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Wedge (surname)
Wedge is the surname of: * Albert Clark Wedge (1834-1911), American physician and politician * Cathy Wedge (born 1950), Canadian equestrian * Charles Wedge (1810–1895), Australian explorer * Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps (1746–1842), English farmer and surveyor * Chris Wedge (born 1957), American voice actor, producer and director * Don Wedge (1929–2012), American football official * Edward Davy Wedge (1777–1852), Australian settler * Edwin Wedge (1911–1994), American speed skater * Eric Wedge (born 1968), American baseball manager * Frederick Wedge (1880–1953), American boxer * George Wedge (1890–1964), American music writer * Harry Wedge (1958–2012), Australian Aboriginal artist * James Wedge (born 1939), British fashion designer and photographer * John Wedge (1744–1816), English agriculturalist * John Helder Wedge (1793–1872), Australian explorer and politician * Roger Wedge (born 1948), Canadian politician * Stuart Wedge (born 1985), English cricketer * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Clark Wedge
Albert Clark Wedge (August 18 1834 – October 23, 1911) was an American physician and politician. Wedge was born in Denmark, Lewis County, New York. He went to the Wisconsin public schools and then went to Ripon College, in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1854. In 1857, Wedge received his medical degree from Cleveland Medical College. He moved to Albert Lea, Minnesota with his wife and family and practiced medicine in Albert Lea. Wedge served in the 3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th .... Wedge served as mayor of Albert Lew and was a Republican. He then served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1870 and 19771 and in the Minnesota Senate from 1879 to 1881. References 1834 births 1911 deaths People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wedge
George Anson Wedge (1890–1964) was an American music writer who served as the dean of Juilliard School of Music between 1939 and 1946. Early life and career Wedge received his education from Juilliard School of Music where he received diplomas in organ and piano. He was also given an honorary doctorate degree from Ursinus College, Pennsylvania. In November 1964, he died at the age of 74. During his career, he taught at New York University from 1920 to 1927 and the Curtis Institute of Music The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on full scholarship. Hi ... from 1924 to 1926. Publications * '' Advanced ear-training and sight-singing as applied to the study of harmony: a continuation of the practical and coordinated course for schools and private study'' * ''Ear training and sight singing'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Wedge
Stuart Andrew Wedge (born 24 October 1985 in Wolverhampton) is an English first-class cricketer. A left arm medium-fast bowler who bats (also left-handed) at or near the bottom of the order, he first played for the Worcestershire second team in the Second XI Championship against Warwickshire at the age of 17 in 2003, but in a match badly affected by the weather he bowled only three overs. Wedge appeared in six further second XI games in 2004, but had to wait until the following year to make his first-class debut for Worcestershire, against Loughborough UCCE. In an embarrassing eight-wicket loss to the students, Wedge's impact on the game was minimal: he took 0-68 from 17.2 overs, made 0 not out in both innings, and did not hold a catch. Thereafter, he returned to the second team. However, on County Championship debut against Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Wedge
Roger Arthur "Butch" Wedge (January 3, 1948 – February 23, 2010)https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/federal-election/former-nb-politician-roger-butch-wedge-dies-in-hospital-after-car-crash-33920/ is a Canadian former politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, ... from 1982 to 1987 as member of the Progressive Conservative party from the constituency of Saint John West. References 1948 births 2010 deaths Politicians from Saint John, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Helder Wedge
John Helder Wedge (1793 – 22 November 1872) was a surveyor, explorer and politician in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia).G. H. Stancombe'Wedge, John Helder (1793 - 1872), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition Wedge was the second son of Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps, of Cambridgeshire, England. John Wedge learned the basics of surveying from his father. Due to financial losses during the post-war depression in agriculture, Wedge and his brother Edward decided to migrate to Van Diemen's Land; before leaving London Wedge had obtained an appointment in the colony as assistant surveyor. Van Diemens Land The brothers arrived in Van Diemen's Land aboard the ''Heroine'' on the morning of 15 April 1824. Wedge led several expeditions through heavily timbered and mountainous country in the north-east and central highlands of the island. On one of these journeys Wedge found a camp of the bushrangers led by Matthew Brady. For Wedge's efforts in their capture he was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wedge
John Wedge (10 December 1744 – 19 March 1816) was an English agriculturalist. Life John Wedge was the son of Francis Wedge (1714–1784) and Elizabeth Knock (1713–1788) of Fernhill House, near Forton, Staffordshire, Forton, Staffordshire, a prosperous farmer, and brother of Thomas Wedge of Chester and Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps. He established himself on the Church Farm, Bickenhill, in Warwickshire. Wedge was agent to the Earl of Aylesford, whose seat at Packington House was close by, and a friend of Rev John Jaques (clergyman), John Jaques, the Rector of Bickenhill and Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral, who left his estate to Wedge. He was churchwarden at Little Packington, one of the livings held by Jaques. Wedge owned various properties and prospered from agriculture, as well as taking up surveying (he helped survey the Grand Canal of Ireland, Grand Canal) and he also owned a brass factory in Birmingham. His description of land drainage works on the Earl of Aylesford's es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wedge
James "Jimmy" Wedge (born 1939) is a British fashion designer, milliner, and fashion photographer. Early life and education Wedge was born into a poor working-class family. Having little education and never having taken an exam, he joined the British Navy. Whilst there, he took a drawing correspondence course and was eventually admitted to Walthamstow College of Art, entering the fashion department. Wedge describes hat design as being "like sculpture". Wedge then did a two-year course at the Royal College of Art.Interview with James Wedge, February 2006. , 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014. Hat designer At the first end of y ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Wedge
Harry James "HJ" Wedge (1957 – 8 November 2012) was a Wiradjuri artist. Early life and education Wedge was born in Erambie Mission, Cowra, New South Wales. Prior to starting his artwork professionally, Wedge worked as a driver and fruit picker until he headed to Sydney to enrol at the Eora Centre for the Visual and Performing Arts. Career After graduating from the college he became a member of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, exhibiting with contemporaries such as Ian Abdulla and Elaine Russell. In 1992 he held a solo exhibition called ''Wiradjuri Spirit Man'' at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in Adelaide as well as at Boomalli. In 1993, Wedge was represented in ''Australian Perspecta'' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and was artist-in-residence during which he created the narrative work ''Stop and think''. The Art Gallery of NSW describes Wedge's work in the following way: "His work focuses on post-colonial narrative and examines curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Wedge
Frederick Rhinaldo Wedge (July 31, 1880 – March 3, 1953) was an American boxer who fought over 70 professional bouts as "Kid" Wedge; an ordained clergyman, who pastored churches in Nebraska, Wisconsin, and California for the Presbyterian, Baptist, and Congregational denominations; a Chautauqua lecturer; an author of several books, including ''The Fighting Parson of Barbary Coast''; and an educator, who taught at Pasadena College, and high schools in Arizona and California, whose admission into the Graduate School of Education of Harvard University in January 1922, and his January 1929 second marriage were both a national ''cause célèbre'' in the USA."Kid Wedge, Pastor and Ex-Pugilist, 'Knocked Out' by Divorcee", ''The Milwaukee Journal'' (January 25, 1929):2. Early life and family Frederick Rhinaldo Wedge was born on July 31, 1880, in Michigan, United States of America, the son of Hugh Wedge (born in Michigan), and Nettie Hunter Wedge (born in Michigan). Wedge grew up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Wedge
Catherine "Cathy" Wedge (born 29 December 1950) is a Canadian equestrian who rode several times on the Canadian Equestrian Team between 1971 and 1978. Early years Catherine Wedge was born on 29 December 1950 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She began to ride at the Saskatoon Pony Club when she was eight. Wynona Mulcaster was the unpaid instructor at the club from 1945 to 1973 and influenced Wedge's career. Equestrian career Wedge entered international competition in 1969, when she won the Working Hunter Championship at the Seattle International Horse Show. At the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia she won gold in the three-day team event riding her horse "Sumatra". She was named to the Canadian Olympic team for 1972, but could not compete due to a broken leg. In 1974 she won the Canadian three-day-event on "City Fella". In 1975 Wedge received serious arm and leg injuries in a competition in Massachusetts shortly before an event in Bromont, Quebec where she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Wedge
Eric Michael Wedge (born January 27, 1968) is an American former baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher and manager. As a player, Wedge attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983. He went on to attend Wichita State, and played on the Shockers team that won the 1989 College World Series. From 1989–1997 he played in the minor league systems of the Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies, and played in 39 major league games with the Red Sox and Rockies between 1991 and 1994. Wedge managed in the Cleveland Indians minor league system from 1998–2002 before being named manager of the Indians for the 2003 season. He led the Indians to a postseason berth in 2007, and won the American League Manager of the Year Award that year. He managed the Indians through the 2009 season. He then managed the Seattle Mariners from 2011 to 2013, and then worked as player development advisor fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Wedge
Edwin Wedge (January 28, 1911 – December 26, 1994) was an American speed skater who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February .... In 1932, he finished fourth in the 10000 metres event. External links Speed skating 1932 1911 births 1994 deaths American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1932 Winter Olympics {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
