Emmons
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People
- Carlos EmmonsCarlos EmmonsCarlos Antoine Emmons is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League...
, American football player - Delos Carleton EmmonsDelos Carleton Emmons-Biography:He was born on January 17, 1889 in Huntington, West Virginia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1909 and was commissioned an infantry second lieutenant. Emmons was assigned as commanding officer of Company B, 30th Infantry Regiment at the Presidio of San...
, general - Ebenezer EmmonsEbenezer EmmonsEbenezer Emmons , was a pioneering American geologist.Emmons was born at Middlefield, Massachusetts, on May 16, 1799, son of Ebenezer and Mary Emmons....
, geologist - George F. EmmonsGeorge F. EmmonsGeorge Foster Emmons was a rear admiral of the United States Navy, who served in the early to mid 19th century.-Biography:Born in Clarendon, Vermont, Emmons began his distinguished career as a midshipman on 1 April 1828...
, admiral - George T. EmmonsGeorge T. EmmonsGeorge Thornton Emmons was an ethnographic photographer and a U.S. Navy Lieutenant.He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His father was George Foster Emmons....
, ethnographic photographer - Kateřina EmmonsKaterina EmmonsKateřina Emmons, née Kůrková is a female Czech sport shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won her first gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition, and the very first gold medal of that particular...
, sport shooter - Matthew EmmonsMatthew EmmonsMatthew D. Emmons is an American sport shooter.-Careers:Emmons started out as a successful junior and has been a holder of the junior world record in 50 metre rifle three positions...
, sport shooter - Nathanael EmmonsNathanael EmmonsNathanael Emmons , American theologian, was born at East Haddam, Connecticut.He graduated at Yale in 1767, studied theology under the Rev. John Smalley at Berlin, Connecticut, and was licensed to preach in 1769...
, theologian - Phillip Emmons, pen name of Bentley LittleBentley LittleBentley Little is an American author of horror novels.-Personal history:Little's first novel, The Revelation, was published with St...
- Robert EmmonsRobert EmmonsRobert Wales Emmons II was an American football player, coach, yachtsman, and millionaire. He played and coached college football for Harvard University from 1891 to 1895. He later had a successful career in the banking and stock brokerage business...
, American football coach at Harvard - Robert Wales Emmons, Jr., American yachter
- Samuel Franklin EmmonsSamuel Franklin EmmonsSamuel Franklin Emmons was an American Geologist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1861 and studied at the Ecole des Mines in Paris, France from 1862–1864 and at the Frieberg mining school from 1865-1865. In May 1867, he was appointed assistant...
, geologist - Shirlee EmmonsShirlee EmmonsShirlee Emmons was an American classical soprano, voice teacher, and author on vocal pedagogy. She began her career in the early 1940s as a concert soprano, eventually becoming one of the original singers in the Robert Shaw Chorale in 1948. She branched out into opera in the 1950s; performing...
, operatic soprano, writer on music, and voice teacher
Places
In the United States:- Emmons, MinnesotaEmmons, MinnesotaEmmons is a city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 391 as of the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...
- Emmons, West VirginiaEmmons, West VirginiaEmmons is an unincorporated community located on the Big Coal River in Boone and Kanawha Counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Jay Rockefeller's political affiliation with West Virginia began in 1964-1965 while he served as a VISTA volunteer in Emmons....
- Emmons County, North DakotaEmmons County, North Dakota-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 83*North Dakota Highway 11*North Dakota Highway 13*North Dakota Highway 34*North Dakota Highway 1804-National protected areas:*Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge*Springwater National Wildlife Refuge...
- Emmons GlacierEmmons GlacierEmmons Glacier is a glacier on the northeast flank of Mount Rainier, in Washington. At , it has the largest surface area of any glacier in the contiguous United States. The glacier was named after the geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons after his involvement in a survey of Mount Rainier in...
, Washington - Mount Emmons (Alaska)
- Mount Emmons (New York)Mount Emmons (New York)Mount Emmons is a mountain located in Franklin County, New York.The mountain is named after Ebenezer Emmons , a geologist who named the Adirondack Mountains and led the first recorded ascent of Mount Marcy in 1837....