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Lincoln (name)
Lincoln is a surname and masculine given name of Old English origin. The surname originates from the city of Lincoln, England, Lincoln, England, whose name means "lake/pool colony", combining the Brythonic word ''lynn'' with the Latin word ''colonia''. This translates to town by the pool or settler by the lake. As a result of its use to honor Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln has become a somewhat prominent first name for males in the United States (#781 out of 1220, Top 6 2018). Family of President Abraham Lincoln *Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th United States president *Samuel Lincoln (c. 1622 – 1690), immigrant ancestor of the president *John Lincoln (1716–1788), great-grandfather of the president *Abraham Lincoln (captain) (1744–1786), grandfather of the president *Bathsheba Lincoln (1750–1836), grandmother of the president *Thomas Lincoln (1778–1851), father of the president *Nancy Lincoln (1784–1818), mother of the president *Thomas Lincoln Jr. (1812–1812), younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, England
Lincoln () is a cathedral city, a non-metropolitan district, and the county town of Lincolnshire, England. In the 2021 Census, the Lincoln district had a population of 103,813. The 2011 census gave the Lincoln Urban Area, urban area of Lincoln, including North Hykeham and Waddington, Lincolnshire, Waddington, a population of 115,000. Roman Britain, Roman ''Lindum Colonia'' developed from an Iron Age settlement on the River Witham. Landmarks include Lincoln Cathedral (English Gothic architecture; for over 200 years the world's tallest building) and the 11th-century Norman architecture, Norman Lincoln Castle. The city hosts the University of Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln City F.C., Lincoln City FC and Lincoln United F.C., Lincoln United FC. Lincoln is the largest settlement in Lincolnshire, with the towns of Grimsby second largest and Scunthorpe third. History Earliest history: ''Lincoln'' The earliest origins of Lincoln can be traced to remains of an Iron Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born Blanche Meyers Lambert; September 30, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to the Senate in 1998; she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and youngest woman ever elected to the Senate at age 38. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing from 1993 to 1997. Lincoln was the first woman and the first Arkansan to serve as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. She also served as the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus. In 2010, she ran for a third term, but was defeated in a landslide by Republican John Boozman, whose brother, Fay Boozman, she had defeated in 1998. She is the founder and a principal of Lincoln Policy Group, a consulting firm. Early life, education and private career A seventh-gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Almond
Lincoln Carter Almond (born June 16, 1936) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 72nd Governor of Rhode Island from 1995 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1978 and again from 1981 until 1993. Early life, education and early career Almond was born on June 16, 1936 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to Thomas Clifton Almond and Elsie (Carter) Almond. He grew up in Central Falls until his family moved to Lincoln in 1947. He attended nearby Central Falls High School because there was no high school in Lincoln at the time. He graduated bachelor of science degree from University of Rhode Island in 1959 and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law in 1961. Afterward, he started his career as a practicing attorney in Rhode Island. Almond was appointed as Town Administrator of Lincoln, Rhode Island in January 1963 and was subsequently elected to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribich Lincoln
Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln ( hu, Trebitsch-Lincoln Ignác, german: link=no, Ignaz Thimoteus Trebitzsch; 4 April 1879 – 6 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born adventurer and convicted Confidence trick, con artist. Of Jewish descent, he spent parts of his life as a Protestant missionary, Anglicanism, Anglican priest, British Member of Parliament for Darlington (UK Parliament constituency), Darlington, German right-wing politician and spy, Nazi Germany, Nazi Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II, collaborator and Buddhism, Buddhist abbot in China. Early clerical career Ignácz Trebitsch, hu, Trebitsch Ignác(z) (later changed to ''Trebitsch Lincoln'') was born to an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish family in the town of Paks in Hungary in 1879, subsequently moving with his family to Budapest. His father, Náthán Trebitsch, ( hu, Trebitsch Náthán) was from Moravia After leaving school he enrolled in the ''Royal Hungarian Academy of Dramatic Art'', b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
