File WalterHood Fitch01.jpg thumb WalterHoodFitch 28 February 1817 &ndash 1892 was a botanical illustrator ... title WalterHoodFitch 1817 1892 work Kew, History & Heritage publisher Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ... title Fitch, WalterHood 1817 1892 work Collectors & Illustrators publisher Australian National Herbarium accessdate 2009 03 29 ref Biography Fitch was involved in fabric printing from the age of 17 ... ref cite web url http www.ipni.org ipni idAuthorSearch.do?id 2760 1 title Fitch, WalterHood 1817 ... Magazine. References reflist Further reading WalterHoodFitch A Celebration Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, HMSO, London. External links Commons WalterHoodFitch http www.plantexplorers.com explorers botanical artists walterhood fitch.htm Biography http www.botanicus.org page 1151608 WalterHoodFitch ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitch, WalterHood ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1817 02 28 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1892 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, WalterHood ... artists Category Botanical illustrators Category Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew es WalterHoodFitch pt WalterHoodFitch zh ... by WalterFitch with descriptions by Sir W.J. Hooker. 1851. ref The latter work received critical ... botanical illustrator, and the editor of Curtis s Botanical Magazine. Fitch s first lithograph .... In 1841 W.J. Hooker became director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Fitch moved to London . After 1841 Fitch was the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications issued by Kew his work ... York Botanical Garden accessdate 2009 03 29 ref Fitch s important works are his illustrations for William ... returned from his travels in India , Fitch prepared lithographs from Hooker s sketches for his Rhododendrons .... D. Hooker ended Fitch s service to both the Botanical Magazine and Kew in 1877. He was much sought ... by author abbreviation author abbreviation Fitch is used to indicate this individual as the author ... more details
WalterFitch may refer to Walter M. Fitch 1929 2011 , American evolutionary biologist WalterHoodFitch 1817 1892 , Scottish botanical artist hndis Fitch, Walter ... more details
WalterHood born 1958, Charlotte, NC is Professor and former Chair of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and principal of Hood Design in Oakland, CA. Career Hood has worked in a variety of settings including architecture, landscape architecture, art, community and urban design, and planning and research. Early life Hood grew up in Charlotte , North Carolina , and has spent more than 20 years living and working in the heart of Oakland , California , and draws on his strong connection to the black community in his work. He has chosen to work almost exclusively in the public ... revitalization. ref http www.larch.umd.edu news PDFs 2007 pdfs WalterHood lecture.pdf ref He is currently ... Park Mayor s Proclamation, WalterHood Day ,Pioneering Achievements in Urban Landscape Design,City ... iurd.berkeley.edu WalterHood http www.wjhooddesign.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hood, Walter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1958 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hood, Walter Category 1958 births Category Living people Category ... bloom in return.html?scp 1&sq walter 20hood 20oakland&st cse ref He went to school in North Carolina ... Walterresume.pdf ref Career Hood established Hood Design in Oakland, California in 2003. Hood s work spans the range from local, community based projects such as http www.splashpad.org Splash ... architects Herzog & de Meuron 2005 . Hood s innovative public spaces are known for the way they embrace ... , and developing a set of monuments and markers for a six mile waterfront trail in Oakland, CA. Hood ... on Architecture and Race Princeton Architectural Press, 2001 . Hood has been praised as a community ... his pioneering work as an urbanist, Hood has integrated architectural features such as playgrounds ... In 1997, Hood was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome in Landscape Architecture. ref http ... GoodLife ref Hood was the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape ... more details
Walter M. Fitch May 21, 1929 March 10, 2011 was professor of molecular evolution at the University of California, Irvine , until his death. He was also a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences , the American Philosophical Society , and the American Association for the Advancement of Science , and was a Foreign Member of the Linnean Society of London Linnean Society London . He is the co founder of the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution , together with Masatoshi Nei , and was the first president of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution . WalterFitch is noted for his pioneering work on reconstruction of Phylogenetic tree phylogenies evolutionary trees from protein and DNA sequences. Among his achievements are the first major paper on distance matrix methods, which introduced the Fitch Margoliash method which seeks the tree that best predicts a set of pairwise distances among species. He also developed the Fitch parsimony algorithm, which evaluates rapidly and exactly the minimum number of changes of state of a sequence on a given phylogeny. His definition of Homology 28biology 29 Orthology orthologous sequences has been very often cited and used as a reference in many research publications. Major papers Fitch, W. M. and E. Margoliash. 1967 . Construction of phylogenetic trees. Science 155 279 284. Fitch, W. M. 1970 . Distinguishing homologous from analogous proteins. Systematic Biology 19 2 99 113. Fitch, W. M. 1971 ... 20 4 406 416 External links http www.faculty.uci.edu profile.cfm?faculty id 2117&name Walter 20M. 20Fitch Faculty page with online publications http ncse.com news 2011 03 walterfitch dies 006544 ... Retrospective in science Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitch, Walter M ..., 2011 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, Walter M. Category Academics Category Members of the Linnean ... 2011 deaths Category Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences de Walter M. Fitch ... more details
wiktionary fitchFitch may refer to tocright Family name Fitch surname , a family name of Anglo Norman origin Places Fitch, North Carolina Fitch s Covered Bridge , Delhi, New York Fitch H. Beach Airport , an airport at Charlotte, Michigan, USA Fitch Township, Ohio Mount Greylock Mount Fitch , in Massachusetts, on the Appalachian Trail Fitchburg, Massachusetts Fitchburg, Michigan Fitchburg, Kentucky Fitchburg, Wisconsin Fitchville, Connecticut Fitch Senior High School , Groton, Connecticut YMCA Camp Fitch, Lake Erie, Ohio , a YMCA camp named after John H. Fitch YMCA Camp Fitch, Springfield, Pennsylvania a YMCA camp named after John H. Fitch Fitche Square, former name for Mahabandoola Park in Rangoon Mount Fitch, Northern Territory , a former uranium mining site in Australia Fitch Glacier Businesses Abercrombie & Fitch , clothiers Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery , Chicago s oldest law firm Fitch Ratings Ltd., an international credit rating agency Fitchburg Railroad , named for the Massachusetts town Fitch, a branding and design agency a member of the WPP Group of companies Ships USS Fitch DD 462 USS Fitch DD 462 , a US Navy destroyer USS Aubrey Fitch FFG 34 USS Aubrey Fitch FFG 34 , a U.S. Naval ship Heraldry Fitch or cross fitchy , a cross in heraldry where the lower part is shaped like a sword blade Mathematics, logic and technology Fitch style calculus , a method for constructing formal mathematical proofs Fitch s paradox of knowability , a logical paradox which asserts that the existence of an unknown truth is unknowable Fitch Barrier , a sand filled plastic barrier used to cushion impacts on highways Animals and plants Fitch, the European polecat Mustela putorius , a ferret like predatory mammal Fitch, a name for the spice kalonji, the seed of Nigella sativa used in the King James s Version of the Bible disambiguation de Fitch eo Fitch fr Fitch ja ru ... more details
Image TSFitch Photo.jpg right thumb 150px Tecumseh Sherman Fitch Tecumseh Sherman Fitch 21 March 1908 7 October 1969 ref Industrialist, Former Mayor T. S. Fitch Dies Washington Observer Reporter 7 October 1969 ref was the founder and CEO of Washington Steel Corporation ref 50 Years of Innovation The Story of Washington Steel Corporation 1995 Washington, Pa. Washington Steel Corporation ref . He was the great grandson of Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman . He graduated from Yale University in 1931, when he joined Jessop Steel, initially working as a laborer and then rising in the ranks of management to head the Composite Steel Division from 1936 to 1942. He founded Washington Steel Corporation Washington Steel in 1945 ref Fitch, T. S. 1967 . Washington Steel was Born South of Columbus Newcomen Society of North America, New York . ref . Fitch served as mayor of Washington, Pennsylvania from 1956 to 1960. He was a strong supporter of the African American community in that city, and was instrumental in the creation of the LeMoyne Center athletic facility in 1956, in the heart of the black community, where the T.S. Fitch Gymnasium was named for him. The dedication was attended by baseball greats Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey ref Principals in LeMoyne Center Dedication Washington Observer Reporter 1 Dec 1956 ref Fitch was also a founding Board Member and strong supporter of PONY Baseball and Softball PONY League Baseball , which was founded in Washington, PA in 1951. Fitch married Janet M Reed in 1935 ref Fitch Reed Wedding Proves Delightful Event of Season , Washington Observer Reporter Newspaper, June 24, 1935. ref , and they had seven children. He died of emphysema at the age of 61, in 1969. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitch, T. S. ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fitch, Tecumseh Sherman SHORT DESCRIPTION Founder of Washington Steel ... Fitch, T. S. Category 1908 births Category 1969 deaths Category American chief executives ... more details
winning nuclear physicist W. Tecumseh Fitch , evolutionary psychologist Walter M. Fitch born 1929 , American evolutionary biologist WalterHoodFitch 1817 1892 , Scottish botanical artist William ...Infobox family name name Fitch image Fitch family coat of arms.png imagesize 75px caption Fitch family coat of arms pronunciation Fitch meaning region Norman language Norman origin Norman related names ... names names files.html 1990 Census Name Files Bot generated title ref Fitch is a family name of Anglo ... Alan Fitch 1915 1985 , British Labour Party politician Albert Fitch Bellows 1829 1883 , American landscape painter Alfred Fitch , American Olympian Alison Fitch , New Zealand Olympian Alva Revista Fitch , U.S. Army Lieutenant General Anne Fitch , illustrator of New Belgium Brewery s beer labels Ashbel P. Fitch 1848 1904 , New York politician Aubrey Fitch , U.S. Naval Admiral Asa Fitch , American entomologist Asa Fitch Representative 1765 1843 , U.S. congress representative Brian T. Fitch , French Canadian nonfiction author Charles Fitch , American preacher Chauncey Fitch Cleveland 1799 1887 , US politician Clyde Fitch , American playwright Dennis E. Fitch , NASA safety consultant Ed Fitch born 1937 , occult author and Wiccan High Priest Ezra Fitch , New York lawyer and cofounder of Abercrombie & Fitch, a clothing company Frederic Brenton Fitch , American logician and inventor of Fitch style calculus Frederick W. Fitch , American barber and creator of Fitch s Dandruff Remover Shampoo George Ashmore Fitch , YMCA Administrative Director George B. Fitch , American businessman, politician, and Olympic organizer George Helgesen Fitch 1877 1915 , American author, humorist, and journalist Gerald Fitch , U.S. basketball player Graham Fitch , Pianist Graham N. Fitch , United States Representative and Senator Hannah Fitch Shaw , cofounder, Kappa Alpha Theta Henry D. Fitch 1767 1849 , early settler of San Diego, California Henry Sheldon Fitch , American herpetologist Horatio Fitch ... more details
wiktionary TOC right Hood may refer to Covering Apparel Hood headgear , type of head covering Article of Academic dress Hood Academic dress Animal hood, something used in costume play or part of an animal transformation fantasy Bondage hood , sex toy Anatomy Hood anatomy , flap of skin behind the head of a cobra Clitoral hood , outer layer of skin surrounding the clitoris Other Hood soft top , retractable soft roof of a convertible vehicle Hood vehicle , covering over the engine compartment in a motor vehicle aka bonnet in English speaking countries Fume hood , piece of laboratory safety equipment Lens hood , device used to block light from creating glare in photographs Range hood , exhaust system for a stove or cooktop Entertainment Hood band , British band Hoods band , American band Hood novel Hood novel , 1995 novel by Emma Donoghue The Hood Thunderbirds , fictional character in the Thunderbirds TV series Hood comics , fictional Marvel Comics character Hood Malazan , fictional god in the Malazan Book of the Fallen universe In fiction USS Hood List of Starfleet starships ordered by class .... People for people with the surname HoodHood surname Places United States Fort Hood , a US Army post near Killeen, Texas Hood College , a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland Mount Hood is the tallest mountain in Oregon Mount Hood, Oregon , an unincorporated community named after the mountain Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon , the name of the post office that serves Mount Hood, Oregon Hood County, Texas Hood Canal a fjord off Puget Sound in Washington state Hood River disambiguation A slang for Neighborhood or ghetto Other HMS Hood disambiguation , ships of the Royal Navy Slang for a Hoodlum HP Hood , American food manufacturer especially focusing on dairy products Hood Steamer , early 1900 1 American manufacturer of steam car s in Lanark, Illinois need a navigable link for this HOOD method , software design method Hood, codename for the largest secretly detonated thermonuclear ... more details
Thomas Fitch may refer to Thomas Fitch governor , governor of the Connecticut Colony Thomas Fitch politician , United States Representative from Nevada hndis Fitch, Thomas de Thomas Fitch ... more details
George Fitch may refer to George Ashmore Fitch , American missionary to China George B. Fitch , American businessman and politician George Helgesen Fitch , American author George Fitch Wisconsin politician , member of the Wisconsin Senate hndis name Fitch, George ... more details
John Fitch may refer to John Fitch computer scientist born 1945 , computer scientist, mathematician and composer John Fitch inventor 1743 1798 , early American inventor, built the first steamboat in the United States in 1786 John Fitch, Massachusetts settler for whom Fitchburg, Massachusetts is named John Fitch racing driver born 1917 , racetrack driver, inventor of innovative safety devices and descendent of John Fitch inventor John A. Fitch 1881 1959 , writer and professor of labor relations John H. Fitch , namesake of YMCA Camp Fitch on Lake Erie YMCA Camp Fitch in Springfield, Pennsylvania John Knowles Fitch 1880 1943 , founder of Fitch Ratings, Ltd John Nugent Fitch 1840 1927 , botanical illustrator See also Jon Fitch born 1978 , U.S. mixed martial arts fighter hndis Fitch, John de John Fitch nl John Fitch fi John Fitch ... more details
William Fitch may refer to William Tecumseh Sherman Fitch III born 1963 , American evolutionary biologist and cognitive scientist Bill Fitch born 1934 , American former NBA coach William Clyde Fitch 1865 1909 , American dramatist William Benedict Fytch, real name of Benet Canfield William Stevenson Fitch hndis Fitch, WIlliam ... more details
Image John Nugent Fitch00.jpg thumb center Cypripedium measuresianum center Image John Nugent Fitch01.jpg thumb center Laelia anceps stella center John Nugent Fitch 1840 1927 , botanical illustrator and lithographer, best known for his contribution of 528 plates to The Orchid Album , a landmark work of eleven volumes published between 1872 and 1897. Fitch was the nephew of botanical artist Walter Hood Fitch 1817 1892 . Ref St Georg I. 1989 Botanical artists of New Zealand orchids 2l. John Nugent Fitch 1843 1927 . Orchids New Zealand 15. 3 73 ref Fitch also contributed to Curtis s Botanical Magazine from 1878, joining a select group of illustrators such as William Kilburn , James Sowerby , Sydenham Edwards , William Jackson Hooker and Walter Hood Fitch. Fitch also produced plates for Lepidoptera Indica by Frederic Moore . References reflist External links commons category John Nugent Fitch http www.aoto.com.sg newsevents4.htm Orchid Chromolithographs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitch, John Nugent ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1840 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1927 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, John Nugent Category Scientific illustrators Category Botanical illustrators Category 1840 births Category 1927 deaths Botanist stub ... more details
Mount Fitch can refer to Mount Fitch, a subordinate peak of Mount Greylock , located in Massachusetts . ref http www.peakbagger.com peak.aspx?pid 7062 Mount Fitch, Massachusetts ref Mount Fitch, Northern Territory , a mountain of approximately 70 m in Australia, part of the old Rum Jungle, Northern Territory uranium mines near Batchelor, 64 km south of Darwin, Northern Territory . References reflist Geodis ... more details
Fitch House may refer to in the United States by state then town Fitch House Tuscaloosa, Alabama , National Register of Historic Places listings in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama listed on the NRHP in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Sloan Raymond Fitch House , Wilton, Connecticut, listed on the NRHP in Fairfield County, Connecticut Fitch s General Store and House , East Sebago, Maine, National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine listed on the NRHP in Cumberland County, Maine Peabody Fitch House , South Bridgton, Maine, National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine listed on the NRHP in Cumberland County, Maine C.H. Fitch House , Worcester, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Worcester County, Massachusetts Fitch Hall , Socorro, New Mexico, National Register of Historic Places listings in Socorro County, New Mexico listed on the NRHP in Socorro County, New Mexico James Gurden Fitch House , Socorro, New Mexico, National Register of Historic Places listings in Socorro County, New Mexico listed on the NRHP in Socorro County, New Mexico Charles C. Fitch Farmstead , Eugene, Oregon, National Register of Historic Places listings in Lane County, Oregon listed on the NRHP in Lane County, Oregon See also Fitch Terrace , Pueblo, Colorado, National Register of Historic Places listings in Pueblo County, Colorado listed on the NRHP in Pueblo County, Colorado disambig ... more details
Infobox person name Ezra Fitch image Ezra Fitch.png imagesize birth name Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch birth date ... occupation Co founder of Abercrombie & Fitch , 1900 br Sole owner, 1907 to 1928 br Law practice , New York years active 1900 1928 known for Fitch , part of company s modern name br A&F Clothing line, Ezra Fitch br Fragrances Ezra Fitch cologne and Ezra perfum br RUEHL No.925 apparel Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch September 21, 1865 &ndash June 16, 1930 was the co founder of the modern lifestyle brand Abercrombie & Fitch and is attributed with the historical introduction of Mahjong to the United States ... amp Fitch Co Company History.html title Abercrombie & Fitch Co. publisher Funding Universe accessdate 2008 06 03 ref A wealthy New York lawyer , Fitch began as one of Abercrombie & Fitch the company s first ... David Abercrombie . Fitch is attributed with much of the company s successful growth in its ... publisher Abercrombie & Fitch Co. accessdate 2007 11 26 ref Biography See also Abercrombie & Fitch History of Abercrombie & Fitch David T. Abercrombie Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch was born September 21, 1865 in Coxsackie , Greene County, New York. He was the only child of Roswell Reed Fitch and Margaretta Wyanna Hasbrouck. Roswell Reed Fitch 1841 1888 ref U.S. Federal Census ref was the son of Ezra Fitch 1805 1870 and Margaret Reed. ref U.S. Federal Census ref Margaretta Hasbrouck 1846 1865 ref Church ... eventually was remarried to Helen Carswell. Ezra spent his early years growing up at the Fitch ... the family conducted a profitable freighting business. R. R. Fitch lived in Brooklyn for a time, working as an agent for an asphalt company. ref U.S. Federal Census ref In 1894, Fitch earned a law degree ... York , trading as Jenkins & Fitch. The company built the Huntington apartment house there, among ... company, Fitch was restless and bored with his profession . He enjoyed the outdoors, and spent his ... Abercrombie & Fitch accessdate September 8, 2009 ref When David Abercrombie opened his excursions ... more details
Infobox company company name Fitch Group company logo company type Subsidiary of FIMALAC and Hearst Corporation foundation 1913 founder John Knowles Fitch location city London, United Kingdom location ... Report cite web last Group first Fitch title 2011 Fiscal url http www.fimalac.com regulated information.html ... fitchratings.com footnotes The Fitch Group is a jointly owned subsidiary of FIMALAC , headquartered in Paris, and Hearst Corporation . On April 12, 2012, Hearst increased their stake in the Fitch ... Fitch Ratings and Fitch Solutions are part of the Fitch Group. Dual headquartered in New York and London with 50 offices worldwide, Fitch Ratings positions itself as a global Credit rating agency rating ... opinions, research and data. Fitch Ratings was one of the three Nationally Recognized Statistical ... Big Three credit rating agencies Standard & Poor s, Moody s Investor Service and Fitch Ratings . ref ... Fitch on December 24, 1913 in New York City as the Fitch Publishing Company. It merged with London based IBCA Limited in December 1997. In 2000 Fitch acquired both Chicago based Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. April and Thomson Financial BankWatch December . Fitch Ratings is the smallest of the big ... have ratings similar, but not equal, in scale. In September 2011, Fitch Group announced the sale of Algorithmics ... of the sale of algorithmics 2011 10 21 ref Long term credit ratings Fitch Ratings long term credit ... S&P, Fitch also uses intermediate modifiers for each category between AA and CCC e.g., AA , AA ... D has defaulted on obligations and Fitch believes that it will generally default on most or all obligations NR not publicly rated Short term credit ratings Fitch s short term ratings indicate .... Fitch Solutions Launched in 2008, Fitch Solutions offers a range of fixed income products and professional development services for financial professionals. The firm also distributes Fitch Ratings ... rating agency Criticism Credit rating agencies such as Fitch Ratings have been subject to criticism ... more details
Fitch is a faculty member in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern ... Janet Fitch s Official Myspace http literati.net FitchFitch s website http literati.net Fitch ... Fitch, Janet ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1955 PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, Janet Category American novelists ... 1955 births US novelist 1950s stub fr Janet Fitch ... more details
Stona Fitch is an United States American novelist, best known for his 2001 book, Senseless , which was turned into the 2008 movie, Senseless 2008 film Senseless , directed by Symon Hynd . Fitch is a 1983 graduate of Princeton University . Bibliography Give and Take 2010 the first book published by Concord Free Press . Printer s Devil 2009, Free Raven Press . Senseless 2001, SoHo Press cinematized as Senseless 2008 film . Strategies for Success 1992, G.B. Putnam s Sons . External links http stonafitch.squarespace.com Official website http www.pw.org content stona fitch Poets & Writers listing http voices.washingtonpost.com shortstack 2009 05 radical business plan free boo.html Washington Post May 27, 2009 Radical Business Plan Free Books http www.jennybrownassociates.com index.php author stona fitch Jenny Brown Associates listing Persondata NAME Fitch, Stona ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Writer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, Stona Category Living people Category Year of birth missing living people Category Place of birth missing living people Category American novelists Category Princeton University alumni sv Stona Fitch ... more details
class infobox style width 25em colspan 2 style text align center Entomologist colspan 2 style text align center Image Fitch Asa 1809 1879.jpg 250px colspan 2 style font size larger background color fc0 color 000 Asa Fitch Birth Date February 24, 1809 Salem, New York Salem, NY Death Date April 8, 1879 Salem, New York Salem, NY Speciality Entomology Affiliations New York State Agricultural Society RPI Alumni Hall of Fame inducted October,1999 Education Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Class of 1827 For the member of the 12th Congress, see Asa Fitch Representative Dr. Asa Fitch February 24, 1809 April 8, 1879. His early studies were of both natural history and medicine, which he studied at the newly formed Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , graduating in 1827. However, in 1838 he decided to start studying agriculture and entomology . In 1838 he began to collect and study insects for New York state. In 1854 he became the first professional entomologist of New York State Agricultural Society commissioned by the State of New York . This made him the first occupational entomologist in the United States. His vast studies of many insects helped scientists to solve some of the problems of crop damage caused by insects. Many of his notebooks are now the property of the Smithsonian Institution . Fitch also discovered the Rodent Botfly Cuterebra emasculator in 1856. He died April 8, 1879 in Salem, New York . External links http siarchives.si.edu findingaids FARU7124.htm Asa Fitch Notebooks, circa 1827,1872 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives http www.salem ny.com histh13.html Salem New York Historical Site http www.rpi.edu about hof fitch.html RPI Alumni Hall of Fame DEFAULTSORT Fitch, Asa Category 1809 births Category 1879 deaths Category American entomologists Category Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni Category Zoologists with author abbreviations Category Smithsonian Institution Archives related fr Asa Fitch it Asa Fitch pt Asa Fitch ... more details
Infobox person image name Joyia Fitch birth date 1980 birth place Wegberg , Germany occupation Actress yearsactive 2005 present Joyia Fitch born 3 April 1980 is an England English actress and Performance Artist . Filmography class wikitable width 50 Year width 100 Film width 100 Role 2005 Pierrepoint film Pierrepoint Elizabeth Volkenrath 2008 The Horror Vault Suzanne 2009 Bright Star film Bright Star Dilke Maid Joy References Reflist External links imdb name 2356145 Joyia Fitch http www.joyia.co.uk Official Website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitch, Joyia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 3 April 1980 PLACE OF BIRTH Wegberg , Germany DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, Joyia Category English actors Category 1980 births Category Living people England film actor stub ... more details
Infobox NBA biography name Gerald Fitch image Gerald Fitch.jpg caption Fitch in 2005 with the Miami Heat. width 120 position Shooting guard height ft 6 height in 3 weight lb 188 team Unicaja M laga number ... Fitch born August 12, 1982 is an American professional basketball player currently with the Euroleague ... b lgaro y fichan a Gerald Fitch es icon ref College career Fitch came to Kentucky in 2000 after ... High School Macon, Georgia Westside High School in Macon, Georgia . Fitch entered the starting lineup early in his freshman year, and was named to the All Southeastern Conference SEC Freshman Team. Fitch ... in the 2004 NBA Draft , Fitch signed with the Washington Wizards prior to the 2004 05 NBA season ... season. Fitch then spent that season playing overseas in the Euroleague and the Ukraine Superleague. Prior to the 2005 06 NBA season 2005 06 season , Fitch signed with the Miami Heat , where .... On March 7, 2006, Fitch was assigned to the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League . The following ... Pistons signed Fitch via free agency, but he was eventually released during preseason. At the end of 2007 ... guard fitch Unicaja adds scoring guard Fitch ref ref http www.sportando.net eng europe spain 28067 unicaja malaga confirms gerald fitch for the next season.html Unicaja Malaga confirms Gerald Fitch ... showplayer?pcode KHU&gamecode 123 Euroleague.net Profile http www.nba.com playerfile gerald fitch bio.html NBA.com biography espn nba id 3898 name Gerald Fitch http www.bigbluehistory.net bb Statistics Players Fitch Gerald.html Career UK stats http hoopshype.com players gerald fitch.htm HoopsHype.com Player Profile http www.draftexpress.com profile Gerald Fitch 5407 DraftExpress.com Profile http ... . NAME Fitch, Gerald ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American basketball player DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1982 PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus, Georgia DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch ... Gerald Fitch it Gerald Fitch tr Gerald Fitch ... more details
Infobox Boxer name Antonio Fitch image realname Antonio Fitch nickname El Loco weight Welterweight br Light welterweight br Lightweight height 5 ft 11 in 182 cm reach 74 in 189 cm nationality flagicon Mexico Mexican people Mexican birth date birth date and age 1986 8 5 death date birth place Cancun , Quintana Roo , Mexico home town Cancun , Quintana Roo , Mexico style orthodox boxing Orthodox total 16 wins 14 KO 11 losses 2 draws 0 no contests 0 Antonio Fitch born August 5, 1986 in Cancun , Quintana Roo , Mexico is a Mexican people Mexican Welterweight Boxing boxer and is the former World Boxing Council WBC Youth World Lightweight Champion. Pro career On December 5, 2009 Fitch lost to the Mexican Saul Alvarez . ref http boxrec.com media index.php Fight 1380554 ref References Reflist External links Boxrec 342619 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitch, Antonio ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1986 PLACE OF BIRTH Cancun , Quintana Roo , Mexico DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, Antonio Category 1986 births Category Mexican boxers Category Welterweight boxers Category People from Canc n Category Living people Mexico boxing bio stub ... more details
Image Replace this image male.svg right 140px Image TheSteelWorkers.jpg thumb The Steel Workers , Fitch s best known book John Andrews Fitch 1881&ndash 1959 was an United States American writer, teacher, and pioneering social investigator of the Progressive Era . He is best known for his contributions to The Pittsburgh Survey , a landmark study of social conditions in a U.S. city. Born in South Dakota , he was a 1904 graduate of Yankton College . He taught at Nebraska s Weeping Water Academy before enrolling at the University of Wisconsin Madison for graduate studies in political economy . In the fall of 1907 he joined with his professor, John R. Commons , on a trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to begin work with dozens of other progressives on an ambitious sociological study Paul Kellogg s Pittsburgh Survey, funded by the Russell Sage Foundation . Fitch spent more than a year interviewing steel workers. The resulting book, The Steel Workers , was published in 1910, one of the Survey s six published volumes. It remains a classic depiction of a key industry in early twentieth century America. Fitch, after a brief stint working for the New York Department of Labor, was an editor and writer for Paul Kellogg s Survey , America s leading social work journal. Beginning in 1917 Fitch taught labor relations as a professor at the New York School of Social Work, where he retired in 1946. References cite book author Fitch, John A. title The Steel Workers location Pittsburgh publisher University of Pittsburgh Press origyear 1910 year 1989 isbn 0 8229 6091 5 cite book author Greenwald, Maurine W. and Margo Anderson title Pittsburgh Surveyed Social Science and Social Reform in the Early Twentieth Century location Pittsburgh publisher University of Pittsburgh Press year 1996 isbn 0 8229 5610 1 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitch, John A. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1881 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1959 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, John ... more details
MedalTop MedalSport Men s Athletics at the Summer Olympics athletics MedalCountry the USA MedalSilver 1936 Summer Olympics 1936 Berlin Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics Men s 4x400 metre relay 4x400 m relay MedalBottom Alfred Al Lord Fitch December 1, 1912 &ndash February 17, 1981 was an United States American Athletics sport athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He was born in New York and died in Orange, California . He competed for the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin , Germany in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Harold Cagle , Robert Young athletics Robert Young and Edward O Brien athlete Edward O Brien . External links http www.databaseolympics.com players playerpage.htm?ilkid FITCHAL01 profile Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fitch, Alfred ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Athletics sport competitor DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1912 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1981 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fitch, Alfred Category 1912 births Category 1981 deaths Category American sprinters Category Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Category Athletes track and field at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category Olympic silver medalists for the United States Category Olympic medalists in athletics track and field US athletics Olympic medalist stub de Alfred Fitch fr Alfred Fitch no Alfred Fitch pl Alfred Fitch pt Alfred Fitch ... more details
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