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Samuel Ward (1572–1643)
Samuel or Sam Ward may refer to: * Samuel Ward (banker) (1786–1839), American banker * Samuel Ward (field hockey) (born 1990), British field hockey player * Samuel Ward (footballer) (1906–?), Scottish footballer * Samuel Ward (ice hockey) (born 1995), Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender * Samuel Ward (lobbyist) (1814–1884), American political lobbyist and gourmet * Samuel Ward (minister) (1577–1640), English Puritan minister of Ipswich * Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician) (1725–1776), governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and a delegate to the Continental Congress * Samuel Ward (scholar) (1572–1643), English academic at Cambridge * Samuel Ward (taster) (1732–1820), painted by Joseph Wright of Derby but known for being Bonnie Prince Charlie's taster * Samuel Ward Jr. (1756–1832), American Revolutionary soldier and politician * Samuel A. Ward (1847–1903), American organist and composer * Samuel Baldwin Ward (1842–1915), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ward (banker)
Samuel Ward III (May 1, 1786 — November 27, 1839) was an American banker. Early life Samuel Ward III was born in Rhode Island on May 1, 1786. He was the son of Samuel Ward Jr. (1756–1832) and Phebe Greene. His paternal grandparents were Samuel Ward Sr. (1725–1776) and Anne Ray. His maternal grandparents were William Greene (1731–1809) and Catharine Ray. Career After his education he entered a banking house as a clerk, and in 1808 was taken into partnership, continuing as a member of the firm of Prime, Ward & King until his death. In 1838, he secured through the Bank of England a loan of nearly $5,000,000 to enable the banks to resume specie payments, and established the Bank of Commerce, becoming its president. He was a founder of the University of the City of New York (now New York University) and of the New York Temperance Society, of which he was the first president, and was active in organizing mission churches. He was a patron of many charities and the give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ward Jr
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Ward (footballer, Born 1880)
Samuel James Ward (21 March 1880 – 1968) was an English footballer who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ... for Wolverhampton Wanderers. References 1880 births 1968 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football defenders English Football League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Wednesbury Old Athletic F.C. players Dudley Town F.C. players Brierley Hill Alliance F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players Footballers from Wolverhampton {{England-footy-defender-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Life (Frank Sinatra Album)
''That's Life'' is a 1966 album by Frank Sinatra, supported by a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Ernie Freeman. The album is notable for its title song, " That's Life", which proved to be a top five hit for Sinatra at a time when rock music dominated the music charts. ''That's Life'' was released on CD in October 1986. Track listing #" That's Life" (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon) – 3:07 #"I Will Wait for You" (Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel, Jacques Demy) – 2:16 #" Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)" (From '' Doctor Zhivago'') (Paul Francis Webster, Maurice Jarre) – 2:19 #"Sand and Sea" (Gilbert Bécaud, Maurice Vidalin, Mack David) – 2:29 #" What Now My Love" (Bécaud, Carl Sigman, Pierre Delanoë) – 2:32 #"Winchester Cathedral" (Geoff Stephens) – 2:38 #"Give Her Love" (Jim Harbert) – 2:14 #"Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)" (Gil Ward, Charles Watkins) – 2:42 #"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) – 2:34 #" You're Gonna Hear from Me" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ringgold Ward
Samuel Ringgold Ward (October 17, 1817 – ) was an African American who escaped enslavement to become an abolitionist, newspaper editor, labor leader, and Congregational church minister. He was author of the influential book ''Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: his anti-slavery labours in the United States, Canada and England'', written after his speeches throughout Britain in 1853. It enabled him to raise funds for the Anti-slavery Society of Canada, where many escaped slaves from the USA were arriving in the 1850s. Early life Samuel Ringgold Ward was born into slavery in 1817 on Maryland's eastern shore but fled as a child with his parents in 1820 to New Jersey and soon relocated to New York in 1826. Once settled, Ward's parents enrolled him in at the African Free School. Pastoral and abolition work His beliefs in the end of slavery and his oratory skills led him to politics where he joined first the Liberty Party in 1840, where he remained until 1848, and later the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Gray Ward
Samuel Gray Ward (October 3, 1817 – November 17, 1907) was an American poet, author, and minor member of the Transcendentalism movement. He was also a banker and a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among his circle of contemporaries were poets and writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller who were deeply disappointed when Ward gave up a career in writing for business just before he married. Early life Ward was born on October 3, 1817 in Portland, Maine. He was the son of Lydia Gray (1789–1874) and Thomas Wren Ward (1786–1858), who served as treasurer of Harvard from 1830 to 1842 and was the American agent for London-based Baring Brothers & Co., merchant bank. His brother was George Cabot Ward. Ward attended Harvard College and graduated along with Transcendentalist poet Jones Very, though the two were not friends. As a student, he boarded for a time with Professor John Farrar and his wife Eliza Ware Farrar. He joined the Farrars on a trip to Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Baldwin Ward
Samuel Baldwin Ward (June 8, 1842 - June 3, 1915) was a surgeon who operated in New York City and in Albany. He also published writings in the field of medicine, and was the Dean of Albany Medical College 1905-1914. Biography Samuel Baldwin Ward was born in New York City on June 8, 1842. His parents were Lebbeus Baldwin Ward and Abby Dwight (Partridge) Ward. Ward's medical degree was from Georgetown University School of Medicine (1864); his undergraduate degree was from Columbia University. He was a consulting surgeon of the Western Dispensary for Women and Children. He married Cornelia Augusta Wheeler in 1871, and they had three children. Their daughter, Anna Wheeler Ward, married Henry M. Sage October 29, 1895. The Sages, who together had two daughters, divorced in 1908. Samuel Baldwin Ward died at his home in Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel A
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ward (taster)
Samuel Ward (1732–1820) owned property in Derby and Richmond in England. As a boy he was food taster to Bonnie Prince Charlie and was rewarded with a diamond ring which is now in the collection of Derby Museum and Art Gallery along with his 1781 portrait by Joseph Wright. Biography Ward lived in Derby. When Bonnie Prince Charlie was staying at Exeter House in Derby on 4 December 1745, his mother allowed Samuel to be the young pretender's food taster. Ward was then the son of an Alderman who was being brought up by his widowed mother. During his short stay Bonnie Prince Charlie made his decision to give up on his march on London to seize the crown of England. He gave Ward's mother a diamond ring in thanks for their service before he left. The gold ring consists of one larger diamond surrounded by ten smaller diamonds. The decision to retreat to Scotland meant that the Young Pretender would not take George II's crown and his army retreated to Scotland, where they were finall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ward (field Hockey)
Samuel Ian Ward (born 24 December 1990), known as Sam Ward, is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams. Club career Ward plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians. He has also played club hockey for Beeston (3 spells), Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Leicester. International career He competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics, and for England in the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. During the Olympic Qualifier against Malaysia, he was struck by the ball in the face and he lost some sight in his left eye. On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. References External links * Sam Wardat Great Britain Hockey Sam Wardat England Hockey England Hockey is the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in England. There are separate governing bodies for the sport in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ward (scholar)
Samuel Ward (1572–1643) was an English academic and a master at the University of Cambridge. He served as one of the delegates from the Church of England to the Synod of Dort. Life He was born at Bishop Middleham, County Durham. He was a scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, where in 1592 he was admitted B.A. In 1595 he was elected to a fellowship at Emmanuel, and in the following year proceeded M.A. In 1599 he was chosen a Fellow of the new Sidney Sussex College. William Perkins entrusted to him for publication his treatise, ''Problema de Romanae Fidei ementito Catholicismo''; Ward published it with a preface addressed to James I, to whom he was shortly afterwards appointed chaplain. Ward was one of the scholars involved with the translation and preparation of the King James version of the Bible. He served in the "Second Cambridge Company" charged with translating the ''Apocrypha''. During this time he made the acquaintance of James Ussher, whom he assisted in patris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ward (Rhode Island Politician)
Samuel Ward (May 25, 1725 – March 26, 1776) was an American farmer, politician, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the Continental Association. He was the son of Rhode Island Governor Richard Ward, was well-educated, and grew up in a large Newport, Rhode Island, family. After marrying, he and his wife received property in Westerly, Rhode Island, from his father-in-law, and the couple settled there and took up farming. He entered politics as a young man and soon took sides in the hard-money vs. paper-money controversy, favoring hard money or specie. His primary rival over the money issue was Providence politician Stephen Hopkins, and the two men became bitter rivals—and the two also alternated as governors of the colony for several terms. During this time of political activity, Ward became a founder and trustee of Brown University. The most contentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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