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Opal (given Name)
Opal is a primarily feminine rarely masculine given name derived from the name of the gemstone opal. The gemstone is the birthstone for October. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit (), which means 'jewel'. It came into use along with other gemstone names during the late Victorian era. The iridescent, many-colored gem was called the “queen of gems” in Ancient Rome. The name has recently increased in usage, a trend that has been attributed to a renewed interest in “cottagecore names” with a vintage sensibility that are rooted in the natural world. Author Laura Wattenberg calls the sound of the name unique. Opal was among the 100 most popular names for girls born in the United States from 1900 to 1920 and remained among the top 500 most popular names for girls there until 1950. It declined in popularity but has again increased in usage. It has been among the 1,000 most popular names for American girls since 2017. It was the 344th most common name for females in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vonnoh
Robert William Vonnoh (September 17, 1858 – 28 December 1933) was an American Impressionist painter known for his portraits and landscapes. He traveled extensively between the American East Coast and France, more specifically the artists colony Grez-sur-Loing. Biography Robert William Vonnoh was born on 17 September 1858 in Hartford, Connecticut. He studied in Boston at the Massachusetts Normal Art School now called Massachusetts College of Art and Design, then in Paris at the Académie Julian under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. He taught at the Massachusetts Normal Art School (1879-1881),"Members of the School Faculty, 1873-1938," Fiftieth Anniversary Record, 1888-1938 (Boston: Massachusetts School of Art Alumni Association, 1938). p. 104 at the Cowles Art School in Boston (1884–1885), at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1883–1887), and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1891–1896). Vonnoh became a member of the National A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal Wilcox Barron
Opal Wilcox Barron (September 19, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was First Lady of West Virginia from 1961 to 1965. She was born in Boyer, West Virginia. She married William Wallace Barron on February 15, 1936, in Amherst, Virginia. William Barron held several offices in state government before finally serving as Governor of West Virginia from 1961 to 1965, during which time Opal Barron served as First Lady, promoting the state's centennial celebration and persuading her husband to initiate a campaign to conserve the forests and beautify the state. In 1962, in the heat of the Cold War, she appeared on television to inform West Virginians how to equip and supply a fallout shelter. The entire family also participated in the Sabin vaccine program to prevent polio. After leaving office, Opal and William lived in Pompano Beach, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina."West Virginia's First Ladies", West Virginia Division of Culture and History (June 2007) Following her husband's dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Feminine Given Names
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opie Cates
Opie Cates (10 October 1909, in Arkansas – 6 November 1987, in Oklahoma) was an American clarinet player and band leader in the 1930s and 1940s, during the swing era, who became a radio actor. Life and career Cates was born Opal Taft Cates, the son of a farmer in Arkansas, and was also raised in Kansas and Missouri. By 1931 he was on the radio with his own band. He served for a time in the 1940s as musical director on radio's '' Judy Canova Show'', where his Arkansas drawl amused audiences when he introduced songs. He then became the star of his own radio sitcom, ''The Opie Cates Show'', on ABC in 1947–1948, where he played a naive rube getting adjusted to big city life. Barbara Fuller played his love interest, with Francis X. Bushman as her father, Opie's boss. Cates would begin each show by saying, "The doggonedest thing happened to me th' other day," and proceed to introduce the episode's plot. The show found no sponsor and lasted only thirteen weeks. He reappeared in mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal Whiteley
Opal Irene Whiteley (December 11, 1897 – February 16, 1992) was an American nature writer and diarist whose childhood journal was first published in 1920 as ''The Story of Opal'' in serialized form in the ''Atlantic Monthly'', then later that same year as a book with the title ''The Story of Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart''. It gave Whiteley celebrity status in her home state of Oregon, where she toured giving lectures on nature and the environment. She lived her later life in England, where she committed herself to a psychiatric hospital in 1948; she spent the remainder of her life in psychiatric care until her death in 1992. Whiteley's true origins and the veracity of her diary were disputed during her lifetime, and continue to be questioned today. Biography Whiteley apocryphally claimed to be the daughter of Henri, Prince of Orléans, who died unmarried in 1901. According to Whiteley, she was taken to Oregon in 1904 and brought to a lumber camp, where she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal Sofer
Opal Sofer ( he, אופל סופר; born 20 May 1997) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for ASA Tel Aviv ASA Tel Aviv ( he, אס"א תל אביב), is a handball club in Tel Aviv, Israel that competes in the Ligat Winner (Israeli premier league). The club was established in 1982. The team won the league championship in 2002 and five state cups (20 ... and the Israel women's national team. International career Sofer has been capped for the Israel national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle. International goals References External links * * * 1997 births Living people Israeli women's footballers Footballers from Even Yehuda Women's association football midfielders Ligat Nashim players Israel women's international footballers {{Israel-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Opal Search
Sara Opal Piontkowski Heron Search (14 July 1890 - 3 September 1961) was an American composer who wrote chamber music as well as works for orchestra, concert band, and voice under the name Sara Opal Search. Search was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Her mother was Countess Dolly von Piontkowski. Little is known about her education. She married Herbert Heron The Forest Theater is an historic amphitheater in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Founded in 1910, it is one of the oldest outdoor theaters west of the Rockies. Actor/director Herbert Heron is generally cited as the founder and driving force, and ... in 1905 or 1906, and they had two children, Billie and Constance. In 1923, she divorced Heron and married cellist and composer Frederick Preston Search, who was an orchestra leader at the Hotel del Monte in Carmel, California, at the time. Search’s first composition, ''Symphony in c minor'', was copyrighted in 1941. In a letter to Howes Norris Jr., who had requested her autograph, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal J
Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·''n''H2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Due to its amorphous property, it is classified as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are considered minerals. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most commonly found with limonite, sandstone, rhyolite, marl, and basalt. The name ''opal'' is believed to be derived from the Sanskrit word (), which means 'jewel', and later the Greek derivative (), which means 'to see a change in color'. There are two broad classes of opal: precious and common. Precious opal displays play-of-color (iridescence); common opal does not. Play-of-color is defined as "a pseudo chromatic optical effect resulting in flashes of colored light from certain minerals, as they are turned in white light." The internal structure of precious opal causes it to diffr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal Lee
Opal Lee (born October 7, 1926) is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth". On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Senate Bill S. 475, making Juneteenth the eleventh federal holiday. Early life Lee was born in Marshall, Texas on October 7, 1926. She was the oldest of three children of Mattie (Broadous) and Otis Flake. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas. The Flakes later moved to the 7th Ward of Fort Worth, Texas (also known as Terrell Heights). In June 1939, her parents bought a house in the 900 block of East Annie Street, then a mostly white area. On June 19, 1939, 500 white rioters vandalized and burned down her home. Lee was twelve years old at the time. Recalling it years later, she said, "The fact that it happened on the 19th day of June has spurred me to make people understand that Junetee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal Kunz
Opal Kunz (November 6, 1894 – May 15, 1967) was an early American aviator, the chief organizer of the Betsy Ross Air Corps, and a charter member of the Ninety-Nines organization of women pilots. In 1930, she became the first woman pilot to race with men in an open competition. She made many public appearances to urge more women to take up flying. Personal history Opal Logan Giberson was born in 1894 or 1896 in Missouri to Edward F. Giberson and his wife. She graduated from Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In 1923, she married mineralogist George Frederick Kunz (1856–1932). The marriage was annulled in 1929. The couple remained on good terms, with Kunz caring for George for the remainder of his life. On his death, he left her a substantial bequest. Aviation career Kunz earned her pilot's license in 1929. A crash two weeks later in New Jersey drew extensive press coverage; she escaped uninjured. A second crash two years later left her with gasoline burns. She s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal Hill
Opal S. Trout Hill (June 2, 1892 – June 23, 1981) was an American professional golfer. She won the Women's Western Open in 1935 and 1936. Opal Trout was born in Newport, Nebraska but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She married Oscar S. Hill, an attorney. As she was suffering from a lingering kidney infection, her doctor recommended mild exercise and she took up golf at the age of 31. She won numerous amateur tournaments. Hill became a golf professional in 1938, and was one of the 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950."History of Women's Golf in America – From Amateur to Professional" (Retrieved on March 10, 2008) Hill died in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal Carew
Opal Carew is the pseudonym of Elizabeth Batten-Carew, a Canadian erotic romance novelist. She also writes science fiction under the name, Amber Carew. Biography Carew was born as Elizabeth Batten in Toronto and was the youngest of five siblings. She majored in math in college, and then worked as a software developer, before resigning shortly after the birth of her second child in the early 1990s to focus on writing. After she began writing, she found that it was important to her to create erotic books that portray sex in a positive light. She wants women to feel good about enjoying sexual feelings. Carew lives in Stittsville and has two children. Work During the 1990s, Carew sold romantic short stories to magazines. Her first book was published in 2004, and her first large publishing deal was with St. Martin's Press in 2007. She mainly publishes erotic work, but also writes science fiction under the pseudonym, Amber Carew. Carew writes around three books a year and enjoys wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
