Torrey
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- Torrey Pines High SchoolTorrey Pines High SchoolTorrey Pines High School is a high school in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California. The school is named after the Torrey Pine tree that grows in the area...
- Torrey Pines Golf CourseTorrey Pines Golf CourseTorrey Pines Golf Course is a municipal public golf course owned by the city of San Diego, California. It sits on the coastal cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the community of La Jolla south of Torrey Pines State Reserve. It has two famous golf courses, the North Course and the South Course....
- Torrey Pines State ReserveTorrey Pines State ReserveTorrey Pines State Natural Reserve is a coastal state park located in the California community of La Jolla, San Diego, California, off North Torrey Pines Road . Although it is located within San Diego city limits, it remains one of the wildest stretches of land on the Southern California coast...
- Torrey Pines GliderportTorrey Pines GliderportThe Torrey Pines Gliderport is a city-owned private-use glider airport located 11 nautical miles northwest of the central business district of San Diego, a city in San Diego County, California, United States....
Torrey (surname)
- Charles Cutler TorreyCharles Cutler TorreyCharles Cutler Torrey was an American historian, archeologist and scholar who presented manuscripturial evidence to support alternate views on Christian and Islamic religious sources and origins...
(1863–1956), American ancient historian and archaeologist - E. Fuller TorreyE. Fuller TorreyEdwin Fuller Torrey, M.D. , is an American psychiatrist and schizophrenia researcher. He is Executive Director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute and founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center , a nonprofit organization with the goals of eliminating legal and clinical obstacles to the...
(b. 1937), American psychiatrist and researcher - George Burroughs TorreyGeorge Burroughs TorreyGeorge Burroughs Torrey was an American painter, best known for his portraits. He has been called the "painter of presidents", because he painted portraits of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Herbert Hoover.- Biography :...
(1863–1942), American painter - Gordon H. TorreyGordon H. TorreyDr. Gordon H. Torrey , of Maryland, was a stamp collector active within the Washington, D.C., area, and at the national level.-Collecting interests:Dr...
(1919-1995), Philatelist of Maryland - John Torrey (1796–1873), American botanist
- Marjorie TorreyMarjorie TorreyMarjorie Torrey was an illustrator and winner of two Caldecott Honor books in 1946 and 1947.-Books:* Our First Murder...
(b. 1899), American illustrator and writer - Raymond H. TorreyRaymond H. TorreyRaymond Hezekiah Torrey was the author of weekly columns, Outings and The Long Brown Path in the New York Evening Post in the 1920s and 1930s. The column played a major role in the development of the Appalachian Trail, the Long Path and the popularity of hiking generally...
(1880–1938), American outdoorsman - R. A. Torrey (1856–1928), American evangelist
Other
- Torrey CanyonTorrey CanyonThe Torrey Canyon was a supertanker capable of carrying a cargo of 120,000 tons of crude oil, which was shipwrecked off the western coast of Cornwall, England in March 1967 causing an environmental disaster...
, supertanker wrecked off CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
in 1967 - Torrey PineTorrey PineThe Torrey Pine, Pinus torreyana, is the rarest pine species in the United States, an endangered species growing only in San Diego County and on one of the Channel Islands, endemic to the coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion in the U.S...