Famous People with Name Abbott

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 Conrad Abbott (            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Conrad Abbott (: American archaeologist and naturalist, born at Trenton, N. J. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and served as a surgeon in the Federal Army during the Civil War. From 1876 to 1889 he was assistant curator of the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Mass., to which he presented a collection of 20,000 archæological specimens; he freely gave also to other archæological collections

William Osler Abbott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Osler Abbott: was a notable United States physician. His most notable contribution to the field of medicine was his part in the development of the Miller-Abbott tube. A Miller-Abbot tube has two lumens, with one ending in a small collapsible balloon and the other in a

Anderson Ruffin Abbott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Anderson Ruffin Abbott: was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the medical board of Upper Canada in 1861. His career included participation in the American Civil War and attending the death bed of Abraham Lincoln and being i

Berenice Abbott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Berenice Abbott: was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s.In 1918 she moved with friends from OSU to New York's Greenwich Village, where she was 'adopted' by the anarchist Hippolyte Havel. She shared an apartment on Greenwich Avenue with several others, including the writer Djuna Barnes, philosopher Kenneth Burke, and literary critic Malcolm Cowley.[2] At first she pursued journalism, but soon became interested in theater and sculpture, perhaps because of her interaction with artists Eugene O'Neill, Man Ray and Sadakichi Hartmann.[3] In 1919 she nearly died in the influenza pandemic.

William Alexander “Bud” Abbott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Alexander “Bud” Abbott: was an American actor, producer and comedian. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.Abbott was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey into a show business family. His parents worked for the Barnum