- Articles
813 results
-
John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (January 24, 1924 - March 29, 1992) was a British royal and the father of Diana, Princess of Wales. Spencer was born on January 24, 1924 as the son of -
Thomas Bolling (deaf community)
Thomas Bolling (July 7, 1735 - August 7, 1804) was a Virginian lawyer and an important figure in the education of deaf children in the United States. Bolling was born on July 7, 1735 on his -
James Talcott
James Talcott (February 7, 1835 - August 21, 1916) was a successful merchant in New York City and a native of West Hartford, Connecticut. He was descended from John Talcott, one of the founders of Hartford -
William Thompson Sedgwick
William Thompson Sedgwick (December 29, 1855 - January 26, 1921) was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. He was president of many scientific and professional organizations -
Wallace B. Goodwin
Wallace Burdette Goodwin (June 17, 1889 - January 21, 1965) was one of the Hartford area's oldest real estate developers and insurance agents. He was a direct descendant of Ozias Goodwin, one of the founders -
J. Frederick Talcott
James Frederick Talcott (September 14, 1866 - February 6, 1944) was the oldest son of James Talcott and the successor of the successful New York company, James Talcott Inc., manufacturer of textile agents. James Frederick Talcott -
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 - July 7, 1647) was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and -
John Alden (Mayflower passenger)
John Alden (c. 1599 - September 12, 1687) was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower. Rather than return to England with the ship, he stayed at Plymouth. He was -
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio (born Warren Wilhelm, Jr., May 8, 1961) is an American politician currently serving as the 109th mayor of New York City. From 2010 to 2013, he held the citywide office of New -
George Washington (President of the United States)
George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one -
Malcolm A. Goodwin
Malcolm A. Goodwin (September 17, 1907 - March 12, 1985), formerly Malcolm A. Towle, was an insurance agent having owned and operated the Wallace B. Goodwin Company for 35 years until his retirement in 1980. Born -
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (Connecticut Governor)
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (January 11, 1760 - June 1, 1833) was United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800 and the 24th Governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827. Wolcott was born on January -
Harvey Burdette Goodwin
Harvey Burdette Goodwin (November 30, 1845 - November 30, 1929) was the President of the Goodwin Brothers Pottery Company in Elmwood, West Hartford, Connecticut. His brothers, Wilbur E. Goodwin and Newell E. Goodwin, were his assisting -
William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)
William Bradford (bapt. March 19, 1590 - May 9, 1657) was an English separatist leader who grew up in Yorkshire, and later moved to Leiden, Holland, and helped found the Plymouth Colony in the United States -
Harvey Goodwin (pottery founder)
Harvey Goodwin (August 17, 1802 - June 11, 1895) was the founder of the Goodwin Brothers Pottery in the Elmwood community of West Hartford, Connecticut. He was a native of New Hartford, Connecticut and a descendant -
Sarah Whitman Hooker
Sarah Whitman Hooker (February 27, 1747 - January 5, 1837) was the wife of Thomas Hart Hooker and the owner of the Sarah Whitman Hooker house in West Hartford. She was a descendant of William Pantry -
Frances (Goodwin) Matatall
Frances Goodwin Matatall (June 12, 1886 - May 20, 1970) was a charter member of Elmwood Community Church in West Hartford and the wife of Robert P. Matatall. Born in West Hartford, she lived there all -
George Beach, Sr. (Hartford)
George Beach, Sr. (November 29, 1788 - May 3, 1860) was the founding Cashier of the Phoenix Bank in Hartford, Connecticut, and a subsequent President. During the first half of the 19th century, Beach figured conspicuously -
Herman A. W. Maercklein
Herman A. W. Maercklein (December 16, 1826 - June 1, 1921) was a widely known singer and upholsterer in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born on December 16, 1826 in Stettin, Germany, before it became a city -
Charles Mason Beach
Charles Mason Beach (February 18, 1826 - June 27, 1910) was a prominent businessman in West Hartford, Connecticut, and an established dairy farmer in the state of Connecticut. Beach was born on February 18, 1826 in -
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - c. 1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," and compiled a satirical lexicon, The -
Theodore Sedgwick
Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746 - January 24, 1813) was an American attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. Representative, and a -
Philip II of Spain
Philip II (May 21, 1527 - September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 to 1598 and of Portugal from 1581 to 1598. From 1554 he was King of Naples and Sicily as well as -
Sarah Whiting Talcott
Sarah Whiting Talcott (April 21, 1852 - July 21, 1936) was an artist in Elmwood and a founding member of the Sarah Whitman Hooker Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which was named for -
Captain Ebenezer Faxon
Captain Ebenezer Faxon (December 12, 1749 - January 11, 1811) was a prominent West Hartford citizen and the proprietor of the Faxon homestead on the corner of New Britain Avenue and South Quaker Lane. He was
Related Community

Wookieepedia
movies
100K
Pages100K
Images1
Video
Wookieepedia is a wiki-based online encyclopedia that contains detailed information about the Star Wars universe, including movies, books, video games, characters, locations, technology, weapons, vehicles, and everything in between. Founded in 2005, Wookieepedia has over 175,000 articles, covering everything from the…