Earl Purdy | |
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Born | Cohoes, New York, United States | June 6, 1892
Died | April 1, 1971 78) New Rochelle, New York, United States | (aged
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Painter |
Earl Purdy (June 6, 1892 – April 1, 1971) was an American painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. [1]
Pharology is the scientific study of lighthouses and signal lights, their construction and illumination. The variation pharonology is occasionally attested. Those who study or are enthused by lighthouses are known as pharologists.
Cecil John Seddon Purdy, often referred to as "C. J. S. Purdy", was an Australian chess player and writer. He was awarded the titles International Master in 1951 and Grandmaster of correspondence chess in 1959. Purdy was the inaugural world correspondence chess champion. He was also an influential chess magazine writer, editor, and publisher.
Purdy is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place north of the city of Gig Harbor, at the junction of Washington State Routes 16 and 302 on the northern boundary of Pierce County, Washington.
Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to:
Alfred Wellington Purdy was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years. His works include thirty-nine books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence, in addition to his posthumous works. He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate" and "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."
Amelia Michelle "Amy" Purdy is an American actress, model, para-snowboarder, motivational speaker, clothing designer and author. Purdy is a 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist, 2018 Paralympics silver medalist, and co-founder of Adaptive Action Sports.
The Cleveland Elementary School shooting occurred on January 17, 1989, at Cleveland Elementary School at 20 East Fulton Street in Stockton, California, United States. The gunman, Patrick Purdy, who had an extended criminal history, shot and killed five schoolchildren and wounded 32 others. As first responders arrived at the scene, Purdy committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. His victims were predominantly Southeast Asian refugees. This particular shooting happened almost exactly ten years after another school shooting in San Diego, which happened to be at a school named Grover Cleveland Elementary.
James Otis Purdy was an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright who, from his debut in 1956, published over a dozen novels, and many collections of poetry, short stories, and plays. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and in 2013 his short stories were collected in The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy.
USS Purdy (DD-734), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
Purdy's station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in North Salem, New York. It is 46.1 miles (74.2 km) from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time to Grand Central is 1 hour, 12 minutes.
Samuel Purdy was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the third Lieutenant Governor of California from 1852 to 1856. He also was the first mayor of Stockton, California, from 1850 to 1851.
Joe Purdy is an American singer/songwriter who has released fourteen albums over the last fifteen years. In 2017, Purdy made his acting debut in American Folk.
Douglas Chalmers Hutchinson Sutherland was a British author and journalist, who was born at Bongate Hall, Appleby-in-Westmorland, in 1919. He always joked that the error of judgement in his not being born in Scotland was compensated for a year later by his family's moving to live in the remote island of Stronsay in Orkney.
Steven Francis Purdy Ramos is a professional soccer player.
Everett Virgil "Pid" Purdy was an American professional athlete who played in both Major League Baseball and the National Football League. He was a native of Beatrice, Nebraska, and attended Beloit College. He was 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall and weighed 150 pounds (68 kg).
Purdys Chocolatier is a Canadian chocolatier, confectionery manufacturer, and retail operator. The company is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. From its 57,000 square-foot factory, Purdys produces a variety of different chocolates and confectioneries that are distributed to all of its retail locations. These products include a variety of specialty chocolates; including truffles, hazelnut Hedgehogs, caramels, creams, moulded filled chocolates, caramels and clusters. Many individual outlets also prepare ice cream bars dipped and covered in toppings of ones choice in full view of customers. Purdys began expanding outside of British Columbia in 1970 with its first outlets opening in Alberta. Purdys then began expansion into Ontario in 2004. There are currently a total of over 70 stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.
The Purdy Islands are an uninhabited island group in the Bismarck Sea, belonging to the people of M'Buke Island in Manus, Papua New Guinea. The Purdy Islands, Mole, Mouse, Rat, plus Bat and Alim, form part of the Admiralty Islands group, in Manus Province.
Virginia Cardwell Purdy was an American archivist and historian at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). She was a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists and an editor of the journal The American Archivist (1978–1980).
Chase R. Purdy is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 61 Toyota Tundra for Hattori Racing Enterprises.
Brock Purdy is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the Iowa State University and was selected by the 49ers with the final pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, making him the Mr. Irrelevant of that year.