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Hildreth (name)
Hildreth is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Ellen Hildreth, co-inventor of the Marr–Hildreth algorithm in machine vision. * Horace A. Hildreth, governor of Maine, 1945–1949 * James Hildreth, cricketer * Lee Hildreth, footballer * Lou Wills Hildreth (1928–2019), American Southern gospel performer, songwriter, talent agent and television host * Mark Hildreth, wrestler, known as Van Hammer * Mark Hildreth (actor) * Richard Hildreth, journalist, historian * Sam Hildreth, racehorse trainer * Samuel Hildreth (American Revolution) (1750–1823), a surgeon in the Massachusetts militia and aboard Massachusetts naval privateers during the American Revolutionary War * Samuel Prescott Hildreth (1783–1863), a pioneer physician, scientist, and historian in Ohio and the Northwest Territory * Wes Hildreth, or E. W. Hildreth, a notable USGS geologist Given name: * Hildreth Frost, Colorado National Guardsman and lawyer * Hildreth Glyn-Jone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Hildreth
Ellen Catherine Hildreth is a professor of computer science at Wellesley College. Her fields are visual perception and computer vision. She co-invented the Marr-Hildreth algorithm along with David Marr. She completed all of her higher education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1977, a Master of Science from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) in 1980, and a Ph.D. from EECS in 1983. Her thesis, "The Measurement of Visual Motion", won an Honorable Mention from the Association for Computing Machinery. She is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Hildreth is married to Eric Grimson William Eric Leifur Grimson (born 1953) is a Canadian-born computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served as Chancellor from 2011 to 2014. An expert in computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace A
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his '' Odes'' as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."Quintilian 10.1.96. The only other lyrical poet Quintilian thought comparable with Horace was the now obscure poet/metrical theorist, Caesius Bassus (R. Tarrant, ''Ancient Receptions of Horace'', 280) Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses ('' Satires'' and ''Epistles'') and caustic iambic poetry ('' Epodes''). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hildreth
James Charles Hildreth (born 9 September 1984) is a former English professional cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club. He attended Millfield School, Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Hildreth represented England at all youth levels including the 2003–04 Under-19 World cup held in Bangladesh. He made his first-class debut in 2003 and became a regular member of the side from the start of the 2004 season. The James Hildreth Stand was opened by him at Somerset County Cricket Ground on 21 September 2022. Domestic career Early life and career Born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Hildreth attended Millfield, a private school in Street, Somerset described as a "great nursery of the game f cricket. He finished third in the school's batting averages in 2000, with 30.38 and a top-score of 75 not out. The following season his batting figures were significantly worse—he averaged just 14.30—but he topped the school' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hildreth
Lee Mark Hildreth (born 22 November 1988) is an English footballer who plays for Southern League Premier Central side Barwell, where he plays as a midfielder. Playing career Coventry City Hildreth joined Coventry City as an eight-year-old after being scouted playing for Hartshill Sports and the Nuneaton-born midfielder went on to captain the City under 18s. He also scored the winning goal in extra-time for Coventry City reserves in the Senior Cup against Nuneaton Borough. They then went on to lift the trophy in May and he followed that success up by making his first-team debut as a late substitute on the final day of the 2006/07 season against Burnley as a substitute for Jay Tabb. At the end of the season he signed his first professional contract with a one-year deal; however, he did not make another appearance for Coventry and at the end of the 2007–2008 season manager Chris Coleman announced Hildreth would be one of eight first team player whose contracts would not be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Wills Hildreth
Lou Wills Hildreth (July 13, 1928 – February 28, 2019) was an American Southern gospel performer, songwriter, talent agent and television host. She was the first woman to have owned a talent agency in the Southern gospel industry as the president of the Nashville Talent Agency. She was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame. Early life Hildreth was born on July 13, 1928, in Memphis, Texas. Her family, the Wills, were Southern gospel performers. Career Hildreth began her career as a Southern gospel performer with her family, the Singing Wills Family. In the 1960s, she hosted ''Wills Family Inspirational Time''. Over the course of her career, she has also hosted ''Hill Country Gospel TV'' and ''Inside Gospel'', ''Family Lifestyles'' and ''Nashville Gospel''. Hildreth was a songwriter. She was the founder and owner of the Nashville Talent Agency, a talent agency based in Nashville, Tennessee. As such, she was "the first femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Hammer
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially-equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages. Word origin and usage Van meaning a type of vehicle arose as a contraction of the word caravan. The earliest records of a van as a vehicle i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hildreth (actor)
Mark Hildreth (born 24 January 1978) is a Canadian actor appearing in movie and television roles. A graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada, Mark Hildreth's theater credits include '' Hamlet (The Shakespeare Project)'', Bertram in ''All's Well that Ends Well ( Bard on the Beach)'', Richard of Gloucester in ''Richard III (NTSC)'' and ''Cale Blackwell in Fire (Teatre Lac Brome)''. He also starred as Pastor Tom Hale in the ABC drama ''Resurrection''. Life and career Active as an actor since 1986, Hildreth has provided voiceovers since the age of 10, when he was cast as the voice of Beany in DiC Entertainment's production of '' Beany and Cecil''. Since then, major roles have included: Caz in '' The New Adventures of He-Man'', Alex Mann in ''Action Man''; Hi-Tech in the direct-to-video CGI animated movies '' G.I. Joe: Spy Troops'' and '' G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom''; Quicksilver in '' Wolverine and the X-Men''; Terry Bogard in the '' Fatal Fury'' series; Oberon in "A Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hildreth
Richard Hildreth (June 28, 1807 – July 11, 1865), was an American journalist, author and historian. He is best known for writing his six-volume ''History of the United States of America'' covering 1497–1821 and published 1840-1853. Historians consider it a highly accurate political history of the early Republic, but with a strong bias in favor of the Federalist Party and the abolition of slavery. Early life Hildreth was born at Deerfield, Massachusetts. He was the son of Hosea Hildreth (1782–1835), who was a teacher of mathematics and later a Congregational minister.Hughes, Lynn Gordon "Richard Hildreth,"''Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography''; retrieved January 9, 2012. His mother was Sarah McLeod, who had married Hosea in 1806.Braeman, John. "Richard Hildreth," in Clyde N. Wilson (ed.), ''American Historians, 1607-1865'', Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 30, Detroit: Gale Research, 1984, 117. Hosea Hildreth was appointed professor of mathematics and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Hildreth
Samuel Clay Hildreth (May 16, 1866 – September 24, 1929) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner. Retrieved July 22, 2017 Biography Born in , Sam Hildreth began his training career in 1887, competing at racetracks in the with such horses as the good racemare |
Samuel Hildreth (American Revolution)
Samuel Hildreth (1750–1823) was a surgeon in the Massachusetts militia'' Ohio Historical Quarterly, Volume 64'', 45. and aboard Massachusetts naval privateersConard, ''History of Milwaukee, Vol II'', 364. during the American Revolutionary War, and was subsequently a prisoner-of-war. Life Samuel Hildreth was born in 1750 in on a farm in Townsend, Massachusetts. At the age of twenty he took the occupation of cooper in order to earn enough to study medicine. In 1774 he began his studies under Dr. John Brown of Wilmington in Essex County. Two years later, he set up a practice in Methuen. In May 1776 he married Abagail Bodwell. In October 1777, he went as a surgeon, with the volunteers mustered to confront General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, where he also treated Hessian soldiers. He then resumed his medical practice. He then took position as ship's surgeon on a privateer out of Marblehead. In 1780, he shipped out of Salem, but was captured by the British and taken with other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Prescott Hildreth
Samuel Prescott Hildreth (1783–1863) was a pioneer physician, scientist, and historian, authoring numerous scientific and historical works. His history books are largely based on first-person accounts and primary documents, providing insight into the early settlement of Marietta, Ohio, and the Northwest Territory and the lives of early pioneers.Johnson and Brown, ''Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. V''.Wilson and Fiske, ''Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Vol. III'', 201.Silliman, ''American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series, Vol. XXXVI, Nov. 1863'', 312-13. Early life Samuel Prescott Hildreth was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, on September 30, 1783. His father, Dr. Samuel Hildreth of Massachusetts, was a physician with a regiment of volunteers during the American Revolutionary War, served as surgeon aboard a privateer, and became a prisoner-of-war. Samuel Prescott Hildreth was educated at the Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Hildreth
Edward Wesley Hildreth III, (usually known as Wes Hildreth) is an American field geologist and volcanologist employed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). He is a fellow of both the Geological Society of America (GSA), and the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Hildreth was described as "one of the great volcanologists/petrologists of our time" in the magazine ''Wired''. Biography Hildreth was born in 1938 in Newton, Massachusetts. He grew up 'bi-coastal', both in the Boston Area, and in Marin County, Bay Area. He spent his first two years of school in Belvedere, California, years three through ten in Massachusetts, and years ten through twelve in Mill Valley, California. Hildreth went to Harvard University, taking some time out between his sophomore and junior years to train with an army reserve unit. In 1961, Hildreth graduated with B.A. in geology. He began working as a Research Geologist in 1977, before which he was a Naturalist for the National Park Service and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
