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Dunn
Dunn may refer to: Places in the United States * Dunn, Indiana, a ghost town * Dunn, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Dunn, North Carolina, a city * Dunn County, North Dakota, county * Dunn, Texas, an unincorporated community * Dunn County, Wisconsin, county * Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin, town * Dunn, Dunn County, Wisconsin, town People * Dunn baronets, three baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * Dunn (bishop), an 8th-century English bishop * Dunn (surname), a surname *DUNN, an alias of Fritz Duquesne during World War II Taxonomy There are 2 different instances where the last name Dunn is used to give the authority behind names of species: *Emmett Reid Dunn (1894–1956), U. S. zoologist, mostly in the names of snakes, frogs etc. in the Americas *Stephen Troyte Dunn (1868–1938), British botanist, mostly in the names of plants in China Other * Dunn Engineering, racecar makers * J. E. Dunn Construction Group, a construction company *Dunn Memorial Bridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmett Reid Dunn
Emmett Reid Dunn (November 21, 1894 – February 13, 1956) was an American herpetologist and educator who worked in Panama and studied salamanders in the Eastern United States. Early life and education Emmett Reid Dunn was born on November 21, 1894, in Arlington, Virginia, to Emmett Clark Dunn, a civil engineer, and Mary Reid. He spent much of his childhood at a family farm near the James River in Nelson County. He attended Haverford College in Philadelphia, receiving his B.A. and M.A. in 1915 and 1916, respectively. His childhood connection to Arlington allowed him to connect with his first professional mentor, Leonhard Stejneger, the Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians at the Smithsonian Institution, who in 1913 suggested he study salamanders. Henry Sherring Pratt, his professor at Haverford, also guided him. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1921. Career In 1915, Dunn began publishing scientific papers on snakes and herpetofauna, based on field research he cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunn, Indiana
Dunn is an extinct town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Named for Capt. James Dunn, it stands about one and a half miles east of Dunnington, Indiana, Dunnington. In the 1920s it had two general stores, a grain elevator and about half a dozen residences. The post office at Dunn was established in 1907 and discontinued in 1913. Geography Dunn is located at along Benton County Road 300 South, on the border of Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, Parish Grove Township and Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, Hickory Grove Township. A defunct and overgrown rail line runs north and south through the settlement. References External links * Former populated places in Benton County, Indiana Former populated places in Indiana {{US-ghost-town-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunne
Dunne or Dunn is an Irish surname, derived from the Irish ''Ó Duinn'' and ''Ó Doinn'', meaning "dark" or "brown." The name Dunne in Ireland is derived from the Ó Duinn and the Ó Doinn Gaelic septs who were based in County Laois, County Meath and County Wicklow. These septs in turn are descendants of the O'Regan noble family. It is in these counties that the majority of descendants can still be found. Hundreds of years ago, the Gaelic name used by the Dunn family in Ireland was Ó Duinn or Ó Doinn. Both Gaelic names are derived from the Gaelic word ''donn'', which means "brown". Ó Doinn is the genitive case of ''donn''. First found in county Meath, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Variations: Dunn, Dunne, Dun, Duen, O'Dunne, O'Doyne, Doine, Doin, O'Dunn. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Dunnes were one of the chiefly families of the Ui Failghe who in turn were a tribe from the Dumnonii or Laigin who were the third wave of Celts to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunn Brothers (other)
Dunn Brothers may refer to: * Dunn Brothers (bounty hunters), Old West bounty hunters * Dunn Bros, an American coffeehouse franchise * Dunn Brothers (construction contractors), St. Louis, Missouri builders of the Wachter Motor Car Company Building {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dun (other)
Dun most commonly refers to: *Dun gene, which produces a brownish-gray color (dun) in horses and other Equidae * Dun (fortification), an ancient or medieval fort Dun or DUN may also refer to: Places Scotland * Dun, Angus, a civil parish in Scotland * Dun Bhruichlinn, an Iron Age fort south of Esknish, Islay, Scotland * Dun Borrafiach, an Iron Age broch on the island of Skye, Scotland * Dun Guaidhre, an Iron Age fort southwest of Kilmeny, Islay, Scotland * Dun Nosebridge, an Iron Age fort southeast of Bridgend, Islay, Scotland * Dun Ringill, an Iron Age hill fort on the Strathaird peninsula on the island of Skye, Scotland * Dùn, an island of St Kilda, Scotland * House of Dun, a Scottish estate Iran * Dun, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Dun Sar, a village in Gatab-e Shomali Rural District, Gatab District, Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran France * Dun, Ariège, a commune in southern France * Dun-le-Poëlier, a commune in central France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepkor
Pepkor is a South African-based investment and holding company focused on the discount and value consumer retail and fintech markets. The majority of operations are in South Africa, and operations extend to other African countries and Brazil. It manages retail brands, selling predominantly clothing, footwear, and homeware products, in addition to household furniture, appliances, consumer electronics, and building materials. Its retail brands include PEP, Ackermans, Shoe City, Dunns, Tekkie Town, Refinery, S.P.C.C, CODE, Bradlows, Rochester, Sleepmasters, Incredible Connection, HiFi Corp, and BUCO. Its fintech operations provide financial and telecommunications services to customers in the formal and informal markets. Its Flash business supports 200 000 small-business traders in the informal market. Pepkor`s internally developed PAXI parcel delivery service very effectively leverages its expansive retail store footprint. History The company was founded in 1956 by Renier van R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunn's
Dunn's Famous Deli and Steakhouse is a chain of Jewish delis serving Montreal-style smoked meat, pastrami and cheesecake founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Myer Dunn. The chain currently has locations in Montreal, and one in Ottawa. History Dunn, who immigrated to Canada in 1911, opened his first restaurant in 1927 on Avenue Papineau near Avenue du Mont-Royal. In 1948 he opened his first restaurant to be called "Dunn's Famous Delicatessen" at the corner of Avenue du Parc and Avenue du Mont-Royal. In 1955 he opened his flagship restaurant at 892 Saint Catherine Street West. The storefront windows were famous for the top-to-bottom stacks of large jars full of hot banana peppers. The deli was open 24 hours a day, unusual for restaurant in the downtown core. Beginning in the 1970s Dunn's Famous began to focus more on Montreal-style smoked meat, eventually stopping its promotion of Pastrami. The iconic Saint Catherine Street deli closed in 1998, though Dunn's grandson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunn Memorial Bridge
The Dunn Memorial Bridge, officially known and dedicated as the Private Parker F. Dunn Memorial Bridge, carries U.S. Route 9 in New York, U.S. Route 9 (US 9), and U.S. Route 20 in New York, U.S. Route 20 (US 20), across the upper Hudson River between Albany, New York and Rensselaer, New York. Description Third highway / road bridge crossing the upper Hudson River at this site since 1882, 1933 and currently 1969. Current span constructed 1967-1969 and completed in 1969 to replace earlier parallel smaller / narrower span with an extensive steel girder superstructure framework above the roadbed, built 1931-1933, with a center section which opened to allow passing barges and boats to pass through, was dedicated bearing the same name,and memory of PFC Parker F. Dunn (1890-1918). An earlier crossing of the Hudson at this same site was constructed in 1882, also of steel girders but with older technology of additional wrought iron superstructure trusses above the roadbed and the wood pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunn Engineering
The Dunn Engineering Special was a racecar entered in the Indianapolis 500 during the second half of the 1950s, when the race was part of the FIA World Championship. The cars were powered by the then-ubiquitous Offenhauser engine and were driven by Pat Flaherty, Al Keller, Chuck Weyant Chuck Weyant (April 3, 1923 – January 24, 2017) was an American racecar driver. He was born in St. Mary's, Ohio. Until his death, Weyant was the oldest living Indianapolis 500 veteran. He died on January 24, 2017, at the age of 93. Midget car ... and Al Herman. Their best result was tenth in 1955. Formula One constructors (Indianapolis only) American racecar constructors {{F1-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Troyte Dunn
Stephen Troyte Dunn (26 August 1868, Bristol - 18 April, 1938, Sheen, Surrey, England) was a British botanist. He described and systematized a significant number of plants around the world, his input most noticeable in the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of the flora of China. Among the plants he first scientifically described was ''Bauhinia blakeana'', now the national flower of Hong Kong. Biography Born in Bristol in the family of Rev. James Dunn, of Northern Irish descent, S. T. Dunn was educated at Radley College, Radley, and at Merton College, Oxford, where he earned his BA in classics. He was private secretary to liberal politician Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, Thomas Acland in 1897, and the next year (as in 1898 Thomas Acland died) he first joined Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew as private secretary to the director, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. Thiselton-Dyer. He was then assistant for India in the herbarium from 1901 until his departure for Hong Kong in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Duquesne
Frederick "Fritz" Joubert Duquesne ( ; sometimes Du Quesne; 21 September 187724 May 1956) was a South African Boer and German soldier, big-game hunter, journalist, and spy. Many of the claims Duquesne made about himself are in dispute; over his lifetime he used multiple identities, reinvented his past at will, claimed family ties to aristocratic clans and famous people and even asserted the right to military titles and medals with no third-party verification. Duquesne fought on the side of the Boers in the Second Boer War and as a secret agent for Germany during both World Wars. He gathered human intelligence, led spy rings and carried out sabotage missions as a covert field asset in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Central and South America, and the United States. Duquesne went by many aliases, fictionalized his identity and background on multiple occasions, and operated as a con man. As a Boer spy he was known as the "Black Panther", in World War II he operated under the cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunn, Missouri
Dunn is an unincorporated community in southwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border .... The community is located just south of U.S. Route 60, approximately four miles west of Cabool. History A variant name was "Impo". A post office called Impo was established in 1919, and remained in operation until 1955. The present name is after the local Dunn family. The Postal Service rejected the proposed name of Dunn, so the post office became known as Impo (from Important), while the community retained the name Dunn. References Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{TexasCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
