbrook, on 31 Dec 1718, and by this marriage further enhanced the position of the Waldron family in New Hampshire. Most of their six children died early, including Harvard-educated Richard, the eldest, who was lost at sea in 1745, aged 25; this left only sons Thomas and George to live long into adulth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Waldron (colonel)
Richard Waldron (1650 – 3 November 1730) was a military officer, politician, and business figure of the Province of New Hampshire. He maintained the position of the Waldron family in Dover and colonial New Hampshire through intermarriage with other leading families and inheritance or purchase of many of the positions once held by his father. He was the first of his line to adopt "Waldron" as opposed to "Walderne", the spelling that his father and previous generations had used. Birth and offices Richard Waldron was born in 1650 in Dover, New Hampshire. "A son of Major Richard Waldron, e... early removed to Portsmouth. He was chosen a representative in the General Assembly in 1691, and a member of the Royal Council in 1692. He was a justice of the Court of Common Pleas from 1702 until 1706; judge of Probate from 1708 to 1730, and held the commission of Colonel in the Provincial Militia. Col. Waldron's mercantile education was received in Charlestown, Mass., under George Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Waldron
Major Richard Waldron (or Richard Waldern, Richard Walderne; 1615–1689) was an English-born merchant, soldier, and government official who rose to prominence in early colonial Dover, New Hampshire. His presence spread to greater New Hampshire and neighboring Massachusetts. He was the second president of the colonial New Hampshire Royal Council after it was first separated from Massachusetts. Described as an "immensely able, forceful and ambitious"''Colonial New Hampshire – A History'', by Jere Daniell, p. 60 member of a well-off Puritan family, he left his English home and moved to what is now Dover, New Hampshire. He first came about 1635. He built mills on the Cochecho River, amassed local land holdings that endured in his family for over 170 years, controlled much of the local native trade, and was prominent in local politics and as deputy to the Massachusetts General Court for twenty five years from 1654. He was speaker several times. When the first president of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Waldron
Michael Waldron (born April 23, 1987) is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on television series ''Rick and Morty'' and '' Heels'', as well as creating the Marvel Cinematic Universe series '' Loki'' and writing the script for ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' (2022) and '' Avengers: Secret Wars'' (2026). Career In February 2014, Waldron was enrolled in the MFA screenwriting program at Pepperdine University and was an intern for the Adult Swim show ''Rick and Morty'' during its first season when he was hired by the show's co-creator Dan Harmon to be part of the production staff of Harmon's NBC series ''Community'' for its fifth season. In February 2017, he was writing the series '' Heels'' for Starz. By August 2017, he was executive producing the YouTube Red series '' Good Game''. In February 2019, he was hired as head writer and executive producer on the Disney+ series '' Loki'' (2021). In November 2019, after producing several ''Rick a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Waldron
Kathleen Waldron is a former president of William Paterson University. Waldron was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up on Long Island, and traces her paternal family roots to the city of Paterson, New Jersey. From 2004 to 2009, she served as the president of Baruch College of the City University of New York, succeeding Edward Regan, the former New York State Comptroller. Under Dr. Waldron, Baruch College received record donations from its alumni, including $54 million in her first year as President. Waldron has more than 18 years of experience in higher education and 17 years of experience in international banking. She is a member of the board of the New Jersey Presidents Council, New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Tinker Foundation, the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, the Hamilton Partnership for Paterson, NJEDGE.net and is a founding member of the New Jersey Campus Compact. Waldron received her bachelor's degree from Stony Brook Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelbert Waldron
Adelbert F. "Bert" Waldron III (March 14, 1933 – October 18, 1995) was a United States Army sniper who served during the Vietnam War with the 9th Infantry Division. Until 2011, Waldron held the record for most confirmed kills by any American sniper (109 confirmed kills). Early life Adelbert was born 14 March 1933 to Adeline Baxter Waldron and Adelbert F. Waldron, a parking lot operator, detective agency employee, fireman and school bus driver in Syracuse, New York. He had two sisters. Career Prior to his time in the Army, Waldron spent 12 years in the US Navy. As a member of the 9th Infantry Division, he was assigned to PBR boats patrolling the Mekong Delta, at one point making a confirmed kill from a moving boat at 900 yards. He set his record of 109 kills in just 8 months. After leaving Vietnam he was assigned as a marksmanship instructor at Ft. Benning, GA but left the Army in 1970. Waldron was one of the few two-time recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, both awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
