- Joel Abbot
Joel Abbot (January 18, 1793-December 14, 1855) was a U.S. naval officer who served notably in the War of 1812, and commanded a squadron during Commodore Perry's 1852 visit to Japan. Born in Westford, Massachusetts, Abbot entered the Navy as midshipman at the beginning of the War of 1812, serving first on the frigate USS "President" and next on Lake Champlain with Commodore Macdonough, who, … - Hugh The Abbot
Hugh the Abbot (died 886) was a member of the Welf family, a son of Conrad I of Auxerre and Adelaide. After his father's death, his mother married Robert the Strong, the margrave of Neustria. On Robert's death in 866, Hugh became the regent and guardian for Robert's sons, Odo and Robert. Hugh entered the clergy and rose to become abbot of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre. Despite his his vows, he was no peaceful, … - Joel Abbot
Joel Abbot (1776-1826) was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut on March 17, 1776. He moved to Washington, Georgia, in 1826 and practiced medicine there. He also became a member of the city council of Washington, Georgia. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1799, 1802-1804, 1808, and 1811. - Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester, PC, FRS (14 October 1757 – May 8, 1829) was a British statesman. He served under six prime ministers, serving in cabinet positions from 1801 to 1817. Born in Abingdon, Charles Abbot was the son of Dr John Abbot, rector of All Saints, Colchester, and, by his mother's second marriage, half-brother of the famous Jeremy Bentham. From Westminster School Charles Abbot passed to Christ Church, Oxford, … - Charles Abbot 2nd Baron Colchester
Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester (12 March 1798-18 October 1867), known as Charles Abbot before 1829, was a British Conservative politician. He succeeded to his father's peerage in 1829 and entered the House of Lords. He held minor posts in Lord Derby's governments of the 1850s. - Robert Abbot
Robert Abbot (Guildford, about 1560- Salisbury, 1617) was the Anglican Bishop of Salisbury in 1615. The elder brother of the Archbishop, George Abbot, he shared his brother's good fortune. Having passed through the same course of education with his brother, he early distinguished himself as a preacher, and his popular talents procured him the living of Bingham, in Nottinghamshire. In 1594, Abbot appeared as a writer against the Roman Catholic Church, in a piece titled, … - Robert Abbot
Robert Abbot (1588?-1662?) was an English theologian who promoted puritan doctrines. He is sometimes mistakenly described as the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Abbot, but this is generally considered to be incorrect. The misunderstanding probably stems from a passage in Robert Abbot's work "A Hand of Fellowship to Helpe Keepe out Sinne and Antichrist", in which he thanks the Archbishop for "worldly maintenance," "best earthly countenance", … - John Abbot
John Abbot was an English Roman Catholic clergyman and poet. His provenance is uncertain, he might have been from either London or Leicester, but he is believed to be the nephew both of George Abbot, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Robert Abbot, the bishop of Salisbury. Abbot was thus from a strongly Protestant family, but after being educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he travelled to the continent where he was converted to Roman Catholicism. - Maurice Abbot
Maurice Abbot was a British merchant and youngest brother of Archbishop George Abbot. He was involved in the settling of the colony in Virginia and in 1624 was appointed governor of the East India Company in 1633. He died in 1640. - Willis J. Abbot
Willis John Abbot (March 16 1863 - May 19 1934) was an American journalist, and author of naval and shipping books. - Theophilus C. Abbot
Theophilus Capen Abbot was the president of the State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1862-1885. - Charles Greeley Abbot
Charles Greeley Abbot (May 31, 1872 Wilton, NH - December 17, 1973, Washington D.C.) was an American astrophysicist, astronomer and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was born in Wilton, New Hampshire. - Bec Abbot
Bec Abbot is a Canadian pop singer. She first starting singing publicly as a little girl in front of her father's church. After that local churches began calling her for Sunday mornings, banquets and special events. During High School Bec sang in choirs and for friends' weddings. In 1997 vocal coach Elaine Overholt recognized Bec's talent and introduced her to Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Blaise Pascal. - Charles Abbot
Charles Abbot was a British botanist and entomologist. Educated at Winchester College and matriculated at New College, Oxford, he was in 1793 elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London. His writings include the manuscript 'Catalogus plantarum' (May 1795); a list of 956 plants of Bedfordshire, and a later book on the same subject, called "Flora Bedfordiensis" (November 1798). He is noted for making, in 1798, the first capture in England of Papilio paniscus, … - Laura Abbot
Laura Abbot Schoffner (b. Kansas City, Kansas, USA) is an American writer of over a dozen romance novels, primarily in the Harlequin Superromance line. - George Abbot
George Abbot (c. 1603?-February 2, 1648) was an English writer. Known as "The Puritan", he has been oddly and persistently mistaken for others. He has been described as a clergyman, which he never was, and as son of Sir Morris (or Maurice) Abbot, and his writings accordingly entered in the bibliographical authorities as by the nephew of the archbishop of Canterbury. One of the sons of Sir Morris Abbot was, indeed, named George, and he was a man of mark, … - William Abbot
William Abbot (June 12, 1798-June 1,1843) was an English actor. He was born in Chelsea, London, and made his first appearance on the stage at Bath in 1806, and his first London appearance in 1808. At Covent Garden in 1813, in light comedy and melodrama, he made his first decided success. He was Pylades to Macready's Orestes in Ambrose Philips's "Distressed Mother" when Macready made his first appearance at that theatre (1816). - Ezra Abbot
Ezra Abbot (April 28, 1819, Jackson, Maine-March 21, 1884, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American biblical scholar. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1840. In 1847, at the request of Prof. Andrews Norton, he went to Cambridge, where he was principal of a public school until 1856. He was assistant librarian of Harvard University from 1856 to 1872, and planned and perfected an alphabetical card catalogue, … - Stuart Abbot
Stuart Abbot (born June 21, 1986 in Dundee) is a Scottish former professional footballer who currently plays full-back for Junior side Carnoustie Panmure. Abbot played for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League but quit professional football in September 2006 to pursue full-time university studies and was released from his United contract. - George Abbot
George Abbot (October 19, 1562 - August 5, 1633) was an English divine and Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as the fourth Chancellor of Trinity College,Dublin between 1612 and 1633. - Francis Ellingwood Abbot
Francis Ellingwood Abbot, (Boston, November 6, 1836 - October 23, 1903) was a philosopher and theologian who sought to reconstruct theology in accord with scientific method. As a spokesman for "free religion", he asserted that Christianity, understood as based on the lordship of Christ, is no longer tenable. He rejected all dogma and reliance on Scriptures or creeds, teaching the truth is open to every individual. - Benjamin Abbot
Benjamin Abbot (September 17, 1762-October 25, 1849) was a schoolteacher. His most significant work was his work as a teacher at the Phillips Exeter Academy. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts, the son of one John Abbot. He entered Phillips Academy, Andover in 1782, then entered Harvard University, graduating in 1788. He married his first wife, Hannah Tracy Emery, in 1791. Later, in 1798, he married again, to Mary Perkins. He had four children. - Abiel Abbot
Abiel Abbot (August 17, 1770-June 7, 1828) was a prominent clergyman. He was born to John and Abigail Abbot in Andover, Massachusetts, and went on to study at Harvard University. He married Eunice Wales in 1796. He started working as a preacher in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1793, and remained there through 1803, after having been promoted to pastor in 1795. He then moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, and became a pastor there. - Henry Abbot
Henry Abbot was a layman, martyred at York, 4 July, 1597, pronounced Venerable in 1886. His acts are thus related by Challoner: :A certain Protestant minister, for some misdemeanour put into York Castle, to reinstate himself in the favour of his superiors, insinuated himself into the good opinion of the Catholic prisoners, by pretending a deep sense of repentance, and a great desire of embracing the Catholic truth. .. So they directed him, after he was enlarged, to Mr. - Nick Abbot
Nick Abbot is a British radio presenter, born 22 August, 1960. - Jude Abbot
Jude Abbot is an Essex-born member of British anarchist band, Chumbawamba. She is one of the best known female singers in the band next to Alice Nutter. - John Abbot
John Abbot was an American entomologist and ornithologist born 31 May or 1 June 1751 in London and died December 1840 or January 1841 in Bulloch County in Georgia. Little is known of his life. He was the eldest son of James Abbot and Ann Clousinger. His father encouraged his interest in entomology and art and he studied drawing and engraving with the engraver Jacob Bonneau (1741-1786). - Edwin Hale Abbot
Edwin Hale Abbot (1834-1927) was a lawyer and railroad executive, active in Boston and Milwaukee. Abbot was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, educated at Harvard University (BA 1855, AM 1858, and LL.D. 1861), and practiced law in Boston from 1862-1876. In 1873 Abbot was named general solicitor and a director of the Wisconsin Central Railway. He moved to Milwaukee in 1876 and subsequently became the railway's president, in which role he served until 1890. - Cronan, Abbot
Saint Cronan, Abbott was the Abbot-Bishop and Patron of Roscrea, a See afterwards incorporated in that of Killaloe, Ireland. Cronan was born in the territory of Ely O'Carroll, Ireland. After spending his youth in Connacht, he returned to his native district about the year 610 and founded Abbey Roscrea, where he established a school. Previously he settled at a place known as Sean Ros or Loch Cre, which was a wooded morass far from the haunts of men; in fact, … - Russ Abbot
Russ Abbot (born Russell A. Roberts, 16 September 1947, in Chester, Cheshire) is an English musician, comedian, and actor. - Mellitus
Saint Mellitus (died April 24 624) was the first Bishop of London of the present diocese (established in 604) and the third Archbishop of Canterbury. Bede describes Mellitus as being of noble birth ("Hist. Eccl.", II, vii) and Pope Gregory I describes him as an abbot ("Letters", xi, 54, 59). He may have been abbot of the monastery of St. Andrew on the Celian Hill, founded by Gregory, to which both Gregory belonged before he became pope and St. - Abbot Suger
Suger (c. 1081 - January 13, 1151) was one of the last French abbot-statesmen, a historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture. Suger was born into a poor family and in 1091 was brought to the nearby abbey of Saint-Denis for education. He trained at the priory of Saint-Denis de l'Estrée, and there first met the future king King Louis VI the Fat. From 1104 to 1106 Suger attended another school, … - Alexander Stewart
Alexander Stewart (d. 1537) was a Scottish prelate; also known as Alexander Stewart of Pitcairn. He was the son of Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, and his first wife Catherine Sinclair, daughter of William Sinclair, Earl of Orkney and Earl of Caithness. The marriage of his parents was dissolved in 1478 and his father remarried, … - Peter The Venerable
Peter the Venerable (about 1092 - December 25, 1156 in Cluny, France), also known as Peter of Montboissier, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny, born to Blessed Raingarde in Auvergne, France. He has been honored as a saint but has never been formally canonized. - Benedict Biscop
Benedict Biscop (c. 628 - 690) (also known as Biscop Baducing) was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory. - Thomas Keating
Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. (b. 1923) is a Cistercian monk and priest. He was born in New York City, and attended Deerfield Academy, Yale University, and Fordham University, graduating in December 1943. He is a founder of the Centering Prayer movement and of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd. - Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens (or Stephens), Abbot of Netley Abbey and Beaulieu Abbey; (b. prob. c. 1490) (d. 1550) was an English renaissance clergyman and Cistercian monk. Little is known of Thomas' early life, but at some time in the early sixteenth century he became a monk at the small and poor Cistercian monastery of Netley Abbey in Hampshire. There he took holy orders and rose through the ranks so that by 1529 he was named abbot of Netley, succeeding John Corne. - John Chapman
The Right Reverend Dom John Chapman OSB (born 1865, died 7 November 1933), a convert from the Anglican to the Roman Catholic Church at the age of 25, was a Roman Catholic priest, the 4th Abbot of Downside Abbey of the English Benedictine Congregation from 1929 till his death, an internationally respected New Testament and patristics scholar, a defender of the priority of the Gospel according to Matthew, and a spiritual writer enjoying enduring appreciation. <br - Stephen Harding
Saint Stephen Harding (died March 28, 1134), is a Christian saint and monastic abbot, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order. Stephen Harding was born in Dorset, England. He was a speaker of English, Norman French, and Latin. He was placed in the abbey of Sherbourne at a young age, but eventually put aside the cowl and became a travelling scholar. He eventually moved to the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy, under the abbot Saint Robert of Molesme (c. 1027 - 1111). - Rabanus Maurus
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 - 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Benedictine monk, the archbishop of Mainz in Germany and a theologian. He was the author of the encyclopaedia "On the Nature of Things". He also wrote treatises on education and grammar and commentaries on the Bible. He was one of the most prominent teachers and writers of the Carolingian age.
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