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Salmon (given Name)
Salmon is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Salmon (biblical figure), a descendant of Abraham and ancestor of David * Salmon Brown, two people related to American abolitionist John Brown: ** Salmon Brown (1802–1833), his younger brother ** Salmon Brown (1836–1919), his youngest son * Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873), American politician and jurist * Salmon Fletcher Dutton (1870–1931), American businessman and lieutenant colonel * Salmon Portland Chase Halle (1866–1949), American businessman and philanthropist * Salmon Levinson (1865–1941), American lawyer and peace activist responsible for drafting the Kellogg–Briand Pact * Salmon Morrice (1672–1740), Royal Navy officer and Vice-admiral of the White See also *Salmon (surname) *Salman (name) Salman, Salmaan or sal-mahn ( ''salmān''), also spelt Sulman or Selman, is an Arabic male given name meaning "Safe" or "Secure". Given name *Salman the Persian (568–652/53), one of Muhammad's companions * Salman b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon (biblical Figure)
Salmon ( ''Śalmōn'') or Salmah (שַׂלְמָה ''Śalmā'', ) is a person mentioned in genealogies in both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and in the New Testament. He was the son of Nahshon. In the New Testament, he married "Rachab" of Matthew 1:5 (possibly Rahab, of Jericho), and Boaz (or Booz) was their son. Thus, according to the biblical genealogies, Salmon is the patrilineal great-great-grandfather of David. Salmon is mentioned in 1 Chronicles (), the Book of Ruth (), Matthew 1:4-5, and Luke 3:32. Nahshon was one of the Israelite leaders present with MosesBengel's Gnomon on Matthew 1, accessed 20 November 2016 during the exodus from Egypt who undertook a " |
John Brown (abolitionist)
John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War. First reaching national prominence in the 1850s for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, Brown was captured, tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859. An evangelical Christian of strong religious convictions, Brown was profoundly influenced by the Puritan faith of his upbringing. He believed that he was "an instrument of God", raised to strike the "death blow" to slavery in the United States, a "sacred obligation". Brown was the leading exponent of violence in the American abolitionist movement, believing it was necessary to end slavery after decades of peaceful efforts had failed. Brown said that in working to free the enslaved, he was following Christian ethics, including the Golden Rule, Reprinted in '' The Liberator'', October 28, 1859 and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon P
Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native to tributary, tributaries of the North Atlantic (''Salmo'') and North Pacific (''Oncorhynchus'') basins. ''Salmon'' is a colloquial or common name used for fish in this group, but is not a scientific name. Other closely related fish in the same family include trout, Salvelinus, char, Thymallus, grayling, Freshwater whitefish, whitefish, lenok and Hucho, taimen, all coldwater fish of the subarctic and cooler temperate regions with some sporadic endorheic populations in Central Asia. Salmon are typically fish migration, anadromous: they hatch in the shallow gravel stream bed, beds of freshwater headstreams and spend their juvenile fish, juvenile years in rivers, lakes and freshwater wetlands, migrate to the ocean as adults and live like sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon Portland Chase Halle
Salmon Portland Chase Halle (August 6, 1866 – September 13, 1949) was an American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded the Halle Brothers department store. Biography Halle was born to a Jewish family in Cleveland, Ohio, the eldest of two sons of Rebecca (née Weil) and Moses Halle (1832-1932). His brother was Samuel Horatio Halle (1868-1954). His mother died in 1871 and his father remarried in 1874 to Rosa Lowentritt with whom he had two daughters, Jessie and Minnie. Salmon and his brother founded the Halle Brothers department store in 1891 at 221 Superior Avenue near the Cleveland's Public Square where the brothers had bought out a hat and furrier shop owned by T.S. Paddock. Two years later, they moved to Euclid Avenue and East 4th Street and added ready-to-wear clothing to the merchandise mix. The firm was officially incorporated in 1902 as the Halle Bros. Co. Halle served as president until his retirement in 1921. Halle served as director of the Mutual Building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon Levinson
Salmon Oliver Levinson (December 29, 1865 – February 2, 1941) was a practicing attorney who specialized in industrial organizations and corporate law. He was active in the peace movement in the 1920s and was responsible for drafting the Kellogg–Briand Pact The Kellogg–Briand Pact or Pact of Paris – officially the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy – is a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war t ..., signed in 1928. Levinson noted: "We should have, not as now, laws of war, but laws against war; just as there are no laws of murder or of poisoning, but laws against them.” The treaty was the first international agreement to make war illegal. Hathaway & Shapiro, p. 21. The treaty commits the parties to "condemn recourse to war for the solution of international controversies, and renounce it, as an instrument of national policy" and agree that all disputes should be settled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon Morrice
Admiral Salmon Morrice (11 April 1672 – 25 March 1740) was a Royal Navy officer and Vice-admiral of the White. Life He was born on 11 April 1672 in Stepney to Captain William Morrice RN of Werrington in Devonshire (now part of Cornwall) and his wife Jane Salmon. He went into service in 1690, somewhat late by the standards of the day, as a first lieutenant on . On this very large ship, he served under three captains: Robert Deane, George Mees and James Killigrew, the latter being killed in his role. On HMS ''York'', he saw quite a bit of action: the battles of Beachy Head (1690) and Barfleur (1692), and the captures of the French ship ''La Marianne' (1693), the privateer ''Le Saint Antoine'' (1693), and the Jacobite privateer ''Prince of Wales'' (1693). In April 1695 he was created commander of the newly completed 4-gun , serving in Newfoundland. In February 1696 he transferred to the slightly larger . In May 1697 he was promoted to captain and given command of the 18-gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon (surname)
Salmon is a surname. Alternative spellings are Salmons (surname), Salmons, Sammon (surname), Sammon and Sammons. Notable people * Adjani Salmon, co-writer of and actor in British TV series ''Dreaming Whilst Black'' * Alex Salmon (born 1994), English footballer * André Salmon (1881–1969), French writer * Barnett Salmon (1829–1897), co-founder of Salmon & Gluckstein, by 1900 the world's largest retail tobacconist * Benoît Salmon (born 1974), French professional road racing cyclist * Cecil Salmon (1885–1975), American agronomist * Chris Salmon, banker * Christine Salmon (1916–1985), American architect and educator * Colin Salmon (born 1962), British actor * Cyril Salmon, Baron Salmon, Cyril Salmon (1903–1991), Privy Council of the United Kingdom * Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850–1914), American veterinary surgeon * David Salmon (other), multiple people * Ebony Salmon (born 2001), English footballer * Edward Salmon (other), multiple people * Eleanor Seely Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salman (name)
Salman, Salmaan or sal-mahn ( ''salmān''), also spelt Sulman or Selman, is an Arabic male given name meaning "Safe" or "Secure". Given name *Salman the Persian (568–652/53), one of Muhammad's companions * Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1935), King of Saudi Arabia * Salman Khan (born 1965), Indian actor and producer * Salman Ahmad (born 1963), Pakistani pop artist and member of the band Junoon * Salman Ali, Indian singer * Salman bin Sultan Al Saud (born 1976), Saudi royal and politician *Salman Butt (born 1984), Pakistani cricketer * Salman Al-Farij (born 1989), Saudi Arabian footballer * Salman Habaka (1990–2023), Israel Defense Forces officer, of Druze-Arab descent * Salman Hashimikov (1952-2025), Russian wrestler * Salman Irshad (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer * Salman Khan (born 1976), American educator *Salman Khurshid (born 1953), Indian politician * Salmaan King (born 1985), South African footballer * Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020), Indian Muslim scholar * Salma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Masculine Given Names
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that migrated to Britain after its Roman occupiers left. English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in 57 sovereign states and 30 dependent territories, making it the most geographically widespread language in the world. In the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, it is the dominant language for historical reasons without being explicitl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
