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Woolman is an English surname. Those bearing it include: * Edna Woolman Chase (1877–1957), fashion journalism entrepreneur * Collett E. Woolman (1889–1966), airline entrepreneur * Harry Woolman (1909–1996), stunt driver * John Woolman John Woolman (October 19, 1720 ( O.S.)/October 30, 1720 ( N.S.)– October 7, 1772) was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era. Based in Mount Holly, near Philadelphia, he trave ... (1720–1772), American religious leader and social activist * Mary Schenck Woolman (1860–1940), pioneer in vocational education * Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman (b. 1953), British jurist {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edna Woolman Chase
Edna Woolman Chase (; March 14, 1877 — March 21, 1957) was an American who served as editor-in-chief of ''Vogue'' magazine from 1914 to 1952. Early life Chase was born on March 14, 1877 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Franklyn Allaway and Laura Woolman. After her parents divorced, Chase was raised by her Quaker grandparents. She moved in with her mother in New York as a teenager. In 1902, she married Francis Dane Chase, who was a merchant, dry goods salesman, and later manager of the Hotel Colonial in New York. They had a daughter, actress Ilka Chase. Her husband had trouble supporting the family, and Chase eventually divorced him. She later married engineer Richard Newton in 1921. Publishing career Chase's first position at ''Vogue'' was working in the mail room. She worked her way up through the art and make-up departments. When Condé Montrose Nast took over ''Vogue'' in 1909, he asked Chase to continue writing under her married name, even though she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Collett may refer to: * Collett (name), a list of people with the surname or given name ** Collett family * Collett baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * , a US Navy destroyer * Collett, Indiana, an unincorporated town in the United States * Collett Park, a public park in Terre Haute, Indiana, on the National Register of Historic Places * The Collett School, a 4–16 mixed community special school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England * Collett, an alias of singer and songwriter Chloe George See also *Collett's Snake, a venomous snake native to Australia *Collette (other) *Colette (other) *Collet A collet is a segmented sleeve, band or ''collar''. One of the two radial surfaces of a collet is usually tapered (i.e a truncated cone) and the other is cylindrical. The term ''collet'' commonly refers to a type of chuck that uses collets t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Woolman
Harry Simon Woolman (April 10, 1909 - October 27, 1996) was a race-circuit, film, and TV stuntman, specializing in motorcycle jumps, car crashes, and pyrotechnics, from the 1930s through the early 1960s. From the 1960s until his retirement in the mid-1980s, he designed mechanical special effects for films and television. He also acted in bit parts over this span. Woolman was born and raised in rural Elkton, Maryland, the "Marriage Capital" of the East Coast, where elopers would run from neighboring States for a no-wait wedding. An aspiring motorcycle daredevil, he would ride his cycle backwards or standing on his head, at the outskirts of town attracting the matrimony-bound to stop and ask for directions, when he would offer to guide them to one of the 24-hour chapels for tips. One of these clients was a Hollywood producer down from New York City who invited Woolman look him up for a job if he was ever in California. Woolman was a long-time Hollywood stuntman and special effects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Woolman
John Woolman (October 19, 1720 ( O.S.)/October 30, 1720 ( N.S.)– October 7, 1772) was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era. Based in Mount Holly, near Philadelphia, he traveled through the American frontier to preach Quaker beliefs, and advocate against slavery and the slave trade, cruelty to animals, economic injustices and oppression, and conscription. Beginning in 1755 with the outbreak of the French and Indian War, he urged tax resistance to deny support to the colonial military. In 1772, Woolman traveled to England, where he urged Quakers to support abolition of slavery. Woolman published numerous essays, especially against slavery. He kept a journal throughout his life; it was published posthumously, entitled '' The Journal of John Woolman'' (1774). Included in Volume I of the Harvard Classics since 1909, it is considered a prominent American spiritual work. It has also been admired for the power and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Schenck Woolman
Mary Raphael Schenck Woolman (April 26, 1860August 1, 1940) was an American educator known for her advocacy of vocational education and consumer education, particularly for women. She was one of the first woman faculty members at Teachers College in New York City. She was the founder of Manhattan Trade School for Girls, the first vocational school for women in the United States. She was the author of several books and lectured around the country. Early life Mary Raphael Schenck was born in Camden, New Jersey, on April 26, 1860. She was the daughter of John Vorhees Schenck and Martha McKeen Schenck. Her father was a prominent physician who was once president of the Medical Society of New Jersey. Her grandfather Ferdinand Schureman Schenck was also a physician and represented New Jersey in Congress. She was educated at the Quaker Mary Anna Longstreth School in Philadelphia. She attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1884, before the school granted degrees to wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman
Stephen Errol Woolman, Lord Woolman, (born 16 May 1953), is a Scottish legal academic, and a retired Senator of the College of Justice. Early life Woolman was educated at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh and studied law at the University of Aberdeen. He was a lecturer in the Faculty of Law of the University of Edinburgh from 1978 to 1987, serving as Associate Dean from 1981 to 1984. He published the first edition of his work on Contract in 1987, being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates the same year. Legal career Woolman served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Office of Fair Trading (1991 to 1995), the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence (1991 to 1995), and the Inland Revenue (1996 to 1998). He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1998 and served as Advocate Depute from 1999 to 2002. He was keeper of the Advocates' Library and a trustee of the National Library of Scotland from 2004 to 2008, and chairman of the Scottish Council of Law Reporting from 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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