Frederick Ashton (1904 - 1988)

Ballet Choreographer. Born in Ecuador, he believed to be the second greatest British choreographer (Sir Kenneth MacMillan being first.) He studied dance in London with Massine and joined the Vic-Wells ballet in 1933 and was said to be a very talented character dancer, suited to roles such as Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty. Among the many […]

Frederick Augustus Abel (1827 - 1902)

Born in London, Abel studied chemistry at the Royal Polytechnic Institution and in 1845 became one of the original 26 students of A. W. von Hofmann at the Royal College of Chemistry. In 1852 he was appointed lecturer in chemistry at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, succeeding Michael Faraday, who had held that post since […]

Frederick Augustus Otto Schwarz (1836 - 1911)

Businessman. He founded the “F.A.O. Schwarz” toy store.  Family links:  Spouse:  Caroline Schwarz (1841 – 1904)*  Children:  Ida T.L. Schwarz (1864 – 1942)*  George Frederick Schwarz (1868 – 1931)*  Emily Schwarz (1870 – 1958)*  Herbert F. Schwarz (1883 – 1960)* *Calculated relationship

Frederick Banting (1891 - 1941)

Frederick Banting was born on November 14, 1891, in a farm house near Alliston, Ontario. The youngest of five children (Nelson, Thompson, Kenneth and Essie) of William Thompson Banting and Margaret Grant, he attended public and high schools in Alliston. He attempted to enter the army but was refused due to poor eyesight. He then […]

Frederick Booker Noe, II (1929 - 2004)

Business Magnate, Folk Figure. Master Distiller Emeritus, grandson of Jim Beam. Known to his friends as “Booker,” he was the sixth generation of his family to head the distillery that was founded in 1795. His picture (along with his five other antecedants) is on the label of Jim Beam bourbon. In 1988, he released “Booker’s […]

Frederick Burton (1871 - 1957)

Actor. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He got his start on the stage after making a hit in a Knights of Pythias benefit in Gosport.  In 1913 Frederick along with Sydney Shields starred in “Reckless Age”, a play produced by Cecil B. De Mille shortly before he switched to film. He was an actor, known for […]

Frederick Coffin (1943 - 2003)

Coffin was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1943 to actress Winifred Deforest Coffin and writer Dean Coffin, and was one of five children. He was educated at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, where he was both a student and athlete. He began to study theater at WRA and graduated in 1961, with a B.A. […]

Frederick Combs (1935 - 1992)

Actor. Born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Frederick Combs trained at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia and made his acting debut on Broadway in the play “A Taste of Honey” in 1961. He was a member of the Broadway cast on a national tour of the 1968, production of “The Boys in the Band” and […]

Frederick D. Schnell (1970 - 1970)

Schnell was associated with the Hyde Park Brewery Company for 38 years, serving as sales manager & vice president. (bio by: Connie Nisinger) Cause of death: Heart disease

Frederick Edward John Miller (1824 - 1888)

Businessman. He founded the Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Family links:  Spouse:  Elizabeth Gross Miller (1841 – 1920)* *Calculated relationshipCause of death: Cancer

Frederick F Neef (1846 - 1970)

Denver Brewing Magnate. Initially a clerk with Credit Lyonais in Lyons, France; emigrated to USA in 1871 and was a salesman working in wholesale paper firm in St. Louis; next to Omaha in wholesale sales. Came to Denver in 1873 and with brother, Max, opened saloon and dance hall; sold saloon in 1891 and bought […]

Frederick George Abberline (1843 - 1929)

Frederick Abberline was the only son of Edward Abberline, a saddlemaker and Sheriff’s Officer and Clerk of the Market, minor local government positions, and his wife Hannah (née Chinn). Edward Abberline died in 1849, and his widow opened a small shop and brought up her four children, Emily, Harriett, Edward and Frederick, alone. Frederick was […]

Frederick Gilmer Bonfils (1860 - 1933)

Newspaper Publisher. After working in banking and real estate, he moved to Denver in 1895 and, with Harry Heye Tammen, purchased the “Evening Post”, renaming it the “Denver Post”. With a theatrical approach to journalism, they made it one of the most sensational newspapers in the country. In 1900, both Bonfils and Tammen were seriously […]

Frederick Goodall (1822 - 1904)

Painter. Born in London, the second son of steel line engraver Edward Goodall. Two of his brothers, Edward Angelo and Walter, became well known watercolour artists, and a sister Eliza, exhibited at the Royal Academy under her married name of Wild. He received his education at the Wellington Road Academy. Frederick would spent his free […]

Frederick Hammersley (1919 - 2009)

Artist. For five decades, he was a critically acclaimed painter known for his hard-edge abstraction art. He devised his work into three categories, “Hunch” are unplanned paintings that begin with a shape and continue with intuitive additions, “Geometrics” rhythmic orchestrations of geometric shapes and “Organics” are composed of curving forms. He gained national attention in […]

Frederick Harris Goff (1858 - 1923)

Lawyer and Cleveland civic leader. Born in Blackbury, Illinois to Frederick C. and Catherine Brown Goff. Frederick received a bachelor degree of philosophy in 1881. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1884. Frederick was widely known for a civil leader. Frederick worked primarily in corporate law, specializing in reorganization and financial problems. During […]

Frederick Lewis Allen (1890 - 1954)

Historian. He is best remembered as an American historian of the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and received his primary education at Groton School, a private school in Groton, Massachusetts. He enrolled in Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor’s Degree followed by a […]

Frederick Lorz (1884 - 1914)

Born in New York City, Frederick Lorz was reported to have done all his training at night due to his profession as a bricklayer. An announcement in the August 6, 1904 issue of The New York Times indicated that the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union would hold a “special seven-mile race” at Celtic Park […]

Frederick Louis Maytag (1857 - 1937)

Business Magnate. He founded the Maytag Appliance Company’s, and was its first president.  Family links:  Parents:  Daniel Maytag (1831 – 1906)  Amelia Maytag (1837 – 1905)  Spouse:  Conradena Wilhelmina Bergman Maytag (1859 – 1934)*  Children:  Elmer Henry Maytag (1883 – 1940)*  Louise Bergman Maytag Smith (1885 – 1973)*  Lewis Bergman Maytag (1888 – 1967)*  Freda […]

Frederick Mellinger (1913 - 1990)

Businessman. He was the founder of the world-famous lingerie store “Frederick’s of Hollywood”. He began his career during the depression when he worked for a mail-order company that sold ladies underwear. He suggested to his bosses that they sell black lingerie instead of the traditional white lingerie, but he was promptly fired for making such […]

Frederick Pabst (1836 - 1904)

Businessman. Beer magnate who founded the Pabst Breweries. Born in Nicholausreith, Bavaria, Germany, he immigrated with his parents to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1848, worked for a time as a cook in Chicago and later became captain and part owner of one of the Goodrich Steamship Lines’ ships, theHuron, on the Great Lakes. In Milwaukee, he […]

Frederick Piper (1902 - 1979)

Born in London in 1902, Frederick Piper worked as a tea merchant before starting his acting career on the stage in the 1920s, playing in London productions and also touring as far afield as Canada. His first film appearance came in the 1933 production The Good Companions. An unassuming man with no trappings of ambition or […]

Frederick Rankin Taylor (1970 - 1970)

Professional Baseball Player, College Basketball Coach. After serving in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946, he played basketball at Ohio State University. He was the starting forward on the 1950 Big Ten Championship Team. He played professional baseball from 1950 to 1952 with the Washington Senators. In 1958, he came back […]

Frederick Sanger (1918 - 2013)

Frederick Sanger was born on 13 August 1918 in Rendcomb, a small village in Gloucestershire, England, the second son of Frederick Sanger, a general practitioner, and his wife, Cicely Sanger (née Crewdson). He was one of three children. His brother, Theodore, was only a year older, while his sister May (Mary) was five years younger. […]

Frederick Schaefer (1817 - 1897)

Beer Magnate. He emigrated to the United States in 1838, settled in New York City, and was employed by a local beer maker. In 1839 his brother Maximilian also emigrated, carrying with him the recipe for lager, a popular brew in Germany that was then unknown in America. In 1842 the Schaefers bought out their […]

Frederick Shivelbine (1970 - 1970)

Founder of the Shivelbine Music Store.

Frederick Tracy Dent (1820 - 1892)

Frederick Tracy Dent (December 17, 1820–December 23, 1892) was an American general. Born in White Haven, St. Louis County, Missouri, Dent graduated from West Point in 1843. One of Dent’s classmates was Ulysses S. Grant, who married Dent’s sister Julia. The children of Ulysses and Julia Grant included Dent’s namesake, Frederick Dent Grant. Dent was assigned as […]

Frederick William Sievers (1872 - 1966)

Sculptor. Known for his busts and statues of famous Americans which are displayed in various cities. (bio by: Laurie)

Frederik Pohl (1919 - 2013)

Pohl was the son of Frederik George Pohl (a salesman of Germanic descent) and Anna Jane Mason. Pohl Sr. held various jobs, and the Pohls lived in such wide-flung locations as Texas, California, New Mexico and the Panama Canal Zone. The family settled in Brooklyn when Pohl was around seven.  He attended Brooklyn Technical High […]

Frédérique Huydts (1967 - 2006)

Actress. She attended the Maastrichtse Toneelacady, where she graduated in 1989.She became famous in 1990 as Annet in the Dutch television soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. After this she played in television series such as ‘In naam der Koningin’, the comedy ‘In de clinch’ and ‘Meiden van De Wit’. In 2004 she was diagnosed with […]