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Faxon may refer to: Places * Faxon, Kentucky * Faxon, Oklahoma * Faxon, Pennsylvania People with the surname * Faxons of Massachusetts, U.S.: :* Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847-1919), social reformer :* Charles Edward Faxon (1846–1918), botanist :* John Lyman Faxon (1851-1918), architect :* Walter Faxon (1848–1920), ornithologist, carcinologist, and taxonomist :* William Otis Faxon (1853-1942), politician * Brad Faxon (born 1961), American professional golfer * Jack Faxon (1936–2020), American educator and politician * Nancy Plummer Faxon (1914–2005), American singer, music educator and organist * Nat Faxon (born 1975), American actor See also * ''Faxonella ''Faxonella'' is a genus of crayfish from the Southern United States from Texas to Florida. It comprises the following species: *''Faxonella beyeri'' (Penn, 1950) "Sabine Fencing crayfish" *''Faxonella blairi'' (Hayes and Reimer, 1977) "Blair's ...'', a genus of crayfish * '' Faxonius'', a genus of crayfish * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faxon, Kentucky
Faxon is an unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ..., United States. References Unincorporated communities in Calloway County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{CallowayCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faxon, Oklahoma
Faxon is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located on Oklahoma State Highway 36 about 18.3 driving miles southwest of Lawton. The population was 136 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Climate Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 136 people, 55 households, and 39 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 66 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 89.7% White, 0.7% African American, 4.4% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.0% from other races, and 4.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of the population. There were 55 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faxon, Pennsylvania
Faxon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,395. Faxon is not a separately incorporated community, but is a part of Loyalsock Township (which is a municipality under Pennsylvania law). Faxon is bordered by the city of Williamsport to the west, Four Mile Drive to the north, Miller Run and the CDP of Kenmar to the east, and Interstate 180 to the south. There was a CDP named Faxon in Lycoming County before, but it lost that status in the 1990 Census. Demographics References {{authority control Census-designated places in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut [Massachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət],'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York (state), New York to the west. The state's capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center, is Boston. Massachusetts is also home to the urban area, urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American History of the United States, history, academia, and the Economy of the United States, research economy. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade. Massachusetts was transformed into a manuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia H
Lucia may refer to: Arts and culture * '' Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás * ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film * ''Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA'' * "Lucia", a Swedish children's song published in '' Barnens svenska sångbok'' * Lucia Ashton, the title character of '' Lucia di Lammermoor'', a 1836 opera by Gaetano Donizetti * one of the title characters of '' Mapp and Lucia'', a series of novels by E. F. Benson * Saint Lucy's Day, a Christian feast day observed on 13 December Places * Lucia, California, a hamlet in Big Sur, California * La Lucia, a suburb in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Other uses * ''Lucia'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus from the tribe Luciini * ''Lucia'' (moth), a synonym of the moth genus ''Adrapsa'' * Lucia (name), a feminine given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Lucia or Lucía * 222 Lucia, an asteroid See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edward Faxon
Charles Edward Faxon (January 21, 1846 – February 6, 1918) was an American botanical artist and instructor of botany born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. In 1867 he received his degree in civil engineering from Lawrence Scientific School in Cambridge. From 1879 to 1884, he taught classes in botany at the Bussey Institute. Faxon was knowledgeable in regards to the flora of New England, and in 1882 joined the staff at the Arnold Arboretum. Here he took charge of development of the herbarium and library. He worked closely with Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927), the director of the arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, m .... Publications Faxon created 744 plates for illustration of Sargent's "Silva of North America". In addition to these drawings, he provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyman Faxon
John Lyman Faxon (1851-1918) was an American architect practicing in Boston, Massachusetts, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Three of his buildings, the First Baptist Church of Newton (1888), the First Congregational Church of Detroit (1889–91) and the former East Boston High School (1898-1901), have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Life and career John Lyman Faxon was born July 19, 1851, in Quincy, Massachusetts, to Francis Gray Faxon and his first cousin, Elizabeth (Faxon) Faxon.George L. Faxon, ''The History of the Faxon Family, Containing a Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Faxon of Braintree, Mass.'' (Springfield: Springfield Printing Company, printers, 1880) He attended the architectural school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1874. He then formed a partnership with his uncle, J. Warren Faxon, a grocer turned real estate developer. This partnership, known as J. W. & J. L. Faxo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Faxon
Walter Faxon (February 4, 1848 – August 10, 1920) was an American ornithologist and carcinologist. He was born at Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he grew up. He received three degrees from Harvard University. One of his greater ornithological achievements was demonstration that Brewster's warbler is a hybrid. He spent many years researching and classifying many American crayfish, including the genera ''Astacus'', ''Orconectes'', and ''Procambarus'', and contributed to at least 20 different scientific papers. Following a 2017 review, carried out by Oxford University, the former '' Faxonius'' subgenus of ''Orconectes'' was raised to a full genus as the subgenera were not monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic .... The genus '' Faxonella'' is similarly named to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Otis Faxon
Dr. William Otis Faxon (October 24, 1853 – November 12, 1942) served in the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Biography William Otis Faxon was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts on October 24, 1843. He graduated from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1876. He married Susan Reed Wales on July 10, 1878, and they had one son. She died in 1914. A Republican, Faxon served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1905 to 1906, and in the State Senate from 1907 to 1908. He died in Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ... on November 12, 1942. References 1853 births 1942 deaths American physicians Boston University School of Medicine alumni Republican Party Massachusetts state senators Republican P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Faxon
Bradford John Faxon Jr. (born August 1, 1961) is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour. Early years and amateur career Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey and raised in Barrington, Rhode Island. He attended Furman University, and earned a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1983. At Furman, Faxon was a two-time All-American (1982, 1983) as a member of the golf team. He played on the 1983 Walker Cup team. Faxon won the Haskins Award for the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States in 1983. He also received that same year's Golf Magazine and NCAA Coaches Awards as the nation's outstanding amateur golfer. He turned professional in 1983. Professional career PGA Tour Faxon has won eight times on the PGA Tour and played on two Ryder Cup teams. While admittedly not a great driver of the golf ball or a great ball-striker, Faxon has built a reputation as one of the best pure putters in golf history. He led the PGA Tour in Putting Averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Faxon
Jack Faxon (June 9, 1936 – January 9, 2020) was an American politician and educator from the U.S. state of Michigan. Background Faxon was born in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Central High School in Detroit. He received his bachelor's and master's degree from Wayne State University in education. Faxon also received his master's degree in history from University of Michigan. He taught in Detroit and Farmington Hills, Michigan and served as headmaster of a school mainly for exchange students. Political career Faxon served in the Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961 and 1962, He also served in the Michigan House of Representatives from the 15th district from 1965 to 1971 and in the Michigan Senate from 1971 to 1995. Faxon was a Democrat. Death Faxon died due to complications with lymphoma Lymphoma is a group of blood and lymph tumors that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). In current usage the name usually refers to just the cancerous versio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Plummer Faxon
Nancy Plummer Faxon (November 19, 1914 – February 1, 2005) was an American soprano, music educator, and composer of organ music. Early life and education Nancy Blanton Plummer was born in Jackson, Mississippi, the daughter of Walter George Plummer and Emily Blanton Plummer. She graduated from Millsaps College in 1936. As a young woman she was in theatrical productions with fellow Mississippian Eudora Welty. She went on to earn master's degrees in voice and piano in 1938, at Chicago Musical College, where she was a student of Rudolph Ganz and Nelli Gardini. She studied composition with Max Wald."Miss Nancy Plummer and George Faxon Take Vows at St. Andrew's Church" ''Clarion Ledger'' (December 28, 1941): 15. via |
