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Knickerbocker Base Ball Club
Knickerbocker or Knickerbockers may also refer to: People * Knickerbocker (surname), including a list of people with the surname, and an explanation of the term's 19th-century popularity Groups * Knickerbockers, an imagined New York aristocracy invented by Washington Irving in ''A History of New York'' ** Specifically, as a demonymic nickname, a denizen of the borough of Manhattan Writers * Knickerbocker Group, consisting of Washington Irving and other frequent contributors to ''The Knickerbocker'' literary magazine * Cholly Knickerbocker, a pseudonym used by a series of society columnists in the ''New York American'' and the ''New York Journal-American'' * Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving * Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker, American writer and journalist * Suzy Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of columnist Aileen Mehle Historical events * Knickerbocker Crisis, a financial crisis in the United States in 1907 * Knickerbocker storm, a 1922 blizzard * Knickerbocker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Knickerbocker (surname)
Knickerbocker, also spelled ''Knikkerbakker'', ''Knikkerbacker'', and ''Knickerbacker'', is a surname that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland that was popularized by Washington Irving in 1809 when he published his satirical ''A History of New York'' under the pseudonym "Diedrich Knickerbocker". The name was also a term for Manhattan's aristocracy "in the early days" and became a general term, now obsolete, for a New Yorker. The term is also used to refer to the Anglo-Dutch "old line" families of New York City, as opposed to New England "Yankee" interlopers and other newcomers. Notable people with the surname * Austin Knickerbocker (1918–1997), American professional baseball player * Brianna Knickerbocker (born 2001), American voice actress * Bill Knickerbocker (1911–1963), American professional baseball player * David Buel Knickerbacker (1833–1894), 3rd Protestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Indiana * Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker (c. 1650 – c. 1720), Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |