Wadsworth (surname)
Encyclopedia
Wadsworth is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Alexander S. WadsworthAlexander S. WadsworthCommodore Alexander Scammel Wadsworth was an officer of the United States Navy. His more than 40 years of active duty included service in the War of 1812.-Biography:...
(1790–1851), U.S. Navy officer; fought in the War of 1812; eponym of three ships - Andre WadsworthAndre WadsworthAndre Wadsworth is an American professional football player who is currently a free agent. He began his college career as a 215-pound walk-on at Florida State University and became a highly touted prospect at defensive end, drafted 3rd overall by the Arizona Cardinals in 1998...
(born 1974), American professional football player - Benjamin WadsworthBenjamin WadsworthBenjamin Wadsworth was an early American clergyman and educator. He was trained at Harvard College...
(1670–1737), American clergyman and educator; president of Harvard University - Charles WadsworthCharles WadsworthCharles Wadsworth is a classical pianist and musical promoter, who gained international renown in 1960 by originating the Midday Concerts at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. He also started the chamber music concert series at the Spoleto Festival USA, which he directs, performs at and...
(contemporary), American classical pianist and musical promoter - Daniel WadsworthDaniel WadsworthDaniel Wadsworth of Hartford, Connecticut, was a traveler, amateur artist and architect, and arts patron. He is most remembered as the founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art....
(1771–1848), American artist, arts patron, and founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Decius Wadsworth (1768–1821) U.S. Army officer and cryptologist; developed a progressive cipher system
- Derek WadsworthDerek WadsworthDerek Wadsworth was a British jazz trombonist, session musician, composer and arranger....
(1939-2008), British composer and arranger - Edward WadsworthEdward WadsworthEdward Alexander Wadsworth was an English artist, most famous for his close association with Vorticism. He painted, often in tempera, coastal views, abstracts, portraits and still-life...
(1889–1949), Briish artist - Elijah WadsworthElijah WadsworthElijah Wadsworth was a Captain in the American Revolutionary War and a Major General in the War of 1812...
(1747–1817) American Militia officer during the Revolutionary War and Major General during the War of 1812, early pioneer of Ohio - Frederick WadsworthFrederick WadsworthFrederick K. Wadsworth was an Ohio militia officer, businessman, banker, and politician.-Family:...
(1786–1869) Ohio businessman and politician - George WadsworthGeorge Wadsworth (diplomat)George Wadsworth II was a United States diplomat, specializing in the Middle East.Wadsworth was born in Buffalo, New York and received a degree in chemical engineering from Union College in Schenectady, New York...
(1893–1958), American diplomat; specialized in the Middle East - George Wadsworth (1902–1979), British politician; MP for the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Gil WadsworthGil WadsworthGil Wadsworth is an American actor, film producer, and director.-Career:...
(born 1959), American Film Producer, Director, Actor, and Artist. - James Wadsworth (1730–1816), American general in the Revolution; delegate to the Continental Congress
- James Wadsworth (of Geneseo)James Wadsworth (of Geneseo)James Wadsworth was an influential and prominent 18th and 19th century pioneer, educator, land speculator, agriculturalist, businessman, and community leader of the early Genesee Valley settlements in Western New York State...
(1768–1844) American pioneer, land agent, philanthropist - James S. WadsworthJames S. WadsworthJames Samuel Wadsworth was a philanthropist, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was killed in battle during the Battle of the Wilderness of 1864.-Early years:...
(1807–1864), American politician, philanthropist, and general in the Civil War - James WadsworthJames Wadsworth (mayor)James Wadsworth was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1851–1852. He was born in Durham, Connecticut on August 25, 1819. He graduated from Yale College in the class of 1841 and came to Buffalo the same year. He then moved to New Haven, Connecticut and for two years studied...
(1819–1891) American businessman and Mayor the city of Buffalo, New York - James Wolcott WadsworthJames Wolcott WadsworthJames Wolcott Wadsworth was an American farmer, soldier and statesman.-Life:...
(1846–1926), American politician; U.S. representative from New York - James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. was a U.S. Republican politician from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, Sr., and the grandson of Union General James Samuel Wadsworth, Sr.-Biography:...
(1877–1952), American politician; U.S. representative and U.S. Senator from New York - James Jeremiah WadsworthJames Jeremiah WadsworthJames Jeremiah "Jerry" Wadsworth was a U.S. diplomat. A member of the prominent Genesee Valley Wadsworths, he was a direct descendant of pioneer William Wadsworth, a founder of Hartford, Connecticut....
(1905–1984), U.S. diplomat; ambassador to the UN - Jeremiah WadsworthJeremiah WadsworthJeremiah Wadsworth was an American sea captain, merchant, and statesman from Hartford, Connecticut who profited from his position as a government official charged with supplying the Continental Army...
(1743–1804), American sea captain; delegate to the Continental Congress; U.S. representative from Connecticut - Ken WadsworthKen WadsworthKenneth John Wadsworth was a New Zealand cricketer who played 33 Tests and 13 One Day Internationals for New Zealand as a wicket-keeper. Wadsworth scored over 1,000 runs and dismissed nearly 100 batsmen as New Zealand's regular wicket-keeper between 1969–70 and 1975–76...
(1946–1976), New Zealand cricketer - Martha Wadsworth BrewsterMartha Wadsworth BrewsterMartha Wadsworth Brewster was an 18th-century American poet and writer. She is one of only four colonial women who published volumes of their verse before the American Revolution and was the first American-born woman to publish under her own name.-Early life:She was born on April 1, 1710 in...
(1710 - c.1757) 18th-century American poet and writer. - Michael WadsworthMichael Wadsworth (sociologist)Michael Wadsworth is a British sociologist and socio-medical researcher. Dr Wadsworth was director of the MRC National Survey of Health & Development from 1982-2006....
(contemporary), British sociologist and socio-medical researcher - Mick WadsworthMick WadsworthMichael "Mick" Wadsworth is an English football coach and former player, who is currently the Manager at Football League One club Hartlepool United.-Playing career:...
(born 1950), British football coach - Peleg WadsworthPeleg WadsworthPeleg Wadsworth was an American officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts representing the District of Maine. He was also grandfather of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Wadsworth was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, to Peleg and Susanna ...
(1748–1829), U.S. Army officer in the American Revolution; grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Walter WadsworthWalter WadsworthWalter Wadsworth was a footballer who played for Liverpool in the early part of the 20th century.-Life and playing career:...
(1890–1951), British football player - William WadsworthWilliam Wadsworth (patriarch)William Wadsworth was an early pioneer of New England, a founder of Hartford, Connecticut and the patriarch of numerous and prominent Wadsworth descendants of North America, including the poet Ezra Pound.-Origins:William’s exact origins have challenged descendants and researchers over the centuries...
(1594–1675), British Puritan, American colonial pioneer, co-founder of Hartford, Connecticut, ancestor of the poet Ezra PoundEzra PoundEzra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry... - William Wadsworth (1765–1833), Brigadier General of New York Militia in the War of 1812