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Peixotto Building, NDC (1837–1905), Jewish-American merchant
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Peixotto is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Becca Peixotto, American archaeologist *Benjamin F. Peixotto (1834–1890), American lawyer and diplomat * Daniel Levy Maduro Peixotto (1800–1843), Dutch-American physician * Edgar D. Peixotto (1867–1925), American lawyer *Ernest Peixotto (1869–1940), American artist, illustrator, and writer * Grace Peixotto (1817–1880), American brothel owner *Jessica Blanche Peixotto (1864–1941), Jewish-American educator and writer *Judith Salzedo Peixotto (1823–1881), Jewish-American teacher and principal *Raphael Peixotto Raphael Peixotto (September 1, 1837 – May 22, 1905) was a Jewish-American merchant from California. Life Peixotto was born on September 1, 1837, in Willoughby, Ohio, the son of Dutch immigrant and physician Dr. Daniel Levy Maduro Peixotto, Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becca Peixotto
Rebecca (Becca) Peixotto is an American archaeologist who is best known for her contribution to the Rising Star Expedition as one of the six Underground Astronauts, a group of scientists tasked with excavating the Rising Star Cave System. She has also participated in the Great Dismal Swamp Landscape Study and is an experienced wilderness educator. Education Peixotto received her Ph.D. in Anthropology, Archaeology Specialization, in 2017 from American University with her dissertation ''Against the Map: Resistance Landscapes of the Great Dismal Swamp''. Peixotto obtained a B.A. in Slavic Area Studies and Mathematics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She pursued further studies abroad at the University of Amsterdam, obtaining an M.A. in Discourse and Argumentation Studies. She returned to the U.S. to attend the American University in Washington, DC, where she earned a M.A. in Public Anthropology, Archaeology Specialization, in 2013. Rising Star Expedition In Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin F
Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twelfth and youngest son overall in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also considered the progenitor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. In the Samaritan Pentateuch, Benjamin's name appears as "" (Samaritan Hebrew: , "son of days"). In the Quran, Benjamin is referred to as a righteous young child, who remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. Name The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid of Uruk (1801–1771 BC), who called himself “King of Amnanu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Levy Maduro Peixotto
Daniel Levy Maduro Peixotto (July 18, 1800 – May 13, 1843) was a Dutch-born Jewish-American physician. Life Peixotto was born on July 18, 1800, in Amsterdam, Holland, the son of Moses Levy Maduro Peixotto and Judith Lopez Salzedo. He studied in Curaçao under Professor Strebeck. His father was a merchant in Curaçao who later became rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City following the death of Gershom Mendes Seixas. Peixotto immigrated to America with his father in 1807 and settled in New York City. He graduated from Columbia College in 1816. He then studied at Columbia University, graduating from there with an M.D. in 1819 and an M.A. in 1825. Before he got his medical degree, he studied medicine in the office of Dr. David Hosack. He spent several years practicing medicine in the West Indies after graduating, returning to New York in 1823. He worked as a physician for the New York City Dispensary, and from 1826 to 1827 he lectured on "abdominal diseases and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar D
Edgar is a commonly used masculine English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Edgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the Late Middle Ages; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). The name was more common in the United States than elsewhere in the Anglosphere during the 19th century. It has been a particularly fashionable name in Latin American countries since the 20th century. People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Alaffita (born 1996), Mexican footballer * Edgar Allan (other), multiple people * Edgar Allen (other), multiple people * Edgar Angara (1934–2018), Filipin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Peixotto
Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869–1940) was an American artist, illustrator, and author. Although he was known mainly for his murals and his travel literature, his artwork also regularly appeared in ''Scribner's Magazine''. His 1916 work ''Our Hispanic Southwest'' is famous for including the first written appearance of the ethnic slur "spic" (although, in fact, it had previously appeared with a different spelling and pronunciation). Biography Born on October 15, 1869, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Peixotto was one of five children in a Sephardic Jewish family: his sister was Jessica Blanche Peixotto. He studied art at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art with Emil Carlsen, who encouraged him to go to Paris. Taking his advice, Peixotto went to France in 1888 and studied at the Académie Julian under the tutelage of Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Henri Lucien Doucet and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. While in France, he visited the colony of the American Impressionism, Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Peixotto
Grace Peixotto (October 30, 1817 – May 1, 1880) was an American brothel owner. She owned the "Big Brick" in Charleston, South Carolina. Personal life Grace Peixotto was born on October 30, 1817, on the island of St. Thomas. She was the daughter of Reverend Solomon Cohen Peixotto and Rachel Suares. She was the fifth of nine children. Her family emigrated from St. Thomas to South Carolina in 1818. Her older siblings were born in Curaçao, and her younger siblings in Charleston, South Carolina. Her father officiated as the hazan in both St. Thomas and Charleston. His congregation in Charleston was Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, where he succeeded Hartwig Cohen, and served from 1823 to 1835. By the time she was twenty years old, both of Grace's parents had died. James William Hagy states in his book that Grace Peixotto never married. New evidence has come to light that she in fact did marry Capt. James Standish Myers, Sr. on her deathbed in April 1880. He was named executor of her e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Blanche Peixotto
Jessica Blanche Peixotto (9 October 1864 in New York City – 19 October 1941) was an American educator and writer. Early life and family Jessica Blanche Peixotto was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Raphael Levy Maduro Peixotto, a prosperous Ohioan involved in trade with the South, and Myrtillie Jessica Davis, originally of Virginia. She had four brothers: Edgar Davis attorney; Ernest Clifford artist and author; Capt. Eustace Maduro director of public school athletics; and Sidney Salzado social worker (director of the Columbia Park Boy's Club in San Francisco and director and organizer of the "All American Boys' Band", a band that toured the world in 1913–1914). In 1870, the family moved to San Francisco for business reasons of their father: he was president of Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco and engaged in a mercantile career. In 1891, Peixotto enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1894). She studied in France for two years. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Salzedo Peixotto
Judith Salzedo Hays (December 30, 1823 – March 1, 1881) was a Jewish-American teacher and principal from New York. Life Peixotto was born on December 30, 1823, in New York City, New York New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harb ..., the daughter of Dr. Daniel Levy Maduro Peixotto and Rachel Sexias. Her father was a Dutch immigrant and physician, and her paternal grandfather Moses Levi Maduro Peixotto was hazan of Shearith Israel. Her siblings included merchant Raphael Peixotto and diplomat Benjamin F. Peixotto. Following her father's death in 1843, Peixotto began working as a teacher and became the family's main support as the eldest sibling. Her sisters Zipporah and Sarah also worked as teachers, and the three of them were among the first known Jewish women to work as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
