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Avey
Avey is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include: *Albert Edwin Avey (1886–1963), American philosopher * Dan Avey (1941–2010), American media personality * Denis Avey (1919–2015), British Hero of the Holocaust * Fred Avey, English footballer * Linda Avey (born 1960), American biologist and entrepreneur * Sam Avey (1895–1962), American sports promoter ; As a forename: * Avey Tare (born 1979), American musician ; Other * Avey temple * Avey's Coliseum * Avey Field State Airport * FC Avey Akstafa FK Avei Agstafa () was an Azerbaijani football club from Ağstafa Agstafa () is a town, municipality (assigned in 1941) and the capital of the Aghstafa District of Azerbaijan. Agstafa district was established in 1939, abolished in 1959 and mer ... See also * Aveyard * Aveyron (other) {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Avey Tare
David Michael Portner (born April 24, 1979), also known by his moniker Avey Tare, is a musician and songwriter who co-founded the American experimental pop band Animal Collective. He has released four solo albums, as well as four collaborative albums with Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) three of which were later retroactively classified under Animal Collective's discography. Animal Collective Portner met Animal Collective's Deakin (Josh Dibb), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and Geologist (Brian Weitz) in high school. For years, the four of them swapped homemade recordings, shared musical ideas and performed in different group configurations. Portner recorded the '' Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished'' album with Lennox, and initially released the recording on the band's own Animal label in 1999. The album is commonly referred to as the first official Animal Collective release, with Portner writing the music and Lennox providing the 'perfect percussion' (as cited in the album's credi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denis Avey
Denis Avey (11 January 1919 – 16 July 2015) was a British veteran of the Second World War who was held as a prisoner of war at E715, a subcamp of Auschwitz. While there he saved the life of a Jewish prisoner, Ernst Lobethal, by smuggling cigarettes to him. For that he was made a British Hero of the Holocaust in 2010. Avey claimed that he exchanged uniforms with a Jewish prisoner and smuggled himself into Auschwitz to witness the treatment of Jewish inmates, whose camp was separate from but adjoined that of British POWs. His claim has been challenged. His memoir '' The Man who Broke into Auschwitz'', written with Rob Broomby, was published in 2011. Life (until retirement) Avey was born in Essex, England, in 1919. As a boy he learned boxing, was head boy at school and studied at Leyton technical college. He joined the army in 1939 at the age of 20, and fought in the desert campaigns of North Africa in the 7th Armoured Division, (the "Desert Rats"). He was captured by the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Linda Avey
Linda Avey (née Bahnson) is an American biologist and entrepreneur. She is known for co-founding 23andMe, a consumer genetic data company. Early life Avey was born Linda Bahnson in 1960, in South Dakota, United States. She attended Augustana University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in biology, in 1982. For an Augie.edu page linking to the award page, and listing other alumni award recipients, see Note, at this second citation, the subject's middle name is given as Bahnson. Early career Avey began her scientific career in 1982 at University of California, Irvine as a staff research associate. It has been stated that in 1985, she moved into various sales and business development in the fields of biopharmaceutical and academic research. As of 2024, a site to which Avey submits information was stating that she had "over 20 years of sales and business development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, and Washington, D.C." S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dan Avey
Dan Avey (April 26, 1941 – August 15, 2010) was a radio personality and newscaster who worked for over 30 years in the Los Angeles area and received more than 30 major journalism awards including 15 Golden Mikes. Avey died from cancer at Cedars Sinai on August 15, 2010. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2010/08/dan-avey-longtime-radio-reporter-dies-at-69.html] He had been fighting the disease for five years, including during much of his stay at KABC. Avey started his radio career at KXLY (AM), KXLY in Spokane, Washington during his freshman year in college. From 1972 to 1976, he served as the analyst on Los Angeles Kings broadcasts, where he originally was paired with Jiggs McDonald, and later with Roy Storey and Bob Miller, who like Avey has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1976, he started at all-news KFWB, and in 1978 he also had a short stint at KWIZ in Santa Ana. In 1986, he left KFWB when he was hired by KFI to join Gary Owens' new morning show. Avey la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sam Avey
Sam Avey (February 5, 1895 – August 9, 1962) was an American businessman and sports promoter. Best known as the wrestling promoter of little big men, he is also credited for helping to create the Tulsa wrestling territory later used by the National Wrestling Alliance. Early life Sam Avey was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, on February 5, 1895. Prior to wrestling, Avey was a merchant in the family grocery, located in Cherryvale, Kansas. While growing up in Cherryvale, the community’s most prominent sports celebrity was Billy Sandow.National Wrestling Alliance, The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling, p. 280, Tim Hornbaker, ECW Press, 2007, Sandow was the manager of Ed “Strangler” Lewis, and Sandow was the catalyst for Avey’s interest in professional wrestling. Professional wrestling After serving in World War I, Avey returned to Cherryvale and was recruited by Sandow to embark upon a wrestling career. He started in wrestling by travelling as a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aveyard
Aveyard is an English surname, found most commonly in Yorkshire. It is derived from an alias ''Hayvyerd'' adopted by a 16th-century resident of Dewsbury named Robert Janyn. It was first recorded in 1540, and has remained most common in the area around Dewsbury and Wakefield. Another mention in the 17th century was that a John Aveyard apprehended John Fawcet, who was one of those involved in the Farnley Wood Plot to overturn the return to monarchy in England. In the 1881 Census, there were 343 people with the surname "Aveyard" and 85% of them were in Yorkshire. Notable people with this name include: * Victoria Aveyard (born 1990), American writer * Walter Aveyard (1918–1985), English footballer References See also * Avey Avey is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include: *Albert Edwin Avey (1886–1963), American philosopher * Dan Avey (1941–2010), American media personality * Denis Avey (1919–2015), British Hero of the Holocaust * Fred Avey, ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Albert Edwin Avey
Albert Edwin Avey (29 May 1886 - 25 September 1963) was an American people, American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Ohio State University. He is known for his works on conceptual cognition and the philosophy of religion. Books * Handbook in the history of philosophy. (New York : Barnes & Noble, 1954] * Readings in philosophy, (Columbus, O., R.G. Adams and Co., 1921) References External links * 1886 births 1963 deaths 20th-century American philosophers American philosophy academics Ohio State University faculty Yale University alumni People from Hannibal, Missouri {{Reli-philo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
British Hero Of The Holocaust
The British Hero of the Holocaust award is a special national award given by the government of the United Kingdom in recognition of British citizens who assisted in rescuing victims of the Holocaust. On 9 March 2010, it was awarded to 25 individuals posthumously. The award is a solid silver medallion and bears the inscription "in the service of humanity" in recognition of "selfless actions" which "preserved life in the face of persecution". Campaign for official recognition In 2008, a campaign to gain official posthumous recognition of British Holocaust rescuers was initiated by the Holocaust Educational Trust, a British charity founded in 1988. The campaign cited the examples of British citizens such as Frank Foley, Jane Haining and June Ravenhall who had previously been honoured by Israel as some of the British nominees to the status of Righteous Among the Nations, but had received no British honour during their lifetime. Under the official British honours system honours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fred Avey
Frederick Avey (31 August 1909 – 17 September 1999) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in Poplar, London Poplar is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located five miles (8 km) east of Charing Cross and lies on the western bank of the River Lea. Poplar is identified as a major district centre in the London Plan, with its .... References 1909 births 1999 deaths Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets People from Poplar, London English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Leytonstone F.C. players Leyton F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Tunbridge Wells F.C. players English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Avey Temple
Saint Sarkis Monastery of Gag (, ''Gaga Surp Sarkis Vank'') is a ruined, medieval Armenian Apostolic monastery in the Qazakh Rayon of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Karapetyan, SamvelSaint Sarkis Monastery of Gag Castle" Research on Armenian Architecture Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) () is a non-governmental organization established in Aachen, Germany, in 1969 by Dr. Armen Hakhnazarian and was registered as a non-profit public organization in 1982. In 1996, RAA USA was founded, followe .... It is located about 500 metres to the east of the present-day border of Armenia, and four kilometres west of the village of Dash Salakhly. The monastery is built at the top of Gag Mountain, at an altitude of 922 metres above sea level and 420 metres from the foot of the mountain. References External linksSaint Sarkis Monastery of Gag Castle Գագա Սբ. Սարգիս Վանք {{coord, 41.1414, N, 45.2661, E, source:kolossus-ruwiki, display=title Armenian Apostolic monasteries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Avey's Coliseum
The Tulsa Coliseum was an indoor arena built in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the corner of Fifth Street and Elgin Avenue. It hosted the Tulsa Oilers ice hockey team from 1929 to 1951. Many other sporting events were held at the facility including rodeos, track meets, professional wrestling, and boxing matches. The building was destroyed by fire in 1952. Walter Whiteside, a wealthy native of Duluth, Minnesota who was attracted to Tulsa by the oil boom during the 1920s, partnered with W. S. Stryker to form the Magic City Amusement Company. The partnership commissioned noted Tulsa architect Leon Senter to design an indoor arena for the city in 1928. Whiteside, evidently the driving force of the partnership envisioned using the arena to present a variety of public entertainments, including such wintertime sports as ice hockey and ice shows, for which there were no suitable venues south of the Mason-Dixon Line. He even organized the Tulsa Oilers, the first Tulsa Hockey team. History Walter Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Avey Field State Airport
Avey Field State Airport is a public use airport located on the Canada–United States border, Canada–US border at Laurier, Washington, Laurier, in Ferry County, Washington, United States. It is privately owned and operated. Also known as Avey Field State/Laurier Airport, it is one of five airports that straddle the Canada–US border. The others are Whetstone International Airport, Coutts/Ross International Airport, International Peace Garden Airport, and Coronach/Scobey Border Station Airport. The airport is shared by the U.S. state, State of Washington (state), Washington and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Province of British Columbia. Both U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency have offices located nearby on U.S. Route 395 and British Columbia Highway 395 adjacent to the parking area. The airport was managed by the Washington State Department of Transportation (Aviation Division) until August 2012, when management transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
