Davidson, Jo

Davidson, Jo
(1883–1952)
   US sculptor. Trained in the United States and Paris, Davidson was one of the most eminent portrait sculptors of his time. He did busts of many prominent personalities, such as Woodrow Wilson, Marshal Foch and Franklin Roosevelt. His most famous work is a commemorative bronze of Walt Whitman, nine feet high, on Bear Mountain in New York State.

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  • Davidson — steht für: Davidson (Familienname), Personen Davidson (Clan), einen schottischen Clan Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Davidson (Arkansas) Davidson (Idaho) Davidson (Indiana) Davidson (Minnesota) Davidson (North Carolina) Davidson (Oklahoma)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • DAVIDSON, JO — (1883–1952), U.S. sculptor. Davidson was born in the ghetto of New York s Lower East Side to immigrant parents who had fled the Russian pogroms. Despite parental opposition, in his teens Davidson studied drawing in New York at the Educational… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Davidson — Davidson, NC U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 7139 Housing Units (2000): 2452 Land area (2000): 4.863195 sq. miles (12.595616 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.199452 sq. miles (0.516579 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.062647 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Davidson, NC — U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 7139 Housing Units (2000): 2452 Land area (2000): 4.863195 sq. miles (12.595616 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.199452 sq. miles (0.516579 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.062647 sq. miles (13.112195 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Davidson, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 375 Housing Units (2000): 181 Land area (2000): 0.482354 sq. miles (1.249290 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.482354 sq. miles (1.249290 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Davidson's — is a Roanoke, Virginia based chain of menswear stores. The company was founded in 1910. Its downtown location is at 412 S. Jefferson St., in a former S W Cafeteria, that it has occupied since 1964. In 2008, the location underwent a $2 million… …   Wikipedia

  • Davidson [2] — Davidson (spr. Däwwids n), 1) Grafschaft im Staate Nordcarolina (Nordamerika), 30 QM.; Flüsse: Yadkin River, Abbott s Creek; Boden hügelig, in den Thälern fruchtbar; Producte: Weizen, Mais, Hafer, Baumwolle; Gold, Silber, Blei; die Nordcarolina… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Davidson [1] — Davidson (spr. Däwwids n), 1) William, s. Davison. 2) Lucretia Maria, geb. 1808 in Plattsbury im Staate New York, fing bereits im 4. Jahre an, Verse zu machen u. st. 1825. Poesien als: Amir Khan and other poems, New York 1829; ihre… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Davidson — Davidson, 1) Samuel, gelehrter Theolog, geb. 1808 zu Ballymena in Irland, gest. 16. Okt. 1885, presbyterianischer Geistlicher, 1835 Professor der biblischen Kritik zu Belfast, 1842 Professor der biblischen Literatur und der Kirchengeschichte an… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Davidson — (Dehwidsʼn), Lucretia Mary, amerik. Dichterin, geb. 1808 zu Plattsbury am Champlainsee. Dichtete schon im 4. Jahr, im 11. Stanzen auf Washington, im 13. »Rodri« in 5 Gesängen, kam 1824 in eine Erziehungsanstalt und st. 1825. Ihre poetische… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Davidson's — Davidson, Donald Herbert …   Philosophy dictionary

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