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Vann Hunt
Vann may refer to: * ''Salvadora oleoides'' is a small bushy evergreen tree found in India, Pakistan, and southern Iran * Vann Peak, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica People with the name * Vann (surname), an English surname (including a list of people with the surname) * Vann McElroy (born 1960), former National Football League player * Ho Vann, politician elected to the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003 * Vann Molyvann (1926-2017), Cambodian architect * John Paul Vann (1924-1972), U.S. civilian commander during the Vietnam War * L. Vann Pettaway L. Vann Pettaway (born c. 1957) is the former men's basketball coach at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Alabama A&M. He served 25 years as the Bulldogs' head coach. During his tenure at Alabama A&M, the school moved up to Division ... (born c. 1957), former men's basketball coach at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University * C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999), American historian {{disambiguation, geo, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvadora Oleoides
''Salvadora oleoides'' is a small bushy evergreen tree found in India and Pakistan and southern Iran] Its common name is Vann or (Large) Toothbrush Tree. The root and stem possess various antimicrobial agents and is traditionally used as toothbrush in Pakistan and India Habitat The vann is commonly found in and around Sandal Bar, and is reserved for use as grazing sources for local peasant villages. In addition, a number of trees have been preserved to provide shade for cattle. Wood The vann is mostly non-woody and the small amount of wood that it has is soft, light, and not particularly useful for any of wood's normal uses, notably building and heat. When burnt, it leaves a large quantity of ash, which can then be boiled down into a substance for treating mange in camels. In literature Jal-tree In the ''janamsakhis'' of Guru Nanak, he was found laying under a jal-tree whose shadow remained stationary to protect him from the sun. Macauliffe identifies this tree as ''Salv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vann Peak
The Ohio Range () is a range in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. It is about long and wide, extending west-southwest – east-northeast from Eldridge Peak to Mirsky Ledge. The range forms the northeast end of the Horlick Mountains and consists primarily of a large snow-topped plateau with steep northern cliffs and several flat-topped ridges and mountains. The highest point, , is the summit of Mount Schopf. Exploration and naming The range was surveyed in 1958–59 by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Horlick Mountains Traverse. In October 1958 William E. Long (for whom the Long Hills are named) made a round trip by air from the Byrd Station in West Antarctica over the Wisconsin Range, Ohio Range, Thiel Mountains and Whitmore Mountains. Long noted that the Ohio Range has a thick layer of stratified rocks. Later a tractor train visited the base of Mount Glossopteris, where four of the party climbed the mountain and collected samples of rock and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vann (surname)
Vann is a surname. Origins An English surname, Vann originated as a topographic surname, locative name, referring either to specific places named Vann (such as two in Surrey: Vann Lake and Ockley Woods, Vann in Ockley, and Vann in Hambledon, Surrey, Hambledon), or in general to any fen (from , a English language in southern England, South East English dialect word for ). Variant spellings of the surname include Van (surname), Van, Vanns (surname), Vanns, Avann, Fan (surname), Fan, and Fann (surname), Fann. Statistics The 1881 United Kingdom census found 668 people with the surname Vann, primarily in Leicestershire and Warwickshire. Data compiled by Patrick Hanks on the basis of the 2011 United Kingdom census and Census of Ireland 2011 found 1,085 people with the surname on the island of Great Britain, and three on the island of Ireland. In the United States, the 2010 United States Census, 2010 Census found 15,416 people with the surname Vann, making it the 2,366th-most-common surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vann McElroy
Vann William McElroy (born January 13, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarilty with the Los Angeles Raiders. A , safety, he played college football for the Baylor Bears, he was selected by the Raiders in the third round of the 1982 NFL draft. McElroy played in consecutive Pro Bowls following the 1983 and 1984 seasons, and was a member of the Raiders' 1983 team that won Super Bowl XVIII in a rout of the favored Washington Redskins. During the 1990 season, the Raiders traded McElroy to the Seahawks on October 16 in exchange for the Seahawks' eighth-round pick in the 1991 NFL draft. McElroy is currently an agent representing professional players in contract negotiations and resides in Uvalde, Texas Uvalde ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,217 at the 2020 census, down from 15,751 in 2010. It is the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho Vann
Ho Vann () is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Cambodia National Rescue Party and was elected to represent Phnom Penh in the National Assembly of Cambodia The National Assembly (, UNGEGN: ; ) is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Cambodia. It is referred to as the lower house, with the Senate being referred to as the upper house. The National Assembly is an elected body consi ... in 2003 . Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008. and re-elected most recently in 2013. References 1947 births Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia) ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vann Molyvann
Vann Molyvann (; 23 November 1926 – 28 September 2017) was a Cambodian architect and urban planner. Molyvann is best known as pioneering the style known as New Khmer Architecture, which combined Modernist architect, modernism and Khmer architecture, Khmer tradition, and accounted for the country's unique environment and irrigation needs. During Cambodia's Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970), post-independence period between 1957 and 1970, Molyvann was appointed by Norodom Sihanouk to reshape and modernise Cambodia through the construction of new towns, infrastructure and architecture. He is credited with modernising the nation's capital Phnom Penh and designing several iconic landmarks, including the Independence Monument (Cambodia), Independence Monument, Chaktomuk Conference Hall and Olympic Stadium (Phnom Penh), Olympic Stadium. During the Cambodian Civil War and Pol Pot regime, he lived in exile in Switzerland, returning to Cambodia in 1991. He was appointed head of APSARA, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paul Vann
John Paul Vann (born John Paul Tripp; July 2, 1924 – June 9, 1972) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, later retired, who became well known for his role in the Vietnam War. Although separated from the military before the Vietnam War reached its peak, he returned to service as a civilian under the auspices of the United States Agency for International Development and by the waning days of the war was the first American civilian to command troops in regular combat there. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was the only civilian in Vietnam to receive the Distinguished Service Cross. He died on June 9, 1972, in a helicopter crash in Vietnam just after the Battle of Kontum. Early life Born John Paul Tripp in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 2, 1924, out of wedlock, to John Spry and Myrtle Lee Tripp. Vann's mother married Aaron Frank Vann, and Vann took his stepfather's surname; Vann had three half-siblings. In 1942, Aaron Vann officially adopted him. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
