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Philander (given Name)
Philander is a given name. Notable people with this given name include: * Philander Chase (1775–1852), Episcopal Church bishop, educator, founder of Kenyon College, and pioneer of the United States western frontier * Philander Claxton Philander Priestly Claxton (September 28, 1862 – January 12, 1957) was an American educator and administrator. Biography Philander Claxton was born in Bedford County, Tennessee. He was educated at the University of Tennessee where he obtained ... (1862–1957), American journalist * Philander P. Humphrey (1823–1862), American physician and politician. * Philander Chase Johnson (1866–1939), American journalist * Philander C. Knox (1853–1921), American lawyer and politician * Philander Prescott (1801–1862), American translator * Philander Smith (1809–1882), American philanthropist and eponym of Philander Smith College * Philander Stephens (1788–1861), Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philander Chase
Philander Chase (December 14, 1775 – September 20, 1852) was an Episcopal Church bishop, educator, and pioneer of the United States western frontier, especially in Ohio and Illinois. Early life and family Born in Cornish, New Hampshire, to one of the town's founders, Dudley Chase, and his wife Allace Corbett, Philander Chase was the youngest of fourteen children, and ultimately survived all his siblings. His ancestors had been Puritans who fled to New England. His father, a deacon at their local Congregational church, wanted one of his five sons to become a minister. As had three of his brothers (who however, had no inclinations toward ministry), Philander enrolled at Dartmouth College. As a student, Chase became acquainted with the Book of Common Prayer and became a lay reader in the Episcopal Church. After graduating in 1795, he worked as a lay reader in various New England towns while studying for ordination. Thus, he helped establish Trinity Church in his hometown. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philander Claxton
Philander Priestly Claxton (September 28, 1862 – January 12, 1957) was an American educator and administrator. Biography Philander Claxton was born in Bedford County, Tennessee. He was educated at the University of Tennessee where he obtained both his Bachelor (1882) and Masters of Arts (1887). He continued his studies at Johns Hopkins University, as well as in Germany. Claxton received an honorary Litt.D. from Bates College in 1906. He became the superintendent of schools in North Carolina (1883–93) and subsequently he became professor of pedagogy and German at the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College from 1893 to 1902, and in 1896 director of that institution's Practice and Observation School. Professor Claxton was also editor of the ''North Carolina Journal of Education'' (1897-1901) and of the ''Atlantic Educational Journal'' (1901–03). He then moved back to his home state of Tennessee in 1902 to take up the post of Professor of Education at the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Philander may mean: * to have sexual intercourse with many women * ''Philander'' (mammal), a genus of opossums * "Philander", a historic name for the dusky pademelon (''Thylogale brunii'') * Philander (mythology) * Philander (given name) * Philander (surname) Philander is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * David Philander (born 1987) Namibia rugby union player * Luke Philander (born 1997), South African cricketer * Vernon Philander (born 1985), South African cricketer * Wendy Phil ... See also * Philando, given name {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philander Chase Johnson
Philander Chase Johnson (1866–1939) was an American journalist, humorist, poet, lyricist, and dramatic editor. At the time of his death, he had been a ''Washington Evening Star'' staff member for 47 years. Prior to joining the ''Evening Star'', he had been an editorial writer for ''The Washington Post''. Works * ''Sayings of Uncle Eben'' (1896) * ''Now-A-Day Poems'' (1900) * ''Songs Of The G. O. P.'' (1900) * ''Senator Sorghum's primer of politics'' (1906) * ''No use kickin' '' (1909) * ''In the tall timber : an opera bluffe'' (1912) * '' Somewhere In France Is the Lily'' (1917). L: Joseph E. Howard Joseph Edgar Howard (February 12, 1870May 19, 1961) was an American Broadway theatre, Broadway composer, lyricist, Libretto, librettist, and performer. A famed member of Tin Pan Alley along with wife and composer Ida Emerson as part of the song-w ... * There's a Call for You and Me, Carry On (1918). m: William T. Pierson References External links * American male journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Philander may mean: * to have sexual intercourse with many women * ''Philander'' (mammal), a genus of opossums * "Philander", a historic name for the dusky pademelon (''Thylogale brunii'') * Philander (mythology) * Philander (given name) * Philander (surname) See also * Philando, given name {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philander Prescott
Philander Prescott (September 17, 1801August 18, 1862) was an American trader, interpreter, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Minnesota. The town of Prescott, Wisconsin was first settled by and named after him. Biography Philander Prescott was the son of Dr. Joel Prescott and Phildelia Reed. He was a native of Phelps, Ontario County, New York. He headed west in the spring of 1819, stopping a few months in Detroit, Michigan Territory, before continuing west to Fort Snelling, then also in Michigan Territory. In 1823, he married Na-he-no-Wenah (Spirit of the Moon), also known as Mary Ke E Hi, daughter of Man-Who-Flies, a Dakota subchief who lived near Lake Calhoun. She was born –1806 and died on March 29, 1867, at Shakopee, Minnesota. They had sons, William Prescott; Hiram Prescott (born December 21, 1831 or 1832); and Lorenzo Taliferro Prescott (c. 1839 – January 2, 1869); as well as a daughter, Lucy Prescott Pettijohn; and two more children. During his life on the frontier, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philander Smith
Philander Smith (November 23, 1809 – February 24, 1882) was an American real estate agent and philanthropist. Philander Smith University is his namesake. Biography Philander Smith was the son of David Smith, whose 1801 sawmill in upstate New York gave name to the village of Smith’s Mills (now the town of Adams). Among the early settlers at Oak Park, Illinois, Smith and wife Adeline provided financial assistance to Methodist missions in India, China, and Japan. Smith died in Oak Park on February 24, 1882, and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois. His widow Adeline continued to give away his $125,000 fortune to a number of causes for a dozen years after his death. Her gift that year to the Methodists' Walden Seminary in Little Rock, Arkansas resulted in its immediate renaming as Philander Smith College. Legacy * In 2003, the Historical Association of South Jefferson ountymoved into the former Philander Smith House at 29 East Church Street in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philander Stephens
Philander Stephens (1788 – July 8, 1842) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Philander Stephens was born near Montrose, Pennsylvania. He served as coroner in 1815, county commissioner in 1818 and sheriff in 1821. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1824 and 1825. Stephens was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury during the Twenty-second Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832 Events January–March * January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society. * January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white pla .... He resumed agricultural and mercantile pursuits and died probably in Springville Township, Pennsylvania. Interm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
