Ansel
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General
- ANSELANSELANSEL, American National Standard for Extended Latin Alphabet Coded Character Set for Bibliographic Use, is a character set used in text encodings like MARC-8...
, American National Standard for Extended Latin Alphabet Coded Character Set for Bibliographic Use, is a character set used in text encoding - Ansel Adams Award (disambiguation), various awards
Given name
Ansel is derived from the same root as Anselm. Medieaval Germanic name of uncertain meaning, perhaps 'follower of a nobleman' or 'god's helmet'. Also spelt Ancel.- Ansel AdamsAnsel AdamsAnsel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, especially in Yosemite National Park....
(1902–1984), American photographer, best known for his black and white photographs of California's Yosemite Valley - Ansel BriggsAnsel BriggsAnsel Briggs was the first Governor of Iowa, from 1846 to 1850. Briggs was a business entrepreneur, sheriff and a member of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives before being Governor...
(1806–1881), first governor of Iowa (1846-1850) - Ansel Franklin HallAnsel Franklin HallAnsel F. Hall was an American naturalist. He was the first Chief Naturalist and first Chief Forester of the United States National Park Service.-Early career:...
(1894–1962), American naturalist - Ansel SterlingAnsel SterlingAnsel Sterling was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was the brother of Micah Sterling who was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Lyme, Connecticut where he attended the common schools. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1805...
(1782-1853), United States Representative from Connecticut - Ansel TalbertAnsel TalbertAnsel Edward McLaurine Talbert was an American aviation journalist. After being named as a Communist by journalist Winston Burdett, Talbert became well known for his testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in 1955. He died at his home in Bridgeport, Conn.- Talbert's work...
(?-1987), American aviation journalist - Ansel WilliamsonAnsel WilliamsonAnsel Williamson was an African American thoroughbred horse racing trainerAnsel Williamson was born a slave in Virginia sometime around the middle part of the 19th century. In 1864 he was purchased by Robert A. Alexander, owner of the famous Woodburn Stud near Midway, Kentucky. Taught the breeding...
, African American thoroughbred horse racing trainer (19th century) - Ansel WatrousAnsel WatrousAnsel Watrous was a U.S. newspaper editor and historian. A long time resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, he is noted for History of Larimer County, Colorado, published in 1911 as the first comprehensive published history of Larimer County, Colorado...
, U.S. newspaper editor and historian - Edgar Ansel MowrerEdgar Ansel MowrerEdgar Ansel Mowrer was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author best known for his writings on international events.Born in Bloomington, Illinois, Mowrer graduated from the University of Michigan in 1913...
, American journalist, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1933 for his reporting on the rise of Adolf Hitler
Family name
- Karen AnselKaren AnselKaren Ansel is a film and TV computer graphics specialist in the United States.Previously a musician, she was an influential member of the Australian band The Reels...
, noted film and TV computer graphics specialist in the United States - Martin Frederick Ansel (1850–1945), Democratic Governor of South Carolina (1907-1911)
Places
- Ansel, CaliforniaAnsel, CaliforniaAnsel is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad north-northeast of Rosamond, at an elevation of 2516 feet ....
, in Kern County - Ansel Adams WildernessAnsel Adams WildernessThe Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA. The wilderness is part of the Sierra and Inyo National Forests. The wilderness spans...
, wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California,USA - Ansel Township, Cass County, Minnesota, township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States
- Mount Ansel AdamsMount Ansel AdamsMount Ansel Adams is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California. The mountain is on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness and is at the head of the Lyell Fork of the Merced River, northeast of Foerster Peak and west-southwest of Electra Peak...
, 11,760-foot peak in the Sierra Nevada