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Goff is a surname of Celtic languages, Celtic origin. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from Welsh language, Welsh, Cornish language, Cornish or Breton language, Breton. The Welsh ''gof'' and the Breton ''goff'' means "smith" (cognate with Irish language, Irish ''gobha''). The English-originating surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin. The Welsh name is a variant of the surname Gough, and is derived from a nickname for someone with red hair. The native Irish name is derived from a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Eochaidh/Eachaidh, which means "horseman". Notable people * Barbara Goff, classics professor * Bruce Goff, architect * Darius Goff (1809–1891), industrialist and businessman * Frederick R. Goff (1916–1982), librarian * Greg Goff, American college baseball coach * Guy D. Goff (1866–1933), US Senator from West Virginia * H. N. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English language, English, is also the world's most List of languages by total number of speakers, widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia, History of Germany#Iron Age, Iron Age Northern Germany and along the North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English language, English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German language, German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch language, Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Goff
Bruce Alonzo Goff (June 8, 1904 – August 4, 1982) was an American architect, distinguished by his organic, eclectic, and often flamboyant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere. A 1951 ''Life'' magazine article stated that Goff was "one of the few US architects whom Frank Lloyd Wright considers creative...scorns houses that are ‘boxes with little holes." Early years Bruce Goff's father, Corliss, was the youngest of seven children born to a builder in Cameron, Missouri, who learned to be a watch repairman at an early age, and moved to Wakeeney, Kansas, where he opened his own watch repair business. He married a young schoolteacher in 1903 at the home of her parents in Ellis, Kansas. Soon after marriage, they moved to the farm town of Alton, Kansas, where their son Bruce was born on June 8, 1904. Life was very difficult for the Goffs in Alton, so they moved south to Indian Territory and lived on land that would become Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keli Goff
Keli Goff (born July 20, 1979) is an American producer, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and collector. She is a contributor to various news outlets and has written for a number of popular television shows, including '' And Just Like That...'', the reboot of the television series ''Sex and the City'', and '' Mayor of Kingstown''. A longtime contributor and fill-in guest host for public radio's '' Left, Right & Center,'' in 2023, Goff began writing a column for ''The Hollywood Reporter'' interviewing political leaders about Hollywood. Early life Originally from Missouri City, Texas, Goff graduated from Elkins High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from New York University and a master's degree in strategic communications from Columbia University. Early career as a journalist and author Goff first came to prominence with the publication of her first book, ''Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence'', which examined the perspectives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Goff
Jonathan Goff (born December 12, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores and was selected by the New York Giants in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL draft. He was a member of the Super Bowl XLVI Giants, defeating the New England Patriots, though he remained on injured reserve for the entire season. Early life Jonathan Goff was born to Gwendolyn Tyre and Tobie Goff in Atlanta, Georgia. He was raised by his mother in Stoneham, Massachusetts, with his older brother, Jason. Goff grew up swimming and playing soccer, tennis and basketball. Goff qualified for the Johns Hopkins Gifted and Talented student program based on SAT scores received when he was twelve years old. He began playing football in the 8th grade in the Wakefield (Massachusetts) Pop Warner League. Goff played high school football at St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Goff
John William Goff Sr. (January 1, 1848 – November 9, 1924) was an American lawyer and judge from New York City. Early life and education Born in County Wexford, Ireland, Goff emigrated with his family to the United States while still a child. The family settled in New York City, where Goff worked for ten years as a clerk in a dry goods store while attending night classes at Cooper Union. In 1865, he took a job as a junior clerk in an attorney's office and eventually was admitted to the bar. Politics Ireland Goff was a committed Irish nationalist and in 1875 he played a prominent part in arranging for the rescue of six Fenian rebels imprisoned in a British penal colony in Western Australia. The seaborne expedition, which successfully evaded Royal Navy patrols, involving the New Bedford whaler ''Catalpa'', was popularly known as 'Goff's Irish Rescue Party'. New York City In 1888, Goff was appointed as Assistant New York County District Attorney by D.A. John R. Fellows. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Goff
Jerry Leroy Goff (born April 12, 1964) is an American former professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Houston Astros. He was listed at and 207 pounds. In his last major league game, Goff tied two other players for the major league record for most passed balls in a single game post-1900. He is the father of NFL quarterback Jared Goff. Amateur career Goff was drafted twice as a player while attending San Rafael High School, by the Oakland Athletics in 1983 and the New York Yankees in 1984, but elected instead to attend the University of California, Berkeley. He is ninth in career home runs for Cal (29; tied with Josh Satin). Goff was drafted in the third round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft, 63rd overall, by the Seattle Mariners. He agreed to sign and went professional. Professional career Goff struggled with a low batting average while advancing through Seattle's minor league system, but also s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Le Goff
Jacques Le Goff (; 1 January 1924 – 1 April 2014) was a French historian and prolific author specializing in the Middle Ages, particularly the 12th and 13th centuries. Le Goff championed the Annales School movement, which emphasizes long-term trends over the topics of politics, diplomacy, and war that dominated 19th-century historical research. From 1972 to 1977, he was the head of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. He was a leading figure of New History, related to cultural history. Le Goff argued that the Middle Ages formed a civilization of its own, distinct from both Classical Antiquity and the modern world. Life and writings A prolific medievalist of international renown, Le Goff was sometimes considered the principal heir and continuator of the movement known as Annales School (''École des Annales''), founded by his intellectual mentor Marc Bloch. Le Goff succeeded Fernand Braudel in 1972 at the head of the École des hautes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Goff
Jared Thomas Goff (born October 14, 1994) is an American professional football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears, setting Pac-12 Conference single-season records for passing yards and passing touchdowns. Goff was selected with the first overall pick by the Los Angeles Rams in the 2016 NFL draft. He had a breakout season in 2017, leading the Rams to their first playoff appearance since 2004. The following year, Goff led the Rams to Super Bowl LIII. He received Pro Bowl honors in both seasons. In 2021, Goff was traded from the Rams to the Lions. In his third year with Detroit, he led the Lions to their first playoff win since 1991, and advanced to the NFC Championship Game. Goff earned Pro Bowl honors again in 2022 and 2024. Early life Goff was born in San Rafael, California, and raised in Novato, California, the son of Jerry Goff, a former Major League Baseball player. He has an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Lyndon Goff
Pamela Lyndon Travers ( ; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-born British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the ''Mary Poppins'' series of books, which feature the eponymous magical nanny. Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, and grew up in the Australian bush before being sent to boarding school in Sydney. Her writing was first published when she was a teenager, and she also worked briefly as a professional Shakespearean actress. Upon emigrating to England at the age of 24, she took the name "Pamela Lyndon Travers" and adopted the pen name P. L. Travers in 1933 while writing the first of eight ''Mary Poppins'' books. Travers travelled to New York City during World War II while working for the British Ministry of Information. At that time, Walt Disney contacted her about selling to Walt Disney Productions the rights for a film adaptation of ''Mary Poppins''. After years of contact, which inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff
Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff (, Kneeland; pen name, H. N. K. Goff; October 10, 1828 - April 10, 1901) was an American temperance reformer and author. For many years, she was a contributor to the public press, and three books followed, ''Was it an Inheritance?'' (1876), ''Other Fools and Their Doings, Or, Life Among the Freedmen'' (1880), and ''Who Cares'' (1887). She was elected Right Worthy Grand Vice-Templar of the British branch in the rupture of the International Organisation of Good Templars. She was an international temperance lecturer beginning in 1870, and for six years, her especial work was for the employment of police matrons in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. Goff was the first woman ever placed upon a nominating committee to name candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States. Early life and education Harriet Newell Kneeland was born in Watertown, New York, October 10, 1828, of New England ancestry. Her father, Mr. Kneeland, was a mechani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
