Grene

	Grene Grene is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Christopher Grene (1629–1697), Jesuit priest David Grene (1913–2002), professor of classics Gregory Grene, American musician Marjorie Grene, American philosopher Martin Grene, English Jesuit See also Greene (other) Green (other) Green is a color. Green may also refer to: Environmentalism Environmentally friendly, or green * Green, a member of a Green party, a political party based on environmentalism Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Green (''Gunstar Her ... {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gregory Grene Gregory Grene is a musician and teacher based in New York City, who grew up in Chicago and County Cavan, Ireland. He is the son of the classicist David Grene. With his band The Prodigals, he writes and plays a style of music that melds Irish traditional and rock influences, and has produced and recorded nine albums with them, as well as a solo album, FlipSides (2008), with musicians ranging from John Doyle, former guitarist with Solas, to Tony Cedras, a multi-instrumentalist who has played in Paul Simon's band since the Graceland tour. Grene's music has received critical acclaim over the years, was included in the Rough Guide to Irish Music compilation, and was featured in the soundtrack for '' Pride and Glory'', a movie starring Ed Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight and Noah Emmerich, as well as on television in the ABC show '' Mercy'' and the FX series ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He currently teaches English literature at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	David Grene David Grene (13 April 1913 – 10 September 2002) was an Irish American professor of classics at the University of Chicago from 1937 until his death. He was a co-founder of the Committee on Social Thought and is best known for his translations of ancient Greek literature. Life David Grene was born in Dublin. He studied at Trinity College and was awarded his MA in 1936. His translations include Herodotus' '' Histories'', Aeschylus' ''Prometheus Bound'' and ''Seven Against Thebes'', Sophocles' '' Oedipus Rex'', '' Electra'', and '' Philoctetes'' and Euripides's '' Hippolytus''. Grene was a close friend and colleague of philosopher Allan Bloom and Nobel laureate Saul Bellow. One of Grene's memoirs, ''Of Farming and Classics'', was published posthumously by the University of Chicago Press in 2006. From 1938 to 1961, he was married to Marjorie Glicksman Grene, the philosopher, who worked on the family farms, first in Illinois, and later in Ireland, as well as writing on existential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marjorie Grene Marjorie Glicksman Grene (December 13, 1910 – March 16, 2009) was an American philosopher. She wrote on existentialism and the philosophy of science, especially the philosophy of biology. She taught at the University of California at Davis from 1965 to 1978. From 1988 until her death, she was Honorary University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Tech. Life and career Grene obtained her first degree, in zoology, from Wellesley College in 1931. She then obtained (from 1933–1935) an M.A. and then a doctorate in philosophy from Radcliffe College. This was, she said, "as close as females in those days got to Harvard". Grene studied with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, leaving Germany in 1933. She was in Denmark in 1935, and then at the University of Chicago. After losing her position there during World War II, she spent 15 years as a mother and farmer. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1976. Her ''New York Times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christopher Grene Christopher Grene (1629–1697), was a Jesuit priest. Grene was the son of George Grene, by his wife Jane Tempest, and brother of Father Martin Grene. He was born in 1629 in the diocese of Kilkenny, Ireland, whither his parents, who were natives of England, and belonged to the middle class, had retired on account of the persecution. He made his early studies in Ireland; entered in 1642 the college of the English Jesuits at Liege, where he lived for five years; was admitted into the English College at Rome for his higher course in 1647; was ordained priest in 1653; and sent to England in 1654. He entered the Society of Jesus 7 September 1658, and was professed of the four vows 2 February 1668–9. He became English penitentiary first at Loreto, and afterwards at St. Peter's, Rome. In 1692 he was appointed spiritual director at the English College, Rome, and he died there on 11 November 1697. He rendered great service to historical students by collecting the scattered record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Martin Grene Martin Grene (1616–1667), was an English Jesuit. Grene, son of George Grene, probably a member of one of the Yorkshire families of the name, by his wife Jane Tempest, is said by Southwell to have been born in 1616 at Kilkenny in Ireland, to which country his parents had retired from their native land on account of the persecution; but the provincial's returns of 1642 and 1655 expressly vouch for his being a native of Kent. He was the elder brother of Christopher Grene. After studying humanities in the college of the English Jesuits at St. Omer, he was admitted to the society in 1638. In 1642 he was a professor in the college at Liege, and he held important offices in other establishments belonging to the English Jesuits on the continent. In 1653 he was stationed in Oxfordshire. He was solemnly professed of the four vows on 3 December 1654. After passing twelve years on the mission he was recalled to Watten, near Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Greene (other) Greene may refer to: Places United States Greene, Indiana, an unincorporated community Greene, Iowa, a city Greene, Maine, a town Greene (CDP), Maine, in the town of Greene Greene (town), New York *Greene (village), New York, in the town of Greene Greene, Rhode Island, a village and census-designated place Greene County (other), 14 counties Greene Township, Pennsylvania (other), seven townships Greene Mountain - see List of mountains in Virginia Greene Island (Rhode Island) Camp Greene, a former United States Army facility in Charlotte, North Carolina Canada Greene Island (Lake Ontario), an island in Lake Ontario Greene Island (Lake Huron), an island in Lake Huron People Greene C. Bronson (1789–1863), American lawyer and politician Other uses , a World War II destroyer Greene Avenue (Montreal), Quebec, Canada The Greene Town Center, also known as The Greene, a mixed-use, office, retail, dining and entertainment center in Beavercreek, Ohi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]