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Woolsey Family
Woolsey may refer to: In places: * Woolsey Memorial Airport, a small airport in Michigan * Woolsey, Georgia, USA, a town * Woolsey Flat, California, USA, a former settlement * Woolsey Hall, the primary auditorium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. In people: * Bill Woolsey, (1934–2022), American competition swimmer and Olympic champion * Calvin Woolsey, American physician and pianist * Gamel Woolsey, American author and poet * John M. Woolsey, American judge * Kit Woolsey, bridge expert * Lynn Woolsey, American politician * Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, United States Naval officer * R. James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA under the Bill Clinton administration * Robert Woolsey, American film comedian * Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, American children's author * Ted Woolsey, American video game translator * Theodore Dwight Woolsey, past president of Yale University ** Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, American legal scholar and son of the above *** Theodore Salisb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolsey Memorial Airport
Woolsey Memorial Airport (Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Location identifier, LID: 5D5) is a publicly owned, public use airport located 3 miles northeast of Northport, Michigan, United States, on the Leelanau Peninsula. History The airport opened in 1935 in honor of Clinton F. Woolsey, Clinton Woolsey, an engineer for the U.S. Army Air Service who died near Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1927 during the first Pan-American Goodwill Flight across Central and South America. Land for the airport was donated by Woolsey's father, and additional land was added by the township. The airport was converted from a farm by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression as part of a "New Deal" public works project. The airport was registered as a historic site in 2021, and a marker stands to commemorate its history. The airport took three years to be approved as a site. Facilities and aircraft The airport has two runways, both made of Sod, turf. Runway 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Woolsey
Robert Rollie Woolsey (August 14, 1888 – October 31, 1938) was an American stage and screen comedian and half of the 1930s comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey. Early life Robert Rollie Woolsey (sometimes spelled Rolla or even Raleigh) was born on August 14, 1888, in Carbondale, Illinois to James Monroe Woolsey and Sarah Eunice Woolsey (née Noble), both also born in Illinois. According to the World War I Draft register, filled out and signed by Woolsey, his name is given as Robert Rolla Woolsey. Woolsey, who had brown eyes and hair with a slight and slender build tried to capitalize on his size, as a young adult, by becoming a jockey. After he fell from a horse and sustained a fractured leg, he quit racing and turned instead to the vaudeville stage. In 1925 he was featured as "Mortimer Pottle" in W. C. Fields's Broadway hit ''Poppy''. Wheeler and Woolsey Woolsey was teamed with comedy star Bert Wheeler in 1928, for the Broadway musical '' Rio Rita''. RKO Radio Pictures filmed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolsey Fire
The Woolsey Fire was a wildfire that started in Los Angeles County and spread north to neighboring Ventura County, both located in the U.S. state of California. The fire ignited on November 8, 2018, and was not fully contained until November 21, 2018. The fire burned of land, destroyed 1,643 structures, killed three people, and prompted the evacuation of more than 295,000 people. It was one of several fires in California that ignited on the same day, along with the nearby Hill Fire and the destructive Camp Fire in Northern California. The fire started in Woolsey Canyon on the Santa Susana Field Laboratory property, and burned 80% of the site, a complex of industrial research and development buildings belonging to Boeing, in the Santa Susana Mountains above the Simi Valley near the boundary between Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The Santa Ana winds, which often are a factor for Southern California fires, pushed the fire in a southerly direction throughout the first day. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolsey (convention)
:''This article describes the contract bridge bidding convention.'' Devised by Kit Woolsey,. the convention is a defense against an opponent's one notrump opening; especially used at matchpoints. Initial bids are as follows: The convention has similarities to Multi-Landy. Abuses Common abuses as described by Kit Woolsey include: * 3-1=4-5 distributional hands in the balancing seat regularly double, even with no 4-card major suit. * Strong hands, with 19 high card points plus, start with a double and then rebid 2 Notrump (or double) to try to expose a psychic bid. * Good 4-4=4-1 distributional hands with a stiff minor suit can start with 2. * Single-suited minor hands often start with double, hoping to be able to play at the two-level. These hands will pass a 2 asking bid. See also * List of defenses to 1NT This is a list of defensive conventions used in the game of contract bridge to compete in the bidding after the opponents have opened with a one notrump (1NT) bid. * AN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Woolsey
USS ''Woolsey'' has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy. The first was named in honor of Commodore Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, and the second commemorated both him and his son, Commodore Melancthon Brooks Woolsey. * was a in World War I. * was a in World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodbury, Uss Woolsey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Woolsey
Richard P. Woolsey is a fictional character in the ''Stargate'' television franchise about military teams exploring the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxies via a network of alien transportation devices. Played by actor Robert Picardo, Woolsey made his first appearance as a member of the NID in " Heroes Part 2", an episode of season 7 of ''Stargate SG-1'', and recurred in several ''SG-1'' episodes until season 10. He was also a recurring character in seasons 3 and 4 of ''Stargate Atlantis'' before becoming a main character in season 5 of ''Atlantis''. Role in ''Stargate'' Character arc in ''Stargate SG-1'' Following the death of Dr. Janet Fraiser late in season 7 of ''Stargate SG-1'', Woolsey is brought into Stargate Command in the episode "Heroes" to examine the command decisions and threatens SGC personnel with court-martial if they do not cooperate. When Woolsey brings his report to President Hayes in "Inauguration", he comes to realize Vice President Kinsey's ambitions and presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey ( ; – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal (catholic), cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's Lord High Almoner, almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state. He also held important ecclesiastical appointments. These included the Archbishopric of York, Archbishop of York—the second most important role in the English church—and that of papal legate. His appointment as a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence over all other English clergy. The highest political position Wolsey attained was Lord Chancellor, the king's chief adviser (formally, as his successor and disciple Thomas Cromwell was not). In that position, he enjoyed great freedom and was often depicted as the ''alter rex'' ("other king"). After failing to negotiate an annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Jr
Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory, Australia * Theodore, Queensland, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore Reservoir, in Saskatchewan People * Theodore (given name), including a list of people with the name ** Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States **Grand Wizzard Theodore, American musician and DJ * Theodore (surname), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters * T-Bag (''Prison Break'') (Theodore Bagwell), in ''Prison Break'' * T-Dog (''The Walking Dead'') (Theodore Douglas), in ''The Walking Dead'' * Theodore Huxtable, in ''The Cosby Show'' * Theodore, in ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' * Theodore Grambell, or CatNap, in video game ''Poppy Playtime'' * Theodore "The Roach" Roachmont, from Supernoobs Other uses * Theodore (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse * Theodore Racing, a Formula One constructor See also * Theodoros, or Theodorus * Principali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Salisbury Woolsey
Theodore Salisbury Woolsey (October 22, 1852 – April 24, 1929) was an American legal scholar who was professor of international law at Yale University. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was Theodore Dwight Woolsey, President of Yale University. He graduated at Yale in 1872 and at Yale Law School (1876). In 1872 he was an initiate into The Skull and Bones Society.Milligan, Kris. Fleshing Out Skull & Bones: Investigations into America's Most Powerful Secret Society. Trine Day, 2004. After traveling in Europe, he was instructor in public law at Yale. From 1878 to 1911, he was professor of international law at Yale. He was one of the founders of the ''Yale Review'' and a frequent contributor to it. He wrote several essays which were collected under the title ''America's Foreign policy'' (1898), and he edited ''Woolsey's International Law'' and '' Pomeroy's International Law''. He was a member of the General Society of Colonial Wars. Personal life Woolsey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
Theodore Dwight Woolsey (31 October 1801 – 1 July 1889) was an American academic, author and President of Yale College from 1846 through 1871. Biography Theodore Dwight Woolsey was born 31 October 1801 in New York City. His mother was Elizabeth Dwight (1772–1813) and father was William Walton Woolsey (1766–1839). At Yale, he served as President of the secret society, Brothers in Unity, and then graduated as valedictorian of his class from Yale College in 1820. He spent a year in legal study in Philadelphia, and two years of the study of theology at Princeton. For some time, Woolsey was a tutor at Yale, then went abroad to study Greek in Leipzig, Bonn, and Berlin. From 1831 to 1846, he was professor of Greek at Yale. Woolsey's mother's brother Timothy Dwight (1752–1817) had been president of Yale 1795–1817. Jeremiah Day was the only president Yale had in between the family members. Woolsey was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Woolsey
Ted Woolsey is an American video game translator and producer. He had the primary role in the North American production and localization of Square's role-playing video games released for the Super NES between 1991 and 1996. He is best known for translating ''Final Fantasy VI'' and ''Chrono Trigger'' during his time at Square. Limitations on text length and strict content guidelines forced Woolsey to make many script changes in his translation work, which became known as "Woolseyisms" in popular culture and were both praised and criticized. Woolsey resigned from Square in 1996 when the company moved offices to another city. Since then, his work in the video game industry shifted to a producer role at Big Rain, a company he co-founded, as well as others like Crave Entertainment and RealNetworks. After managing the relationship on the Microsoft Studios side for several years, Woolsey joined Undead Labs as General Manager in 2015. Biography At Square Although born in America, Woolsey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (January 29, 1835 – April 9, 1905) was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. Background Woolsey was born on January 29, 1835, into the wealthy, influential New England Dwight family, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father was John Mumford Woolsey (1796–1870) and her mother Jane Andrews, and author and poet Gamel Woolsey was her niece. Her family moved to New Haven Connecticut in 1852. Woolsey worked as a nurse during the American Civil War (1861–1865), after which she started to write. She never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, Rhode Island, until her death. She edited ''The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney'' (1879) and ''The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney'' (1880). She is best known for her classic children's novel ''What Katy Did'' (1872). The fictional Carr family was modeled after her own, with Katy Carr inspired by Woolsey herself. The brothers and sisters were modeled o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
