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Cato (given Name)
Cato is the given name of: * Cato Alexander (1780–1858), American emancipated slave and bar owner, considered by some to be "America's first celebrity bartender" * Cato Erstad (born 1964), Norwegian footballer * Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836–1902), Norwegian mathematician and chemist * Cato Guhnfeldt (born 1951), Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer * Cato Hansen (born 1988), Norwegian footballer * Cato André Hansen (born 1972), Norwegian football coach and former player * Cato (spy), Cato Howe, a slave who was an American Patriot spy and courier during the American Revolutionary War * Cato June (born 1979), American former National Football League player * Cato T. Laurencin (born 1959), American engineer, physician, scientist, innovator and professor * Cato Nordbeck, Norwegian former professional racing cyclist, winner of the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1965 * Cato Perkins (died 1805), African-American slave who became a missionary to Sierra Leone * Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato Alexander
Cato Alexander (c. 1780–1858) was a freedman and bartender. Cato was born a slave in New York City, New York, where he was forced to work in an inn where he frequently waited on George Washington. After gaining his freedom in 1799, he continued to work in hotels and inns, before opening his own bar, Cato's Tavern, located on what is now the site of 54th Street (Manhattan)#Second Avenue, 2nd Avenue, 54th Street in Manhattan. Famed Irish actor Tyrone Power (Irish actor), Tyrone Power considered him "foremost amongst cullers of mint ... for Mint julep, julep" and "second to no man as a compounder of cock-tail." He was known for his expertise in crafting punches as well. The ''New York Post'' published a poem in celebration of his wedding. Alexander's tavern closed in the 1840s, following a series of bad loans to his customers. He briefly opened a smaller restaurant, which lasted only a year. Some cocktail historians consider him to be "America's first celebrity bartender." Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato Nordbeck
Cato Nordbeck is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo .... He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1965. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Norwegian male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato West
Cato Charles West was an American military officer and politician. He was Secretary of the Mississippi Territory and served as an acting territorial governor of Mississippi in 1804 and 1805. He corresponded with U. S. President Thomas Jefferson. Career He was a militia commander and had land claims in the territory. He succeeded William C. C. Claiborne who was posted to New Orleans after Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase () was the acquisition of the Louisiana (New France), territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River#Watershed, Mississipp .... He received a memorial of grievances. In 1917 a local historian wrote, "Of Cato West it is well-nigh useless to speak. He was one of the strongest writers of his day—a sort of intellectual athlete, who did not fall to serve the right cause at the right time, and in the right way. He was the father-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato Wadel
Cato Wadel (29 March 1936 − 21 April 2011) was a Norwegian social anthropologist. He was born in Oslo, but grew up in Flekkefjord. He graduated from the University of Bergen in 1966 and was hired as assistant professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1967. He returned to Norway as associate professor at the University of Oslo in 1970, then at the University of Tromsø from 1972. He was a professor in Tromsø from 1974 to 1983, then associate professor at Rogaland University College from 1986 and professor from 1993 to 2005. In addition he resumed his tenure at the University of Tromsø as adjunct professor from 1990. Wadel studied peripheral communities in Norway and Newfoundland, often fisher's' communities. His 1977 article "Hva er arbeid" ("What is Labour") was included in the Norwegian Sociology Canon The Norwegian Sociology Canon () is an award presented from 2009 to 2011 to 25 nonfiction texts, that are considered to have had the greatest influence on sociol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato Sundberg
Cato Sundberg (born 25 March 1981) is a Norwegian musician (vocals and guitar) and songwriter, best known as the front man of pop group Donkeyboy. Sundberg founded the group in 2005 with, amongst others, his brother Kent. In 2009, the pair were nominated for a ''Spellemannprisen'' for their band's debut album, '' Caught in a Life'', in the category of popular music composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography * Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include .... Along with Kent, they also founded and are operating a production/songwriting team and audiovisual project Rat City. That music group is very popular in Norway and in Poland. References English-language singers from Norway Norwegian guitarists Norwegian male guitarists Norwegian songwriters Musicians from Drammen 1981 births Living people 21st-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato Sells
Cato Sells (October 6, 1859 – December 30, 1948) was a commissioner at the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1913 to 1921. Life and career He was born in Vinton, Iowa, on October 6, 1859. He lost his father when he was young. He entered Cornell College in 1875. In 1878 he read law with Charles Alvord Bishop and in 1880 was admitted to Iowa State Bar Association and began practice at La Porte City, Iowa. In 1889 he moved to Vinton, Iowa, and served on the Iowa State Central Committee. In 1887 he was chairman of the committee and was a delegate to the 1888 Democratic National Convention. He was a delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention as secretary. In 1892 was he was elected as a trustee of the Iowa State College of Agriculture. In 1893 he was president of the Iowa Democratic State Convention. In 1894 he was appointed by Grover Cleveland as United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. In 1899 he was again presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato Schiøtz
Cato Schiøtz (born 26 July 1948) is a Norwegian barrister. He was born in Oslo. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1975 to 1978, and also as a deputy judge in Sør-Gudbrandsdal District Court, Sør-Gudbrandsdal before being hired in the law firm Advokatfirmaet Schjødt, Schjødt in 1978. He became a partner in the firm in 1983. After 40 years, in 2018 he moved on to the law firm Glittertind. Schiøtz has also been active in the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party and is a well-known cultural figure in Norway, both as an anthroposophist and a member of the Bibliophile Club. References 1948 births Living people Lawyers from Oslo University of Oslo alumni Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Anthroposophists Norwegian bibliophiles {{norway-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato Perkins
Cato Perkins was an slave, enslaved African-American man from Charleston, South Carolina, who became a missionary to Sierra Leone. Cato was enslaved by John Perkins. Cato Perkins self-emancipated by joining the British during the Siege of Charleston, and he joined General Clinton in New York (state), New York and worked as a carpenter there. Perkins was evacuated to Birchtown, Nova Scotia, in 1783, and he is listed in the ''Book of Negroes''. Upon arriving in Nova Scotia, he was converted by John Marrant of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, which was a Methodist splinter group. Perkins was ordained into the church and later took over the running of it. Perkins migrated to Sierra Leone, where he led a strike of carpenters against the Sierra Leone Company. The new life in Sierra Leone was not what the group had expected and Perkins petitioned the SLC to improve Freetown; In 1793 Perkins travelled with Isaac Anderson to London to make their petition heard. By 1800, inflated p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato T
Cato typically refers to either Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger, both of the Porcii Catones family of Rome. It may also refer to: People Ancient Romans * Porcii Catones, a plebeian family at Ancient Rome * Cato the Elder (Cato Maior) or "the Censor" (Marcus Porcius Cato 234–149 BC), Roman statesman ** Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus, son of Cato the Elder by his first wife Licinia, jurist *** Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 118 BC, died in Africa in the same year --> *** Gaius Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 114 BC ** Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus, son of Cato the Elder by his second wife Salonia, (born 154 BC, when his father had completed his eightieth year) *** Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Salonianus and father of Cato the Younger **** Cato the Younger (Cato Minor) "Cato of Utica" (Marcus Porcius Catō Uticēnsis 95–46 BC), politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic ***** Marcus Porcius Cato (son of Cato the Younger), fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato Erstad
Cato Erstad (born 31 January 1964) is a Norwegian footballer. He played in one match for the Norway national football team The Norway national football team (, or informally ''Landslaget'') represents Norway in men's international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Norway. Norwa ... in 1987. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Erstad, Cato 1964 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Footballers from Hamar Men's association football defenders Hamarkameratene players 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato June
Cato Nnamdi June (born November 18, 1979) is an American football coach and former player who is an assistant linebackers coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played as a linebacker in the NFL after being selected by the Colts in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft. A 2006 Pro Bowl choice, June was a member of the Super Bowl XLI champion Colts that defeated the Chicago Bears. During the Super Bowl championship season, June was the Colts' leading tackler. In addition to his tenure with the Colts, he played in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Before becoming a professional, he played college football for the Michigan Wolverines and was an outstanding athlete in high school football, basketball, track and field and baseball at Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C. As a senior, he was widely regarded to be the best high school football player in the District of Columbia. He led Anacostia to the District of Columbia Interscholastic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato (spy)
Cato was an enslaved African American Black Patriot spy and courier operating out of British-occupied New York City during the American Revolution. Cato's enslaver, Hercules Mulligan, gathered intelligence through his connections as well as clients at his tailoring shop. Cato carried the information to Continental Army officers and other revolutionaries, including Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, often crossing the Hudson River into New Jersey. Cato's messages are credited with saving Washington's life on at least two occasions. After the war, Cato was granted his freedom in return for his service and moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Besides his intelligence activities with Mulligan, little definite information about Cato is available. American Revolution Because no correspondence with Mulligan's name or a recognized alias on it survives, a complete record of his and Cato's activities during the American Revolution cannot be compiled. An article in the Daughters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
