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Cabot (surname)
Cabot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cabot family, of the Boston Brahmins, or "first families of Boston" * Bruce Cabot (1904–1972), American actor * Dolce Ann Cabot (1862–1943), New Zealand journalist, newspaper editor, feminist, and teacher * John Cabot (c. 1450 – c. 1499), Italian navigator and explorer, father of Sebastian Cabot * Godfrey Lowell Cabot (1861–1962), American industrialist who founded the Cabot Corporation * George Cabot (1752–1823), American merchant, seaman, and politician * John Moors Cabot (1901–1981), American diplomat and ambassador, son of Godfrey Lowell Cabot * Meg Cabot (born 1967), American author * Pilar Cabot (1940–2017), Catalan writer * Ricardo Cabot (other) **Ricardo Cabot (footballer) (1885–1958), Spanish footballer **Ricardo Cabot Boix (1917–2014), Spanish field hockey player and son of the above **Ricardo Cabot (field hockey, born 1949), Spanish field hockey player * Richard Clarke Cabot (1868– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot Family
The Cabot family is one of the Boston Brahmin families, also known as the "first families of Boston". History Family The Boston Brahmin Cabot family descended from John Cabot (born 1680 in Jersey, a British Crown Dependency and one of the Channel Islands), who emigrated from his birthplace to Salem, Massachusetts in 1700. The Cabot family emigrated from Jersey, where the family name can be traced back to at least 1274. In Latin, ''caput'' means "head", and the Rev. George Balleine writes that in Jersey the "cabot" is a small fish that seems all head. In French, once a commonly spoken language in Jersey, "cabot" means a dog, or a military corporal, "caboter" is to navigate along the coast, and "cabotin" means "theatrical". Rise to prominence John Cabot (born 1680 Isle of Jersey) and his son, Joseph Cabot (born 1720 in Salem), became highly successful merchants, operating a fleet of privateers carrying opium, rum, and slaves. Shipping during the eighteenth century was the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Clarke Cabot
Richard Clarke Cabot (May 21, 1868 – May 7, 1939) was an American physician who advanced clinical hematology, was an innovator in teaching methods, and was a pioneer in social work. Early life and education Richard Clarke Cabot was born May 21, 1868, in Brookline, Massachusetts, one of five sons of James Elliot Cabot and Elizabeth (Dwight) Cabot."Cabot, Richard C. (Richard Clarke), 1868-1939. Papers of Richard Clarke Cabot : an inventory," Harvard University archives. Accessed Jan. 5, 2016. James Cabot was a philosopher and professor who also trained as a lawyer and biographer, and was a friend of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sum Of All Fears (film)
''The Sum of All Fears'' is a 2002 American spy thriller film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on Tom Clancy's 1991 novel of the same name. The film, which is set in the ''Jack Ryan'' film series, is a reboot taking place in 2002. Jack Ryan is portrayed as a younger character by Ben Affleck, in comparison with the previous films: '' The Hunt for Red October'' (1990) starring Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan and the sequels, '' Patriot Games'' (1992) and ''Clear and Present Danger'' (1994), both starring Harrison Ford in the role. In the film, an Austrian Neo-Nazi, desiring to establish a European fascist superstate, attempts to trigger a nuclear war between the United States and Russia by setting off a nuclear device in Baltimore, simultaneously with the Russian officer launching an attack on an American aircraft carrier. With the world on a brink of nuclear war as a result of these events, CIA analyst Ryan (Affleck) races against time to find a way to prevent an all out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosanna Cabot
Rosanna Cabot is a fictional character on the American daytime soap opera, ''As the World Turns''. The character was originated by Yvonne Perry, who portrayed her from 1992 to 1999. In 2002, Daytime Emmy-winner Cady McClain took over the role and was consequently nominated twice for "Outstanding Supporting Actress" in 2003 and 2004, winning the award in the later year, becoming the most recognized actress for the role of Rosanna. She portrayed the role until 2005, before returning three times from 2007 to 2010. Casting and creation The role of Rosanna was originated by actress Yvonne Perry. In 1993, she won the Soap Opera Digest award for Outstanding Female Newcomer, which was the show's first win in that category. She last appeared in the role in 1999. In 2002, it was announced that actress Cady McClain, most known for her portrayal of Dixie Cooney on ABC's soap opera, ''All My Children'', had been cast in the role of Rosanna. In a letter on her official site, McClain spoke a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine (King Novel)
''Christine'' is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1983. It tells the story of a car (a 1958 Plymouth Fury) possessed by malevolent supernatural forces. Background King has said that he got the inspiration for the story one night while driving, when he saw the numbers on his car's odometer go from 9999.9 to 10,000. This led him to the idea of an odometer that ran backwards, thus making the car "younger" instead of older. Synopsis In the fictional Pittsburgh suburb of Libertyville, Pennsylvania, in 1978, nerdy teen Arnold "Arnie" Cunningham and his friend, Dennis Guilder, notice a dilapidated 1958 Plymouth Fury parked on a neglected lawn. The car is for sale: its owner, Roland D. LeBay, is a bitter old man with a back brace, who explains to Arnie that he can no longer afford to keep the car, which he refers to as Christine. Dennis warns Arnie against buying the car: it has a damaged engine block, cracked windscreen, flat tires: even the odometer run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Murder, She Wrote Characters
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Cabot
Alexandra "Alex" Cabot is a fictional character within the '' Law & Order'' universe portrayed by Stephanie March. She is a primary character in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''Conviction''. Character overview Cabot first appears in the ''SVU'' episode "Wrong Is Right", when she is hired to work with SVU as their permanent assistant district attorney (ADA) overseeing the legality of its arrests, following a rotating mix of ADAs, among them Abbie Carmichael ( Angie Harmon) of the original '' Law & Order''. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and has an "uncle Bill" who is a federal judge. She was born on May 31, 1966. While Cabot has great compassion for the victims of sexual assault, child sexual abuse and domestic violence for whom she advocates, her strict code of legal ethics often forces her to make harsh decisions and judgments that go against her personal feelings. Her moral compass has earned her respect within the SVU squad. She does occasionally b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Dudley Cabot
Thomas Dudley Cabot (May 1, 1897 – June 8, 1995) was an American businessman. He also became the U.S. Department of State's Director of Office of International Security Affairs. Early life Cabot was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father was Godfrey Lowell Cabot, founder of Cabot Corporation and a philanthropist. His mother was Maria Moors Cabot. Cabot was named after Thomas Dudley, the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who signed the charter creating Harvard College. Two of his siblings were John Moors Cabot (b. 1901), U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, and Poland during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administration, and Eleanor Cabot of the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate. Cabot graduated from Browne & Nichols School in 1913. He took some courses at Boston Tech (now known as Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Curtiss Flying School, becoming a World War I flight instructor at Kelly Field in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, before graduating cum laude from H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Cabot
Susan Cabot (born Harriet Pearl Shapiro; July 9, 1927 – December 10, 1986) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She rose to prominence for her roles in a variety of Western films, including ''Tomahawk'' (1951), ''The Duel at Silver Creek'' (1952), and ''Gunsmoke'' (1953). After severing her contract with Universal Pictures in the mid-1950s, Cabot returned to performing in theater in New York. She subsequently returned to Hollywood in the later part of the decade, and appeared in a series of films by director Roger Corman, such as ''Sorority Girl'' (1957), ''War of the Satellites'', and ''Machine-Gun Kelly (film), Machine-Gun Kelly'' (both 1958). She made her final film appearance in Corman's horror feature, ''The Wasp Woman'' (1959). Cabot spent the following two decades largely in seclusion, though she did appear in off-Broadway theatre in the early 1960s, and made a 1970 television appearance on the series ''Bracken's World''. By the 1980s, Cabot was suffering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Cabot (explorer)
Sebastian Cabot (Italian language, Italian and , ; , ''Gaboto'' or ''Cabot''; 1474 – December 1557) was a Venice, Venetian List of explorers, explorer, who at various times was in the service of the Kingdom of England, the Crown of Aragon and the Holy Roman Emperor. Cabot was likely born in the Venetian Republic and as such may have been a Venetian citizen, however this has never been confirmed. Cabot himself gave varying accounts of his national origins to different audiences, such as claiming to have been born in Bristol, England. He was the son of Venetian explorer John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) and his Venetian wife Mattea and he grew up in England during his youth. After his father's death, Cabot conducted his own voyages of discovery, charting the East Coast of the United States, Eastern American seaboard and seeking the Northwest Passage on behalf of England. He later sailed for Spain, traveling to South America, where he explored the Rio de la Plata and established two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Cabot (actor)
Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot (6 July 1918 – 23 August 1977) was a British actor. He is best remembered as the valet, gentleman's gentleman Giles French in the CBS-TV sitcom ''Family Affair'' (1966–1971). He was also known for playing the Wazir in the film ''Kismet (1955 film), Kismet'' (1955) and Dr. Carl Hyatt in the CBS-TV series ''Checkmate (American TV series), Checkmate'' (1960–1962). Cabot was also a Voice actor, voice performer in many Disney animated films. He made one of his first contributions in ''The Sword in the Stone (1963 film), The Sword in the Stone'' (1963), as both the narrator and Sir Ector, Lord Ector. He later played Bagheera in ''The Jungle Book (1967 film), The Jungle Book'' (1967). His longest-standing role came through the Winnie the Pooh (franchise), ''Winnie the Pooh'' series, in which he narrated ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' (1966), ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'' (1968), ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too'' (1974) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Cabot (field Hockey, Born 1949)
Ricardo Cabot Durán (born 7 February 1949 in Barcelona) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Spain, starting in 1976. Durán's grandfather Ricardo Cabot Montalt, who was better known for being a footballer, sports journalist, manager, and sports director, was the first in a family of field hockey players. Durán's father, Ricardo Cabot Boix, also played field hockey, competing for Spain in the 1948 Summer Olympics. His younger brother, Javier Cabot Durán is a former field hockey player as well, and the two brothers played together in the Spanish national team that won the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
