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Wrenn may refer to: People * Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895–1969), British scholar * George Wrenn (1865–1948), American tennis player * George L. Wrenn (1915–1992), American World War II flying ace * Greg Wrenn, American poet and nonfiction writer * Heaton Wrenn (1900–78), American rugby union player * Ralph Wrenn (died 1692), English naval officer * Robert Wrenn (1873–1925), American tennis player * Robert Wrenn (golfer) (born 1959), American sportscaster and golf course design consultant * Suzie Wrenn, American public relations consultant * Wrenn Schmidt (born 1983), American actor Other uses * , two Royal Navy ships * Wrenn School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. a coeducational secondary comprehensive school and Sixth form with academy status * Wrenn Peak, Victoria Land, Antarctica * the title character of '' Our Mr. Wrenn'', a 1914 novel by Sinclair Lewis See also * '' Wrenn v. District of Columbia'', an American court case decided in 2017 * G & R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Leslie Wrenn
Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895–1969) was an English scholar. After taking an MA at the University of Oxford, he worked for a year as a lecturer in the department of English Language and Literature at the University of Leeds in 1928–29. Following his return to Oxford, he became Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1945, the successor in the chair of J.R.R. Tolkien, and held the position until 1963. Wrenn was a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was also a member of the Oxford literary discussion group known as the "Inklings", which included C. S. Lewis and Tolkien, and met for nearly two decades between the early 1930s and late 1949. Some of the work published by Wrenn includes ''The English Language'' (1949), ''A Study of Old English Literature'' (1967)'','' and ''An Old English Grammar,'' written with Randolph Quirk (1955, rev. 1957). His literary interests were primarily comparative literature and later poets including T. S. Eliot. Selected writings *''The Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wrenn
George Lawson Wrenn (July 2, 1875 – July 29, 1948) was an American tennis player active in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Tennis career Wrenn reached the all-comers final of the U.S. National Championships in 1900 (beating his brother Robert and Arthur Gore before losing to William Larned) and the quarterfinals in 1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ... and 1899. References 1948 deaths American male tennis players 1875 births Tennis people from Illinois {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Wrenn
Greg Wrenn is an American poet and nonfiction writer from Jacksonville, Florida. He lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he is an assistant professor of English at James Madison University. He received an AB from Harvard University in 2003 and an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2008. At Stanford University from 2010-2016 he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry and a Jones Lecturer. His first book of poems, ''Centaur'', was awarded the Brittingham Prize and published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2013. His essays and poems have appeared in ''The New Republic'', ''New England Review'', ''The Rumpus'', ''Beloit Poetry Journal'', ''The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, The Yale Review'', and elsewhere. Wrenn, a certified scuba diver, writes essays primarily about the ocean and is at work on a memoir about the coral reefs of the Raja Ampat archipelago. Career Awards * Brittingham Prize in Poetry for ''Centaur'' (2013) * Stegner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaton Wrenn
Heaton Luse Wrenn (January 18, 1900 – January 16, 1978) was an American rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... He was a member of the American rugby union team, which won the golden medal in 1920 Summer Olympics. References External links profile 1900 births 1978 deaths American rugby union players Rugby union players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rugby United States international rugby union players Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{US-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Wrenn
Ralph Wrenn (died 26 March 1692) was an English naval Commodore. Naval career On 18 April 1672 Wrenn was appointed commander of the ''Hopewell'' fireship, and in the following year of the Rose dogger. After the peace with the Dutch Republic he was lieutenant of the Reserve; in 1677 he had command of the fireship ''Young Spragge''; in 1679 he was lieutenant of the in the Mediterranean with Morgan Kempthorne, and was so still in May 1681, when she fought a brilliant action with seven Algerine pirates. After Kempthorne's death Wrenn took the command and beat off the enemy. His gallantry was rewarded by a promotion to the command of the ''Nonsuch'' on 9 August 1681. In May 1682 he was moved into the ''Centurion'', to which, still in the Mediterranean, he was reappointed in May 1685. In 1687–1688, he commanded the , and in September 1688 he was appointed to the ''Greenwich'', one of the ships at the Nore with Lord Dartmouth during the critical October; from this appointment he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wrenn
Robert Duffield Wrenn (September 20, 1873 – November 12, 1925) was an American left-handed tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first inductees in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Biography Wrenn was born in Highland Park, Illinois. Wrenn attended Harvard University, where he was a prominent quarterback on the football team. Wrenn was considered "one of Harvard's greatest all-around athletes," a star player at football, ice hockey, and baseball. Wrenn played a small role in the formation of collegiate ice hockey in the United States. In the fall of 1892, Wrenn and fellow tennis champion (and doubles partner) Malcolm Greene Chace played in an international tennis tournament in Niagara Falls, New York. There they met some Canadian athletes who invited them to return the next winter to learn about their sport of ice hockey, which differed from the game of ice polo which was then played in American colleges. Wrenn and Chace gathered som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wrenn (golfer)
Robert Brenaman Wrenn Jr. (born September 11, 1959) is an American sportscaster and golf course design consultant; he is a former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Wrenn was born in Richmond, Virginia. He attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was an all-ACC member of the golf team in each of his four years from 1978–1981. He turned pro in 1981. Wrenn played in 308 PGA Tour events between 1982 and 1998 with 15 top-10 finishes including a victory at the 1987 Buick Open. He established the tournament record of 262 (26-under-par), which still stands. In fact, at the time this was only one stroke off the all-time PGA Tour record in a 72-hole tournament. His best finish in a major was T-25 at The Masters in 1988. Toward the end of his playing career, Wrenn played some on the Nationwide Tour. His best two finishes in that venue, both in 1995, were a T-2 at the NIKE South Carolina Classic and a T-3 at the NIKE Tri-Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie Wrenn
Suzie or Susie is a feminine given name, and is a short form (hypocorism) of Suzanne, Susannah or Susan. Notable people with this given name include: People * Suzannah Suzie Bates (born 1987), New Zealand cricketer * Suzie Brasher (born 1960 or 1961), American former figure skater, 1976 World Junior champion * Suzie d'Auvergne (1942–2014), Saint Lucian barrister and jurist * Suzanne Suzie Faulkner (born 1979), Australian field hockey player * Suzannah Suzie Fraser (born 1983), Australian water polo player * Suzie Higgie, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Australian alternative rock band Falling Joys * Suzanne Suzie Kitson (born 1969), English former cricketer * Suzie LeBlanc (born 1961), Canadian soprano and early music specialist * Suzie McConnell-Serio (born 1966), American women's basketball coach and former player * Susan Suzie McNeil (born 1976), Canadian singer and songwriter * Suzie Pierrepont (born 1985), English professional squash player * Susan Suzie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrenn Schmidt
Melinda Wrenn Schmidt (born February 18, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as NASA engineer, flight director and later Director of NASA Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series '' For All Mankind''. Other television roles include Julia Sagorsky in the period drama series '' Boardwalk Empire'' (2012–2013), as KGB handler Kate in the spy drama series ''The Americans'' (2014), as Dr Iris Campbell on the thriller series '' Person of Interest'' (2014–2016), as Megan Holter in the horror series '' Outcast'' (2016–2018), Her film roles include the horror film ''Preservation'' (2014), the biographical drama '' I Saw the Light'' (2015), the war film '' 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'' (2016), the romantic comedy, '' The Good Catholic'' (2017) and the science fiction horror film '' Nope'' (2022). Early life and education Schmidt was born in Lexington, South Carolina. Her father is a biology professor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrenn School
Wrenn School is a coeducational secondary comprehensive school and Sixth form with academy status, located in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. History The school's origins lie in Wellingborough County High School for girls (1907) and Wellingborough Grammar School for boys (1930). The Wellingborough County High School was founded in 1907, and moved into the Broadway site in 1911, and the grammar school site was finished in 1930, on Doddington Road. The two schools merged in 1975, under the then headmaster, Mr Wrenn, to form Wrenn School. Facilities Wrenn School is a split-site school, with the three parts of its grounds being a short walk apart. The first site of the school is situated on the A5193 (former A509) in the south of the town, just west of the hospital, on London Road and Broadway The other two sites are situated on Doddington Road a few minutes from the London Road site. The Doddington Road site, formerly the boys' grammar school, houses years 9-11 along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrenn Peak
Wrenn Peak () is a peak rising to 1750 m on the ridge at the head of Sandy Glacier and Enyo Glacier in Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after John H. Wrenn, Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb DeKalb or De Kalb may refer to: People * Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), major general in the American Revolutionary War Places Municipalities in the United States * DeKalb, Illinois, the largest city in the United States named DeKalb **DeKal ..., IL, a participant in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Drilling Project, 1973–74. Mountains of Victoria Land McMurdo Dry Valleys {{McMurdoDryValleys-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
