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Padgett Wilson
Padgett is a surname, and may refer to: * Cliff Padgett (1879–1951), American boat builder * Dirk Padgett, American lawyer * Don Padgett (1911–1980), American baseball player * Doug Padgett (1934–2024), English cricketer * Ernie Padgett (1899–1957), American baseball player * Guy Padgett (born 1977), American politician * Hubert Padgett (born 1931), British cricketer * John Padgett (1860–1943), cricketer * Joy Padgett (born 1947), American politician * Keith Padgett, Falkland Islands politician * Lemuel P. Padgett (1855–1922), American politician * Lewis Padgett, pseudonym of authors Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore * Marty Padgett, American journalist * Ron Padgett (born 1942), American poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator * Scott Padgett (born 1976), American basketball player and coach * Travis Padgett (born 1986), American track and field athlete * Padgett Powell Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American noveli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Padgett
Clifford E. Padgett (December 19, 1879August 7, 1951) was an American boat building, motorboat builder who built racing boats. He broke the world water speed record in Hydroplane racing, hydroplane boat racing in 1924. Life Padgett was born in 1879 in Barry, Illinois. In 1894 he moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he began an apprenticeship at a blacksmith shop owned by John Reagan. In 1903, Padgett began to take an interest in the river as well as in building a racing boat with a Pierce-Budd 3-cylinder engine. In 1906, he married Reagan's daughter Lillian and opened his own blacksmith shop. With only a Elementary school (United States), fifth-grade education, Padgett took a correspondence course in Technical drawing, mechanical drawing and design. He developed a skill for "Engine tuning, blueprinting" and Wood carving, carving Scale model, miniature boat models out of mahogany. He entered and won his first regatta in 1914, and in 1916 his 16-foot Hydroplane (boat), hydroplane conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Padgett
Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore,Nicholls 1979, p. 445. taken from their mothers' maiden names. They also used the pseudonyms Lawrence O'Donnell and C. H. Liddell, as well as collaborating under their own names. Writing as 'Lewis Padgett' they were the author of many humorous short stories of science fiction in the 1940s and 1950s. Among the most famous were: * The "Gallegher" series of stories, collected in '' Robots Have No Tails'' (Gnome, 1952): ** "The Proud Robot" ** "Gallegher Plus" ** "The World Is Mine" ** "Ex Machina" ** "Time Locker" * "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" * "The Twonky" * "What You Need" "Henry Kuttner: A Memorial Symposium" reproduced a letter from Henry Kuttner to the bibliographer Donald B. Day in which he stated: "Lawrence O’Donnell stories are usually by C. L. Moore. Exceptions: 'This is the House', by Kuttner. 'Fury,' May, June, July 1947, Astounding, collab.by Moore-Kuttner. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Padgett
Peter L. "Pete" Padgett (born June 15, 1954) is an American high school basketball coach. He is best known, however, for his playing career between 1972–73 and 1975–76 while on the Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team. Playing career Pete Padgett played for his father, Jim Padgett, the head coach at Nevada. Padgett, who is , played the power forward position and became one of the most statistically accomplished players in school history. Padgett was selected to the all-conference second team during his freshman year, then was subsequently picked as a first team all-conference member for his final three seasons. Padgett led the West Coast Athletic Conference in rebounding all four seasons and finished his career with 1,464 total, a sum good enough to place him in the top ten all-time in the NCAA's modern era. Although rebounding was his specialty, Padgett finished his career with 1,642 points, which at the time was the third-highest in school history. He also set a confer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Padgett
James Lee Padgett (November 4, 1930 – December 19, 2009) was an American basketball coach. He died of congestive heart failure at 79 years old. He served as head coach at University of California, Berkeley from 1968 to 1972. Padgett coached the University of Nevada from 1972-76. Padgett compiled a 43-61 record in four seasons at Nevada. During his time at Nevada, he coached his son, Pete, who went on to record 1,464 rebounds. This total places Pete in the top 10 all-time in the NCAA's modern era (since 1972–73). The elder Padgett's legacy continues to the present, as Jim's grandson and Pete's son David, a former player at Kansas and Louisville Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city; however, by populatio ..., is currently in coaching. David began that phase of his career as a strength co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padgett Powell
Padgett Powell (born April 25, 1952 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American novelist in the Southern literary tradition. His debut novel, ''Edisto'' (1984), was nominated for thNational Book Awardand was excerpted in ''The New Yorker''. Powell has written five more novels—including ''A Woman Named Drown'' (1987); ''Edisto Revisited'' (1996), a sequel to his debut; ''Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men'' (2000); ''The Interrogative Mood: A Novel?'' (2009); and ''You & Me'' (2012), his most recent—and three collections of short stories. In addition to ''The New Yorker'', Powell's work has appeared in ''The Paris Review'', ''Harper's'', '' Grand Street'', ''Oxford American'', ''The New York Times Book Review'', and other publications. Powell has been a writing professor at the University of Florida since 1984. Awards and honors *198National Book Award nomination, ''Edisto'' *1986 Whiting Award *1987 Rome Fellowship in Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. *2011 James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Padgett
Travis Padgett (born December 13, 1986) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for the United States. He was an All-American and national champion sprinter at Clemson University. He broke the NCAA collegiate record at the 2008 US Olympic Trials qualifiers; recording a time of 9.89 seconds. This brought him into the top twenty fastest athletes in the 100 meters event, and the top ten American athletes.100 Metres All Time . Retrieved on 2009-04-14. In the final of the Olympic Trials, Padgett recorded a |
Scott Padgett
Scott Anthony Padgett (born April 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant to the head coach for Mississippi State men's basketball. He was formerly the head coach at Samford University. He played for the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, New Jersey Nets and Memphis Grizzlies. High school Padgett was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He played basketball at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, was recruited by head coach Rick Pitino and committed to play college basketball for the University of Kentucky. College Padgett saw limited playing time during his freshman season (1994–95) on a roster that included future NBA players Wayne Turner, Tony Delk, Rodrick Rhodes, Walter McCarty, Jeff Sheppard, Mark Pope and Antoine Walker. Padgett averaged 2.0 points per game and 1.2 rebounds per game while appearing in 14 games. He also had academic problems and was not eligible to play during the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Padgett
Ron Padgett (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School (art), New York School. ''Great Balls of Fire'', Padgett's first full-length collection of poems, was published in 1969. He won a 2009 Shelley Memorial Award. In 2018, he won the Robert Frost Medal, Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America. Early life and education Padgett’s father was a bootlegger in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He influenced many of Padgett's works, particularly in the writer's taste for independence and a willingness to deviate from rules, even his own. This would later be described as a stubborn streak of boyishness, allowing a wry innocence in his poetry. Padgett started writing poetry at the age of 13. In an interview, the poet said that he was inspired to write when a girl he had a big crush on did not return his affection. In high school, Padgett became interested in visual arts while continuing to write poetry. He befriended Joe Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Padgett
Marty Padgett is an American journalist, and the editorial director of Internet Brands Automotive's '' The Car Connection, Motor Authority,'' and ''Green Car Reports''. Born in 1969, Padgett is a native of Washington, D.C., and grew up in southern Maryland before going to college at Duke University (history, '91, with honors) and moving to Michigan. He edited the news section in ''Car and Driver'' magazine for five years and wrote road tests. He also appeared on several national radio television programs including CNN's '' TalkBack Live'' and '' Fox Morning News''. After a short turn in public relations at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama, Padgett moved to Atlanta, where he began writing for publications including '' Details'', ''Men's Health'', ''Stuff'', and '' AutoWeek''. He also worked for ''AutoTrader'' before taking on the editorial duties at ''The Car Connection''. Padgett lives in Atlanta, Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemuel P
Lemuel is a Hebrew name, meaning "devoted to God", which may refer to: In religion * Lemuel (biblical king), mentioned in the Book of Proverbs, Chapter 31 * Lemuel (Book of Mormon), the second eldest of Lehi's sons and the brother of Laman, Sam, Nephi, Jacob and Joseph People * Lemuel Francis Abbott (c. 1760 – 1802), English portrait painter * Lemuel Amerman (1846–1897), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Lemuel H. Arnold (1792–1852), 12th Governor of Rhode Island and United States congressman * Lemuel Benton (1754–1818), American planter and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina * Lemuel J. Bowden (1815–1864), American lawyer, politician and U.S. senator from Virginia * Lemuel de Bra (1884–1954), American writer * Lemuel G. Brandebury (1810–1875), first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory * Lemuel Carpenter (c. 1808 – 1859), one of the first Anglo-American settlers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Padgett
Dirk Padgett is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Navy Reserve's Judge Advocate corp. Padgett is notable for his appointment to serve as a prosecutor for a Guantanamo military commission. In civilian life Padgett is a Prosecutor in Bedford County Virginia. He was hired as the Assistant Commonwealth Attorney for Bedford County in late 1995. He was recalled to serve a hitch of active duty in Iraq on October 14, 2004. On January 5, 2005 the ''Roanoke Times'' published an op-ed by Padgett, entitled ''"Beware uninformed blathering about Iraq from the safety of home"''. Padgett, then a Lieutenant Commander serving in Iraq, was critical of civilians at home who criticized the conduct of the war, without ever experiencing military service. Carol Rosenberg, writing in the ''Lakeland Ledger'', on July 15, 2009, described the Military Commission's new electronic audio management system malfunctioning when Commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Padgett
Keith Padgett is an English politician who served as Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands from 2012 to 2016. Before his appointed as Chief Executive, Padgett served as the islands' Financial Secretary from 2008, which was renamed Director of Finance with the implementation of the 2009 Constitution. He also acts as Director of Corporate Resources. Padgett first came to the Falklands in 2001 to serve as Deputy Financial Secretary under Derek Howatt. He was a candidate for Chief Executive in 2007, losing out to Tim Thorogood. In 2008, he succeeded Howatt as Financial Secretary and in 2012 Padgett became Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands, taking over from Thorogood who resigned for family reasons. As Chief Executive, Padgett led the Falkland Islands efforts to develop oil exploration in the Falklands Exclusive Economic Zone and assisted the Governor in leading commemorations for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War The Falklands War () was a ten-week undeclared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
