frederic

listen to the pronunciation of frederic
English - English
A male given name, a French style spelling variant of Frederick
{i} male first name
a French style spelling variant of Frederick
Bartlett Sir Frederic Charles Church Frederic Edwin Maitland Frederic William March Frederic Nash Frederic Ogden Remington Frederic Simon Paul Frederic Skinner Burrhus Frederic Chelmsford of Chelmsford Frederic John Napier Thesiger 1st Viscount Frederic Dannay

Related Terms

Frederic Chopin
(1810-1849) Polish-born French composer and pianist
Frederic E. Mohs
{i} (1910-2002) United States surgeon who developed the Mohs Micrographic Surgery
Frederic Edwin Church
born May 4, 1826, Hartford, Conn., U.S. died April 7, 1900, near New York, N.Y. U.S. landscape painter. He studied with Thomas Cole in Catskill, N.Y., and soon became one of the most prominent members of the Hudson River school. He traveled widely, seeking out spectacular scenery and marvels of nature such as Niagara Falls, volcanoes, icebergs, and the tropical forests of South America, and he achieved fame and success at home and in Europe. His house, Olana, on the Hudson River, is now a museum
Frederic H. Lewy
{i} Friedrich Heinrich Lewy (1885-1950), German-born United States neurologist who discovered the Lewy bodies
Frederic John Napier Thesiger 1st Viscount Chelmsford
born Aug. 12, 1868, London, Eng. died April 1, 1933, London English colonial administrator. In 1905 he was appointed governor of Queensland, Austl., and in 1909 of New South Wales. He left Australia in 1913 to serve in India as a captain in the Dorsetshire regiment. As viceroy of India in a time of surging Indian nationalism (1916-21), he helped to institute reforms increasing Indian representation in government but provoked opposition by his severe measures against nationalists
Frederic John Napier Thesiger 1st Viscount Chelmsford of Chelmsford
born Aug. 12, 1868, London, Eng. died April 1, 1933, London English colonial administrator. In 1905 he was appointed governor of Queensland, Austl., and in 1909 of New South Wales. He left Australia in 1913 to serve in India as a captain in the Dorsetshire regiment. As viceroy of India in a time of surging Indian nationalism (1916-21), he helped to institute reforms increasing Indian representation in government but provoked opposition by his severe measures against nationalists
Frederic Lewy
{i} Friedrich Heinrich Lewy (1885-1950), German-born United States neurologist who discovered the Lewy bodies
Frederic March
orig. Frederick Ernest McIntyre Bickel born Aug. 31, 1897, Racine, Wis., U.S. died April 14, 1975, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. actor. He began acting on Broadway, and his parody of John Barrymore in a touring production of The Royal Family earned him a five-year contract with Paramount Pictures; he reprised the role in the retitled screen adaptation, The Royal Family of Broadway (1930). He subsequently appeared in more than 65 films, including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932, Academy Award), A Star Is Born (1937), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, Academy Award), Death of a Salesman (1951), and Inherit the Wind (1960). He starred on the stage, often with his wife, Florence Eldridge, in plays such as The Skin of Our Teeth (1942) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956, Tony Award). A versatile stage and film actor, his cerebral approach occasionally resulted in stolid, emotionally unconvincing performances, but it more often produced compelling, complex characterizations
Frederic Ogden Nash
born Aug. 19, 1902, Rye, N.Y., U.S. died May 19, 1971, Baltimore, Md. U.S. writer of humorous poetry. Nash sold his first verse in 1930 to The New Yorker, on whose staff he worked. In 1931 he published Hard Lines, the first of 20 collections that include The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse (1936), I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938), and Everyone but Thee and Me (1962). His audacious, quotable verse employs delightfully impossible rhymes, puns, and ragged stanzas, often interrupted by digressions. He wrote several children's books and the lyrics for the musicals One Touch of Venus (1943) and Two's Company (1952)
Frederic Remington
born Oct. 4, 1861, Canton, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 26, 1909, near Ridgefield, Conn. U.S. painter, illustrator, sculptor, and war correspondent. He studied at Yale University and New York's Art Students League. He traveled widely and specialized in depicting Native Americans, cowboys, soldiers, horses, and other aspects of life in the American West. His work is notable for its rendering of swift action and its accuracy of detail. He covered the Spanish-American War (1898) as a correspondent. The countless reproductions of his works as newspaper engravings brought him wealth and fame
Frederic William Maitland
born May 28, 1850, London, Eng. died Dec. 19, 1906, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain British legal historian. He practiced law in London before joining the faculty of the University of Cambridge (1888). With Frederick Pollock he wrote History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I (1895), which became a standard authority on the subject. In 1887 he helped found the Selden Society for the study of English law
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
born March 20, 1904, Susquehanna, Pa., U.S. died Aug. 18, 1990, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. psychologist and influential theorist of behaviourism. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and first achieved notice with The Behavior of Organisms (1938). In the mid-1940s he presented his "Air-Crib," a soundproof, germ-free, air-conditioned box meant to serve as an optimal environment for the first two years of childhood. In Walden Two (1948), a controversial but popular work, he described a utopia based on behavioral engineering. He spent most of his teaching career at Harvard (1948-74). His other works include Science and Human Behavior (1953), Verbal Behavior (1957), Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1971), and an autobiography (3 vol., 1976-83). He received the National Medal of Science in 1968
Dr. Frederic Mohs
{i} Frederic E. Mohs (1910-2002), United States surgeon who developed the Mohs Micrographic Surgery
Paul Frederic Simon
born Oct. 13, 1941, Newark, N.J., U.S. U.S. pop singer and songwriter. Simon began performing with Art Garfunkel (b. 1941) in the 1950s, using the name Tom and Jerry. After a break, the two reunited in 1964 as Simon and Garfunkel. Their first hit single was "Sounds of Silence" (1966); others over the next six years included "Mrs. Robinson" (for the film The Graduate) and "Bridge over Troubled Water." After the two parted company, Simon released several hit albums, including Still Crazy After All These Years (1975). His Graceland (1986) album, recorded with African musicians, became the most successful and influential of the new genre of world music. Both African music and Brazilian music informed his album The Rhythm of the Saints (1990). With the West Indian poet Derek Walcott he wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman (1998)
Sir Frederic C Bartlett
born Oct. 20, 1886, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Sept. 30, 1969, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire British psychologist best known for his studies of memory. The first professor of experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge (1931-52), he also directed the university's psychological laboratory. His major work, Remembering (1932), described memories not as direct recollections but rather as mental reconstructions coloured by cultural attitudes and personal habits
Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett
born Oct. 20, 1886, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Sept. 30, 1969, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire British psychologist best known for his studies of memory. The first professor of experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge (1931-52), he also directed the university's psychological laboratory. His major work, Remembering (1932), described memories not as direct recollections but rather as mental reconstructions coloured by cultural attitudes and personal habits
frederic
Favorites
More...
Clear