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Colhoun (other)
Colhoun, a surname of Scottish origin, is a variant of the surname ''Colquhoun''. Colhoun may refer to: People * Edmund Colhoun (1821–1897), admiral in the U.S. Navy * John E. Colhoun (1750–1802), U.S. senator and lawyer from South Carolina * John Colhoun (plant pathologist) (1913–2002), British mycologist, phytopathologist, and professor of cryptogamic botany * Mabel Colhoun (1905–1992), Irish photographer, teacher and archaeologist * Ossie Colhoun (born 1938), Irish cricketer Places * Lumsden (Colhoun) Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada * Calhoun College, a college of Yale University Ships * USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-85), a U.S. Navy destroyer 1918-1942 * USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-801), a U.S. Navy destroyer 1944-1945 See also * Calhoun (other), variant name * Colquhoun Colquhoun ( ) is a surname of Scotland, Scottish origin. The "l" is typically silent per developments in the Phonological history of Scots, Scots language. Phonetically, MacOlquhoun is similar to McElhone, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colquhoun
Colquhoun ( ) is a surname of Scotland, Scottish origin. The "l" is typically silent per developments in the Phonological history of Scots, Scots language. Phonetically, MacOlquhoun is similar to McElhone, MacElhone/MacIlhone and therefore Colquhoun may sometimes derive from the Gaelic name ''Mac Giolla Còmhghan''. ''Còmhghan'' is derived from ''comh'' ("together") and ''gan-'', ''gen-'' ("born").. Calhoun (surname), Calhoun, Colhoun (other), Colhoun, Calhoon, Colhoon, Cohoon, Hoon, Cahoun, and Cahoon are variants of the surname Colquhoun. They are generally found as simplifications and respellings, though all of them can occur from unrelated sources. In particular, Calhoun (surname), Calhoun is from the Irish language, Irish variant of Colquhoun. People with the surname Arts and entertainment * Alan Colquhoun, architect and architectural theorist * Alexander Colquhoun (artist) * Archibald Colquhoun (translator), Archibald Colquhoun, translator * Amalie Sara Colquhoun, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Colhoun
Edmund Ross Colhoun (6 May 1821 – 17 February 1897) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican War and the American Civil War, in which he was commended for his participation in the bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher. Naval career Service from 1839 to 1853 Colhoun was born at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on 6 May 1821 and was appointed a midshipman on 1 April 1839. He was attached to the sloop-of-war in the Brazil Squadron from 1839 to 1841, then to the frigate in the Mediterranean Squadron and Brazil Squadron from 1842 to 1844. He then attended the Philadelphia Naval School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1845 and, after completing his studies, was promoted to passed midshipman on 2 July 1845. Colhoun next served aboard the frigate from 1846 to 1847, seeing action in the Mexican War, first under Commodore David Conner in the first attack on Alvarado, Mexico, and then under Commodore Matthew C. Perry at Tabasco, Mexico. From 1850 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John E
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Colhoun (plant Pathologist)
John Colhoun (born 15 May 1913, Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland – 5 January 2002, Stockport, Cheshire, England) was a British mycologist, phytopathologist, and professor of cryptogamic botany. (with a comprehensive list of Colhoun's publications) For a one-year term from 1963 to 1964 he was the president of the British Mycological Society. Life Born into a farming family, John Colhoun preferred an academic approach to agriculture. In 1930 he matriculated at Queen's University Belfast (QUB). There he graduated in 1933 with a BSc in botany, in 1934 with a degree in agricultural botany with first class honours, and in 1937 with an M.Agr. in mycology and plant pathology. His M.Agr. thesis is entitled ''Biological Studies on the Apple Fruit Crop''. Supported by research assistantships at QUB and at the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, he did research from 1934 to 1940 at Imperial College London and at QUB. The research concerned how nutrition and nitrogen c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Colhoun
Mabel Colhoun (2 November 1905 – 1992), was a Derry-based pioneering photographer, teacher and archaeologist. Biography Mabel Remington Colhoun was born on 2 November 1905 in Londonderry to John Colhoun and Lizzie Johnston Gordon. Her family were originally from Inishowen, County Donegal.She attended the Strand House school at asylum road before it closed down in 1915 because of the start of world war one this was a girl's only school opened in 1860 by misses Francis and Annie Holmes in 1860 after this school closed she attended St Lurach's College which taught around 35 pupils and was opened in 1900 by Misses Jane Kerr, and it taught strong curriculum and education situated at the junction of Lawrence Hill and Northland road. It then amalgamated with the Victoria Highschool or originally Londonderry Ladies' Collegiate School in 1877 by Misses Margaret Mackillip and her other sisters, near this was the Northland's School Of HouseWifery and Housecraft and aswell Midwifery open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossie Colhoun
Osmund David Colhoun (born 6 June 1938) is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he made his debut for Ireland against Lancashire in July 1959 and went on to play for them on 87 occasions, his last match coming in July 1979 against FW Millet's XI. Of Colhoun's matches for Ireland, 28 of them had first-class status. His cousin A cousin is a relative who is the child of a parent's sibling; this is more specifically referred to as a first cousin. A parent of a first cousin is an aunt or uncle. More generally, in the kinship system used in the English-speaking world, ... Aubrey Finlay also represented Ireland at cricket. References 1938 births Living people People from Sion Mills Irish cricketers Cricketers from County Tyrone Wicket-keepers {{NorthernIreland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumsden (Colhoun) Airport
Lumsden (Colhoun) Airport is located north-east of Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada. See also * List of airports in Saskatchewan This is a list of airports in Saskatchewan. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports, Aerodrome#Canada, aerodromes and heliports in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Air ... * Disley Aerodrome * Lumsden (Metz) Airport References External links Page about this airporton COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory Registered aerodromes in Saskatchewan Lumsden No. 189, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calhoun College
Grace Hopper College is a residential college of Yale University, opened in 1933 as one of the original eight undergraduate residential colleges endowed by Edward Harkness. It was originally named Calhoun College after US Vice President John C. Calhoun, but renamed in 2017 in honor of computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper. The building was designed by John Russell Pope. From the 1960s onward, Calhoun's white supremacist beliefs and pro-slavery leadership had prompted calls to rename the college and remove its tributes to Calhoun. In 2016, the Yale Corporation chose to retain the Calhoun name, but in 2017 it reversed its decision and renamed the college after Hopper. History Before the college In 1641, John Brockston established a farm on the plot of land that is now Grace Hopper College. After the American Revolutionary War an inn was constructed that would later become the meeting place of Phi Beta Kappa society. From 1863 until 1931 the land was home to the Yal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Colhoun (DD-85)
USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-85/APD-2) was a in the United States Navy during World War I and later redesignated APD-2 in World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for Edmund Ross Colhoun, Edmund Colhoun. Launched in 1918, she remained on convoy duty for the final few months of World War I, and she then operated out of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic for several years until being decommissioned in 1922. Returning to service in 1940 as a high-speed troop transport, ''Colhoun'' was dispatched to support the Guadalcanal campaign early in World War II. While unloading supplies to the island on 30 August 1942, she was attacked by aircraft of the Empire of Japan, and sunk with the loss of 51 men. Design and construction ''Colhoun'' was one of 111 s built by the United States Navy between 1917 and 1919. She, along with 25 of her sisters, were constructed at Fore River Shipyard shipyards in Quincy, Massachusetts, using specifications and detail designs drawn up by Bethlehem Steel. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Colhoun (DD-801)
USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-801), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Edmund Colhoun (1821–1897). ''Colhoun'' was launched 10 April 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Captain K. K. Johnson, WAC; and commissioned 8 July 1944. Service history ''Colhoun'' arrived at Pearl Harbor 10 October 1944 for training and patrol duty. Arriving off Iwo Jima 19 February 1945, she screened transports, served as radar picket and gave fire support for the invasion of Iwo Jima. On 1 March, she was hit by a salvo from heavy enemy batteries ashore, which killed one man and injured 16. After repairs at Saipan, ''Colhoun'' sailed for Okinawa, arriving 31 March for radar picket duty. At 1530 on 6 April 1945, during the first heavy ''kamikaze'' raid of the battle of Okinawa, ''Colhoun'' received a request for help from USS ''Bush'' and sped to her aid. Interposing her guns between ''Bush'' and the attacking suicide plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calhoun (other)
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was the 7th vice president of the United States. Calhoun can also refer to: Surname * Calhoun (surname) Inhabited places in the United States *Calhoun, Georgia * Calhoun, Illinois *Calhoun, Kentucky * Calhoun, Louisiana * Calhoun, Missouri * Calhoun, South Carolina *Calhoun, Tennessee *Calhoun, West Virginia * Calhoun, Wisconsin *Calhoun County, Alabama * Calhoun County, Arkansas *Calhoun County, Florida *Calhoun County, Georgia *Calhoun County, Illinois *Calhoun County, Iowa *Calhoun County, Michigan *Calhoun County, Mississippi *Calhoun County, South Carolina * Calhoun County, Texas *Calhoun County, West Virginia *Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Lakes in Minnesota, United States * Lake Calhoun (Kandiyohi County, Minnesota) *Lake Calhoun, Minnesota, now called Bde Maka Ska Schools and universities in the United States * Grace Hopper College of Yale University, known as Calhoun College until 2017 *Calhoun Middle School (other) * Calhoun School, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
