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Iselin
Iselin may refer to: People with the family name * Adrian G Iselin (1818–1905), American banker, businessman & millionaire * Charles Oliver Iselin (1854–1932), American banker and yachtsman * Columbus O'Donnell Iselin (1904–1971), American oceanographer * Hope Goddard Iselin (1868–1970), American heiress and sportswoman * Reinhard Iselin (1714–1781), Swiss-Danish baron, merchant and landowner * Isaak Iselin (1728–1782), Swiss philosopher of history and politics * John Jay Iselin (1933–2008), American philanthropist * Philip H. Iselin (1902–1976), American businessman People with the given name Female *Iselin Alme (born 1957), Norwegian singer and stage actress *Iselin Michelsen (born 1990), Norwegian glamour model and singer *Iselin Nybø (born 1981), Norwegian politician *Iselin Solheim (born 1990), Norwegian singer-songwriter *Iselin Steiro (born 1985), Norwegian model Male *Iselín Santos Ovejero (born 1945), Argentinian football player Places * Iselin, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian G Iselin
Adrian Georg Iselin (January 17, 1818March 28, 1905) was a New York financier who invested in and developed real estate, railroads, and mining operations. For many years during his early business career he was engaged in importing with his brother, William Iselin, being one of the most successful merchants of New York in the middle of the century. After retiring from the importing trade, he established the banking house of Adrian Iselin & Co. He is considered the founder of the Iselin family in the United States. Early life Iselin was born in Scotland on January 17, 1818, while his parents were making a tour of the British Isles. He was fifth of eleven children born to Isaac Iselin (1783–1841), who was born in Basel, Switzerland, and emigrated to the United States in 1801, and Aimee Jeanne (née Roulet) Iselin (1792–1873), a Swiss-French daughter of John Roulet. In Switzerland, the Iselin family had been merchants, public officials, and military and professional men since t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iselin, New Jersey
Iselin () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) , August 2012. Accessed November 30, 2012. As of the 2020 United States census, Iselin's population was 20,088, up from 18,695 in |
Iselin Solheim
Iselin Løken Solheim (born 20 June 1990), first known as Iselin Solheim and then simply as Iselin, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She is well known for her vocals on Alan Walker's singles " Faded" (2015) and " Sing Me to Sleep" (2016) and Gryffin's single "Just for a Moment" (2018). Iselin started her music career in 2007 and her songs are mainly in English. After signing with Bisi, she released her debut single in 2012. She started going mononymously around 2017. Career Iselin Løken Solheim was born in Naustdal, located in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway and started singing at a young age. In 2007 she participated in the Norwegian version of Pop Idol named '' Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne'', where she placed in the top 40. In 2009, after high school she attended Skiringssal Folkehøgskule in Sandefjord, where she mainly studied music and then began writing her own songs. In 2010, she attended The Institute for Performing Arts in Liverpool, where she studied ''Popularize Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jay Iselin
John Jay Iselin (December 8, 1933 – May 6, 2008) was an American magazine and television journalist, editor, and publisher. He served as president of WNET, president of the Cooper Union, and president of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University. Early life Iselin was born on December 8, 1933, in Greenville, South Carolina. He was a son of Fanny ( Humphreys) Iselin, and William Jay Iselin, a New York banker who moved his family South, where he owned cotton mills, during the Great Depression. His father died in an airplane crash in Europe in April 1951. His paternal grandparents were Eleanor ( Jay) Iselin (a daughter of Col. William Jay) and Arthur Iselin (grandson of Adrian Georg Iselin). Through his father, his fourth great-grandfather was United States founding father John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and through his mother, he was descended from Benjamin Franklin. His maternal grandfather was Richard Duane Humphreys of Barnstable, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Iselin
Reinhard Iselin (4 August 1714 – 10 April 1781) was a Danish merchant, shipowner and industrialist who founded Reinhard Iselin & Co. in Copenhagen in 1749. The company completed 65 expeditions to the Danish West Indies. Iselin was also active in the Danish Asiatic Company where he served on the board of directors from 1759 to 1769. He owned Iselingen and Rosenfeldt at Vordingborg. He was raised to the peerage with the rank of baron in 1776 but the title died with him since both his sons died as infants. Early life and education Born in Basel, Iselin was the son of brazier Johan Ludvig Iselin (1676–1745) and his second wife Margaretha Schrotberger (died 1755). Iselin completed an apprenticeship before travelling first to Cologne and then Copenhagen in 1740, Shipping In Copenhagen, Iselin initially worked for Fabritius & Wever, a trading house owned by Michael Fabritius and Johan Frederik Wæver. In 1749 he established his own trading house under the name Reinhard Iselin & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Oliver Iselin
Charles Oliver Iselin (June 8, 1854 – January 1, 1932) was an American banker and yachtsman who was captain of racing yachts that won the America's Cup three times. Early life Iselin was the son of Adrian Georg Iselin and Eleanora O Donnell Iselin. Eleanora O'Donnell was the great granddaughter of Columbus O'Donnell. His great-great-grandfather Isaac Iselin-Roulet came to America in 1801 from Basel, Switzerland, where the Iselin's had been merchants, public officials, and military and professional men since the 14th century. Isaac amassed a large fortune in the importing business, and his descendants became private bankers and philanthropists in New York City and New Rochelle, New York. Education He was educated at Columbia University, graduating in 1874 with a LL.B. Yachting Oliver was considered to be one of the greatest American yachtsmen of his time, participating in and winning six consecutive America's Cup races: 1887, 1893, 1895, 1899, 1901 and 1903. He built a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Goddard Iselin
Edith Hope Goddard Iselin (January 17, 1868 – April 5, 1970) was an American heiress and sportswoman who was the first American woman to compete as a crew member in the America's Cup yacht race. She also owned thoroughbred racehorses. Hope Goddard was the daughter of Mary Edith (née Jenckes) Goddard (1844–1921) and Colonel William Goddard (1825–1907) of Providence, Rhode Island, a chancellor of Brown University and a scion of a family that had accumulated great wealth from mercantile and manufacturing activities. In 1894, she married Charles Oliver Iselin, a banker and sportsman who was described by ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine as "probably the most famed yachtsman in the U.S." during the latter part of the 19th Century. The headline of their wedding announcement in the ''New York Times'' read, "Hope Goddard Engaged to C.O. Iselin, Well-Known Yachtsman to Marry Heiress of millions." Oliver Iselin was himself already a millionaire at the age of 40, made wealthy by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus O'Donnell Iselin
Columbus O'Donnell Iselin (1904–1971) was an American oceanographer. He was the director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1940 to 1950, and from 1956 to 1960. He was Professor of Physical Oceanography at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Early life Columbus O'Donnell Iselin was born on September 25, 1904, in New Rochelle, New York.Columbus O’D. Iselin: American oceanographer ''''Roger Revelle Columbus O'Donnell Iselin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iselin Steiro
Iselin Vollen Steiro (born 15 September 1985) is a Norwegian model. Career Steiro grew up in Harstad in the northern part of Norway, and began her fashion career in 2003 by working for Prada and Calvin Klein in her first season. In 2004, she moved to New York City to pursue her modeling career. In 2007, she moved back to Norway and enrolled at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, majoring in architecture while continuing to model in various capacities. During the spring 2010 Fashion Week, Iselin made a return to the runway, modelling in 20 fashion shows. In New York, Iselin modelled for companies including Michael Kors, Alexander Wang, and Tommy Hilfiger. After skipping the London Fashion Week, and modelling exclusively for Prada in Milan, Iselin went on to model for designers such as Balenciaga, Valentino, Stella McCartney, and Celine. She has appeared in editorials for magazines including ''Vogue'', ''W'', and ''T''. She has been featured in campaigns for br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaak Iselin
Isaak Iselin (7 March 1728 in Basel – 15 July 1782 in Basel) was a Swiss philosopher of history and politics. Iselin studied law and philosophy at the University of Basel and the University of Göttingen. In 1756 he became secretary of the republic of Basel. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society, the first national Swiss reform society. Iselin's ''Geschichte der Menschheit'' ("History of Humanity") was the first fully-fledged history of humanity in German. The ''Geschichte der Menschheit'' was provoked by what Iselin conceived as Montesquieu's climatological determinism and Rousseau's critique of progress and at the same time inspired by exponents of the Scottish Enlightenment such as Lord Kames. Iselin's pen-friend Moses Mendelssohn in his review of the first edition of 1764, lauded Iselin as one of the best German prose writers. Works *''Philosophische und Politische Versuche'', 1760 *''Ueber die Geschichte der Menschheit'', 1764 *''Versuch über die gesellige Ordnung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iselin Michelsen
Iselin Michelsen (born 15 September 1990), also known as "Paradise"-Iselin, is a Norwegian glamour model and singer. She was a contestant of the Norwegian version of the '' Paradise Hotel'' reality show. Her 2012 debut single "Chewing Gum" (written by Lars Skaland, Helfner Hotvedt, Bjørn Alex Olsen, Trond Hillestad and Hugo Solis), was characterized by critics as the "worst music video ever" and she has been described as "Norway's Rebecca Black Rebecca Renee Black (born June 21, 1997) is an American singer, songwriter, YouTuber, and DJ. She gained extensive media coverage when the music video for her 2011 debut single "Friday (Rebecca Black song), Friday" went viral video, viral on You ...". Michelsen defended the song in an interview with the TV guide magazine '' Se og Hør'', saying "''Jeg bryr meg ikke om folk ler av dette.'' do not care if people laugh at this; and that she considers the song to be a serious effort. References External links * Living people Glamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iselin Nybø
Iselin Nybø (born 14 May 1981) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, who served as the Minister of Trade and Industry from 2020 to 2021.; She also served as Minister of Higher Education from 2018 to 2020. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Rogaland in 2013, where she served as the first deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Education, Research, and Church Affairs. Her seat is a levelling seat. Education Nybø has a Cand.jur. degree from the University of Bergen in 2006. She has later taken some courses in economics and organization studies. She worked as a jurist in the Norwegian Tax Administration from 2006 to 2009, then as a lawyer in private firms from 2009 to 2013.Iselin Nybø, CV Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS. Retrieved 30 October 2013 (Archived a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
