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Watterson Towers, Normal, IL
Watterson may refer to: People * Bill Watterson, American cartoonist, creator of the comic strip ''Calvin and Hobbes'' * Henry Watterson (1840–1921), American journalist * John Ambrose Watterson (1844–1899), American Roman Catholic bishop * Juan Watterson, Isle of Man politician * Mike Watterson (1942–2019), English snooker player * Peter Watterson (1927–1996), American Catholic priest Places * Watterson Corners, Ontario, Canada * Watterson Park, Kentucky, United States Other * Watterson estimator, in population genetics * Bishop Watterson High School, Columbus, Ohio, US * The Henry Watterson Expressway (I-264), a highway in Louisville, Kentucky, US * Watterson Towers, a student residence hall complex at Illinois State University, US * The Watterson family from the animated show ''The Amazing World of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Watterson
William Boyd Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is a retired American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip ''Calvin and Hobbes'', which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. Watterson stopped drawing ''Calvin and Hobbes'' at the end of 1995, with a short statement to newspaper editors and his readers that he felt he had achieved all he could in the medium. Watterson is known for his negative views on comic syndication and licensing, his efforts to expand and elevate the newspaper comic as an art form, and his move back into private life after he stopped drawing ''Calvin and Hobbes''. Watterson was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The suburban Midwestern United States setting of Ohio was part of the inspiration for ''Calvin and Hobbes''. Early life Watterson was born on July 5, 1958, in Washington, D.C., to Kathryn Watterson (1933-2022) and James Godfrey WattersonMartell, Nevin (2009)''Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Watterson
Henry Watterson (February 16, 1840 – December 22, 1921), the son of a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, became a prominent journalist in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as a Confederate soldier, author and partial term U.S. Congressman. A Democrat like his father Harvey Magee Watterson, Henry Watterson for five decades after the American Civil War was a part-owner and editor of the ''Louisville Courier-Journal'', which founded by Walter Newman Haldeman and would be purchased by Robert Worth Bingham in 1919, who would end the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's association with the paper. Early and family life Born in Washington, D.C. on February 16, 1840, to the former Tilithacumi (Talitha) Black of Spring Hill, Tennessee and her husband, Harvey Magee Watterson, a Shelbyville, Tennessee lawyer and U.S. Congressman. His father was close to President Andrew Jackson, also from Tennessee, and in 1843 would become the publisher of the ''Washington Union'', the main newspaper of the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ambrose Watterson
John Ambrose Watterson (May 27, 1844 – April 17, 1899) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1880 until his death in 1899. Biography Early life The sixth of eleven children, John Watterson was born on May 27, 1844, in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, to John Sylvester and Sarah Salome (née McAfee) Watterson. His father's family came to the United States from the Isle of Mann in the United Kingdom in 1762; originally Episcopalians, his grandfather was orphaned in 1781 and subsequently raised by a Catholic family in York County, Pennsylvania. His mother's family was from County Armagh, Ireland, and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. John's parents frequently offered their home as a place of rest to traveling missionaries, and their house even became known as "The Priest's Hotel." After attending the parochial school of Sts. Simon and Jude Parish in Blairsville, Watterson was sent to St. Vincent' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Watterson
Juan Paul Watterson FCA CMgr FCMI FRSA SHK (born 1980) is a Manx politician, who is Speaker of the House of Keys, and a member for Rushen, in the Isle of Man. Early life Born in 1980 to John and Alison Watterson, he was educated at Rushen Infants School, Rushen Junior School and Castle Rushen High School. Qualification and professional memberships Watterson attended the University of Lincoln (University of Lincolnshire & Humberside) where he graduated in 2001 with a First Class BA (Hons) in Management. He joined international accountancy firm KPMG where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2005. He was the ICAEW Chairman of the National Student Council, and later served on the institute's Young Professionals Advisory Board, Public Sector Advisory Board and Members and Commercial Board of the Institute as well as having been part of its 90-member governing ICAEW Council. Career Watterson was first elected to the House of Keys in 2006 aged 26 years 142 days, making him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Watterson
George Michael Edwin Watterson (26 August 1942 – 8 March 2019) was an English professional snooker player, businessman, entrepreneur and television commentator. He was an England Amateur international for two years before turning professional in January 1981. Early life George Michael Edwin Watterson was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire on 26 August 1942, the son of steelworker George Watterson and Olive (née Pilkington), and was the third of four children. Business activities Watterson's early business career saw him work as a wages clerk and then as a car dealer. He was a salesman with the Sheffield-based Vauxhall dealers, Bentley Brothers, and was one of the first people in the country to sell the Vauxhall Viva when it was introduced in 1963. In 1977, his late wife, Carole, went to see a play at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, and suggested to her husband that it would make the ideal setting for snooker. Knowing that there was a real danger that there would be no W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Watterson
Peter Francis Watterson (August 26, 1927, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania – 1996) was an American Catholic Church, Catholic priest who had formerly been a bishop of the Continuing Anglican movement. Early life and education Watterson was the son of Peter Francis Watterson and his wife Louise Mohr Watterson. He attended Bard College from which he graduated in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Watterson received his theological education from Episcopal Divinity School, Philadelphia Divinity School from which he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1955 and a Master of Sacred Theology degree in 1957. Anglican ministry Watterson was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church in May 1955 and a priest in November 1955. From 1955 to 1957 he was assistant at St. John Parish in Norristown, Pennsylvania. From 1957 to 1958 he was Vicar of Redeemer Parish in Avon Park, Florida. From 1960 to 1977 he was Rector of Holy Spirit Parish in West Palm Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watterson Corners
Waterson Corners is a community in Rideau-Goulbourn Ward in Ottawa, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca .... Neighbourhoods in Ottawa {{Ontario-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watterson Park, Kentucky
Watterson Park is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 976 at the 2010 census. Geography Watterson Park is located in central Jefferson County at (38.194819, -85.689506). Interstate 264 runs just north of the city limits, while Newburg Road forms the northeast border and Poplar Level Road (Kentucky Route 864) forms parts of the southwest border. Downtown Louisville is to the northwest. Watterson Park is bordered to the east by West Buechel, and Poplar Hills touches a small length of the southwest boundary. According to the United States Census Bureau, Watterson Park has a total area of , of which , or 0.21%, are water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 953 people in 504 households, including 252 families, in the city. The population density was . There were 538 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 78.38% White, 16.68% African American, 0.42% Native American, 1.47% Asian, 0.4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watterson Estimator
In population genetics, the Watterson estimator is a method for describing the genetic diversity in a population. It was developed by Margaret Wu and G. A. Watterson in the 1970s. It is estimated by counting the number of polymorphic sites. It is a measure of the "population mutation rate" (the product of the effective population size and the neutral mutation rate) from the observed nucleotide diversity of a population. \theta = 4N_e\mu, where N_e is the effective population size and \mu is the per-generation mutation rate of the population of interest ( ). The assumptions made are that there is a sample of n haploid individuals from the population of interest, that there are infinitely many sites capable of varying (so that mutations never overlay or reverse one another), and that n \ll N_e. Because the number of segregating sites counted will increase with the number of sequences looked at, the correction factor a_n is used. The estimate of \theta, often denoted as \widehat _w, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Watterson High School
Bishop Watterson High School is a parochial, college preparatory high school located in Columbus, Ohio. History Bishop Watterson High School, founded in 1954 under the auspices of the Diocese of Columbus, is a co-educational college preparatory institution serving the Central Ohio area. Bishop Watterson High School was the first co-educational diocesan high school in Franklin County. It opened its doors in the fall of 1954 in honor of Bishop John Ambrose Watterson, the second Bishop of Columbus who served until April 17, 1899. Athletics Sports that are offered include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, diving, field hockey, football, ice hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. in 2019, Bishop Watterson began playing its home football games at Ohio Dominican University. Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships * Boys' Basketball - 2013 * Golf - 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2004 * Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Watterson Expressway
Interstate 264 (I-264) is a partial loop around the city of Louisville, Kentucky, south of the Ohio River. An auxiliary route of I-64, it is signed as the Shawnee Expressway for its first from its western terminus at I-64/ U.S. Route 150 (US 150) to US 31W/ US 60 and as the Watterson Expressway for the remainder of its length from US 31W/US 60 to its northeastern terminus at I-71. It is in length and runs an open circle around central Louisville. The highway begins west of Downtown Louisville at I-64 just east of the Sherman Minton Bridge, which links Southern Indiana with Kentucky as it crosses the Ohio River. The Interstate ends approximately northeast of Downtown Louisville, where it connects to I-71. I-264 is Louisville's inner beltway (in conjunction with I-64 and I-71), and the later constructed I-265, the Gene Snyder Freeway, is Louisville's outer beltway. I-264 is currently used as the primary detour route when I-64 is closed throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watterson Towers
Watterson Towers is a student residence hall at Illinois State University, and is one of the tallest dormitory buildings in the world at 298.5 feet. Located in Normal, Illinois Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 52,736. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, and Illinois' seventh most ..., at the corner of Fell and Beaufort Streets, it was completed in 1969. The 28-story complex holds over 2,200 students and stands at 91m (298.5 feet), making it one of the tallest brutalist structures in the world. Watterson Towers was named after Arthur W. Watterson, a popular professor and chair of the ISU Geography Department, who taught at the University from 1946–1966. The building was designed by Fridstein and Fitch Architects in Chicago, and built by C. Iber and Sons Company of Peoria, Illinois. Externally, the most noticeable feature of the buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
