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Woodrow (name)
Woodrow is an English given name which was originally an English surname which may originally derive from a toponym meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English. Other sources suggest the name directly derives from ''woodroe'' ("the border hedge"), an appellation for a border guard. Other sources suggest that the name is a variant of wood+reeve, a local official, thus a forest keeper or guardian. The name was made popular, in part, by US president Woodrow Wilson, whose mother's maiden name was Woodrow. The pet form of Woodrow is Woody. People with the name Woodrow Given name People with the given name Woodrow include: * Woodrow A. Abbott (1919–1994), United States Air Force officer who served as director of intelligence, J-2, and inspector general of the U.S. Readiness Command, which was then headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base * Woodrow Adams (1917–1988), American Delta blues guitarist and harmonica player * Woodrow Borah (1912–1999), U.S. historian of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedge
A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced shrubs and sometimes trees, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area, such as between neighbouring properties. Hedges that are used to separate a road from adjoining fields or one field from another, and are of sufficient age to incorporate larger trees, are known as hedgerows. Often they serve as windbreaks to improve conditions for the adjacent crops, as in bocage country. When clipped and maintained, hedges are also a simple form of topiary. A hedge often operates as, and sometimes is called, a "live fence". This may either consist of individual fence posts connected with wire or other fencing material, or it may be in the form of densely planted hedges without interconnecting wire. This is common in tropical areas where low-income farmers can demarcate properties and reduce maintenance of fence posts that otherwise deteriorate rapidly. Many other benefits can be obtained depending on the sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodrow Wilson Mann
Woodrow Wilson Mann (November 13, 1916 – August 6, 2002) was an American politician who was the mayor of the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1956 to 1957. Biography A Little Rock native, Mann attended the University of Illinois and fought in World War II with the United States Navy in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Pacific Theater of Operations. He was a member of the staff of Admiral Chester Nimitz. Upon his return to the United States, he established an insurance agency. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Mann unseated Mayor Pratt C. Remmel, a two-term Republican Party (United States), Republican, in the 1955 municipal election and took office on January 1, 1956. The Little Rock Nine Segregation in the United States, school desegregation case occurred near the end of Mann's term as mayor in 1957. Outraged by governor of Arkansas, Governor Orval Faubus' order that National Guard of the United States, National Guard troops block the entrance of the students ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
