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Comiskey (surname)
Comiskey (Cumascach) is a surname found especially in County Monaghan (Muineachán), Ulster, Ireland, where a branch held a family seat. The name was first recorded as being descended from Fiacha Suidhe, a younger brother of Conn of the Hundred Battles. Variants include: Cumiskey, Comaskey, Comesky, Commiskey, and Cummiskey. Notable people * Andrew Comiskey, American Christian theologian * Barrett Comiskey (born 1975), American inventor, founder and CEO of Migo * Brendan Comiskey (born 1935), former Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Ferns * Dan Comiskey (born 1972), offensive lineman for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League * Patrick Comiskey, American journalist and wine writer *An American family in the history of the Baseball team Chicago White Sox: ** John Comiskey (politician) (1826–1900), father of Charles Comiskey **Charles Comiskey (1859–1931), player, manager, team owner **J. Louis Comiskey (1885–1939), son of Charles, inherited the White S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary locus of attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. The family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrett Comiskey
Barrett Comiskey (born September 18, 1975) is an American innovator. He is recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer and was the youngest inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, for inventing and co-founding E Ink while an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently the Founder of Migo (company), Migo. Career E Ink Comiskey is one of the "fathers of E Ink." As an undergraduate at MIT, Comiskey invented the E Ink, microencapsulated electrophoretic display, commercialized by E Ink Corporation, E Ink, which he co-founded in 1997. He began developing the E Ink display during nights and weekends at the MIT Media Lab in 1995, at the age of 19, after MIT professor Joseph Jacobson challenged him to create a technology that would mimic the appearance of ink on paper. Comiskey ultimately conceived of the microencapsulated electrophoretic display, which overcame the many practical challenges faced by previous attempts at re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Comiskey Rigney
Dorothy Elizabeth Comiskey Rigney (December 26, 1916 – January 22, 1971) was an American businesswoman who owned the Chicago White Sox of the American League from through . She is one of the few women to have served as principal owner of a Major League Baseball team. Rigney was born in Chicago to John Louis Comiskey (1885–1939) and Grace Elizabeth Reidy (1894–1956)). She was the eldest grandchild of Charles Comiskey, and inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her mother. In 1941, she married former White Sox pitcher and executive Johnny Rigney. For most of her tenure as owner, Dorothy was in a running battle for control of the team with her younger brother, Chuck, who was the team's second-largest stockholder. When Dorothy put the team on the market after the 1958 season, she initially wanted to sell her 54% stake to her brother. However, Chuck made such a lowball offer that Dorothy instead sold the White Sox to Bill Veeck, ending the Comiskey family's 58- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Comiskey
Grace Elizabeth Reidy Comiskey (May 15, 1893 – December 10, 1956) was an American businesswoman who was the owner of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1939 through 1956. Comiskey was the daughter-in-law of Charles Comiskey and inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her husband, J. Louis Comiskey. Early life Comiskey was born on May 15, 1893, in Chicago to parents Thomas and Elizabeth Reidy alongside two other siblings. She was educated at Adelphi College. In 1912, when she was invited to attend Chicago White Sox baseball game between the Chicago Cubs, Comiskey met her future-husband J. Louis Comiskey. She married Comiskey in September 1913 and they spent their honeymoon following the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants World Tour co-ordinated by her father-in-law Charles Comiskey. Career and death Upon the death her husband in 1939, Comiskey inherited control of the White Sox of the American League from through . Prior to gaining control, she ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Comiskey
Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931), nicknamed "Commy" or "The Old Roman", was an American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League, and was also founding owner of the Chicago White Sox. Comiskey Park, the White Sox's storied baseball stadium, was built under his guidance and named for him. Comiskey's reputation was permanently tarnished by his team's involvement in the Black Sox Scandal, although he was inducted as an executive into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. Early life Comiskey was born on August 15, 1859, in Chicago, the son of Illinois politician John Comiskey. He attended public and parochial schools in Chicago, including St. Ignatius Preparatory School, and, later, St. Mary's College (in St. Mary's, Kansas). He played baseball at St. Mary's, and played for several professional teams in Chicago while apprenticed to a plumber and working at construction jobs includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Comiskey (politician)
John Comiskey (1826 – January 8, 1900) was an Irish- American Democratic Party politician in Chicago, Illinois. He was the father of Charles Comiskey. Life John Comiskey was born in Crosserlough, County Cavan, Ireland, in 1826, and in 1848 he came to New Haven, Connecticut, United States. There he interested himself in the lumber business. In 1853 he came to Chicago, Illinois and took charge of the incoming freight on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad until 1863 when he engaged his services to Shufeldt & Croskey, the prominent distillers. He then became connected with the Fort Wayne, Indiana cattle yards as superintendent of shipments. His first political experience, may be said was in the Internal Revenue Service under Gen Wallace, acting under the administration of Andrew Johnson. On the election of Ulysses Grant, Comiskey being a Democrat was removed. In 1870, he was employed as a bookkeeper by Henry Greenebaum, the successful banker of that period. In 1875, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Comiskey
Patrick Comiskey is an American wine critic and a senior correspondent for '' Wine & Spirits'', chief critic for non-California domestic wines, and writes about wines of California, Oregon and Washington.zesterdaily.coPatrick Comiskey Comiskey contributes regularly to ''Los Angeles Times'' and '' Zester Daily'', and has been published in various periodicals such as ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''Food & Wine''Comiskey, Patrick, ''Food & Wine'' (October 2007)Sommeliers: The New Party Essentials/ref> and ''Bon Appétit''.wineandspiritsmagazine.coOur critics Comiskey has bachelor's degrees in English and psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a master's degree from Brown University. He is a former sommelier. In June 2010 it was reported he is writing a book about the American Rhône-movement.Asimov, Eric, ''The New York Times'' (June 1, 2010)Is There Still Hope for Syrah?/ref> Comiskey's book, '' American Rhone: How Maverick Winemakers Changed the Way Americans Drin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Comiskey
Dan Comiskey (born June 30, 1972 in Windsor, Ontario) is a retired Canadian football offensive lineman, turned professional speaker, who played 13 seasons for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1997 CFL Draft by the Roughriders. He played CIS football for the Windsor Lancers. On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 it was announced that Comiskey had signed a contract with the Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third .... References 1972 births Living people Calgary Stampeders players Canadian football offensive linemen Edmonton Elks players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Players of Canadian football from Ontario Saskatchewan Roughr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Comiskey
Brendan Comiskey (born August 13, 1935), is the Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ferns. He was born in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland. He was ordained a priest of the little known Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on 25 June 1961, and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin in 1979. He was appointed Bishop of Ferns on 4 April 1984. He resigned on 1 April 2002, over charges that he had failed to deal adequately with allegations that Fr. Seán Fortune and others who were sexually abusing children. Early career Comiskey's early clerical career was extremely promising. He was head of his order in Ireland and the UK by the age of 34, became an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Dublin at age 45 and soon thereafter was appointed to the Diocese of Ferns at the age of 47. In 2016, his name still appeared on the website of his congregation where he said to be a retreat giver whose conferences are "filled with profound conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Comiskey
Andrew Comiskey is an American conservative Christian political activist and is the founder of Desert Stream Ministries, a ministry formerly affiliated with Exodus International. He has written several books based on his experience with turning away from a homosexual identity and avoiding homosexual relationships and behaviors, and gives seminars to those who wish to be free from such relationships and behaviors. He is considered to be a prominent ex-gay leader, and has appeared as a guest on ''The 700 Club''.The 700 club: GUEST BIO - Ex-Gay Encourages the Church to Welcome the Sexually Broken', Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Biography Comiskey started a support group for those struggling with same-sex attraction at the Vineyard Santa Monica with the encouragement of the pastor. He started his own organization called Desert Stream / Living Waters Ministries in 1980. In 1981, Comiskey became a pastor in the Vineyard Christian Fellowship. Later, Comiskey and Desert Stream wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal House
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty may also be referred to as a "house", "family" or "clan", among others. Historians periodize the histories of many states and civilizations, such as Ancient Iran (3200 - 539 BC), Ancient Egypt (3100 – 30 BC) and Ancient and Imperial China (2070 BC – AD 1912), using a framework of successive dynasties. As such, the term "dynasty" may be used to delimit the era during which a family reigned. Before the 18th century, most dynasties throughout the world have traditionally been reckoned patrilineally, such as those that follow the Frankish Salic law. In polities where it was permitted, succession through a daughter usually established a new dynasty in her husband's family name. This has changed in all of Europe's remaining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
