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Irven DeVore
Irven DeVore is an anthropologist and evolutionary biologist, and Curator of Primatology at Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. He also teaches at Harvard. Professor DeVore was doing field research on the behavior and ecology of baboons in 1959, at the same time Jane ..
Irvine
Irvine may refer to: People: William Irvine (c. 1298–?), Clerk of the Roles for Scotland.William Irvine (1741-1804), Revolutionary soldier, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania.William Irvine (1820-1882), Civil War soldier, U.S. Congressman from New York.Acheson Irvine (1837–1916), Commissioner o..
Irvine, Alberta
Irvine is an Alberta hamlet located about 20 km east of Medicine Hat on highway 1. During the September long weekend Irvine is home to the 20 Mile Post Days. This is a weekend event that includes a parade, and weeklong rodeo. It is known as 20 Mile Post Days because it is approximately 20 mile..
Irvine, California
Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated in 1971, the 46-square mile city has a population of 199,755 (as of 2006). It currently has plans to annex an undeveloped..
Irvine, Kentucky
Irvine is a city in Estill County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,843 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Estill County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Noted natives4 External links Geography Irvine is locate..
Irvine, North Ayrshire
redirect [[Template:Infobox Scotland place]]Irvine is a coastal new town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The town was once a haunt of none other than Robert Burns, who now has two streets in the town named after him, Burns Street and Burns Crescent. Despite being classed as a new ..
Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven (detector)
IMB, the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector, was a nucleon decay experiment and neutrino observatory located in a salt mine on the shore of Lake Erie in the United States. It was a joint venture of the University of California, Irvine, the University of Michigan, and the Brookhaven National Labora..
Irvinestown
Irvinestown (Baile an Irbhinigh in Irish) is a lively village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, near Lower Lough Erne. It had a population of 1,801 people in the 2001 Census. The most notable building in the town is a ruined 18th century church. It's a very typical Irish country town, an equal ..
Irvine Barrow
The Honourable Augustus Irvine Barrow (February 15, 1913 – March 17, 2005) was a Canadian chartered accountant and Senator. Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Hartley F. Barrow and Margaret E. (Irvine), his family moved to Halifax in 1918. He attended the Maritime Business College. After wo..
Irvine Bulloch
Irvine Stephens Bulloch (25 June1842 — 7 January1898) was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was the brother of Martha Bulloch, the mother of future US President Theodore Roosevelt. Irvine was an officer in the Confederate Navy and the youngest officer on the CSS Alabama. He fired its last shot befo..
Irvine Clifton Gardner
Dr. Irvine Clifton Gardner (1889–1972) was an American physicist. In 1921 he joined the National Bureau of Standards, and in 1950 he would become chief of the Division of Optics and Meteorology. He was the president of the Optical Society of America in 1958. He was noted for his work on opti..
Irvine Company
Irvine Company Headquarters building. The Irvine Company is a privately-held real estate development company based in Newport Beach, Orange County, California. Donald Bren is its Chairman. Contents 1 Operations2 History3 Fictional accounts4 External links Operations The..
Irvine Glacier
Irvine Glacier ([74°42′S 63°15′W]) is a glacier, 40 miles long, draining southeast between the Guettard Range and the Rare Range into the north part of Gardner Inlet. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for George J...
Irvine High School
Official name Irvine High School Type Public secondary Principal Gail Richards Location Walnut Avenue Irvine, California Website http://www.irvinehigh.org/ Enrollment 1,825 Established 1976 Mascot The Irvine Vaquero School colors Blue and Green Newspaper El ..
Irvine Kinneas
--> Irvine Kinneas is a playable character from Squaresoft's (now Square Enix) computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII. Irvine was originally meant to appear in Kingdom Hearts as a Final Fantasy cameo. However, he was replaced by Wakka in the final version. He was named after Irvine, Calif..
Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw
Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw (born 1943 in Keith in Banffshire) is a Scottish businessman, and a member of the House of Lords. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2005, Laidlaw is Scotland's 6th richest man, with an estimated wealth of £498 million. Laidlaw founded the company I..
Irvine Lenroot
Senator Irvine Lenroot Irvine Luther Lenroot (January 31, 1869 – January 26, 1949) was a member of the United States Republican Party who served in the House of Representatives from 1909 - 1918, and in United States Senate from 1918 - 1927, for the state of Wisconsin. Lenroot was born ..
Irvine Meadow XI F.C.
Irvine Meadow XI is a Scottish junior football (soccer) club, from Ayrshire. Formed in 1897 they are one of the older Ayrshire Junior clubs still playing. Of the two junior football clubs in Irvine (the other being Irvine Victoria) they are the larger. Indeed, they are traditionally one of the bi..
Irvine Patnick
Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, OBE (b. 1929) is a businessman and former English politician. He was educated in Sheffield at the Central Technical School followed by Sheffield Polytechnic. A building contractor, Irvine Patnick entered politics as a Conservative member of Sheffield City Council. He was el..
Irvine railway station
Irvine railway station is a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. External links [Train times] and [station information] for from National Rail[Stree..
Irvine Review
The Irvine Review is a conservative student newspaper at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in Irvine, California. It was founded in September 2002 by roommates and compatriots Ivan Chen and Ryan Mykita, with the backing of the Collegiate Network and individual donors from the surrounding co..
Irvine Shillingford
Irvine ShillingfordWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type Right-arm off break (OB) Tests ODIs Matches 4 2 '''Runs scored 218 30 Batting average 31.14 15.00 100s/50s 1/0 0/0 Top score 120 24 ..
Irvine Spectrum Center
Sattelite Image of The Irvine Spectrum Center. The Irvine Spectrum Center is an outdoor mall on the south-east edge of Irvine, California, centered on a large Edwards 21 Cinemas movie theater. Built over a 10-year period, the first phase of the mall opened in 1995, with the second phase followi..
Irvine Unified School District
Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) is a public school district located in Irvine, California. Irvine USD serves most of the city of Irvine. Its student enrollment during the 2002-2003 school year was 24,700, spread across 22 elementary, 7 middle, and 4 high schools. Four of its high schools were..
Irvine Valley College
Irvine Valley College is a community college in Irvine, California and it is a part of the California Community Colleges system. ..
Irvine Victoria F.C.
Irvine Victoria Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club, based in the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire. Nicknamed Wee Vics, they were formed in 1904, and they play at Victoria Park. Currently playing in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they wear orange, blue a..
Irvine W. Grote
Dr. Irvine Walter Grote (1899 – 1972) was an American chemist and scholar. Born in the Cameron Hill section of Chattanooga, Tennessee, he entered the University of Chattanooga in 1918. After earning his bachelor's degree, he studied at Columbia University and earned a master's degree. He ..
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh, reading one of his new short stories at the Edinburgh International Book Festival Irvine Welsh (born Leith, Edinburgh, September 27 1958) is a Scottish novelist. Contents 1 Early life2 Work3 Themes4 Style5 Bibliography6 External links Early life ..
Irvine Whitlock Seniors Classic
The Irvine Whitlock Seniors Classic is a men's senior (over 50) professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour. It has been held each year since 1995 at La Moye Golf Club in Jersey. It indirectly replaced the Jersey Open, an event on the main European Tour which was staged at the same ven..
Irving
Irving can refer to: Irving (band), for the bandIrving Oil, petroleum producer and retailerKenneth Colin Irving, founder of Irving OilJ.D. Irving Limited, producer of forestry and other productsIrving, TexasDavid Irving, a British Holocaust RevisionistIrving David Rubin, former Jewish Defense Leagu..
Irving, Illinois
Irving is a village in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,484 at the 2000 census. Geography Irving is located at [39°12′21″N, 89°24′19″W] (39.205736, -89.405174)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, t..
Irving, New York
Irving is a hamlet located in Chautauqua County, New York, USA. Irving is located near the east town line and the eastern county line in the Town of Hanover. US Route 20 and New York State Route 5 pass through the village, which is also next to Cattaraugus Creek. ..
Irving, Texas
Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated b..
Irving, Wisconsin
Irving is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 602 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 115.0 km² (44.4 mi²). 113.7 km² (43.9 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it (1.17%) is water...
Irvingia
Irvingia is a genus of African and Southeast Asian trees in the family Irvingiaceae, sometimes known by the common names wild mango, African mango, or bush mango. They bear edible mango-like fruits, and are especially valued for their fat- and protein-rich nuts, known as ogbono, etima, odika, or ..
Irvingiaceae
Irvingiaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 20 species in 3 genera. ..
Irvington
Irvington is the name of several places in the United States of America: Irvington, New JerseyIrvington, New YorkIrvington neighborhood, Portland, OregonIrvington is a neighborhood in Baltimore.Irvington is a neighborhood and historical town in Fremont, California. This is a [disambiguationdis..
Irvington, Illinois
Irvington is a village in Washington County, Illinois, United States. The population was 736 at the 2000 census. Geography Irvington is located at [38°26′19″N, 89°9′40″W] (38.438536, -89.161220)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau..
Irvington, Kentucky
Irvington, KY Founded 1888 State Kentucky County Breckinridge Mayor Ricky Lucas Irvington is a city in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,257 at the 2000 census. Geography Irvington is located at [37°52′44″N, 86°17′5″W] (37.878..
Irvington, New Jersey
Irvington is a Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 60,695. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History3.1 Before 17003.2 1700's3.3 After the revolution3.4 Civil War3...
Irvington, New York
Irvington is a village in Westchester County, New York, USA. The population was 6,631 at the 2000 census. The Village of Irvington is located on the western side of the Town of Greenburgh. The village is north of New York City. Contents 1 History1.1 2005 Mayoral Election2 Geogr..
Irvington, Virginia
Irvington is a town in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States. The population was 673 at the 2000 census. Geography Irvington is located at [37°39′25″N, 76°24′60″W] (37.657019, -76.416666)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, ..
Irvington (Metro-North station)
The Irvington Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Irvington, New York via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every 25 to 35 minutes on weekdays. It is 22.7 miles (37 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately 51 minutes. {| class="toc..
Irvington High School
Irvington High School can refer to: Irvington High School in Fremont, CaliforniaIrvington High School in Irvington, New JerseyIrvington High School in Irvington, New YorkThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you t..
Irvington High School (Fremont, California)
Irvington High School is a high school located in Fremont, California. It opened in the Fall of 1961 with a capacity of about 1,450 students. It is one of five 9-12 grade public high schools in Fremont. Major construction in 1968 resulted in the addition of a 350-seat theater, a second gymnasium,..
Irvington High School (New York)
Irvington High School (IHS) is a public high school in the Irvington Union Free School District. The mission of the Irvington School District is to create a challenging and supportive learning environment in which each student attains his or her highest potential for academic achievement, critical ..
Irvington Public Schools
Irvington Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Irvington, New Jersey. IPS, an Abbott District, serves the city of Irvington. Contents 1 Schools1.1 Secondary schools1.1.1 High schools1.1.2 Middle schools1.1.2.1 7-81.1.2.2 61.2 Primary schools2&nb..
Irving (band)
Irving is an American indie rock band. Irving is a collective--they lack a frontman--vocal and songwriting duties are shared by at least three people. As of June 2006 the video for their song "Situation" had gotten airplay on MTV2. "Situation" appears on their album, "Death in the Garden, Blood on..
Irving Aaronson
Irving Aaronson (February 7, 1895 – May 10, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and big band leader. Musician life Born in New York, USA, Irving Aaronson learned piano from Alfred Sendry at the David Mannes School for music. His piano performances by the age of 11 could be heard in silent mov..
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders
Irving Aaronson and His Commanders was an American big band active in New York in the Mid-twenties lead by Irving Aaronson. Contents 1 Sidemen2 Vocalists3 Recording Affiliations4 References Sidemen Mickey Bloom, Red Stanley, Harold Saliers, Herman Hyde, Phil Saxe, Sal Cibell..
Irving Abella
Irving Martin Abella (born 1940) is a Canadian writer, historian and academic. He specializes in Jewish Canadian history. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree (1963), Master of Arts (1964) degree, and Ph.D. (1969) from the University of Toronto. His books have included..
Irving Allen
Irving Allen (November 24 1905 - December 17 1987) was a theatrical and cinematic producer and director. He won an Academy Award in 1948 for producing the short movie Climbing the Matterhorn. Born in Poland, he entered film as an editor at Universal, Paramount and Republic in 1929. During the 1940s..
Irving Allen Lee
Irving Allen Lee (November 21,1948-September 5,1992) was an African American actor known for playing Detective Calvin Stoner on The Edge of Night from 1977-1984 and Dr. Evan Cooper on Ryan's Hope from 1986-1988. He died from AIDS releated illness at the age of 43. External links [Irving Allen ..
Irving Amen
Irving Amen (born 1918 in New York City) is known as a master printmaker. He has produced thousands of woodcuts, etchings, lithographs and silk-screen prints. He also creates using oil and acrylic as well as some sculpture. Irving Amen had a studio in New York City for many years but moved to Boca R..
Irving Asher
Producer Irving Asher (1903 - 1985) began his film career in 1919. During the 1930s, he was managing director of British projects for Warner Brothers. In 1939, he worked on Alexander Korda's classic epic, The Four Feathers. Later he returned to Hollywood to work as a producer for MGM. It was in that..
Irving Azoff
Irving Azoff is a famous music industry manager of bands such as Jewel, The Eagles, Bush, REO Speedwagon, Dan Fogelberg, Seal, Journey, Christina Aguilera, and Van Halen. Irving was born on December 12, 1947. He is chairman and founder of Azoff Music Management Group, Inc. Mr. Azoff began promoti..
Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt (August 2, 1865 – July 15, 1933) was an American academic and literary critic, noted for his founding role in a movement that became known as the New Humanism, a significant influence on literary discussion and conservative thought in the period between 1910 to 1930. He was a cu..
Irving Bacheller
Addison Irving Bacheller (September 26, 1859 – February 24, 1950) was an American journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. Birth and education Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1882 after..
Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon (September 6, 1893 - February 5, 1965) was a film character actor with over 400 film roles. Irving was often cast in the films directed by his brother Lloyd Bacon such as The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938). In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Irving played the recurring role of Mr. C..
Irving Baxter
Irving Knot Baxter (March 25, 1876 – June 13, 1957) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France. ..
Irving Benson
Irving Benson was a standup comic in the Borscht Belt or Vaudeville tradition. He resembled Myron Cohen to some extent. He worked with fellow vaudevillian Milton Berle over the years, and gained a good deal of recognition as a (planted) heckler in Berle's weekly variety series in the 1960s, playing..
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989), born Israel Isidore Beilin (as per [link]), in Tyumen, Russia (or possibly Mogilev, now Belarus), was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. Berlin got his start as..
Irving Berlin et al. v. E.C. Publications, Inc.
Irving Berlin et al. v. E.C. Publications, Inc. was an important parody/copyright law case decided in 1964 which created the "Mad Magazine exception". Mad Magazine had published a number of parody lyrics to existing songs, including Berlin's A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody. The court found for Mad..
Irving Braxiatel
Irving Braxiatel or Cardinal Braxiatel is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures — spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He subsequently became a regular character in novels and audio dramas in the Bernice Summerfield universe. In the aud..
Irving Brecher
Irving Brecher (born 17 January 1914) enjoyed early success as a screenwriter for the Marx Brothers; he helped write "At the Circus" in 1939 and "Go West" in 1940. (He was also one of the numerous uncredited writers to help out on the screenplay to 1939's "The Wizard of Oz".) Some of his other scree..
Irving Caesar
Irving Caesar (born July 4, 1895 in New York, died December 18, 1996 in New York) originally known as Isidor Caesar, was a prominent American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded..
Irving Charles Velson
Charles Irving Velson was an American who had a long career in the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) secret apparatus and who allegedly worked for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU). He was the son of Clara Lemlich Shavelson and changed his name to Velson in 1939 or 1940. Velson worked ..
Irving Chernev
Irving Chernev (1900-1981) was a prolific Russian-American chess author. He was born in Moscow, and emigrated to the United States in 1920. Chernev was obsessed with chess. He wrote that he "probably read more about chess and played over more games than any man in history." Chernev's deep love for ..
Irving Cleghorn
Irving Moffat Cleghorn (died 1930) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1930, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party. Cleghorn worked as a medical doctor, and resided in Baldur, Manitoba. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature..
Irving Copi
Irving Marmer Copi (born Copilowish, July 28 1917–August 19 2002) was an American philosopher, author and logician. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and died at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii. Copi had appointments at the University of Illinois, the United States Air Force Academy, Princeton U..
Irving Cummings
Irving Cummings (October 9 1888 - April 18 1959), born Irving Camisky in New York City, New York was a movie actor, director, producer and writer. Cummings started his acting career in his late teens on Broadway with the legendary Lillian Russell. He soon entered into movies in 1909 and quickly beca..
Irving Farmer Kennedy
Irving Farmer Kennedy (February 4, 1922 - ) was a Canadian fighter pilot in the RCAF during World War II. He was one of Canada’s highest scoring aces of the war. Born in Cumberland, Ontario in 1922 to Eva Farmer and Robert James Kennedy (a veteran of WWI, injured in 1917 at Vimy Ridge), he grew..
Irving Fazola
Irving Fazola (10 December, 1912 - 20 March, 1949) was a jazz clarinetist. Fazola or "Faz" was born in New Orleans, Louisiana as Irving Henry Prestopnik. He got the nickname "Fazola" from his childhood skill at Solfege ("Fa-Sol-La"). He decided to use the nickname as his family name, and many fello..
Irving Fine
Irving Gifford Fine (December 3 1914–August 23 1962) was a US composer. A member of a close-knit group of mid-twentieth century Boston composers, Fine's work assimilated neo-classical, romantic, and, later, serial elements. Composer Virgil Thompson described Fine's "unusual melodic grace"; A..
Irving Fisher
Irving Fisher, born (February 27 1867 Saugerties, New York — April 29 1947, New York) was an American economist, health campaigner, and eugenicist. He was one of the earliest American neoclassical economists and, although he was perhaps the first celebrity economist, his reputation today is pr..
Irving Fiske
Irving Fiske, (born Irving Fishman in Brooklyn, New York, on March 5 1908), a playwright, inventor, freelance writer, and speaker. Irving, a 1928 graduate of Cornell University, had worked for the Federal Writer's Project of the WPA ( Works Progress Administration) during the 1930s, had written for ..
Irving Francis Wood
Irving Francis Wood, Ph. D. (1861-1934 ) was an American biblical scholar. Professor Wood was born at Walton, New York. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1885 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He taught in Jaffna College, Ceylon, until 1889. Wood then studied for his Bachelor of Divinity degre..
Irving Friedman
Irving Friedman (January 12, 1920 - June 28, 2005) was a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientist and a pioneer in geochemistry. Born in New York City, New York, he obtained a B.S. degree in chemistry from Montana State University, a M.S. degree in chemistry from Washington State University, and a Ph..
Irving Fryar
Irving Fryar (born September 28, 1962) is a former American Football wide receiver. An All-American for the University of Nebraska in 1983, Fryar played with Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, and quarterback Turner Gill. Fryar was the first wide receiver to be drafted #1 overall in the NFL Draf..
Irving Gill
Irving John Gill (1870 - 1936) was born in Tully (near Syracuse), New York, USA and is considered an early architectural modernist, having produced some of San Diego's best architecture. Biography Irving Gill was the son of Joseph Gill a house carpenter and farmer. He had no formal education in ..
Irving Gordon
Irving Gordon (February 14, 1915-December 1, 1996) was an American songwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, he studied violin, and after attending public schools in New York City, went to work in the Catskill Mountains at some of the resort hotels in the area. While working in the..
Irving Green
Irving Green (1916-2006) was an American record industry executive, and co-founder of Mercury Records. He was instrumental in promoting African-American artists such as Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and the Platters. In 1945, he founded Mercury along with Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge, and hel..
Irving Harris
Irving B. Harris (August 4, 1910- September 25, 2004) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, much of his charitable work was done in Chicago, Illinois, but he also donated substantially to the arts in Aspen, Colorado. Harris contributed most of his..
Irving Hexham
Irving Hexham (April 14, 1943) is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is married to Karla Poewe who is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Calgary, and is the father of two children, Jeremy and Janet. He holds dual citizenship in England and Ca..
Irving Howe
Irving Howe (1920 – 1993), was born Irving Horenstein in New York, the son of immigrants who ran a small grocery store that went out of business during the Great Depression. Howe graduated from City College in 1940. He entered radical politics as a member of the Young People's Socialist Lea..
Irving Independent School District
Irving Independent School District is a school district based in Irving, Texas. The district, which covers 48.5 square miles, serves most of the city of Irving, except for Valley Ranch and a portion of Las Colinas. The district also serves a small portion of Grand Prairie. Irving ISD had about 32,0..
Irving Ives
Irving McNeil Ives (January 24 1896 February 24 1962) was an American politician from the state of New York. He was a Republican. Ives was born in Bainbridge, New York. He served overseas in the United States Army during World War I, rising to the rank of first lieutenant before he left the army in..
Irving Janis
Irving L. Janis (26 May 1918 - 15 November 1990) was a research psychologist at Yale University and a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley most famous for his theory of "groupthink" which described the systematic errors made by groups when taking collective decisions. He ret..
Irving Johnson
right The Tall ships Irving and Exy Johnson can be found at Irving Johnson (Tall ship) Irving McClure Johnson (July 4, 1905 - January 2, 1991). Born in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. Johnson was an author, adventurer and sail training pioneer. Early home movies shows an impressionable ..
Irving Johnson (Tall ship)
Type: Brigantine Hull: Wood Built: 2002, San Pedro, CA Homeport: Los Angeles, CA Designer: Henry Gruber/WIB Crealock Builder: Allan Rawl/Brigantine Boatworks Sparred Length: 113 ft Length on deck: 90 ft Length waterline: 72 ft Beam: 21 ft Draft: 11 ft Rig H..
Irving Joshua Matrix
Irving Joshua Matrix (born Japan, 1908; died Black Sea 1980), born Irving Joshua Bush and commonly known as Dr. (I. J.) Matrix, was a fictitious polymath scientist, scholar, and entrepreneur who made extraordinary contributions to perpetual motion engineering, Biblical cryptography and numerology, ..
Irving Kahal
Irving Kahal, [b 5 March 1903 in Houtzdale, d 7 February 1942 in New York] was a popular lyricist active in the 1920's and '30's. He is best remembered for his collaborations with composer Sammy Fain which started in 1926 when Kahal was working in vaudeville sketches written by Gus Edward..
Irving Kanarek
Irving Kanarek is best known for being Charles Manson's lawyer in the Tate-LaBianca Murder Trial. Kanarek was known for trying to confuse juries and the prosecuting lawyers with his obstructionist ways. He objected 9 times in the opening statements, despite continuous censure by Judge Charles Olde..
Irving Kaplansky
Irving Kaplansky (March 22, 1917 – June 25, 2006) was a Canadian mathematician. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended the University of Toronto as an undergraduate. After receiving his PhD from Harvard as Saunders Mac Lane's first student, Kaplansky was professor of mathematics at ..
Irving Kaufman
Irving Robert Kaufman (June 24, 1910 - February 1, 1992) was the judge who presided over the trial of Ethel Rosenberg. Roy Cohn, the prosecutor in the case who happened to be a family friend of Kaufman, claimed in his autobiography that his influence led to Kaufman (a family friend) being appointed ..
Irving Klaw
Teaserama film poster Irving Klaw (November 9, 1910 - September 3, 1966) was an American photographer and filmmaker. Klaw is best-known for operating a mail-order business selling photographs and film of attractive women (sometimes in bondage) from the 1940s to the 1960s. He was one of the f..
Irving Kristol
right Irving Kristol (born 1920) is considered the founder of American neoconservatism. He is married to conservative author and emeritus professor Gertrude Himmelfarb, and is the father of William Kristol. He describes himself as a "liberal mugged by reality". Kristol was born into a Jewish f..
Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir -- chemist and physicist Irving Langmuir (January 31, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York - August 16, 1957 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts) was an American chemist and physicist. While at G.E., from 1909-1950, Langmuir advanced several basic fields of physics and chemistry, invented the ..
Irving Layton
Irving Layton OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following but also made enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography (2001), Layton fought Puritanism throughout his life: Layton's work had provide..
Irving Lerner
Irving Lerner was an American citizen and an employee of the United States Office of War Information during World War II who worked in the Motion Picture Division. Lerner was allegedly involved in espionage on behalf of Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU). Arthur Adams was Lerner's key contact. In..
Irving Mills
Irving Mills (January 161894–April 211985) was a jazz music publisher. Mills was born in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919. Between 1919 and 1965, when they sold Mills Music, Inc., they built and became the largest independent music publisher in the world. ..
Irving Oil
Irving "Big Stop" truck stop sign near Fredericton, New Brunswick Irving Oil is a privately-owned gasoline, oil, and natural gas producing and exporting company. It is also one of the only energy companies in Canada which supports implementation of the Kyoto Accord, to the consternation of m..
Irving Park, Chicago
Irving Park is a neighborhood located on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois. Irving Park (Chicago, Illinois) Community Area 16 - Irving ParkLocation within the city of Chicago LatitudeLongitude [41°57′N 87°43.8′W] Neighborhoods Irving ParkKilbourn ParkOld Irving ParkThe V..
Irving Park (CTA)
Irving Park is the name of two stations on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system: Irving Park (CTA Brown Line) on the Brown LineIrving Park (CTA Blue Line) on the Blue Line This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an refer..
Irving Park (CTA Brown Line)
For other 'L' stations on the Chicago Transit Authority named Irving Park, see Irving Park (CTA). Irving Park is the station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is located at 1816-18 W. Irving Park Road. It was put into service in 1907 as part of Northwestern Elevated Railroad's Ravenswood line. It is loc..
Irving Paul Lazar
Irving Lazar and Diana Ross Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar (March 28, 1907 – December 30, 1993) was a legendary agent and deal-maker for Hollywood movie stars and authors. Born Samuel Lazar in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from the Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University in 1931. Whil..
Irving Penn
Irving Penn photo, Nubile Young Beauty of Diamaré, 1969. Irving Penn (b. 16 June 1917) is an American photographer, born in New Jersey. Known primarily for his fashion photography, Penn's work shows a unique vision and a wide range of subjects. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early caree..
Irving Plaza
Irving Plaza is club located at 17 Irving Place, between 15th and 16th Streets and one block west of Third Avenue in New York City. The venue hosts many local and touring, theatre, dance and music performing events. Notable Bands and Artists Many notable bands and artists have played the club, s..
Irving Price
Irving Price (1884 - 1976) was a U.S. toy manufacturer. He was the co-founder and co-eponym of Fisher-Price Toys in 1930. ..
Irving R. Levine
Irving R. Levine (August 26, 1922 - ) is a former journalist for NBC. During his 35-year career, he reported from over two dozen countries, which led to him becoming the first foreign correspondent accredited in the Soviet Union (as a result of which he wrote three best-selling non-fiction books on ..
Irving Ramsey Wiles
Irving Ramsey Wiles (April 8, 1861 - 1948) was an American artist, born in Utica, New York. He was educated at the Sedgwick Institute in Great Barrington, and learned the basics of painting from his father, Lemuel Maynard Wiles (1826-1905), who focused primarily on landscapes. From 1879 to 1881 he ..
Irving Rapper
Born on January 16, 1898 in London, the United Kingdom, Irving Rapper was a film director. Born in London on January 16, 1898, he emigrated to the United States and became an actor and stage director on Broadway while studying at New York University. In the mid-1930s he journeyed westward to Holly..
Irving Rosenwater
Irving Rosenwater (11 September 1932 - 30 January 2006) was an English researcher and statistician. A dedicated cricket researcher, Irving Rosenwater was an unique character, which English cricket often produces, but does not always value as highly as it should. He contributed much to the understa..
Irving S. Reed
Irving S. Reed is a mathematician and engineer. He is best known for co-inventing a class of algebraic error-correcting and error-detecting codes known as Reed-Solomon codes in collaboration with Gustave Solomon. He also co-invented the Reed-Muller code. Dr. Reed has made many contributions to area..
Irving S. Shapiro
Irving Saul Shapiro (July 15, 1916, Minnesota - September 13, 2001) was a American businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of the DuPont (December 1973-) He was born as a son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrant family. He is the father of a lawyer. External links http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoint..
Irving Saladino
Irving Saladino (born 23 January, 1983 in Colón) is a Panamanian long jump athlete. At the World Indoor Championships he finished second with a new South American indoor record of 8.29 metres. With 8.56 metres achieved in May 2006 he is the current South American record holder. Achievements Year..
Irving Schild
Irving Schild is a commercial photographer who has worked extensively for agencies and clients. He is also known as the long-running photographer for MAD Magazine. Contributors to Mad"The Usual Gang of Idiots" Editors Jerry DeFuccio | Al Feldstein | John Ficarra | Harvey Kurtzman | Nick Meglin..
Irving Schleimer
Irving Schleimer (1921-2005) was Dean of the Pacific Coast University Law School (Long Beach, California) from 1981 to 1999 and a strong proponent of diversity in legal education. Dean Schleimer was previously a meteorologist and worked in a family orthodontic appliance business before becoming a la..
Irving Segal
Irving Ezra Segal (1918-1998) was a mathematician known for work on theoretical quantum mechanics. He was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He shares credit for what is often referred to as the Segal-Shale-Weil distribution. Irving Segal created the chronometric theory. ..
Irving Shain
Irving Shain (b. 1926) was a Chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin. He served as Chancellor of the university from 1977 to 1986. As Chancellor, he unilaterally revoked the collective bargaining rights of the first graduate employee union in the country, the Teaching Assistants' Assoc..
Irving Stone
Irving Stone (July 14 1903 – August 26 1989) was an American writer known for his biographical novels of famous historical personalities. Some of Stone's important works in this category include: Lust for Life (1934) - based on the life of Vincent van GoghAdversary in the House (1947) - based o..
Irving Taylor (songwriter)
Irving Taylor (* 8 April[#endnote_birth] 1914 in Brooklyn, NY; † 3 December 1983 in Westlake Village, Los Angeles, CA), was an American composer, songwriter, and screenwriter. He served in the US Navy during World War II. He married Katharine Snell on 20 September 1942 and they had two ..
Irving Thalberg
Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and his extraordinary ability for selecting the right scripts, choosing the right actors, gathering the best production st..
Irving Thalberg Jr.
Irving Thalberg Jr. (August 25,1930 - 1988), was a college professor of philosophy, and the son of 1930s Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg and Academy award-winning actress Norma Shearer. The Thalberg family lived at 706 Ocean Front Drive in Los Angeles. Irving Jr. was only six years old when h..
Irving Township, Michigan
Irving Township is a township in Barry County, Michigan, United States. The population was 2,682 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.3 km² (36.0 mi²). 93.0 km² (35.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (0...
Irving Township, Minnesota
Irving Township is a township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 787 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.6 km² (36.1 mi²). 85.0 km² (32.8 mi²) of it is land and 8.6 km² (3.3 mi²) of it ..
Irving Trust
Irving Trust was a big bank, headquartered in New York City. In 1988 Irving was bought by the Bank of New York and ceased to exist as an independent entity. ..
Irving T Bush
Irving T Bush (July 12, 1869-1948) was an American businessman. Born in Michigan, his father was the wealthy industrialist Rufus T Bush. As founder of the Bush Terminal Company, he was responsible for the construction of Brooklyn's Bush Terminal. He also funded the construction of Bush House in L..
Irving Vendig
Irving Vendig (1902-1995) was an American soap opera writer. He created The Edge of Night for Procter and Gamble Productions and CBS in 1956. He had been a writer on the Perry Mason radio show; when Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner refused to allow the show to become a soap opera, Vending refashi..
Irving W. Drew
Irving Webster Drew (January 8, 1845 - April 10, 1922) was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Colebrook, he attended Kimball Union Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1870. He moved to Lancaster, New Hampshire, where he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1871 an..
Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 - June 29, 1990) was an American bestselling author and screenwriter. His works are noted for their inventiveness and careful research. He was the father of Olympic historian David Wallechinsky and author Amy Wallace. Several of Wallace's books have been made into ..
Irving Washington
Irving Washington is a modified form of Washington Irving used by Major Major Major Major in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 on letters he censors. ..
Irving Weber
Irving B. Weber (December 19, 1900—March 16, 1997 was a local athlete, businessman, and historian in Iowa City, Iowa. He was the first athlete at the University of Iowa to make the All-American Swimming Team. He joined Sidwell's Ice Cream Company in Iowa City and later became one of its owners. ..
Irving Zola
Irving Kenneth Zola (1935—1994) was an internationally-known activist and writer in the fields of medical sociology and disability rights. He was a founding member of the Society of Disability Studies and the first editor of Disability Studies Quarterly. He also was a founding member and couns..
Irvin Baxter Jr.
Irvin Baxter Jr. is founder and president of Endtime Ministries author, publisher, broadcaster, pastor, and international prophecy teacher. Before committing himself to full-time work with Endtime Ministries, Irvin Baxter, Jr. served as pastor of the Oak Park Church in Richmond, Indiana for approxim..
Irvin D. Yalom
Dr. Irvin Yalom Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, an existentialist, and psychotherapist. Contents 1 Early Life2 Writing Fiction and Nonfiction3 Professional Approach4 Family ..
Irvin Dorfman
Irvin Dorfman of Brooklyn, New York, was an outstanding amateur American tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s. Dorfman was ranked No. 15 in singles in the United States in 1947, and No. 3 in doubles in the U.S. in 1948. At the historic tennis tournament in Cincinnati, Dorfman reached the 1948 si..
Irvin Duguid
Irvin Duguid (born 18 December 1969, Aberchirder, Aberdeenshire) is a Scottish musician. He studied piano and violin at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow before going on to become keyboard player in the live line-up of Stiltskin, a Scottish rock band with the number 1 hit si..
Irvin F. Westheimer
Irvin Ferdinand Westheimer (September 17,1879–December 31,1980) is best remembered for being the founder of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Westheimer, an Ohio businessman, banker and philanthropist, began the Big Brothers movement on July 4, 1903, when he discovered a young boy rumm..
Irvin Feld
Irvin Feld was an impresario and long time owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was a music promoter and has been credited with bringing singer/songwriter Paul Anka to fame in the United States during a promotional tour. Irvin was the father of Kenneth Feld. ..
Irvin Kershner
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Irvin Kershner (born April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American director and sometimes actor..
Irvin Leigh Matus
Irvin Leigh Matus, born July 25, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, is an author and library researcher based in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Matus has written books, articles and reviews on various subjects, but is best known as a writer on the issue of Shakespearean authorship, taking the position of a Str..
Irvin McDowell
General Irvin McDowell Irvin McDowell (October 15, 1818 – May 4, 1885) was an American military officer, famous for his participation in the American Civil War. Born in Columbus, Ohio, McDowell initially attended the College de Troyes in France, then graduated from U.S. Military Acade..
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1876–1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and wrote over 60 books. Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was the second of four children born to Kentucky natives on June 23, 1876, in Paducah Kentucky. His grandfather Reuben Saunders, M.D., is credit..
Irvin William Akerley
Irvin William Akerley (1904 – 11 March 1995) was a Nova Scotia businessman and politician. Born in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, the son of Harry and Margaret MacLeod Akerley, he was a businessman in Dartmouth running his own businesses and working for others. In 1955, he was elected the first mayor ..
Irvin Yeaworth
Irvin Shortess Shorty Yeaworth, Jr. (February 14, 1926 in Berlin, Germany-July 19, 2004, in Amman, Jordan in a road accident) was a German film director, producer, screenwriter and theme park builder. Before he died, he was building a theme park called Jordanian Experience at the Aquaba Gateway in J..
Irvona, Pennsylvania
Irvona is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 680 at the 2000 census. Geography Irvona is located at [40°46′25″N, 78°33′9″W] (40.773516, -78.552552)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, ..
Irv Eatman
Irv Eatman joins the Raiders coaching staff as co-offensive line coach. Eatman previously served as an assistant offensive line coach with the Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Eatman played professional football for 14 seasons, including 11 with the NFL, Eatman was dra..
Irv Frew
Irv Frew' - (Born August 16, 1907 in Kilsyth, Scotland) was a Professional Hockey Defenseman who played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons, St. Louis Eagles and Montreal Canadiens. ..
Irv Gikofsky
Mr. G (born Irv Gikofsky) is a weather person for the weekday edition of WB11 News at Ten on WPIX-TV. He joined the newscast in September 1993. He hosted the program called Is School Enough in April 2002. Mr. G worked at WCBS-TV prior to joining WPIX, and has taken part in over twenty runnings ..
Irv Gotti
Irv Gotti (born Irving Lorenzo) (born June 26, 1970 in Hollis, Queens, New York, U.S.A) is a prominent hip hop and R&B record producer and is the head of The Inc. (Formerly Murder Inc.) record label. He has signed and/or produced such prominent acts as Ja Rule, Ashanti, Vita, Caddillac Tah, Black C..
Irv Kupcinet
Irv Kupcinet (July 31, 1912 – November 10, 2003) was a Chicago Sun-Times columnist and broadcast personality based in Chicago, Illinois. He was popularly known by the nickname "Kup". His daily "Kup's Column" was launched in 1943, providing readers with inside gossip on local and national celebri..
Irv Novick
Pep Comics #1 (January 1940), the first appearance of The Shield Irv Novick (1916-October 15, 2004) was an American comic book artist who worked almost continuously from 1939 until the late 1990s. A graduate of the National Academy of Design, Novick got his start in the workshop of Harry "A"..
Irv Robbins
Irv Robbins (born 1918) was the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain with his partner Burt Baskin. ..
Irv Rubin
Irving David Rubin (1946 - 2002) was chairman of the militant Jewish Defense League from 1985 to 2002. Rubin was born in Canada, but after experiencing widespread anti-Semitism in his home city of Montreal, he and his parents and sister moved to the neighborhood of Granada Hills, California, a su..
Irv Weinstein
Irv Weinstein is a retired local television news anchor. He hosted WKBW-TV's Eyewitness News in Buffalo, New York for 34 years from 1964 to 1998 and became an iconic broadcaster, well known in both the Buffalo area and in Toronto, Ontario which was within WKBW's broadcast area. Weinstein was known f..
Şirvan
Şirvan is a district of Siirt city of Turkey. Siirt | Aydınlar | Baykan | Eruh | Kurtalan | Pervari | Şirvan ..
Širvintos
Širvintos (Polish: Szyrwinty) - a town in Vilniaus Apskritis in eastern part of Lithuania. It is the administrative centre of a municipality - Širvintos district municipality. ..
Širvintos district municipality
Širvintų rajono savivaldybė (Location) (Coat of arms) Location Ethnographic region Aukštaitija County Vilnius County General information Capital Širvintos Major settlements Širvintos (pop. 7,273) ? Number of elderates 8 Area (rank) 42nd) Population (ran..
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