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Sayre or Sayres may refer to People *Anne Sayre (1923–1998), American writer well known for her biography of Rosalind Franklin *Anthony D. Sayre (1858-1931), Alabama jurist *Daniel Sayre, American politician *David Austin Sayre (1793-1870), American silversmith, banker, and educator *David F. Sayre (1822-1919), American politician, farmer, and lawyer *Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr. (1885-1972), American ambassador and son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson *Francis Bowes Sayre, Jr. (1915-2008), American Episcopal cleric and Dean of Washington Cathedral *Geneva Sayre (1911–1992), American Bryology, bryologist *Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (born 1956), American philosopher *James Willis Sayre (1877-1963), American theatre critic *Joel Sayre (1900-1979) American novelist *John Nevin Sayre (1884 - 1977), American pastor and magazine editor; brother of Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr. *Kenneth M. Sayre (1928-2022), American philosopher *Lewis Albert Sayre (1820-1900), American orthopedic surgeon *Nora Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Sayre
Anne Sayre ( Colquhoun; April 10, 1923 – March 13, 1998) was an American writer well known for her biography of Rosalind Franklin, one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA. She was married to an American crystallographer David Sayre (1924–2012). Her literary contributions are in short stories, the earnings from which she supported her husband during his PhD course. She achieved her lifelong educational ambition of getting a law degree in her early 50s. She ultimately became justice of the local court in Head of the Harbor, New York. She was a lifelong friend of Franklin, who played a key role in the discovery of the chemical structure of DNA. A strong feminist, her 1975 book, ''Rosalind Franklin and DNA'', became an exposition of the account of sexism in the scientific community on one hand, and the true genius of the Rosalind Franklin in her contributions to molecular biology on the other hand. Biography Anne Sayre was "born on a train passing through Milwau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Sayre
Reginald Hall Sayre (October 15, 1859 – May 29, 1929) was a prominent American orthopedic surgeon and Olympic sport shooter. Biography Sayre was born to Eliza Ann Hall, an artist and Lewis Albert Sayre, the leading American orthopedic surgeon. He studied at the Churchill & Maury School and Columbia College, graduating in 1881. Two of his elder brothers went into medicine after the father, and thus, Reginald initially thought of becoming a lawyer. However, his brother Lewis persuaded him to follow the family tradition and enter the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1881. After graduation in 1884, he worked as an assistant to Hermann Biggs and then joined the practice of his brother Lewis. Later, he began helping his father teach at a college. Sayre started his research from an early age and published most of his papers at a young age. Just seven months after completing his internship, he presented before the New York Academy of Medicine a report on "The Immediate Rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayre Fire
The Sayre Fire, also known as the Sylmar Fire, was a November 2008 wildfire which burned 489 residences in Los Angeles, considered to be the "worst loss of homes due to fire" in the city's history at that time. The fire was first reported at 10:29 p.m. PDT on November 14, 2008, in the Sylmar section of Los Angeles. As of November 20, 2008, the fire was 100% contained, had burned and destroyed more than 600 structures (480 mobile homes, nine single-family homes, 104 outbuildings and 10 commercial buildings). The number of homes lost in the Sayre fire exceeded the prior record set in 1961 by the Bel Air Fire which claimed 484 homes, and it remained the most destructive in Los Angeles history until it too was surpassed by the Palisades Fire in 2025. There were no fatalities, just minor injuries to five firefighters and one civilian. Origins and cause One day after the wind-swept "Tea Fire" destroyed more than 200 homes in Montecito and Santa Barbara, the Sayre Fire was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayres Benchmark
Sayres Benchmark is a mountain summit in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Description Sayres Benchmark is located east of the Continental Divide in the Collegiate Peaks which are a subset of the Sawatch Range. The mountain is set on the boundary of the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness on land managed by San Isabel National Forest. The highest peak in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains, Mount Elbert, is north-northeast of Sayres Benchmark, and the fifth-highest, La Plata Peak, is less than two miles to the northeast. Sayres ranks as the 130th-highest summit in Colorado. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slope drains into Clear Creek, whereas the north slope drains to Lake Creek, and both are tributaries of the Arkansas River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above North Fork Clear Creek in . An ascent of Sayres involves 10 miles of hiking with 3,500-feet of elevation gain.Mike Garratt, Bob Martin (1984), ''Colorado's High Thirteeners'', Johns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayre Highway
The Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. Highway or simply the Sayre Highway is a four-to-six lane, , primary national highway that connects Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental to Kabacan, Cotabato. It traverses the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and Cotabato. The highway's name was Route 3 but was changed to Sayre Highway, in honor of Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr., the U.S. Philippine High Commissioner who spearheaded its construction. It extends southward through central Mindanao for a distance of about , linking the northern and southern arms of Route 1 (Digos–Butuan Highway). This section of the Philippine national highway was constructed during the American occupation of the Philippines. The parts of the highway are composed of National Route 10 (N10), a spur route of Asian Highway 26 in the north; and National Route 943 (N943) in the southern portion of the Philippine highway network The Philippine highway network is a network of highway, national roads owned and maintained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayreville, New Jersey
Sayreville is a borough in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Sayreville is within the heart of the Raritan Valley region, located on the south banks of the Raritan River, and also located on the Raritan Bay. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 45,345, an increase of 2,641 (+6.2%) from the 2010 census count of 42,704, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,327 (+5.8%) from the 40,377 counted in the 2000 census. Sayreville was originally incorporated as a township on April 6, 1876, from portions of South Amboy Township. On April 2, 1919, the borough was reincorporated as the Borough of Sayreville and ratified by a referendum held on April 29, 1919.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 173. Accessed May 30, 2024. History Native Americans were the first settlers of Sayreville. Tribes of the Navesink lived along the South River whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayre, Pennsylvania
Sayre is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is the principal city in the Sayre, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. It lies southeast of Elmira, New York, and southwest of Binghamton. It is currently the largest city in Bradford County. In the past, various iron products were made there. In 1900, 5,243 people lived there; in 1910, 6,426 people lived there, and in 1940, 7,569 people made their homes in Sayre. The population was 5,403 at the 2020 census. Sayre is part of the Penn-York Valley ("The Valley"), a group of four contiguous communities in New York and Pennsylvania: Waverly, New York; South Waverly, Pennsylvania; Sayre; Athens, Pennsylvania, and smaller surrounding communities with a combined population near 35,000. History In 1783, Prince Bryant’s gristmill was founded within the Milltown section of what is now present-day Sayre. Prince Bryant's later became Shepards Mill in 1788 - the only mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayre, Oklahoma
Sayre is a city in and the county seat of Beckham County, in western Oklahoma, United States. It is halfway between Oklahoma City and Amarillo on Interstate 40 and the former U.S. Route 66. The population was 4,809 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase over the 4,375 figure from the 2010 census, and the largest population ever recorded by a census since Sayre's founding. History After the Civil War, Congress wanted to stimulate the economy and aid the growth of the nation. One way that they achieved this was to promote the building of the western railroads. Upon completion of the Union Pacific- Central Pacific joining in 1869 with the Golden Spike, other railroads trying to capitalize on commerce and trade also began crossing the western country. This included the Great Northern and Burlington in the far north, and the Southern Pacific on the extreme southern border. Eventually this would lead to rails crossing Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma, around th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayre, Alabama
Sayre is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Sayre is northwest of downtown Birmingham. Sayre had a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ... from October 4, 1904, to November 5, 2011; it still has its own ZIP code, 35139. References Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{JeffersonCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Sayres
Stanley St. Claire Sayres (1896 - 17 September 1956) was a hydroplane racer who broke the world water speed record with his "Slo-mo-shun IV" boat. Sayres was born in Dayton, Washington in 1896, and studied in Walla Walla, Washington at the Whitman College. He entered the army in 1917. After World War I, he ran his own car dealerships in Walla Walla and a second one in Pendleton, Oregon. By 1931, when he moved to Seattle, he owned 5 dealerships. His Chrysler-Plymouth dealership was located on the corner of Broadway and Madison Street in Seattle. Together with Harry Jensen he founded the successful company Jen-Cel-Lite, which made sleeping bags using cellulose for insulation. Harry's brother Tony owned Jensen Motor Boat Company, and this sparked the interest in motor boat racing Sayres would have for the rest of his life. From 1937 onward, he owned a series of successful hydroplane racing boats called ''Slo-mo-shun'' I to V. The first ones were bought in 1937 and 1942 from Jack C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Sayres
Edward Sayres (born 19 December 1815 at North Stoke, Sussex; died 11 January 1888 at Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1838 to 1842. Edward Sayres was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. A right-handed batsman and right arm slow roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Cambridge University, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Sussex, he made 24 known appearances in first-class matches and took 100 wickets. He played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series. In later life he was a clergyman. He was ordained in Norwich in 1845, and served as rector at Cold Ashton from 1850 until his death in 1888. He and his wife Anna married in 1847 and had four sons and three daughters.Philip Paine, "Two Cricket-Playing Rectors", ''The Cricket Statistician'', Spring 2017, pp. 24–30. References External links * CricketArchive profile Further reading * H S Altham, ''A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Sayre
Zelda Fitzgerald (; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, and socialite. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, to a wealthy Southern family, she became locally famous for her beauty and high spirits. In 1920, she married writer F. Scott Fitzgerald after the popular success of his debut novel, ''This Side of Paradise''. The novel catapulted the young couple into the public eye, and she became known in the national press as the first American flapper. Because of their wild antics and incessant partying, she and her husband became regarded in the newspapers as the ''enfants terribles'' of the Jazz Age. Alleged infidelity and bitter recriminations soon undermined their marriage. After Zelda traveled abroad to Europe, her mental health deteriorated, and she had suicidal and homicidal tendencies, which required psychiatric care. Her doctors diagnosed her with schizophrenia, although later posthumous diagnoses posit bipolar disorder. While institutionalized at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
