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Vaill
Vaill is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Amanda Vaill, American writer and editor * Peter Vaill, American academic * Teresa Vaill (born 1962), American racewalker See also * Dudley Vaill Talcott (1899–1896), American sculptor, author and illustrator *Edward W. Vaill House Edward W. Vaill House is located in Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1912 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United Sta ..., historic house in New Jersey, United States *''Vaill.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Sébastien Vaillant (1669–1722), French botanist {{surname, Vaill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Vaill
Amanda Vaill is an American writer and editor, noted for her non-fiction. She lives in New York City. A graduate of Harvard University, she worked in publishing before becoming a writer full-time in 1992. In the 1970s Vaill was an editor at Viking Press alongside Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In 1995 Vaill published ''Everybody Was So Young'', a biography of Gerald and Sara Murphy, prominent 1920s socialites of the French Riviera. It was nominated for the 1995 National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. She also contributed to the catalogue for ''Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy'', an exhibition mounted by the Williams College Museum of Art, and also shown at the Yale Art Gallery and the Dallas Museum of Art. Her next book was ''Somewhere'', a biography of choreographer Jerome Robbins. Vaill was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000 for her work on Robbins. Vaill wrote ''Something to Dance About'' a 2009 PBS documentary about Robbins life and work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Vaill
Peter Brown Vaill (November 5, 1936 – March 24, 2020) was an organizational change theorist who published widely in the fields of organizational behavior, organization development (O.D.), and leadership studies, including the intersection of spirituality and leadership. Life Vaill was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota on November 5, 1936, to Stanley and Elizabeth (Brown) Vaill. Peter’s father, who worked for the phone company, was transferred from St. Cloud to Duluth for nine years, then later to Minneapolis. Peter attended high school in Minneapolis and earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw .... In 1958, he entered Harvard Business School, and graduated 1960 with degree in General Management. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Vaill
Teresa Vaill (born November 20, 1962) is a female racewalker from the United States. She was born in Torrington, Connecticut. Vaill set her personal best in the women's 20 km race walk event (1:33:23) on April 1, 2001, at a meet in Manassas, Virginia. She remains an active competitor, winning numerous masters championships and placing in the USA National Championships (Open Division) as recently as 2018. Her twin sister Lisa Vaill was also an international racewalker, and marathon runner.Theall, Dave (2005-10-05)Lisa Vaill has shot at joining her twin, Teresa, at Olympics ''Tampa Bay Times''. Retrieved 2020-05-23. Personal bests *10 km: 45:02 min – Gothenburg, 7 August 1995 *20 km: 1:33:23 hrs – Manassas, Virginia Manassas (), formerly Manassas Junction, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Prince William County, although the two are separate ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Talcott
Dudley Vaill Talcott (June 9, 1899 – February 19, 1986) was an American sculptor, author and illustrator. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Talcott's uncle was Allen Butler Talcott, an American Tonalist and his daughter Jane Allen Talcott is a respected painter. He studied for one year at Yale University's Art School before moving to Paris in 1920 when he took instruction at the Academié de la Grande Chaumière. in Paris, France. In 1925 Talcott traveled to Norway where he stayed on and off for six years. From this experience came two books, ''Noravind'' (1929) and ''Report of the Company'' (1936). He provided the illustrations for both publications. Also in 1936 he published ''North of North Cape'' (aka ''The Arctic Voyages of the Norkap II'') which also featured his drawings. In 1932 he married Martha Isaksen, a Norwegian. In 1932 sculpture was still an Olympic competition and Talcott had two pieces entered in the Los Angeles games that year. He did not win any me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward W
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
