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Pruitt
Pruitt is a surname of English origin. Notable people with that name include: Surname * Anna Seward Pruitt (1862–1948), American missionary to China; mother of Ida Pruitt *Austin Pruitt (born 1989), American baseball player * Charles Pruitt (1930–1985), American politician * Cicero Washington Pruitt (1857–1946), American missionary to China; father of Ida Pruitt * Dillard Pruitt (born 1961), American professional golfer * Elinore Pruitt Stewart, (1876–1933), American homesteader in Wyoming and memoirist * Ervin Pruitt, (born 1940), American professional stock car racer *Etric Pruitt (born 1981), American professional football player * Evelyn Pruitt (1918 – 2000), American geographer best known for the term "remote sensing" *Gabe Pruitt (born 1986), American professional basketball player *Greg Pruitt (born 1951), American professional football player *Ida Pruitt (1888–1985), American social worker, author, speaker, and interpreter of Chinese; daughter of C. W. Pruitt and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Seward Pruitt
Anna (Seward) Pruitt (1862–1948), was born in Tallmadge, Ohio, on May 16, 1862, the daughter of John Woodhouse and Urania (Ashley) Seward. She traveled west in the early 1880s to teach school in Ojai, California; her letters about the trip were later published in the California Historical Quarterly (1937–1938). She was a Protestant Christian missionary in Northern China and belonged to the so-called "missionary generation" of Americans born between the years 1860 - 1885. Early years and children To honor the example of a beloved cousin who had died in mission work in China, Anna Seward decided to travel there as a Presbyterian missionary and settled in Huang Xian, Shandong province in North China, where she met Cicero Washington Pruitt. They married on February 16, 1888, and had five children: Ida (1888–1985), John (1890–1912), Ashley (1892–1898), Virginia (died in infancy, 1894), Robert (1897–1961), and Dudley McConnell "Mac" (1902–1967). The death of Ashley a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Pruitt
Katherine Nicole Pruitt (born March 4, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her debut album, ''Expectations'', was released in 2020 by Rounder Records. Early life and education Pruitt grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. She was raised in a Catholic family and attended Catholic school. She began singing as a child in musical theatre productions. She began learning guitar in middle school with her mother teaching her basic chords and hymns. Pruitt continued singing at open mic nights in Athens, Georgia while attending community college. She attended Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she joined a band and received the first annual Nashville Songwriting Scholarship from the BMI Foundation. Career In 2017, Pruitt was awarded the Buddy Holly Prize from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and signed with Round Hill Records. Her EP, ''OurVinyl Live Session EP'' was released in March 2018. She was named by ''Rolling Stone'' as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Pruitt Taylor Vince (born July 5, 1960) is an American character actor. He became best known for his roles in the films '' Shy People'' (1987) and ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988). He also appeared in '' Jacob's Ladder'' (1990), '' Nobody's Fool'' (1994), ''Heavy'' (1995), '' Beautiful Girls'' (1996), '' The Legend of 1900'' (1998), '' Nurse Betty'' (2000), '' Identity'' (2003), '' Constantine'' (2005), ''Gotti'' (2018), and ''Bird Box'' (2018). He is also known for his role of J.J. Laroche in ''The Mentalist'' (2008-2015). Vince has also appeared on many television series. In 1997, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Clifford Banks in the second season of the television series '' Murder One''. Early life Vince was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He reportedly began studying acting due to a mistake; a computer error in his high school registration scheduled him in an acting class, and he decided to stay. He attended Louisiana State University. For most of his li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Franklin Pruitt
Willie Franklin Pruitt (sometimes misspelled "Pruit"; pen name, Aylmer Ney; January 11, 1865 – February 22, 1947) was an American activist and author. She was engaged in charitable and public enterprises. She was a member of the Texas board of lady managers of the World's Fair Exhibit Association, and the vice-president of the Woman's Humane Association of Fort Worth. Due to her efforts, the city installed a number of drinking fountains for people and for animals. Early life Wilhelmina (nickname, "Willie") Franklin was born in Tennessee, on January 11, 1865. She belonged to one of the oldest and most aristocratic families of Tennessee, her family being closely identified with the social and political aristocracy of that State before the Civil War. At its close, while she was an infant, they moved to Texas, and settled in Washington County, Texas. There, at the Baylor University, Pruitt's school education began. It was continued and finished at the Waco Female College, and in he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Wendell may refer to: Places in the United States *Wendell, Idaho *Wendell, Massachusetts *Wendell, Minnesota *Wendell, North Carolina People *Wendell (name), a list of people with the name *Wendell (footballer, born 1947) (1947–2022), full name Wendell Lucena Ramalho, Brazilian football manager and former goalkeeper *Wendell (footballer, born 1989), full name Wendell Nogueira de Araújo, Brazilian football midfielder *Wendell (footballer, born 1993), full name Wendell Nascimento Borges, Brazilian football left-back See also *Wendel (other) Wendel may refer to: People * Wendel (name), including a list of people with the name * Wendel (footballer, born 1981), full name Wendel Santana Pereira Santos, Brazilian football defensive midfielder and wingback * Wendel (footballer, born 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Pruitt
Steven Pruitt (born April 17, 1984) is an American Wikipedia editor with the highest number of edits made to the English Wikipedia, at over 5 million, having made at least one edit to one-third of all English Wikipedia articles. Pruitt first began editing Wikipedia in 2004. He has also created more than 33,000 Wikipedia articles. Pruitt was named as one of the 25 most important influencers on the Internet by ''Time'' magazine in 2017. Pruitt edits under the pseudonym Ser Amantio di Nicolao, which is a reference to a minor character in Giacomo Puccini's 1917 opera ''Gianni Schicchi''. He has stated that he aims to fight gender bias on Wikipedia, promoting the inclusion of women via the Women in Red project. Early life and education Pruitt was born on April 17, 1984, in San Antonio, Texas, the only child of Alla Pruitt, a Russian Jewish immigrant, and Donald Pruitt of Richmond, Virginia. His mother emigrated from the Soviet Union under the loosening of the policy of Jewish migr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Pruitt
Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma. He served as the fourteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from February 17, 2017, to July 9, 2018, during the Donald Trump presidency, resigning while under at least 14 federal investigations. Pruitt rejects the scientific consensus on climate change. Pruitt represented Tulsa and Wagoner counties in the Oklahoma Senate from 1998 until 2006. In 2010, Pruitt was elected Attorney General of Oklahoma. In that role, he opposed abortion, same-sex marriage, the Affordable Care Act, and environmental regulations as a self-described "leading advocate against the EPA's activist agenda." He sued the EPA at least 14 times in the role. Pruitt was elected as chairman of the Republican Attorneys General Association in 2012 and was re-elected for a second term in February 2013. He received major corporate and employee campaign co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Pruitt
Ronald Ralph Pruitt (born October 21, 1951) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers (1975), Cleveland Indians (1976–80 and 1981), Chicago White Sox (1980) and San Francisco Giants (1982–83). Primarily an outfielder, he also played substantially at catcher. After attending Flint Central High School, Pruitt was drafted out of Michigan State University by the Rangers in 1972. In 9 seasons he played in 341 games and had 795 at bats, 88 runs scored, 214 hits, 28 doubles, 4 triples, 12 home runs, 92 RBI, 8 stolen bases, 94 walks (7 intentional), a .269 batting average, a .345 on-base percentage, a .360 slugging percentage, 286 total bases, 7 sacrifice hits, and 7 sacrifice flies. Pruitt was traded along with Stan Thomas from the Rangers to the Indians for John Ellis at the Winter Meetings Representatives of all 30 Major League Baseball teams and their 120 Minor League Baseball affiliates con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MyCole Pruitt
MyCole Pruitt (born March 24, 1992) is an American football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southern Illinois, where he was a two-time first-team FCS All-American. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round, 143rd overall of the 2015 NFL Draft. Early years Pruitt was born to Colette Bonds and Carlos Pruitt on March 24, 1992, in South Bend, Indiana, He went to Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri, where he was a three-time All-Conference defensive end and first-team All-Conference tight end in 2009. He attended the same high school as former Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. As a freshman, he hauled in seven passes for 148 yards and three touchdowns. He led his team to a 10–1 record and made the state playoffs during his sophomore year. He caught 30 passes for 397 yards with six touchdowns and posted 50 tackles (14 for loss) and six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pruitt Twins
The Pruitt Twins were American identical twin brothers, who provided both guitar and banjo accompaniment on a number of blues recordings made in the 1920s. Both musicians were proficient in playing either instrument. According to researchers Bob Eagle and Eric S. LeBlanc, they were Millus David Pruett and Myles Pennington Pruett, who were both born on April 19, 1894, in Bentonville, Arkansas, and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Myles Pruett, at least, lived in Minneapolis in 1917 before returning to Kansas City, and by 1930 both brothers were living in Oklahoma City. Myles Pruett was married and living in Kansas City in 1933, and was in the same city in 1940. AllMusic noted in relation to Myles Pruitt that his "... solid guitar work accompanied Lottie Kimbrough, Kimbrough throughout her career and provided an excellent complement to her vocal style". On Kimbrough's first recording made in March 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the pair got equal billing on the record label with Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Pruitt
Michael L. Pruitt (born April 3, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1986. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round (seventh overall pick) of the 1976 NFL Draft and spent nine seasons with that club. He had five seasons with over 1,000 rushing yards and was selected to play in the Pro Bowl in 1979 and 1980. He also played for the Buffalo Bills for four games in 1985 and for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1985 and 1986. In his NFL career, Pruitt appeared in a total of 152 games, gained 7,378 rushing yards and scored 56 touchdowns. A native of Chicago, Pruitt also played college football at the fullback position for Purdue University from 1973 to 1975 and was selected as a second-team running back on the 1975 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Early years Pruitt was born in Chicago in 1954. He attended Wendell Phillips Academy High School in the Bron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Pruitt
Mary Pruitt (February 3, 1934 – September 19, 2020) was an American politician and Tennessee State Representative from Nashville, representing the 58th district from 1985 to 2013. Biography Pruitt was born in Brentwood, Tennessee in 1934. A member of the Tennessee House of Representatives since 1985, Pruitt was originally elected in a special election upon the death of her husband, Charles Pruitt, who had previously held the position. Pruitt is a National Honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho, member of the Order of Eastern Star, 100 Black Women of Middle TN, a State Fair Board Commissioner, and a member of the Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, it was the first me ... Board of Trustees. She has a B.S. and M.ED. from Tennessee State University and matriculated, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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