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Prentiss may refer to: People Given name * Prentiss Barnes (1925–2006), American singer * Prentiss M. Brown (1889–1973), Michigan politician * Robert Prentiss Daniel (1902–1968), American academic * Prentiss Douglass (1884–1949), American football coach and player * Prentiss Hubb (born 1999), American basketball player * Prentiss Ingraham (1843–1904), American soldier and mercenary * Prentiss Mellen (1764–1840), Massachusetts jurist * Prentiss "Air" Noland, American football player * Prentiss Oakley (1905–1957), Louisiana police officer * Prentiss Taylor (1907–1991), American artist * Prentiss Waggner (born 1990), American football player * Prentiss Walker (1917–1998), Mississippi politician Surname * Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950; nee ''Prentiss''), American musician * Ann Prentiss (1939–2010), American actress * Anna Marie Prentiss, American archeologist * Arthur Prentiss (1865–c. 1941), American photographer * Benjamin Prentiss (1819–1901), U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prentiss Barnes
Prentiss Barnes (April 12, 1925October 1, 2006) was an American rhythm and blues singer in the 1950s. Barnes was born in Magnolia, Mississippi. He sang bass for the legendary vocal group The Moonglows which had such hits as "Sincerely (song), Sincerely" and "The Ten Commandments of Love". Mentored by Alan Freed, the group’s doo-wop harmony style achieved great success on the national R&B charts and recorded on Chess Records. Barnes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 as a member of the Moonglows. He has also been inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, The Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and The Doo Wop Hall of Fame. In 1995, he received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award. He was killed in an automobile accident outside Magnolia, Mississippi in 2006. References External links Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame* [ Allmusic] Prentiss Barnes page {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Prentiss 1925 births People from Magnolia, Mississippi American rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Prentiss
Paul Edward Prentiss (September 9, 1908 – March 19, 1992) was an actor in the era of old-time radio.DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 219. He was perhaps best known for portraying the title role on the radio version of ''Captain Midnight''. Early years Prentiss was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Iowa. Radio Radio historian Jim Harmon noted, in his book ''The Great Radio Heroes'', "Ed Prentiss was not the first actor to play Captain Midnight, contrary to some published reports." After Bill Bouchey had the role in the program's second season, Prentiss auditioned for the third season, got the part, and continued as Captain Midnight for seven years. On ''The Guiding Light'' soap opera, Prentiss played Ned (a "neglected youth") and was the program's "omniscient host." Beginning in 1943, Prentiss was narrator for an hour-long block consis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Prentiss
Theodore Prentiss (September 10, 1818August 3, 1906) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the first mayor of Watertown, Wisconsin, and represented Jefferson County for one year in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Prentiss was born on September 10, 1818, in Montpelier, Vermont. He attended the University of Vermont, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, in the Fall of 1844, and finally settled at Watertown the following February. He practiced law in Watertown and became involved in the work of organizing a state government. He was one of only three people to be elected as a delegate to both Wisconsin constitutional conventions. The first, in 1846, produced a constitution that was rejected by voters. The second, in the Winter of 1847–1848, produced the Constitution of Wisconsin ratified in 1848, which allowed Wisconsin to be admitted as the 30th U.S. state. After Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Prentiss
Suzanne M. Prentiss (born October 6, 1964) is an American politician and nationally registered paramedic from Lebanon, New Hampshire. Prentiss is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 5th district. She has also served as a member of the Lebanon City Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough counc ... since 2009 and served as mayor from 2017 to 2019. References 21st-century mayors of places in New Hampshire Democratic Party New Hampshire state senators Women state legislators in New Hampshire Women mayors of places in New Hampshire Women city councillors in New Hampshire 21st-century American women politicians University of Phoenix alumni Saint Michael's College alumni People from Lebanon, New Hampshire Living people 1964 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seargent Smith Prentiss
Seargent Smith Prentiss (September 30, 1808July 1, 1850) was an American attorney and politician. He served as a state representative in Mississippi and then was elected in 1838 as US representative from the state in the Twenty-fifth United States Congress, serving one term from 1838 to 1839. Prentiss was noted as one of the most remarkable orators of his day. Daniel Webster, known himself as a great orator, said that he had never heard a speaker as powerful as Prentiss. Early life Prentiss was born September 30, 1808, in Portland in Massachusetts' District of Maine. He was the son of Captain William Prentiss, a prosperous shipmaster, and his wife. Seargent contracted a virulent fever as an infant, which caused the loss of the use of his limbs for several years. His right leg never fully recovered. During the War of 1812, the economic embargo against the United Kingdom brought his father to the verge of ruin. The family relocated to Gorham, Maine, near Seargent's maternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Prentiss
Samuel Prentiss (March 31, 1782January 15, 1857) was an associate justice and chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, a United States senator from Vermont and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. Education and career Born on March 31, 1782, in Stonington, Connecticut, Prentiss moved with his family to Worcester, Massachusetts, and then to Northfield, Massachusetts, in 1786, where he completed preparatory studies and was instructed in the classics by private tutor Reverend Samuel C. Allen. He studied law in Northfield with attorney Samuel Vose, and in Brattleboro, Vermont, with attorney John W. Blake in 1802. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Montpelier, Vermont, from 1803 to 1824. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1824 to 1825. He was an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1825 to 1829, and chief justice from 1829 to 1830. Political affiliations and unsuccess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Prentiss
Robert G. Prentiss (March 23, 1936 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician. Prentiss was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Pittsfield High School. He then served in the United States Marines Corps during the Korean War. Prentiss graduated from University of Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree in government and his master's degree from University of Iowa. He was a journalist in Massachusetts and served on the Pittsfield City Council. Prentiss moved to Colonie, New York and then lived in Voorheesville, New York. He served on the Albany County, New York Legislature. Prentiss then served in the New York State Assembly from 1994 to 2004. While living in New York, he was a Republican and then switched to the Democratic Party. Prentiss was a Democrat when he was living in Massachusetts. Prentiss died at his home in Voorheesville, New York, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Prentiss
Paula Prentiss (née Ragusa; born March 4, 1938) is an American actress. She is best known for her film roles in '' Where the Boys Are'' (1960), '' Man's Favorite Sport?'' (1964), '' What's New Pussycat?'' (1965), '' Catch-22'' (1970), '' The Parallax View'' (1974), and '' The Stepford Wives'' (1975). From 1967 to 1968, Prentiss co-starred with her husband Richard Benjamin in the CBS sitcom '' He & She'', for which she received a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Early life Prentiss was born Paula Ragusa in San Antonio, Texas, the elder daughter of Paulene (née Gardner) and Thomas J. Ragusa, a social sciences professor at San Antonio's University of the Incarnate Word. Her father was of Sicilian descent, and Prentiss was raised Roman Catholic. She had a younger sister, Ann Prentiss, who was also an actress. Before high school, Paula, who grew to , was always the tallest person in class. She attended Lamar High School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodye Prentiss
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1968. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Connie Kreski (September 19, 1946 – March 21, 1995), an American model and actress, is ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for January 1968 and Playmate of the Year for 1969. Kreski had long taffy-colored hair and blue eyes. Kreski died from a blocked carotid artery on March 21, 1995, in Beverly Hills, California. She was 48. February Nancy Harwood (December 17, 1948 – May 13, 2014) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong. She describes herself in her Playboy.com biography page as "really inexperienced, still a virgin, in fact" at the time she posed for her centerfold. Nancy had an older brother and an older sister. Her father was a pharmacist. She became a representative for several jewelry makers, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes Prentiss
John Holmes Prentiss (April 17, 1784June 26, 1861) was an American newspaper publisher and politician in the U.S. state of New York. He represented New York's 19th congressional district in the 25th and 26th U.S. Congresses from 1837 to 1841. Career Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he attended local and private schools. He completed an apprenticeship as a printer, and then went into the newspaper business. Prentiss became foreman of the ''New York Evening Post'' before moving to Cooperstown, New York, in October 1808. He became the printer of ''The Impartial Observer'', which had been founded by Judge William Cooper. In 1809, the paper's name was changed to ''The Cooperstown Federalist'' to reflect its political affiliation. When Cooper died Prentiss became the paper's owner and editor. In 1818, the name was changed to ''The Freeman's Journal'' dropping the Federalist label as Prentiss shifted his political support to the Democratic-Republican Party. He operated the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Prentiss
Henry Prentiss (1801–1859) manufactured musical instruments, umbrellas and published sheet music, which he sold from his shop on Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ..., in the 19th century. One example of a piece of sheet music sold by Prentiss was a song named ''Our Country '' by Hon. George Lunt in 1847. References Further reading * Mr. Henry Prentiss's Music Store (from the New York Mirror). Daily Atlas (Boston), 09-09-1841; p. 2. External links WorldCat Prints Dept. * Metropolitan Museum of Art Musical Instruments dept. Clarinet in E-flat from Prentiss' shop. American Antiquarian Society 1801 births 1859 deaths Businesspeople from Boston 19th-century American businesspeople 19th century in Boston Sheet mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Prentiss
George Pepper Prentiss (a.k.a. ''George Pepper Wilson'') (June 10, 1876 – September 23, 1902) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1901 through 1902 for the Boston Americans (1901–02) and Baltimore Orioles (1902). Listed at , 175 lb., Prentiss was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware. In a two-season career, Prentiss posted a 3–3 record with 10 strikeouts and a 5.31 ERA in 11 appearances, including seven starts, four complete games, and 57⅓ innings of work. Prentiss died in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, at age 26 from Typhoid fever Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by '' Salmonella enterica'' serotype Typhi bacteria, also called ''Salmonella'' Typhi. Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. Often th .... References External links * Boston Americans players Baltimore Orioles (1901–02) players 20th-century Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
