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An Irish patronymic surname

American writer who epitomized the Jazz Age. His novels include The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender Is the Night (1934). Beery Wallace Fitzgerald FitzGerald Edward Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Kennedy John Fitzgerald Lorentz FitzGerald contraction

An Irish patronymic surname from Gerald

{i} family name; male first name; F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), United States novelist, author of "The Great Gatsby"; Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996), USA jazz singer

United States scat singer (born in 1918)

English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)

United States novelist (1896-1940)

United States scat singer (born in 1918) United States novelist (1896-1940) English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)

Related Terms

Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction

the decrease in length of a moving object in the direction of motion; measurable only at relativistic speeds

Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions

plural form of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction

Edward FitzGerald

born March 31, 1809, Bredfield, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, Eng. died June 14, 1883, Merton, Norfolk British writer. After graduating from Cambridge University, he lived chiefly in seclusion. He is best known for The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859), a free adaptation from Omar Khayyam's verses that is itself a classic of English literature. Many of its images, such as "A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou" and "The moving finger writes, and, having writ, moves on" have passed into common currency. He also freely translated Six Dramas of Calderón (1853)

Ella Fitzgerald

a US jazz singer, called 'The First Lady of Jazz' because of her beautiful voice and her skill in scat singing (1918-96). born April 25, 1917, Newport News, Va., U.S. died June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, Calif. U.S. singer. She won an amateur contest at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in 1934 and became the star of drummer Chick Webb's big band the following year. Her association with manager and impresario Norman Granz in the late 1940s led to performances with Jazz at the Philharmonic and a famous series of "Songbook" recordings, each featuring the work of a single popular-song composer. Fitzgerald was one of the greatest scat singers in jazz; her clear, girlish voice and virtuosity made her one of the best-selling vocal recording artists in history

Ella Fitzgerald

(1918-96) African-American Jazz singer famous for her improvisational singing style (known as the "First Lady of Song")

F Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F Scott Fitzgerald

(1896-1940) United States novelist, author of "The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

{i} Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940), United States novelist, author of "The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

a US writer whose novels include The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night (1896-1940)

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

{i} John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) ,35th president of the United States (1961-63), founder of many post-World War II economic and social reforms, president who gave final approval for the Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba, assassinated in Dallas (Texas) on November 22nd 1963

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

a US politician in the Democratic Party, also known as Jack Kennedy and JFK, who was President of the US from 1961 to 1963. He was an extremely popular president, and he planned to improve education, the system of medical care, and civil rights in the US, although it was Lyndon B. Johnson who achieved most of these plans after Kennedy's death. In 1961 Kennedy ordered the invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, and he was strongly criticized for this. Two years later he was shot in Dallas, Texas, and Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of killing him (1917-63). born May 29, 1917, Brookline, Mass., U.S. died Nov. 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas 35th president of the U.S. (1961-63). The son of Joseph P. Kennedy, he graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and joined the navy the following year. He commanded a patrol torpedo (PT) boat in World War II and was gravely injured in an attack by a Japanese destroyer; he was later decorated for heroism. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1946 and the U.S. Senate in 1952, he supported social-welfare legislation and became increasingly committed to civil rights; in foreign affairs, he supported the Cold War policies of the Truman administration. In 1960 he won the Democratic nomination for president, beating out Lyndon B. Johnson, who became his running mate. In his acceptance speech Kennedy declared, "We stand on the edge of a New Frontier"; thereafter the phrase "New Frontier" was associated with his programs. After a vigorous campaign managed by his brother Robert F. Kennedy and aided financially by his father, he narrowly defeated the Republican candidate, Richard Nixon. He was the youngest person and the first Roman Catholic elected president. In his inaugural address he called on Americans to "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." His legislative program, including massive income-tax cuts and a sweeping civil-rights measure, received little support in the Congress, though he did win approval of the Peace Corps and the Alliance for Progress. In 1961 he committed the U.S. to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. In foreign affairs he approved a plan drawn up during the Eisenhower administration to land an invasion force of Cuban exiles on their homeland, but the Bay of Pigs invasion (1961) was a fiasco. Determined to combat the spread of communism in Asia, he sent military advisers and other assistance to South Vietnam. During the Cuban missile crisis (1962) he imposed a naval blockade on Cuba and demanded that the Soviet Union remove its nuclear missiles from the island. In 1963 he successfully concluded the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union. In November 1963, while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, he was assassinated by a sniper, allegedly Lee Harvey Oswald. The killing is considered the most notorious political murder of the 20th century. Kennedy's youth, energy, and charming family brought him world adulation and sparked the idealism of a generation, for whom the Kennedy White House became known as "Camelot." Revelations about his powerful family and his personal life, especially concerning his extramarital affairs, tainted his image in later years. See also Jackie Kennedy Onassis

Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction

or space contraction In relativity physics, the shortening of an object along the direction of its motion relative to an observer. Dimensions in other directions are not contracted. This concept was proposed by the Irish physicist George F. FitzGerald (1851-1901) in 1889 and later independently developed by Hendrik Antoon Lorentz. Significant at speeds approaching that of light, the contraction results from the properties of space and time, not from compression, cooling, or any similar physical disturbance. See also time dilation

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery

born April 1, 1885, Kansas City, Mo., U.S. died April 15, 1949, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. film and stage actor. He initially worked in the circus and later in the choruses of New York City theatrical productions. After playing the lead in The Yankee Tourist, he spent several years as a dramatic actor in touring and stock companies. He started his film career in 1913, first as a comedian in Mack Sennett's Keystone comedies. He is best known for his performances as dim-witted, but endearing, toughs in such films as The Champ (1931, Academy Award), Min and Bill (1931), and Tugboat Annie (1933)

Hyphenation

Fitz·ger·ald

Turkish pronunciation

fîtscerıld

Pronunciation

/fətˈsʤerəld/ /fɪtˈsʤɛrəld/

Etymology

() Fitz- + Gerald