Thayer
Encyclopedia
Surname
- Abbott Handerson ThayerAbbott Handerson ThayerAbbott Handerson Thayer was an American artist, naturalist and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, as indicated by the fact that his paintings are part of the most important U.S. art collections...
(1849-1921), American artist - Adin ThayerAdin ThayerAdin Thayer was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Adin Thayer and Mary Thayer. He married first Eliza D. . He married second Fanny A...
(1816-1890), New York politician - Alexander Wheelock ThayerAlexander Wheelock ThayerAlexander Wheelock Thayer , was a librarian and journalist who became the author of the first scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, still after many updatings regarded as a standard work of reference on the composer.-Life:Originally a librarian at Harvard law school, Thayer became aware of...
(1817-1897), author of The life of Ludwig van Beethoven, a standard biography, and other music biographies - Brynn ThayerBrynn ThayerBrynn Laurel Thayer is an American actress who has had numerous roles in a variety of television series, most notably Matlock portraying Matlock's daughter, Leanne MacIntyre...
(b. 1949), American actress - David Thayer (b. 1949), birth name of Teddy HarviaTeddy HarviaTeddy Harvia is the nom de plume of David Thayer, an American science fiction fan artist. "Teddy Harvia" is an anagram of "David Thayer". He was born in Oklahoma but grew up in and resides in Dallas, Texas....
, cartoonist - Douglas ThayerDouglas ThayerDouglas H. Thayer is considered one of the foremost fiction writers exploring contemporary Mormon life. He has been called the “Mormon Hemingway” for his straightforward style and powerful prose. Growing up in Provo, Utah, Thayer spent his boyhood largely running free and hunting, fishing, and...
, American writer - Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the U.S. Senate from 1925-1933
- Eli ThayerEli ThayerEli Thayer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. Thayer was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in 1848 founded Oread Institute, a school for young women in Worcester, Massachusetts...
(1819-1899), Kansas politician - Ernest ThayerErnest ThayerErnest Lawrence Thayer was an American writer and poet who wrote "Casey at the Bat".-Biography:Thayer was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and raised in Worcester. He graduated magna cum laude in philosophy from Harvard in 1885, where he was editor of the Harvard Lampoon...
(1863-1940), American poet, author of "Casey at the Bat" - Harry Bates ThayerHarry Bates ThayerHarry Bates Thayer , U.S. was an electrical and telephone businessman. He designed an electrical punched card machine in 1887 at Dartmouth College....
- Helen ThayerHelen ThayerHelen Thayer is a New Zealand born explorer. At the age of 50 she became the first woman to solo to the magnetic North Pole pulling her own sled without resupply. She travelled on foot all the way with no outside help. She now lives in the United States...
- James ThayerJames ThayerJames Stewart "Jim" Thayer is an author of thriller novels and an attorney. His first six novels were written under his full name, but since then his middle name is not used.-Early life:...
(b. 1949), thriller writer - James Bradley ThayerJames Bradley ThayerJames Bradley Thayer American legal writer and educationist.Born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, he graduated at Harvard College in 1852, and at the Harvard Law School in 1856, in which year he was admitted to the bar of Suffolk County and began to practice in Boston...
(1831-1902), American legal writer and educationist - Jesse B. ThayerJesse B. ThayerJesse Thayer was an American educator and legislator.Born in Janesville, Wisconsin, he served in the American Civil War. Afterwards, he graduated from Milton College. He was a superintendent of public schools and was a mathematics professor at Rivers Falls Normal School now University of...
, educator - John Thayer (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Henry ThayerJoseph Henry ThayerJoseph Henry Thayer , US biblical scholar, was born in Boston, Massachusetts.He studied at the Boston Latin School, and graduated from Harvard in 1850...
(1828-1901), American biblical scholar - Lorna Thayer (1919-2005), American actress
- Max ThayerMax Thayer-Filmography:*Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks , the sequel of the infamous Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS.*Planet of Dinosaurs*Hot Ice - this was the last movie where Ed Wood appeared, directed by Steven Apostolof.*The Retrievers...
(b. 1946), American movie actor - Nate ThayerNate ThayerNate Thayer is a journalist who interviewed Pol Pot. He was the Cambodia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review, a respected investigative publication that published from 1946 to 2009...
, American journalist who interviewed Pol PotPol PotSaloth Sar , better known as Pol Pot, , was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1976 to 1979, he served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea.... - Nathaniel ThayerNathaniel ThayerNathaniel Thayer was a congregational Unitarian minister.He was born in Hampton, New Hampshire to Ebenezer Thayer and Martha Olivia Cotton. His maternal grandfather was John Cotton of Newton, Massachusetts, who was the great-grandson of John Cotton...
(1769-1840), minister - Orla Ed Thayer, inventor of the Thayer ValveThayer ValveThe Thayer Axial-Flow Valve is a replacement for the traditional rotary valve found on trombones with F attachments. Invented by Orla Ed Thayer in 1976, it was the biggest advance in the design of the trombone since the rotary valve was added in the mid-19th century...
for trombones - Robert H. ThayerRobert H. ThayerRobert Helyer Thayer was an American lawyer, naval officer and diplomat.-Early life:Thayer was born in Southborough, Massachusetts, the son of Rev. William Greenough Thayer , headmaster of St. Mark's School from 1894–1930, and Violet Otis Thayer . He attended St...
(1901-1984), American lawyer, naval officer and diplomat. - Scofield ThayerScofield ThayerScofield Thayer was an American poet and publisher, best known for his art collection, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a publisher and editor of the literary magazine The Dial during the 1920s.-Life and career:...
, American poet and publisher - Simeon ThayerSimeon ThayerSimeon Thayer fought in Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War and made a harrowing escape from French-allied Indians. At the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, the Rhode Island assembly appointed him an officer. He quickly raised a company of soldiers and marched with them to...
, American officer of the American Revolutionary War - Stuart ThayerStuart Thayer-Biography:He was born on March 27, 1926 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Louise and Lyle O. Thayer . Thayer served in World War II after which he graduated with a degree in literature from the University of Michigan. He operated an insurance agency in Ann Arbor until his late 40s, when he retired to...
(1926-2009), American circus historian - Sylvanus ThayerSylvanus ThayerColonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States.-Biography:Thayer was born in Braintree, Massachusetts,...
(1785-1872), United States general - Tiffany ThayerTiffany ThayerTiffany Ellsworth Thayer was an American actor, author and founder of the Fortean Society.-Biography:Born in Freeport, Illinois, Thayer quit school at age 15 and worked as an actor, reporter, and used-book clerk in Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland. Aged 16, he toured as the teenaged hero in the...
, founder of the Fortean Society - Tom ThayerTom ThayerThomas "Tom" Allen Thayer is a former American-football center/guard. He played in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the Miami Dolphins. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears...
, NFL player - Tommy ThayerTommy ThayerTommy Cunningham Thayer is an American musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist for the American hard rock band Kiss.- Early life :...
(b. 1960), lead guitarist of KISS - William Wallace Thayer (1827–1899), sixth Governor of Oregon
- Webster ThayerWebster ThayerWebster Thayer was a judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, best known as the trial judge in the Sacco and Vanzetti case.-Background:...
, the judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti - Whitney Eugene ThayerWhitney Eugene ThayerWhitney Eugene Thayer was an American organist and composer.Thayer gave his first concert just after the installation of the new organ in the Boston Music Hall in 1863...
(1838-1889), American organist and composer - William Roscoe ThayerWilliam Roscoe ThayerWilliam Roscoe Thayer was an American author and editor. He was best known for his works on Italian history.-Biography:Thayer was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 16, 1859. He studied at St. Mark's Academy, Concord, New Hampshire, traveled with a private tutor in Europe, and graduated from...
(1859-1923), American author and editor
Given name
- Raymond Thayer BirgeRaymond Thayer BirgeRaymond Thayer Birge was a physicist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, into an academic scientific family, Birge obtained his Doctor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1913. In the same year he married Irene A. Walsh. The Birges had two children, Carolyn Elizabeth Raymond Thayer...
(1887-1980), physicist - Thayer DavidThayer DavidThayer David was a film, stage and television actor. He was best known for his work on the cult ABC serial Dark Shadows and as the fight promoter George Jergens in the Oscar-winning movie Rocky . He also appeared as Count Arne Saknussemm in the film Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1959...
(1927-1978), film and TV actor - Rear-Admiral Alfred Thayer MahanAlfred Thayer MahanAlfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide...
(1840-1914), US Navy
Places
United States- Thayer, IllinoisThayer, IllinoisThayer is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 750 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Thayer is located at ....
- Thayer, IndianaThayer, IndianaThayer is an unincorporated town in Lincoln Township, Newton County, Indiana. Thayer, along with Shelby, Sumava Resorts and other small, Kankakee River communities, has historically had to contend with periodic flooding from the Kankakee River.-Geography:...
- Thayer, IowaThayer, IowaThayer is a city in Union County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 66.-Geography:Thayer is located at 41°1'45" North, 94°2'59" West ....
- Thayer, KansasThayer, KansasThayer is a city in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 497.-Geography:Thayer is located at...
- Thayer, MissouriThayer, MissouriThayer is a city in Oregon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,243 at the 2010 census. Its original name was Augusta.Thayer is considered a railroad town, as it was laid out in 1882 to be a division point. Currently, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad travels through...
- Thayer, NebraskaThayer, NebraskaThayer is a village in York County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 71 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Thayer is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
- Thayer County, NebraskaThayer County, Nebraska-History:Thayer County was formed in 1872. It was named after the General and Governor John Milton Thayer.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,055 people, 2,541 households, and 1,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were...
- Thayer StreetThayer StreetThayer Street in Providence, Rhode Island is a popular destination for students of the area's nearby schools of Brown University, Moses Brown School, Wheeler School, RISD, Providence College, Johnson & Wales University, and Rhode Island College....
, Providence, Rhode Island - Thayer Township, Thurston County, NebraskaThayer Township, Thurston County, NebraskaThayer Township is one of eleven townships in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 154 at the 2000 census. A 2006 estimate placed the township's population at 155.-External links:*...
- Mount ThayerMount ThayerMount Thayer is a mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains located in Santa Clara County, California. The summit is in a section of the abandoned Almaden Air Force Station, about 1 mile west of Mount Umunhum. The elevation of the summit is at feet. An old derelict building, surrounded by telephone...
, a mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California
Education
- Thayer AcademyThayer AcademyThayer Academy is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school located in Braintree, Massachusetts. The academy, conceived in 1871 at the bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, the father of the United States Military Academy, was founded in 1877...
in Braintree, Massachusetts - Thayer Hall, a Harvard University dormitory
- Thayer School of EngineeringThayer School of EngineeringThayer School of Engineering is a graduate school at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States, whose faculty also double as the undergraduate Department of Engineering Sciences. The school was established in 1867 with funds from Brig. Gen...
, Dartmouth College - Thayer Learning CenterThayer Learning CenterThe Thayer Learning Center or TLC was a military based, Christian boarding school boot camp for troubled teens in Kidder, Missouri from 2002 to 2009. The program enrolled over 100 students and costs run up to $4000 a month. The program stated that it "...changes, reunites, and restores hope to...
, Kidder, Missouri
Other
- C.A. Thayer (1895)C.A. Thayer (1895)The C.A. Thayer is a schooner built in 1895 near Eureka, California. The schooner is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park...
, a sailing ship - Thayer's GullThayer's GullThe Thayer's Gull is a large gull native to North America that breeds in the Arctic islands of Canada and primarily winters on the Pacific coast, from southern Alaska to the Gulf of California, though there are also wintering populations on the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River...
- Thayer's QuestThayer's QuestThayer's Quest was a laserdisc adventure game released by RDI Video Systems in 1984 as a game for their Halcyon console, computer and laserdisc player, but was later released as a conversion kit for Dragon's Lair arcade consoles when the Halcyon's high price tag damaged its appeal.-Plot:The player...
, a laserdisc adventure game - Thayer ValveThayer ValveThe Thayer Axial-Flow Valve is a replacement for the traditional rotary valve found on trombones with F attachments. Invented by Orla Ed Thayer in 1976, it was the biggest advance in the design of the trombone since the rotary valve was added in the mid-19th century...
, a valve for trombones - Thayer Amusement Corporation, a US film distributor - see Kingsley-International PicturesKingsley-International PicturesKingsley International Pictures, or Thayer Amusement Corp., are an United States based film distributor and owners of the Avon Theatre in Rhode Island....
- Thayer and Chandler, an art materials company that marketed the first modern airbrushAirbrushAn airbrush is a small, air-operated tool that sprays various media including ink and dye, but most often paint by a process of nebulization. Spray guns developed from the airbrush and are still considered a type of airbrush.-History:...