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Evangelina A. Sánchez
__NOTOC__ Evangelina and Evangeline are feminine given names, diminutives of Latin "evangelium" ("gospel", itself from Greek Ευαγγέλιο "gospel", meaning "good news"). People with these names include: Evangelina * Evangelina Carrozzo, Argentine model, dancer, and beauty queen * Evangelina Cosio y Cisneros, Cuban rebel *Evangelina Elizondo, Mexican actress *Evangelina Guerrero Zacarías, Filipina poet * Evangelina Oyo Ebule, Equatorial Guinean politician *Evangelina Salazar, Argentine actress * Evangelina Sobredo Galanes, known as Cecilia, Spanish singer and songwriter *Evangelina Villegas, Mexican biochemist *Evangelina Vigil-Piñón, poet Evangeline * Evangeline (singer), Australian singer/songwriter signed to Razor Recordings * Evangeline Anderson-Rajkumar, American theologian *Evangeline Atwood (1906-1987), American historian, activist, and philanthropist *Evangeline Barongo, Ugandan author of children's literature *Evangeline Booth, British evangelist *Evangeline B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelia
Evangelia is a Greek feminine given name. Notable people with this name include: *Evangelia (singer), Greek-American singer *Evangelia Atamian, (1922 – 23 February 1957), an Armenian-Greek rebetiko singer, known as Marika Ninou *Evangelia Aravani, Greek fashion model and TV presenter *Evangelia Chantava, Greek volleyball player *Evangelia Chatziefraimoglou, Greek volleyball player *Evangelia Christodoulou, Greek rhythmic gymnast *Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou, biomedical engineer and professor *Evangelia Moraitidou, Greek water polo player *Evangelia Platanioti, Greek artistic swimmer *Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer *Evangelia Tsagka, Greek swimmer See also *MV E Evangelia, MV ''E Evangelia'', a ship References {{given name Greek feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón is a Chicana poet, children's book author, director, translator, and television personality. Life Her mother's family emigrated to Texas in the early 1900s from Parras, Mexico. As a child, Vigil-Piñón lived with her maternal grandmother. Her interest in literature started when she was a little girl. As a sixth grader, her principal sent her to the Inman Christian Center, a private art school in San Antonio, where she was in attendance with people in their twenties. Vigil-Piñón earned a scholarship for business administration and started school at Prairie View A&M University. She graduated from the University of Houston. She studied at St. Mary's University, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. She was the assistant editor of ''Americas Review''. She teaches Mexican American and U.S. Hispanic literature as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Houston. She is currently a television journalist extensively involved in community affairs with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Papageorge
Evangeline Thomas Papageorge (December 1, 1906 – September 15, 2001) was an American biochemist and college professor, born in Istanbul. She was the first woman to hold a full-time appointment on the faculty of the Emory University School of Medicine, and later served as the school's dean of students. Early life and education Papageorge was born in Istanbul, the daughter of Tomas Papageorgiou and Maria Hatzidemetriou. Her father was a Greek Orthodox priest. She moved to the United States in 1910 with her family, settling first in New Jersey and later in Georgia. Her father died in 1927. She earned a degree in chemistry from Agnes Scott College in 1927, a master's degree from Emory University in 1929, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Michigan in 1937. Her dissertation was titled "Studies in the intermediary metabolism of phenylalanine." Career Papageorge taught chemistry at Emory University School of Medicine from 1929 to 1956, and was the school's first full-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Marrs Whipple
Evangeline Simpson Whipple ( Marrs; January 15, 1855/1857 – September 1, 1930) was an American philanthropist and author, who was known for her humanitarian activities as a member of the American Red Cross in Europe during the First World War. Early life Evangeline Elizabeth Thurston Marrs was born in Wayland, Massachusetts, the only daughter born to Jane Van Poelien Marrs (1832–1906), an immigrant from England, and Dana Francis Marrs (b. 1826), a machinist and farmer from Ireland. Her older brother was photographer Kingsmill Marrs, who married Laura Norcross (a daughter of mayor Otis Norcross). Marriages First marriage In 1882, aged 27, according to one source, Evangeline was first married to Michael Hodge Simpson (1809–1884), a wealthy cotton manufacturer from Saxonville, Massachusetts, who was 48 years her senior. As a wedding present, he gave her $1 million () in bonds. While the newlyweds went on their honeymoon in Europe, Simpson commissioned a $150,000 () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Lilly
Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian former actress and author. She gained popularity for her first leading role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series '' Lost'' (2004–2010), which garnered her six nominations for the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Lilly has also appeared in the war film ''The Hurt Locker'' (2008) and sports drama ''Real Steel'' (2011), and has starred as Tauriel in Peter Jackson's ''The Hobbit'' film series, appearing in '' The Desolation of Smaug'' (2013) and '' The Battle of the Five Armies'' (2014). She has also portrayed Hope van Dyne in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Lilly is also the author of a children's book series ''The Squickerwonkers''. Early life Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, on August 3, 1979. She was raised in British Columbia by her mother, a daycare center owner, and her father, a home economics teacher. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Rachel Hall
Evangeline Rachel Hall (August 18, 1882 – November 30, 1947) was an American educator. She was head of teacher training at Cheyney State Teachers College, where she taught for 42 years, from 1905 to 1947. Early life and education Hall was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Charles H. Hall and Ophelia Ann Hall. Her father was born in Georgia and her mother was born in Mississippi. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1905. She was the third African-American graduate of Radcliffe. She earned a master's degree in education at Harvard University in 1929. She attended a summer school program at New York University in 1931. Career Hall taught math, English and education classes at Cheyney State Teachers College in Pennsylvania for 42 years. She was also director of the Coppin Laboratory Practice School, and a leader of the Cheyney Community League, the school's outreach program. Bayard Rustin was one of the Cheyney students Hall knew during her career. In addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Lydia Emsley
Evangeline Lydia Emsley ARRC (March 1885 – February 21, 1967), sometimes written as Lydia Evangeline Emsley, was a Canadian nurse who was decorated for her service as a member of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War I. Early life Evangeline Emsley was born in Lindsay, Ontario, the daughter of Rev. William Henry Emsley and Susan A. Major Emsley. Her father was a Methodist pastor and military chaplain from Barnsley, in Yorkshire. She trained as a nurse at Columbia Hospital in Washington, D.C., graduating in 1909."From the War Zone: A Distinguished Nursing Sister" ''Trained Nurse and Hospital Review'' (October 1916): 211-212. Career Emsley was appointed Superintendent of Nurses at Kingston General Hospital in Ontario in 1912. S ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Edwards
Evangeline Dora Edwards, known as Eve D. Edwards (13 August 1888 – 29 September 1957) taught Chinese language and Chinese literature at SOAS, University of London from 1921 to 1955, and was head of the Department of the Far East from 1937 to 1953. She was the third Professor of Chinese at SOAS, from 1939 to 1947, following J. Percy Bruce (1925–1931) and Reginald Johnston (1931–1937), and the first female professor of Chinese anywhere in the Western world. Biography Edwards was born 13 August 1888, the third daughter of a vicar, John Edwards (1857–1934). She went to school at Redbrooke College in Camborne, Cornwall, and later studied at Islington College in London. She then prepared for missionary work by taking a course at St Colm's College in Edinburgh, and in 1913 went to China as a missionary. After arriving in China, Edwards studied Chinese at the Peking Language School, and continued studying whilst working as a missionary, obtaining a Diploma in Mandarin and Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Bruce
Evangeline Bruce (née Bell) (November 27, 1914 – December 12, 1995) was an American society hostess and writer. Early life Evangeline was born on November 27, 1914. She was the eldest of two daughters born to Etelka Bertha (née Surtees) Bell (1891–1974) and American diplomat Edward J. Bell. Her father died in Peking while serving as the acting British Minister to China (when Minister Jacob Gould Schurman was back in Washington) in 1924. Her younger sister Virginia, married (and later divorced) Sir Henry Ashley Clarke, the British Ambassador to Italy. After the death of her father in 1924, her mother remarried to Sir James Leishman Dodds, a British career diplomat who served as the British Minister to Bolivia, Cuba and the Ambassador to Peru. From her mother's second marriage, she had a younger half-sister, Josephine Leishman Dodds, who married Squadron Leader Hugh Glyn Laurence Arthur Brooking, the King's Messenger, in 1949. Her maternal grandfather was Brig. Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Booth
Evangeline Cory Booth, OF (December 25, 1865 – July 17, 1950) was a British evangelist and the fourth General of The Salvation Army from 1934 to 1939. She was the first woman to hold the post. Early life She was born in South Hackney, London, England, the seventh of eight children born to William Booth and Catherine Mumford, who had earlier in the year founded The Christian Mission, which became The Salvation Army in 1878. Catherine Booth had recently read ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' and wanted to name her baby 'Evangeline', but William Booth did not like the name and wrote 'Evelyne' on the birth certificate. Years later, while in the United States, Evelyne would be persuaded by Frances Willard, founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, to adopt the name 'Evangeline' as being more dignified and more befitting the commander of The Salvation Army in America.Notable American Women 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, James, James, and Boyer Editors, The Belknap Press of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Barongo
Evangeline Barongo is a Ugandan author of children's literature. Barongo is a founding member of the Uganda Children’s Writers and Illustrators Association (UCWIA), a platform that brings together writers and illustrators of children’s books, librarians, teachers, publishers, and booksellers. She is also a member of the Reading Association of Uganda (RAU), Uganda Library and Information Association and the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Uganda chapter established in 2004. She has served on the board of the National Book Trust of Uganda since its inception in 1997. Early life and education She trained as a nursery nurse and worked for a year in England after studying a course in children's psychology. She later earned a diploma in Library Science from Bayero University Kano in Nigeria before working as a librarian at the university. She returned to Uganda in 1986 to work with the Uganda Public Libraries Board while running a children's library service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangeline Atwood
Evangeline Atwood (1906–1987) was an American historian, activist, and philanthropist. She was the co-founder of numerous organizations in Alaska, including the Alaska Statehood Association, the Anchorage League of Voters, the Alaska World Affairs Council, Parent-Teacher Council of Anchorage, and the Cook Inlet Historical Society. She was awarded Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society in 1975. In 2009, she was named to the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Her husband was Robert Atwood and was the co-owner, alongside him, of the ''Anchorage Times''. Early life and work Maud "Evangeline" Rasmuson was born in 1906 in Sitka, Alaska. Her parents were Edward Anton Rasmuson and Jenny Olsen. She had one brother, Elmer. She attended the University of Washington and the University of Chicago, where she received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, respectively. After graduation, she worked as a social worker in Springfield, Illinois. She married Robert Atwood on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
