|
Eldred (surname)
Eldred is a surname of Old English origin. People of this surname * Arthur Rose Eldred (1895–1951), American businessman and the first Eagle Scout * Brad Eldred (born 1980), American baseball player * Brick Eldred (1892–1976), American baseball player * Cal Eldred (born 1967), American baseball player * Dale Eldred (1933–1993), American sculptor * Eric Eldred (born 1943), American businessman and plaintiff in the 2003 court case, ''Eldred v. Ashcroft'' * Foss O. Eldred (1884–1956), American politician and Michigan Attorney General (1946) * Janet Eldred, American professor and author * John Eldred (1552–1632), English traveller and merchant * John Eldred (MP) (1629–1717), Member of the Parliament of England for Harwich in 1689 * Mike Eldred, American guitarist and luthier * Mike Eldred, American musical theater performer * Pamela Eldred (born 1948), American beauty pageant winner, Miss America 1970 * Ted Eldred (1920–2005), Australian scuba gear designer * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire .... It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literature, Old English literary works date from the mid-7th century. After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman (a langues d'oïl, relative of French) as the language of the upper classes. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, since during this period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eldred
John Eldred (1552–1632) was an English traveller and merchant. His ''Journal of his Voyage to Tripoli and Bassora'' is reproduced in Richard Hakluyt's ''Principal Navigations'' of 1599. Early life Eldred was born in 1552 at New Buckenham in Norfolk, where his father had moved from Knettishall in Suffolk. It seems probable that he went to London while still young, devoted himself to business and prospered. He was already a well-to-do merchant when 'upon Shrove Monday 1583' he 'departed out of London in the ship called the ''Tiger'', in the company of Mr. John Newbery, Mr. Ralph Fitch, and six or seven other honest merchants.' Voyage On 1 May they arrived at Tripoli in Syria, and after staying there for a fortnight went on to Aleppo, and thence to Bir on the Euphrates. At Bir they took a boat down the river as far as Feludjah, where after a week's delay they hired a hundred asses to convey their merchandise to Baghdad. There they stayed for some days, and, reshipping their wares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Brownell Eldred
Thomas Brownell Eldred (1903–1993) was an American Abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. Biography Eldred was born on February 19, 1903, in Climax, Michigan. He served for a time with the Merchant Marines. He attended the Kalamazoo College, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League of New York, and Atelier 17. His teachers included Guy Pène du Bois, Thomas Hart Benton, Stanley William Hayter, Louis Ritman, and John Vanderpoel., Eldred was strongly influenced by Werner Drewes. Eldred taught printmaking at the Brooklyn Museum Art School from 1933 through 1938 under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration. Eldred exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, The New School, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Guggenheim, and the National Gallery of Art, Eldred died on May 21, 1993, in Polk, Pennsylvania Polk is a borough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Eldred
Edward Francis Eldred (16 December 1920 to August 2005) was a pioneer of scuba diving in Australia. He invented Porpoise scuba gear. Early years Eldred was born in Melbourne in 1920. As a young man he lived by the sea near Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne. He started snorkelling as soon as mask, fins and snorkel were available, and wished that he could make or obtain some sort of free-swimming breathing set, until World War II intervened. After World War II in the late 1940s he designed a sport diving oxygen rebreather. Eldred said he had never dived with the Cousteau-Gagnan model of the Aqua Lung, but knew of its existence and its principle. The Aqua Lung was protected by patent and difficult to obtain in Australia. Siebe Gorman had the license to manufacture for Commonwealth countries and could not meet demands. When Eldred decided that rebreathers were not suitable for general sport use, he shifted his focus to developing the world's first single-hose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Eldred
Pamela Anne Eldred (April 21, 1948 - July 12, 2022) was an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Michigan 1969 and later Miss America 1970. Early life and education Eldred is from West Bloomfield and graduated from University of Detroit Mercy. Pageantry She was crowned Miss America 1970 on September 6, 1969. A ballerina, Eldred performed a dance in the Miss America talent competition to music from ''Romeo and Juliet''. One of the five finalists Eldred defeated in the Miss America 1970 pageant was singer and actress Susan Anton. She participated in the home-coming of Kirsten Haglund along with Nancy Fleming Lange and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson, both former Miss Michigans who also became Miss America. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Eldred (singer)
Mike Eldred (born June 12, 1965) is an American tenor, known for his work in musical theater. He has performed on Broadway and in regional productions. He has also appeared in concert, as well as on recordings, radio, and television. Early life Eldred was born part of a musical family that traveled by bus, performing in Christian revivals and events. His father was not only a Baptist preacher but also a classic baritone and a tuba player. Young Mike was harmonizing with music on the radio at the age of four. Career Early years (Contemporary Christian, Nashville) Eldred, whose voice was classically trained, majored in voice at Stephen F. Austin State University. While still in his teens, however, he left to join a contemporary Christian band; he was with Truth for around two years. At age 21, he went to Nashville and launched a career in country and gospel music. In addition to two solo records, he sang backup for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. He also worked with Garth Brooks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Eldred (guitarist)
Mike Eldred is an American guitarist and luthier. Eldred originally came to national attention while backing Lee Rocker in the mid-1990s. He also served as director of the Fender Custom Shop. He has put out four albums as leader of the Mike Eldred Trio. Career Early career Eldred, a native of Arizona, started playing guitar at 14 when his parents bought him an instrument. He started building guitars at age 19 and was hired by the Charvel company in early 1979. He worked there for about eight or nine years, then joined Yamaha Corporation, where he also spent roughly eight or nine years. Eldred also eventually started a blues band called The Blue Diamonds, which recorded a demo tape to get club bookings. The tape came to the notice of Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats, who were breaking up. Setzer passed his copy on to Stray Cats bass player Lee Rocker. With Lee Rocker Rocker and Eldred then formed Lee Rocker's Big Blue, which put out its first album in 1994 and its second in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eldred (MP)
John Eldred (1629-1717), of Earl's Colne, Essex, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Harwich Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on- ... in 1689, in the Convention Parliament. References 1629 births 1717 deaths 17th-century English people People from Essex People of the Stuart period Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Eldred
Janet Eldred is an American professor and author, currently the Chellgren Professor of English at the University of Kentucky, and has been largely collected by libraries A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ... worldwide. References University of Kentucky faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Writers from Kentucky American women non-fiction writers American women academics 21st-century American women {{US-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Rose Eldred
Arthur Rose Eldred (August 16, 1895 – January 4, 1951) was an American agricultural and railroad industry executive, civic leader, and the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). As a 16-year-old candidate for the highest rank bestowed by the BSA, he was personally interviewed by a panel composed of the youth organization's founders, including Ernest Thompson Seton and Daniel Carter Beard. Eldred was awarded the coveted distinction of Eagle Scout on September 2, 1912, becoming the first of more than two million boys in the U.S. since then to earn Scouting's most vaunted rank. Eldred also received the Bronze Honor Medal for lifesaving, and was the first of four generations of Eagle Scouts in his family. A graduate of Cornell University, Eldred enlisted at age 22 in the United States Navy in January 1918, nine months after the U.S. entry into World War I. After serving aboard various Navy vessels and seeing combat in that conflict, he then worked in the agric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foss O
Fos or FOSS may refer to: Companies *Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company *Foss Brewery, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway *Foss Maritime, a tugboat and shipping company Historic houses * Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota), United States *Foss and Wells House, Jordan, Minnesota, United States * Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, Maine, United States People *Foss (surname) *Foss Shanahan (1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat * Foss Westcott (1863–1949), English bishop Places *Foss Dyke, a canal in Lincolnshire, England *Foss-Eikeland, a village in Sandnes, Norway *River Foss, a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K. United States *Foss, Oklahoma, a town **Foss State Park * Foss, Oregon, an unincorporated community *Foss Glacier, a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington * Foss Peak, Tatoosh Range, Washington *Foss River, a river in Washington Other uses *Foss (band), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band *Foss (cat), the pet of Edward Lear *Free and open-source software ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldred V
Eldred may refer to: Places United States settlements * Eldred, Illinois * Eldred, Minnesota * Eldred, New York * Eldred, Pennsylvania Geographical features * Eldred Glacier, King George Island east of Potts Peak, South Shetland Islands * Eldred Rock Light, historic octagonal lighthouse adjacent to Lynn Canal in Alaska * Eldred Point, ice-covered point on the coast of Marie Byrd Land * Eldred Rock, island in the boroughs of Juneau and Haines, Alaska, United States People * Eldred (surname) * Eldred (given name) Fictional characters *Eldred, the main character of ''Sacrifice'' (computer game) * Eldred Jonas, a character from the Stephen King novel ''Wizard and Glass'' *"Sir Eldred of the Bower, a Legendary Tale" by Hannah More - a poem of the 17th century *Eldred the Saxon, a figure in GK Chesterton's Ballad of the White Horse, whom Alfred convinces to join him in battle at the start of Book II. *Eldred Miller - bartender/saloon owner of The Silver Slipper on '' Little House on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
