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Griffis or Griffiss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Elliot Griffis, composer *William Elliot Griffis, orientalist *Rhoda Griffis (born 1965), American actress *Townsend Griffiss, aviator See also *16253 Griffis, asteroid *Griffiss International Airport, in Rome, New York *Griffis Sculpture Park, in Cattaraugus County, New York {{surname, Griffis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Griffis
John Elliot Griffis (January 28, 1893 – 1967) was an American composer. Born in Boston, the son of the noted Orientalist William Elliot Griffis, he attended public schools in Ithaca, New York, as well as The Manlius School before going to Ithaca College. He went to Yale University to work with Horatio Parker from 1913 until 1915, and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music with Daniel Gregory Mason, Harry Newton Redman, and George Whitefield Chadwick before serving in the United States Army. In 1931, he was awarded a Pulitzer Fellowship for his String Quartet in C Major. unattributed author) "Former Ithaca Musicians On Program," ''The Ithaca Journal'' April 26, 1939, p. 5. (This was twelve years before the Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943.) Griffis taught at Grinnell College, the Westchester Conservatory of Music and the St. Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Elliot Griffis
William Elliot Griffis (September 17, 1843 - February 5, 1928) was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author.Brown, John Howard. (1904)."Griffis, William Elliot,"''The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.'' Boston: The Biographical Society. Early life Griffis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a sea captain and later a coal trader. During the American Civil War, he served two months as a corporal in Company H of the 44th Pennsylvania Militia after Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania in 1863. After the war, he attended Rutgers University at New Brunswick, New Jersey, graduating in 1869. At Rutgers, Griffis was an English and Latin language tutor for , a young ''samurai'' from the province of Echizen (part of modern Fukui). After a year of travel in Europe, he studied at the seminary of the Reformed Church in America in New Brunswick (known today as the New Brunswick Theological Seminary). Moderni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhoda Griffis
Rhoda Griffis (born January 9, 1965) is an American actress who has played supporting roles both in independent and mainstream films and television. Life and career Griffis appeared onstage in ''Angels in America'', ''Proof'', '' Collected Stories'', and ''The Dark at the Top of the Stairs''. Her first film role was in the 1992 drama '' Love Field'', in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy. Her non-stage acting debut was in the television movie '' A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story''. She appeared in other made-for-TV films and series - including '' In the Heat of the Night''. Griffis worked for seven seasons with The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, for five seasons with Charlotte Rep, as well as appearing with the Saint Louis Repertory, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Theatre by the Sea (Portsmouth, NH). In Atlanta, Griffis has appeared frequently on stage with the Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, and for three seasons with the Actors Theatre of Atlant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townsend Griffiss
Lieutenant Colonel Townsend E. Griffiss (April 4, 1900 – February 15, 1942) was a United States Army Air Forces aviator, the first American airman killed in Europe following the United States' entry into World War II. Early life Griffiss was born in Buffalo, New York, to polo player Ellicott Evans and Katherine Hamlin, both from wealthy New York families. His mother later married banker and Townsend took his surname. Known to his family as "Tim," he was raised in Coronado, California, an affluent coastal suburb of San Diego. Professional career Griffiss graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1922, and joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. He trained as a fighter pilot in Texas, then served in Hawaii from 1925 to 1928. His family's wealth allowed him to rent a house on Waikiki Beach, and there he wrote a guidebook, ''When You Go to Hawaii You Will Need This Guide to the Islands'', which was published in 1930. He shared his birth-father's passion for pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16253 Griffis
Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number) *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen * ''Sixteen'' (2013 Indian film), a 2013 Hindi film * ''Sixteen'' (2013 British film), a 2013 British film by director Rob Brown Music *The Sixteen, an English choir *16 (band), a sludge metal band *Sixteen (Polish band), a Polish band Albums * ''16'' (Robin album), a 2014 album by Robin * 16 (Madhouse album), a 1987 album by Madhouse * ''Sixteen'' (album), a 1983 album by Stacy Lattisaw *''Sixteen'' , a 2005 album by Shook Ones * ''16'', a 2020 album by Wejdene Songs * "16" (Sneaky Sound System song), 2009 * "Sixteen" (Thomas Rhett song), 2017 * "Sixteen" (Ellie Goulding song), 2019 *"Six7een", by Hori7on, 2023 *"16", by Craig David from ''Following My Intuition'', 2016 *"16", by Green Day from ''39/Smooth'', 1990 *"16", by Highly Suspect from ''MCID'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffiss International Airport
Griffiss International Airport is a public airport in the northeastern United States, located east of the central business district of Rome, a city in Oneida County, New York. Publicly-owned by the county, the airport is located on the former site of Griffiss Air Force Base, which closed in 1995. Four years later, the airfield hosted the Woodstock '99 music festival. Operations from the Oneida County Airport in Oriskany, about south, were transferred here in 2006, after which the county closed that airport in January 2007. Griffiss is a maintenance and storage facility for several regional airlines, including Republic Airways and Envoy Air. Facilities Griffiss International Airport covers an area of and contains one runway: * Runway 15/33: , Surface: Concrete For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2023, the airport had 32,880 aircraft operations; an average of 90 per day: 85% general aviation, 12% military, 3% air taxi, and <1% commercial. H ...
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