Osgood (surname)
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Osgood is a surname, and may refer to:
- Bob OsgoodBob OsgoodRobert D. "Bob" Osgood was an American track and field athlete who set a world record in the 120-yard high hurdles in May 1937 with a time of 14 seconds flat. He also won the Big Ten Conference championship in the event in both 1936 and 1937...
(c. 1915 – c. 1992), US athlete in running - Charles E. OsgoodCharles E. OsgoodCharles Egerton Osgood was a distinguished American psychologist who developed a technique for measuring the connotative meaning of concepts, known as the semantic differential.-Career:...
(1916–1991), US psychologist - Charles OsgoodCharles OsgoodCharles Osgood is a radio and television commentator in the United States. His daily program, The Osgood File, has been broadcast on the CBS Radio Network since 1971. He is also known for being the voice of the narrator of Horton Hears a Who!, an animated film released in 2008, based on the book...
(born 1933), US radio and television commentator - Charlie OsgoodCharlie OsgoodCharles Benjamin Osgood is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944. At 17 years of age, the 5'10", 180 lb...
, Major League baseball pitcher - Chris OsgoodChris OsgoodChristopher John Osgood is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He's currently ranked tenth in wins in NHL regular season history with 401 career wins. He spent the first part of his 17-year NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, then the New York Islanders and the St. Louis...
(born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player - Dauphin William OsgoodDauphin William OsgoodDauphin William Osgood was an American Board medical missionary to China.-Life:...
(1845–1880), American BoardAmerican Board of Commissioners for Foreign MissionsThe American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was the first American Christian foreign mission agency. It was proposed in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College and officially chartered in 1812. In 1961 it merged with other societies to form the United Church Board for World...
medical missionaryMedical missions in ChinaMedical missions in China by Protestant Christian physicians and surgeons of the 19th and early 20th centuries laid many foundations for modern medicine in China. Western medical missionaries established the first modern clinics and hospitals,provided the first training for nurses, and opened the...
to China - Frances Sargent OsgoodFrances Sargent OsgoodFrances Sargent Osgood was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time...
(née Locke, 1811–1850), US female poet and author - Gayton P. OsgoodGayton P. OsgoodGayton Pickman Osgood was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Salem on July 4, 1797. He graduated from Harvard University in 1815, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salem. He moved to North Andover...
(1797–1861), US political figure - Gretchen OsgoodGretchen Osgood WarrenGretchen Osgood Warren ; the wife of Fiske Warren was an actress, singer and poet. The daughter of Dr. Hamilton Osgood and Margaret Cushing Osgood of Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, her younger sister was Mary Alden Childers wife of writer and Irish nationalist Robert Erskine Childers.-Early...
(b. 1868) US female companion of painter John Singer SargentJohn Singer SargentJohn Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings... - Herbert L. OsgoodHerbert L. OsgoodHerbert Levi Osgood was an American historian of colonial American history. As a professor at Columbia University he directed numerous dissertations of scholars who became major historians...
(1855–1918), US professor and historian - Irene OsgoodIrene OsgoodIrene Osgood was an American novelist, poet and dramatist. She was born near Richmond, Virginia, in 1875 and spent most of her life in England. She was a daughter of John De Belot...
(1875–1922), US female author and poet - Jacob OsgoodJacob OsgoodJacob Osgood was the founder of a 19th-century Christian sect in New Hampshire known as the Osgoodites.Osgood was born in South Hampton, New Hampshire...
(1777–1844), US religious figure - James R. OsgoodJames R. OsgoodJames R. Osgood was an American publisher probably best known for his partnership with Mark Twain and his involvement with the publishing company that would become Houghton Mifflin.-Life and work:...
(1836–1892), US publisher - Jere OsgoodJere OsgoodJere Osgood is a leading studio furniture maker and noted teacher of furniture and woodworking. He taught for many years in the Program in Artisanry at the Boston University....
(b. 1936), US artisan in furniture and woodworking - Kassim OsgoodKassim OsgoodKassim A. Osgood is an American football wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2003...
(b. 1980), US athlete in football - Keith OsgoodKeith OsgoodKeith Osgood was a former English professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Coventry City, Derby County, Leyton Orient and Cambridge and represented the England team at youth and schoolboy level....
(b. 1955), British footballer - Lawrence OsgoodLawrence OsgoodLawrence Osgood is a novelist, playwright and essayist with joint US/Canadian citizenship who currently lives in Germantown, New York. He holds a bachelor’s degree cum laude in English Literature from Harvard and a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan.He has had short...
, Canadian-born US author and playwright - Peter OsgoodPeter OsgoodPeter Leslie Osgood was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. He is best remembered for representing Chelsea and Southampton at club level, and was also capped four times by England in the early 1970s.-Chelsea:Born in a small road named Kentons Lane in Windsor, Osgood...
(1947–2006), British footballer - Rockland OsgoodRockland OsgoodRockland Osgood is a contemporary American lyric tenor who has distinguished himself in a wide variety of musical idioms from the Baroque to the latest in Contemporary compositions. He is frequently praised for his exemplary musicianship, eloquence of expression, and immaculate...
(b. 1958), US musician - Russell K. OsgoodRussell K. OsgoodRussell King Osgood was the twelfth president of Grinnell College and a professor of history and political science. He is a legal scholar and holds a B.A. and J.D. from Yale University, formerly serving as the dean of Cornell Law School...
(b. 1948), US educator, college professor, president of Grinnell College - Rusty Osgood (born 1966), US filmmaker and actor, AKA "Rusty Nails"
- Samuel OsgoodSamuel OsgoodSamuel Osgood was an American merchant and statesman born in North Andover Massachusetts, parent town of the Andovers. His family home still stands at 440 Osgood Street in North Andover...
(1747–1813), US merchant and statesman - Samuel Stillman OsgoodSamuel Stillman OsgoodSamuel Stillman Osgood was a 19th-century American portrait painter.-Biography:He was born in New Haven, Connecticut to James Osgood and Elizabeth Badger. He studied painting in Boston, Massachusetts. After his marriage to poet Frances Sargent Locke he continued his art education at the Royal...
(1805–1885), US artist - Thaddeus OsgoodThaddeus OsgoodReverend Thaddeus Osgood was an American missionary who worked extensively in Canada and was a pioneer of the promotion of philanthropic causes. His endeavours raised social concern for a variety of causes within Canadian society.-Life:Thaddeus was the youngest son of Josiah Osgood and Sarah...
(1775–1852), US religious figure and missionary - Wilfred Hudson OsgoodWilfred Hudson OsgoodWilfred Hudson Osgood was an American zoologist.Osgood was working as a biologist in the United States Department of Agriculture from 1897 to 1909. Then he moved to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, where he was assistant curator of mammalogy and ornithology from 1909 to 1921, and...
(1875–1947), US zoologist - William Fogg OsgoodWilliam Fogg OsgoodWilliam Fogg Osgood was an American mathematician, born in Boston.In 1886, he graduated from Harvard, where, after studying at the universities of Göttingen and Erlangen , he was instructor , assistant professor , and thenceforth professor of mathematics...
(1864–1943), US mathematician - Winchester OsgoodWinchester OsgoodWinchester Dana Osgood was a prominent American college athlete in the late 19th century at both Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania. He played halfback on the football teams at both schools and served as the head football coach at Indiana University for one season in 1895,...
(1870–1896), US athlete in football