Famous People with Name Abbot

Abbot Suger            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Abbot Suger: was one of the last Frankish abbot-statesmen, a historian, and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture. Suger's family origins are unknown. Several times in his writings he suggests that his was a humble background, though this may just be a topos or convention of autobiographical writing. In 1091, at the age of ten, Suger was given as an oblate to the abbey of St. Denis, where he began his education.

Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman: was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies").

Abbott Handerson Thayer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abbott Handerson Thayer: was an American artist, naturalist and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, as shown by the fact that his paintings are in the most important U.S. art collections. In the

Charles Greeley Abbot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Greeley Abbot: was an American astrophysicist, astronomer and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was born in Wilton, New Hampshire.Abbot graduated from Phillips Academy in 1891 and MIT in 1894, with a degree in chemical physics. Samuel Pierpont Langley was looking for an assistant at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), and hired Abbot in 1895 because of his skill at laboratory work, despite his lack of experience in astronomy.Langley focused on aeronautics experiments, while Abbot became acting director of the SAO in 1896. When Langley died in 1906, Abbot succeed him as director (in 1907), and Charles Walcott became Smithsonian secretary. Abbot, recognizing that the solar constant was badly approximated, proposed a more accurate value of 1.93 cal/cm²/min for the solar constant (the modern value is measured in watts per square meter)

Joel Abbot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joel Abbot: was a United States Representative from Georgia. He practiced as a physician.He was elected as a Republican to the 15th United States Congress and was reelected as a Republican to the two succeeding Congresses (16th and 17th), Abbott then successfully ran