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Homer (name)
Homer is both a masculine given name and a surname. The ancient Greek poet Homer and cartoon character Homer Simpson are particularly prominent holders of the name. Other notable Homers include: Given name *Homer Burton Adkins (1892–1949), American chemist * Homer Martin Adkins (1890–1964), Governor of Arkansas * Homer D. Angell (1875–1968), American politician * Homer Banks (1941–2003), African-American songwriter, singer and record producer * Homer G. Barber (1830–1909), American politician * Homer Brightman (1901–1988), American screenwriter * Homer M. Butler (1904–1982), American newspaper editor and politician * Homer E. Capehart (1897–1979), American businessman and politician, longtime US senator from Indiana * Homer M. Carr (1878–1964) American politician * Homer Stille Cummings (1870–1956), United States Attorney General * Homer Davenport (1867–1912), American political cartoonist, writer and horse breeder * Homer Davis, Jamaican politician * Homer B. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his authorship, Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history. The ''Iliad'' centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The ''Odyssey'' chronicles the ten-year journey of Odysseus, king of Homer's Ithaca, Ithaca, back to his home after the fall of Troy. The epics depict man's struggle, the ''Odyssey'' especially so, as Odysseus perseveres through the punishment of the gods. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language that shows a mixture of features of the Ionic Greek, Ionic and Aeolic Greek, Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Knuckles Boyle
Homer Reed Gilbert (August 17, 1909 – January 26, 1943), who sometimes played under the name Knuckles Boyle, was an American professional football tackle who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Albright College. Early life Gilbert also attended Harrisburg Technical High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the New York Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. Professional career Gilbert was a member of the New York Giants team that won the 1934 NFL Championship. Gilbert used the alias "Knuckles Boyle" because he could not be enrolled at Albright College and play professional football at the same time. "Boyles" was the name of a friend and he gained the name "Knuckles" for his toughness on the football field. He was also a member of the Reading Keys in 1934 and the Pittsburgh Americans in 1935. He also played baseball in the New York-Pennsylvania League. Personal life Gilbert also atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Dodge Martin
Homer Dodge Martin (October 28, 1836 – February 12, 1897) was an American artist, particularly known for his landscape paintings. Examples of Martin's work are in many important American museums. Biography Martin was born in Albany, New York on October 28, 1836, the fourth and youngest son of Homer Martin and Sarah Dodge. A pupil for a short time of William Hart, his earlier work was closely aligned with the Hudson River School. Other Albany painters of his acquaintance included George Boughton, and Edward Gay. During the 1860s he spent the summers in the Adirondacks, Catskills and White Mountains, and painted landscapes from the sketches he made there at his studio in New York City's Tenth Street Studio Building. On June 25, 1861 he married Elizabeth Gilbert Davis, also of Albany. Martin was elected as associate of the National Academy of Design, New York, in 1868, and a full academician in 1874. During a trip to Europe in 1876, he was captivated by the Barbizon school an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer C
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his authorship, Homer is considered one of the most revered and influential authors in history. The ''Iliad'' centers on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. The ''Odyssey'' chronicles the ten-year journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, back to his home after the fall of Troy. The epics depict man's struggle, the ''Odyssey'' especially so, as Odysseus perseveres through the punishment of the gods. The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language that shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. Despite being predomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Martin (labor Leader)
Homer Martin (September 16, 1901 – January 22, 1968) was an American trade unionist, socialist, and the second president of the United Auto Workers (UAW). After high school he attended Hewing College and received his AB from William Jewell College. Martin then attended the Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary for two years. After serving in Baptist churches in Goreville, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri, Martin went to work in the auto plants of Kansas City. He soon became active in the union movement and was appointed a Vice-President of the UAW- AFL in 1935. In 1936 he was elected President of what came to be the UAW-CIO. After he accused four union vice-presidents of "conspiracy with communists to wreck union", he was ousted and replaced by R. J. Thomas in 1938 who had been leader of the Chrysler sit-down strike in March the previous year. In 1938, after Fred Beal, returned from the Soviet Union was deserted by the Communist-controlled International Labou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Ledford
Homer C. Ledford (September 26, 1927 – December 11, 2006) was an instrument maker and bluegrass musician from Kentucky He is best known for his craftsmanship in building dulcimers. Early life and education Homer was born in Alpine, Tennessee, into a family that valued craftsmanship and music. He showed an early interest in building instruments, learning his craft through hands-on experience and from local makers. When he was 18, Ledford was given a scholarship to attend the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. He later attended Berea College, where he met his wife Colista. Ledford eventually transferred and graduated from what is now the Eastern Kentucky University in 1954. Ledford worked as a high school industrial arts teacher at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester, Kentucky before becoming a full-time instrument maker. Career and instrument making Musicians from all over the world have sought after his dulcimers, banjos, mandolins, guitars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Eaton Keyes
Homer Eaton Keyes (1875 – October 8, 1938), was an author and professor at Dartmouth College, and the founder and editor of the magazine ''Antiques''. He had a sister, Rowena Saxe Keyes, who married William Sheafe Chase, rector of Christ Church in Brooklyn, in 1912. Homer Eaton Keyes was married to Caroline Abbott (c.1875–1938). At his death Keyes was succeeded as editor of ''Antiques'' by Alice Winchester Alice Winchester (December 9, 1907 – December 9, 1996) was an American magazine editor and art historian. Biography Born in Chicago, Winchester was the daughter of a Congregationalist clergyman. She grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, and recei ..., his former secretary. References External links * * The Magazine Antiques {{DEFAULTSORT:Keyes, Homer Eaton 1875 births 1938 deaths Dartmouth College faculty American magazine editors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Jones (politician)
Homer Raymond Jones (September 3, 1893 – November 26, 1970) was an American politician and government official. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949, representing the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican. Biography Jones was born in Martinsburg, Missouri on September 3, 1893, and his family moved to Bremerton, Washington in 1901. He attended the public schools of Bremerton and studied business administration at Seattle Business College. During World War I he served in the United States Navy, enlisting in 1917, and remaining in uniform until his 1919 discharge. After the war, Jones was employed as a sheet metal worker at the Bremerton Navy Yard. A resident of Charleston, Washington, he served on the city council from 1922 to 1924, and as mayor from 1924 to 1927. (Charleston was consolidated with Bremerton in 1927.) Jones was Kitsap County Treasurer from 1926 to 1929, and Assistant Washington State Tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Jones (economist)
Homer Jones (1906–1986) was an American economist. In the course of his career, Jones spent time at Rutgers University, the University of Chicago, the Brookings Institution and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He is best known for serving as research director and later senior vice-president at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, which he joined in 1958. Under his leadership, the St. Louis Fed gained a reputation as a maverick in the Federal Reserve System because of its espousal of monetarism. Milton Friedman, who studied under Jones at Rutgers, credited Jones' encouragement for his decision to become an economist. The St. Louis Fed sponsors the annual Homer Jones Memorial Lecture Series in his memory. Speakers have included R. Glenn Hubbard (2013), dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors; Mohamed A. El-Erian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Jones (American Football)
Homer Carroll Jones (February 18, 1941 – June 14, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants (1964–1969) and Cleveland Browns (1970). During his career, he was known for his considerable size and speed. Jones is credited with having invented the "spike" touchdown celebration. Early life Jones was born on February 18, 1941, in Pittsburg, Texas. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a steelworker. Jones attended Texas Southern College (now Texas Southern University), a historically black college, and starred in track and field as well as football, running the 100-yard and 220-yard dashes. He was drafted in 1963 by his hometown team, the Houston Oilers of the American Football League, but suffered a knee injury in training camp and was cut. Jones was an nationally accomplished sprinter, finishing 3rd at the 1962 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 220 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Jacobson
Homer Jacobson is a former chemistry professor at Brooklyn College, New York City. In the 1950s he illustrated basic self-replication in artificial life with a model train set. A seed "organism" consisting of a "head" and "tail" boxcar could use the simple rules of the system to consistently create new "organisms" identical to itself, so long as there was a random pool of new boxcars to draw from. In 1955 in science, 1955 he published "Information, Reproduction and the Origin of Life," in ''American Scientist''. In 2007 in science, 2007, he retracted two passages of this work after realizing that errors in his paper were being misread as evidence for creationism. Articles Virustat, a Device for Continuous Production of Viruses" ''Applied Microbiology'', 14(6): 940–952 (1966 November) with Leslie S. Jacobson. The Informational Capacity of the Human Eye" ''Science'' 113:292-293 (March 16, 1951). The Informational Capacity of the Human Ear" ''Science'' 112:143-144 (August 4, 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Homer Hulbert
Homer Bezaleel Hulbert (January 26, 1863 – August 5, 1949) was an American missionary, journalist, linguist, and Korean independence activist. Hulbert went by a variety of names in Korea, including Hŏ Halbo (), Hŏ Hŭlpŏp (), and Halbo (). Biography Hulbert was born in New Haven, Vermont, in 1863 to Calvin and Mary Hulbert. His mother, Mary Elizabeth Woodward Hulbert, was a granddaughter of Mary Wheelock, daughter of Eleazar Wheelock, the founder of Dartmouth College. After graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy and Dartmouth College, Hulbert attended Union Theological Seminary in 1884. Korea He originally visited Korea in 1886 with two other instructors, Delzell A. Bunker and George W. Gilmore, to teach English at the Royal English School. There, he taught the children of Korean royalty and nobility. In 1901 he founded the magazine '' The Korea Review''. Emperor Gwangmu (formerly "King Gojong") then placed him in charge of creating a Western-style middle school. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
