Bumpus Books
Bumpus is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Cornelius Bumpus (1945–2004), American musician *Earl Bumpus (1914–1985), American baseball player *Hermon Carey Bumpus (1862–1943), American college administrator *Judith Bumpus (1939–2010), British radio producer *Michael Bumpus (born 1985), American football player *Bumpus Jones (1870–1938), American baseball player Fictional characters *The Bumpuses, unseen family in the book ''A Christmas Story'' See also *Bumpass (other) *Bumpus Cove, Tennessee *Bumpus Mills, Tennessee *Bumpus Quarry Bumpus quarry is a quarry in Oxford County, Maine, in the United States. It is primarily known for being the source of some of the largest beryl crystals ever found, up to in length, weighing 26 tonnes (23.6 metric tons). History The quarry was ...

Cornelius Bumpus
Cornelius Bumpus (May 7, 1945 – February 3, 2004) was an American woodwind, brass and keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California. Biography Bumpus began his musical career playing alto saxophone at ten for his school band, and by age twelve he was playing at Luso-American dances. He attended Santa Cruz High School where he performed in the band and won the John Philip Sousa Award. He also played school dances with his own band, Corny and the Corvettes. In 1966 he was in Bobby Freeman's band and after that he began his association with many well-known groups. His role in these bands was primarily as a saxophonist and organist. His most notable touring was with the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan. Bumpus toured with Steely Dan from 1993 to 2003. In 2002, he worked on the ''Big Blue Earth'' project sponsored by the Church of Christ, Scientist. During the 1980s, Bumpus enjoyed a short tenure with Café Society, a Los Angeles pop band, in which he played in a horn sect ...
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Earl Bumpus
Earl Bumpus (April 14, 1914 - May 1985) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played professionally from 1944 to 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons, Kansas City Monarchs, and the Chicago American Giants The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Fo .... References External links anBaseball-Reference Black Baseball statsanSeamheads 1914 births 1985 deaths Chicago American Giants players Birmingham Black Barons players Kansas City Monarchs players 20th-century African-American sportspeople Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Evansville, Indiana {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-stub ...
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Hermon Carey Bumpus
Hermon Carey Bumpus (May 5, 1862 – June 21, 1943) was an American biologist, museum director, and the fifth president of Tufts College (later Tufts University). Early life and education Hermon Carey Bumpus was born in Buckfield, Maine in 1862 and received a Ph.B. from Brown University in 1884, specializing in biology and science. He began graduate work at Brown before teaching at Olivet College. Bumpus received his Ph.D. from Clark University in 1891. Bumpus joined the faculty of Brown as a professor of comparative zoology in 1890, where he emphasized active experimentation over the "didactic doldrums" of lectures. In 1893, Bumpus worked with colleagues Charles V. Chapin and John Howard Appleton in establishing a premedical program, one of the first premedical programs in the United States, with Bumpus as the director. Bumpus also established a Medical Association for physicians of Providence; in 1896 Bumpus demonstrated a Holtz machine to this group. He actually took th ...
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Judith Bumpus
Judith Harriet Bumpus (née Collison, born 3 November 1939 – 2 March 2010) was a British radio producer for the BBC, specialising in coverage of the arts, particularly the work of visual artists. Born in Wiltshire, Collinson was educated at the University of St Andrews, where she read German and Spanish, and universities in Spain, Bumpus joined the BBC in 1968. For nearly thirty years, she worked on documentaries, mainly broadcast on Radio 3, and produced the long running ''Conversations with Artists'' series of interviews conducted by the poet and art critic Edward Lucie-Smith John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933), known as Edward Lucie-Smith, is a Jamaican-born English writer, poet, art critic, curator and broadcaster. He has been highly prolific in these fields, writing or editing over a hundred .... Judith Collinson married the historian of ceramics Bernard Bumpus (1921–2004) in 1966; the couple had two daughters. References 1939 births 20 ...
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Michael Bumpus
Michael Leron Bumpus (born December 13, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Washington State. Early years Bumpus attended Culver City Middle School. Bumpus played high school football at Culver City High School where he graduated in 2004. While playing for Culver City, he was named to the first-team "Best In The West" by the Long Beach Press Telegram Personal life Michael is the only child of Renee Bumpus. Raised on the Westside of Los Angeles in a small suburban community of Culver City California, where he excelled in 4 sports. Ms Bumpus kept her son involved in sports to give him something positive to do after school and to keep him busy while she worked. Michael grew to love sports, especially soccer. As a youngster he excelled in basketball and soccer. Michael traveled to Europe in 2001, where he competed against local soccer teams. Upon his return he joine ...
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Bumpus Jones
Charles Leander "Bumpus" Jones (January 1, 1870 – June 25, 1938) was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants. Early life He was born in Cedarville, Ohio. Newspaper accounts from Cedarville have described him as being listed as black, albeit with skin that passed for Caucasian. Census reports listed him as a "mulatto". Genelogical research has speculated that Jones came from "Pocahontas' people in Virginia." Baseball career Jones made only eight appearances in his brief major league career, he threw a no-hitter in his first major league appearance with the Cincinnati Reds on October 15, 1892, the last day of the season. The victims that day were the Pittsburgh Pirates, who lost 7–1. Jones was not perfect, as he gave up four walks, and he did not pitch a shutout, as an error led to an unearned run. But it was quite a start, and was his only outing of the season. This is still the latest date in the seaso ...
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A Christmas Story
''A Christmas Story'' is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book '' In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash'', with some elements from his 1971 book ''Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories And Other Disasters''. It stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Peter Billingsley and is a seasonal classic in North America. It has been shown in a marathon annually on TNT since 1997 and on TBS since 2004 titled "24 Hours of ''A Christmas Story''", consisting of 12 consecutive airings of the film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day annually. It is often ranked as one of the best Christmas films. The film was released on November 18, 1983, and it received positive reviews from critics. Filmed partly in Canada, it earned two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for b ...
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Bumpass (other)
Bumpass, Virginia is an unincorporated community primarily in Louisa County. Bumpass may also refer to: Geography *Bumpass Cove, the former name of Bumpus Cove, Tennessee, US *Bumpass Mountain, in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, US *Bumpass Hell, one of the geothermal areas in Lassen Volcanic National Park, US People * Frances Webb Bumpass (1819–1898), American newspaper publisher and educator * John Bumpass Calhoun (1917–1995), an American ethnologist and behavioral researcher *Kendall Vanhook Bumpass (1809–1885), an American miner *Rodger Bumpass (born 1951), an American actor See also * Bumpus (other) *Bumpas-Troy House, North Carolina, US *Dick Bumpas Dick G. Bumpas (born December 19, 1949) is a retired American football coach and former player. He was an All-American defensive tackle at Arkansas and an assistant football coach at several college football programs, most notably an 11-year s ...

Bumpus Cove, Tennessee
Bumpus Cove (formerly known as Bumpass Cove) is an unincorporated community in Unicoi and Washington Counties, Tennessee, United States. Bumpus Cove is located on Bumpus Cove Creek and Bumpus Cove Road west of Erwin. The community occupies a cove A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. Coves usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are of ... of the same name between Embreeville Mountain on the west and Rich Mountain on the east. References Unincorporated communities in Unicoi County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{WashingtonCountyTN-geo-stub ...
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Bumpus Mills, Tennessee
Bumpus Mills is an unincorporated community in Stewart County, Tennessee, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma .... Further reading *Stewart County Heritage, Volume One, Taylor Publishing, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 80-54540. Notes External linksStewart County Chamber of Commerce Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Stewart County, Tennessee Clarksville metropolitan area {{StewartCountyTN-geo-stub ...
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