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Stillings is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Edward Stillings (1823–1890), American lawyer, politician, judge, and businessman * John Stillings (born 1955), American rower See also *Stilling Stilling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Benedict Stilling Benedikt Stilling (11 February 1810 – 28 January 1879) was a German anatomist and surgeon who was a native of Kirchhain. He was the father of German ophthalmolo ... * Stillings, Missouri {{surname, Stillings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Stillings
Edward Stillings (July 9, 1823 – February 20, 1890) was an American lawyer, politician, judge, and businessman. Early life Edward Stillings was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland in the early 19th century. He was the son of James Stillings and Mary Barnes, a descendant of Sir George Barne III. His parents descended from English immigrants of the colonial era who participated in the American Revolution as intelligence operatives, among other activities. His father James would serve in the War of 1812. His parents were planters and slaveholders. However, the institution of slavery never appealed to them, and they freed their slaves. They moved west to Springfield, Ohio in 1828, before settling in Union County, Ohio in 1834, on that his father had purchased. James would be a trustee of Allen Township in Union County in 1841 and 1847. Edward was raised in a Christian home and was well-educated as a young man, going on to graduate from Augusta College in Kentucky, studying th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stillings
John Stuart Stillings (born July 23, 1955) is an American former competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist. Career Stillings was the coxswain of the U.S. men’s four with coxswain that won the silver medal in the men's coxed fours competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with Edward Ives, Thomas Kiefer, Michael Bach, and Gregory Springer. One of the most successful coxswains in University of Washington history, Stillings guided the Huskies to two collegiate National Championships and its first and only Henley Royal Regatta Grand Challenge Cup victory in 1977, where the collegiate team defeated a heavily favored British National team. Along the way to the Olympic Games, the Edmonds, Washington native and Husky Hall of Famer, won five U.S. club national championships and gold as the coxswain of the U.S. men’s eight-oared crew at the 1983 Pan American Games. In a sport dominated by young athletes, Stillings accomplished a successful come-back to internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stilling
Stilling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Benedict Stilling Benedikt Stilling (11 February 1810 – 28 January 1879) was a German anatomist and surgeon who was a native of Kirchhain. He was the father of German ophthalmologist Jakob Stilling (1842–1915). In 1832 he received his doctorate from the Univ ... (1810–1879), German anatomist and surgeon * Harald Conrad Stilling (1815–1891), Danish architect * Jakob Stilling (1842–1915), German ophthalmologist See also * Viggo Stilling-Andersen (1893–1967), Danish fencer * Stillings * Global terrestrial stilling {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |