- John Wesley Work III
John Wesley Work III (July 15, 1901 - May 17, 1967) was a composer, educator, choral director, musicologist and scholar of African American folklore and music. - Hubert Work
Hubert Work (July 3, 1860 - December 14, 1942) was a U.S. administrator and physician. He served as the Postmaster General between 1922 and 1923. He then served as the Secretary of the Interior from 1923 to 1928. Work was born in Marion Center, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1860. He received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1885. He settled in Colorado and founded Woodcroft Hospital in Pueblo in 1896. - Milton Work
Milton Cooper Work (1864-1934) was a noted American authority on whist, auction and contract bridge. In his writings he suggested evaluating balanced hands using a point count method: Ace = 4, King = 3, Queen = 2 and Jack = 1. This became known as the Work Point Count and was later adapted by Charles Goren to value all hands. He was the manager of the Philadelphian Cricket Team that toured England in 1897. - Frances Work
Frances Ellen Work was an American heiress. Born in New York City, she was a daughter of Franklin H. Work, a well-known stockbroker and protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt (the Commodore Vanderbilt), and his wife, Ellen Wood. In 1880, Frances Work married the Hon. James Boothby Burke Roche, who would become the 3rd Baron Fermoy, at Christ Church, New York City. They had four children: two daughters, Cynthia and Eileen, and twin sons, Edmund (later 4th Baron Fermoy, … - Henry Clay Work
Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832 - June 8, 1884) was an American composer and songwriter. Very little is known about him. He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of a prominent opponent of slavery, and he too was also an active abolitionist and Union supporter. His home became a stop on the Underground Railroad, and was instrumental in the escape of several thousand slaves seeking freedom, for which his father was imprisoned. Henry was self taught in music. - Jason Priestley
Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an actor and director. He is best known for his role as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210". On July 6, 2007, Priestley fathered a daughter Ava with his wife, Naomi. He became a U.S. citizen in 2007. - Chris Warren
Christopher Warren is a musician from New York who has performed in numerous bands. He is currently lead vocals in Bro-Kin Warren is known for being the vocalist in The DX Band (sometimes referred to as The Chris Warren Band), a group who performed the entrance theme of professional wrestling stable D-Generation X called "Break It Down." His vocals have been often compared to Rage Against the Machine's lead singer, Zach de la Rocha's. - Joey Styles
Joey Styles (born Joseph Carmine Bonsignore on July 14, 1971), is a professional wrestling play-by-play commentator and former professional in the field of advertising sales best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling ('90s promotion until bankruptcy in 2001). He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its "ECW" brand as the play-by-play commentator. - Ed Lewis
Born in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Fredrich began wrestling at the age of 14, using the stage name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, in tribute of 1890s star Evan "Strangler" Lewis. He was the pivotal figure in the "Gold-Dust Trio", along with promoters Toots Mondt and Billy Sandow, a travelling road show that was the precursor to wrestling tours, and which revolutionized wrestling by creating undercards, promoting full events instead of one match shows. - Ford Madox Brown
Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 - October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. While he was closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was never actually a member. Nevertheless, he remained close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with whom he also joined William Morris's design company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., in 1861. - Henry Mayhew
Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 - 25th July 1887) was an English social researcher, journalist, playwright and advocate of reform. He was one of the two founders of the satirical and humorous magazine "Punch", and the magazine's joint-editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days. He is better known, however, for his work as a social researcher, publishing an extensive series of newspaper articles in the "Morning Chronicle", … - Sonja Sohn
Sonja Sohn is an American actress of African and Korean American heritage. Before she was an actress, Sohn was a slam poet, having written lyrics and co-written the script for the film "Slam". Her most notable role is as Detective Shakima Greggs on "The Wire". She is now living in Baltimore with her husband, Adam Plack and daughter, Sophia Wang, while her eldest daughter, Sakira Wang, lives in New York City. - André Gorz
André Gorz (also known by his pen name Michel Bosquet) son of a Jewish wood salesman, is an Austrian and French social philosopher. In the 1980s, he lived as a publicist in France and was a contributor to the journals "Les Temps Modernes" (Paris) and "Technologie und Politik" (Reinbek). Currently, he lives with his wife in Burgundy, France. In the 1960s, he was a theorist of workers' self-management. - Charlotte Wilson
Charlotte M. Wilson (born Charlotte Mary Martin) was an anarchist who co-founded "Freedom" newspaper in 1886 with Peter Kropotkin, and edited, published, and largely financed it during its first decade. She remained editor of "Freedom" until 1895. Wilson was born in 1854 to a well-to-do surgeon, and was educated at Newnham College at Cambridge. She married Arthur Wilson and the couple moved to London. Wilson joined the the Fabian Society in 1884. - Tod Gordon
Tod Gordon was the founder of Eastern Championship Wrestling, later Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He owned the promotion until it was sold to his head booker Paul Heyman in 1996. After the sale, Gordon remained in ECW as a figure-head commissioner. Years after being the ECW "Commissioner", Gordon left ECW. His absence was explained on-air that he retired from wrestling due to family. After ECW, Gordon booked Pro-Pain-Pro Wrestling and founded Xtreme Fight Club. - Morgan Mason
Alexander Morgan Mason (born June 26 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor, film producer and politician. He is the son of the British actor James Mason and the actress Pamela Ostrer. His grandfather Isidore Ostrer co-ran Gaumont-British with his brothers. As a child, he acted in the films "The Sandpiper" and "Hero's Island." He is a former special assistant to the President of the United States. - Peter Ewart
Peter Ewart (May 14, 1767 - September 15, 1842) was a British engineer who was influential in developing the technologies of turbines and theories of thermodynamics. He was son of the Church of Scotland minister of Troqueer near Dumfries, and was one of eleven children. His brother Joseph Ewart became British ambassador to Prussia; John, a doctor, became Chief Inspector of East India Company hospitals in India; and William, father of William Ewart. - George C. Homans
George C. Homans (born in Boston, Massachusetts August 11, 1910. Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts May 29, 1989) was the American founder of behavioral sociology and the exchange theory. Outside the academic discipline of sociology, Homans is perhaps best known for his model of work group behavior where the "emergent behavior" (informal organisations) comes between the requirements and plans of the management, derived from technological, social and economic environment, … - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis or Gustave Coriolis, mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist born in Paris, France. He is best known for his work on the Coriolis Effect. Coriolis was the first to coin the term "work" for the product of force and distance. In 1816 Coriolis became a tutor at the École Polytechnique. Here he carried out experiments on friction and hydraulics. - Polly Braden
Polly Braden is a contemporary photographer, currently based in London. She works on long-term, self-initiated projects, as well as commissions for international publications. Her imagery is marked by an interest in the relationship between work, culture and economics. In the last year she has collaborated with journalists to produce extended photo-essays in the Middle East and China. She has exhibited at the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, … - Chrissie Carnell
Christina Magdalene Carnell (born April 19, 1978 in Ozark, Alabama, also known as Chrissie Carnell) is an American model and actress. Los Angeles, USAShe was discovered by Elite Model Management at 15 years old. Carnell went on to work for "Seventeen", "Mademoiselle", "Glamour", Detour, and "Elle" magazines, as well as a Revlon campaign with Cindy Crawford shot by famed photographer Michael Thompson. - William Armstrong Fairburn
William Armstrong Fairburn (1876-1947) was a noted American author, naval architect, marine engineer, and industrial executive. The majority of his writings were concerned with theories and speculations on human potentialities. His noted 1914, 55-page, book "Human Chemistry", was the second book, following Goethe's 1809 "Elective Affinities", to theorize on the nature of interpersonal chemistry. - Allegra Goodman
Allegra Goodman, Ph. D. (b. 1967) is an American author based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her most recent novel, "Intuition", was published in 2006. Goodman wrote and illustrated her first novel at the tender age of seven. - Nikolaus Geiger
Nikolaus Geiger (1849-97) was a German sculptor and painter, born at Lauingen, Bavaria. He was a pupil of Joseph Knabl at the Munich Academy. In 1873 he went to Berlin and soon became known through ornamental work in the Tiele-Winckler Palace. After a visit to Italy he studied painting in Munich and in 1884 returned to Berlin, where he was awarded a gold medal in 1886, was elected member of the academy in 1893, and was made professor in 1896. St. - Jan Gawiński
Jan z Wielomowic Gawiński, born about 1622, died probably in 1684, was a Polish baroque poet. Gawiński is counted into the classical generation of Sarmatians – the generation of John III Sobieski, though his nobility is not certain. He descended likely from town Wilamowice near Cracow. He studied in the branch of Jagellon University in Biała Podlaska. Next he was a courtier of bishop Charles Ferdinand Vasa. He may has fought with Cossacks. - Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19, 1946. He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with honors) in 1968. After graduation, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement for three years. In 1977, Barnes began working as a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesmen and the New Review . - Lee Ross
Lee Ross (born 1972) is an English actor known for roles in "The Catherine Tate Show" and as Owen Turner in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". His first acting role was as Fat Sam in Mickey Dolenz' West End production of Bugsy Malone. He then went on to play Dodger in the spin off series from that episode, called "Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest" in 1985. He next played Kenny Phillips in "Press Gang" from 1989 to 1991. - Graham Webb
Born in Birmingham, UK, to L. Webb a battle of El Alamein war widow, I was the youngest of 5 children. Started cycling at the age of 8 and was many times British National cycling champion and National record holder at 10 miles, 25 miles and 1 hour. Moved to the Netherlands in 1967 where I became world cycling road champion, signed a professional contract with the French Mercier team in 1968 and moved to Belgium, where I still live with my family. http://crazyaboutbelgium.co.uk/blogs/webb.htm - Heather Crowe
Heather Crowe (born April 23, 1945 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, died May 22, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario) was a former Canadian waitress who became the public face of Canada's anti-smoking campaign. She contracted lung cancer in 2002, allegedly from second-hand smoke encountered at her workplace of over forty years, and later appeared in numerous television public service announcements. The last place she worked was the well-known Newport Restaurant in Ottawa. - Alana De La Garza
Alana de la Garza (born June 18, 1976) is an American actress. She was born in Columbus, Ohio to a Mexican-American father and an Irish-American mother. She was raised in El Paso, Texas. She won the "Miss Photogenic" title in the Miss El Paso Teen USA local beauty pageant. She then became a special-needs teacher and enrolled at The University of Texas, studying physical therapy and social work. Upon graduating, she landed some small roles while living in Orlando, Florida, … - Sudha Murthy
Sudha Murthy is an Indian social worker and accomplished author. She is known for her philanthropic work through the Infosys Foundation. Among other things, she has initiated a move to provide all government schools in Karnataka with computer and library facilities. She also teaches computer science and writes fiction. "Dollar Bahu" ("Dollar daughter-in-law"), a book she wrote, was adapted to a television serial in 2001. She completed her M.Tech. - Jack Canfield
Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 115 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997. - Charles Figley
Charles Figley is a highly published university professor in the fields of psychology, family studies, social work, traumatology, and mental health. He is the Florida State University Traumatology Institute Director. He is also a full professor at the Florida State University College of Social Work. Figley is an American Psychological Association fellow, a Fulbright fellow, and holds seven other fellowships. - E. R. Braithwaite
Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (born June 27, 1920 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat, best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination against black people. Braithwaite was first educated at Queen's College, Guyana and then the City College of New York (1940). He went on to attend the University of Cambridge (1949), from which he earned an undergraduate degree and a doctorate in physics. - Donna Morrissey
Donna Morrissey is a Canadian author. At age 16 Morrissey left her birthplace, The Beaches, a small outport on the west coast of Newfoundland. She lived in various places of Canada before returning to St. John's where she studied at Memorial University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Social Work, and a diploma in adult education. Morrissey now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Morrissey has written three prize-winning novels — "Kit's Law", … - Ann Coffey
Marilyn Ann Coffey, known as Ann Coffey, (born 31 August 1946) British politician. She is the Labour Member of Parliament for Stockport. Born Ann Brown, the daughter of a Royal Air Force officer, in Inverness she was educated variously at the Nairn Academy; the Bodmin Grammar School; the Bushey Grammar School; the Polytechnic of South Bank, … - Whitney Young
Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. He spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively fought for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the historically disenfranchised. - Jacob Billikopf
Jacob Billikopf, Ph.B., L.L.D., (b. 1883, Wilna, Russia - d. December 31, 1950) was a nationally known figure in social work, Jewish philanthropy and labor arbitration. Billikopf had a long and distinguished career in public service work. He served as superintendent of the United Jewish Charities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Kansas City, Missouri, before becoming the executive director of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, … - Melody Anderson
Melody Anderson (born December 3, 1955) is a Canadian-American social worker and public speaker specializing in the impact of addiction on families. She is more widely known as an actress, with her most high-profile role being Dale Arden in the 1980 adaptation of "Flash Gordon". - Jonathan Fast
Jonathan Fast (born April 13 1948, in New York City) is an American author and social work educator. He attended Princeton University, and earned graduate degrees at Columbia University and Yeshiva University. He has a daughter Molly Jong-Fast from his first marriage to author, Erica Jong, and two sons from his marriage to Barbara Fast, a Unitarian minister. Fast currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Westerly, Rhode Island, …
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