Fessenden
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Fessenden, an English
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dating back to the 17th century, can refer to:
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dating back to the 17th century, can refer to:
People:
- Francis FessendenFrancis FessendenFrancis Fessenden was a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of Maine who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
(1839-1907), American Civil War major general, lawyer and politician, son of William P. Fessenden - James Deering FessendenJames Deering FessendenJames Deering Fessenden was a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of Maine who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Primarily a staff officer and operations planner until the latter stages of the war, he commanded an infantry brigade in the Western...
(1833-1882), American Civil War brigadier general, son of William P. Fessenden - Larry FessendenLarry Fessenden-Life and career:He is president of Glass Eye Pix, an independent film production company based in New York City. Fessenden produced the Dark Sky film The Inkeepers which is directed by Ti West and the thriller Hypothermia, besides his work as producer he stars in the psychological thriller I Can...
(born 1963), American film director - Reginald FessendenReginald FessendenReginald Aubrey Fessenden , a naturalized American citizen born in Canada, was an inventor who performed pioneering experiments in radio, including early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music...
(1866-1932), Canadian radio pioneer - Richard Fessenden, chemistry professor, University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
- Samuel FessendenSamuel FessendenSamuel Fessenden was an American abolitionist and Massachusetts state legislator. -Biography:...
(1784-1869), American abolitionist; father of Samuel Clement, T. A. D. and William P. Fessenden - Samuel Fessenden (lawyer)Samuel Fessenden (lawyer)Samuel Fessenden was an American lawyer, politician, and Civil War veteran. He was born and raised in Maine and attended Lewiston Falls Academy . He served in the American Civil War in the Seventh Maine Volunteer Battery, eventually reaching the rank of second lieutenant in the First Maine...
(1847-1908), lawyer and politician - Samuel C. FessendenSamuel C. FessendenSamuel Clement Fessenden was a United States Congressman from Maine, son of abolitionist Samuel Fessenden, and brother of Treasury Secretary William Pitt Fessenden and Congressman T. A. D. Fessenden. He was an uncle of Union Army generals, Francis Fessenden and James D...
(1815-1882), judge and U.S. Representative from Maine (1861-63) - Sterling FessendenSterling FessendenSterling Fessenden - an American lawyer, the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1923 to 1929.Sterling Fessenden was born September 29, 1875 in Fairfield, Maine, United States. In 1896, he graduated from Bowdoin College and came to Shanghai in 1903 to join the American law firm...
(1875-1943), American lawyer, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council (1923-29) - T. A. D. FessendenT. A. D. FessendenThomas Amory Deblois Fessenden was a U.S. Representative from Maine, the son of abolitionist legislator Samuel Fessenden, and brother of Treasury Secretary William P. Fessenden and congressman Samuel C. Fessenden. He was an uncle of Union Army generals Francis Fessenden and James D...
(1826-1868), attorney, and briefly U.S. Representative from Maine - Thomas Green FessendenThomas Green FessendenThomas Green Fessenden was an author and editor who worked in England and the United States.-Biography:...
(1771-1837), American author and editor - William P. FessendenWilliam P. FessendenWilliam Pitt Fessenden was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.Fessenden was a Whig and member of the Fessenden political family...
(1806-1869), U.S. senator and Lincoln's Treasury Secretary - Fessenden Nott OtisFessenden Nott OtisFessenden Nott Otis was a pioneer in the medical field of urology. He studied art in New York and was a teacher of drawing and perspective before entering medical school. Upon graduating in 1852, he served as ships surgeon for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company from 1853-59.-References:...
(1825-c. 1900), American pioneer in the medical field of urology
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- Fessenden, North DakotaFessenden, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 625 people, 279 households, and 171 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,378.4 people per square mile . There were 306 housing units at an average density of 674.9 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.20% White, 0.32%...
, a city - 15939 Fessenden15939 Fessenden15939 Fessenden is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 28, 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak....
, an asteroid named after Reginald Fessenden - Fessenden, a fictional princedom in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince fantasy novel series
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- USS Fessenden (DE-142)USS Fessenden (DE-142)USS Fessenden was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was named in honor of Reginald Aubrey...
, a destroyer escort which served in World War II, named in honor of Reginald Fessenden - Fessenden SchoolFessenden SchoolThe Fessenden School is an independent day and boarding school for boys, founded in 1903 by Frederick J. Fessenden, and located at 250 Waltham Street, West Newton, Massachusetts, United States, on a campus....
, a private day and boarding school for boys in West Newton, Massachusetts - Fessenden (guitars), a pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
manufacturer - Fessenden oscillatorFessenden oscillatorA Fessenden oscillator is an electro-acoustic transducer invented by Reginald Fessenden, with development starting in 1912 at the Submarine Signal Company of Boston. It was the first successful sonar device...
, an underwater sound projector