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Ganong Family
Ganong may refer to: * Ganong Bros., a Canadian chocolates company * Gilbert Ganong (1851–1917), Canadian politician and co-founder of Ganong Bros. Limited * Arthur D. Ganong (1877–1960), Canadian politician * David A. Ganong (born 1943), former president and current chairman of the Board of Ganong Bros. Limited * Travis Ganong (born 1988), American alpine ski racer *William Francis Ganong William Francis Ganong (19 February 1864 – 7 September 1941) was a Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In his private life he contri ... (1864–1941) Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer * William Francis Ganong, Jr. (1924–2007) American mammalian physiologist {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Ganong
Gilbert White Ganong (May 22, 1851 – October 31, 1917) was a Canadian politician, the 14th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and co-founder of Ganong Bros. Limited, candy makers in the town of St. Stephen. Born in Springfield, New Brunswick, the son of Francis Daniel Ganong and Deborah Ruth Kierstead, he was a descendant of Jean Guenon, a Huguenot exile from La Rochelle, France, who settled in New Amsterdam during the second half of the 17th century then several generations later following the American Revolutionary War; some of Guenon's antecedents were United Empire Loyalists who settled in New Brunswick (then part of Nova Scotia) in 1783. In 1873, Gilbert Ganong co-founded Ganong Bros. Limited, with his brother James. In 1896, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Charlotte. A Liberal-Conservative, he was re-elected in 1900 and 1904, but was defeated in 1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur D
Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th century Romano-British general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem '' Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a matter of debate and the poem only survives in a late 13th century manuscript entitled the Book of Aneirin. A 9th-century Breton landowner named Arthur witnessed several charters collected in the '' Cartulary of Redon''. The Irish bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David A
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as " House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the '' Seder Olam Rabbah'', '' Seder Olam Zutta'', and '' Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; page 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Ganong
Travis Scott Ganong (born July 14, 1988) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Born and raised in Truckee, California, he competed for the U.S. at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and placed fifth in the downhill at Rosa Khutor, 0.41 seconds behind the winner. Ganong gained his first World Cup victory in December 2014 in a downhill in Santa Caterina, Italy. At his third World Championships in 2015 at Beaver Creek, Colorado, he won the silver medal in the downhill. Ganong injured his right knee ( ACL) in late December 2017 at Bormio and missed the rest of the season, including the Ganong has been in a relationship with Canadian alpine racer Marie-Michèle Gagnon since 2008. The pair met through mutual friend Louis-Pierre Hélie. In 2014, the couple moved to a new home in Lake Tahoe, California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Francis Ganong
William Francis Ganong (19 February 1864 – 7 September 1941) was a Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In his private life he contributed to the historical and geographical understanding of his native New Brunswick. Early life and education William Francis Ganong was born on February 19, 1864, in Saint John, in what was previously Carleton, in pre-confederation New Brunswick, the eldest child of James Harvey Ganong and Susan E. Brittain, both of whom descended from United Empire Loyalists. He had six younger siblings, including Susan, Arthur, Edwin, and Kit. When he was nine years old, his family moved to St. Stephen where his father, along with his uncle, Gilbert Ganong, established the Ganong Brothers candy factory. It was expected that young William would enter the family business when he came of age, but early on, he showed an interest in the natural wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
