Famous People with Name Rollins

Rollins Adams Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rollins Adams Emerson: was an American geneticist who rediscovered the laws of inheritance established by Gregor Mendel.He graduated in 1897 and began work for the Department of Agriculture as an editor, and soon afterwards married Harriet Hardin, with whom he had four children. He accepted a position at the University of Nebraska, as an assistant lecturer. Emerson's interests while he was at Nebraska included a wide range of projects including culture methods for different fruit and vegetables and the possibility of domesticating wild plants. Using bean breeding techniques he set up an experiment to establish the same results as Mendel, of whom he had not heard at the time.

Edward Rollins            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Edward Rollins: commonly known as Starlight, was an Australian middleweight boxer. Rollins was a top middleweight contender for the Australian Middleweight Championship during his career and fought for the title four times

Walter Childs Rollins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Walter Childs Rollins: was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer about whom the New York Times said "was for thirty years one of the most successful trainers of thoroughbred racers in America." Walter Rollins trained for prominent owners such as Norman Kittson, Pierre Lori

John W. Rollins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John W. Rollins: was an American businessman and politician from Greenville in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, and served as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.

James Sidney Rollins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Sidney Rollins: was a nineteenth century Missouri politician and lawyer. He helped establish the University of Missouri, led the successful effort to get it located in Boone County, and gained funding for the University with the passage of a series of acts in the Missour

Edward Henry Rollins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Henry Rollins: was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.Rollins was elected as a Republican to the 37th, 38th, and 39th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1867; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1866. While in the House