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Yves Tanguy Yves Tanguy
Yves Tanguy , 1900-1955, French surrealist painter. At first a merchant seaman, he saw a picture by Chirico in 1923 and instantly decided to take up painting. He created vast imaginary dream landscapes, in which float strange, often amorphous, objects and personages—all meticulously painted.... Read more
AB AB
AB, the abbreviated title for the rating of able seaman, indicating someone able to perform all the duties of a seaman on board ship. In the days of sail it was someone who could hand, reef, and steer, but today he or she must have many more maritime skills than that. The initials have been thought... Read more
Kidd Kidd
Kidd, or Kid, Captain William (c.1645–1701), an English merchant seaman who became noted for his piracy. He was first heard of in 1696 when a syndicate of some of London's most powerful men backed his request to hunt down the pirates that were causing such trouble at the time in the... Read more
Seaman Asahel Knapp Seaman Asahel Knapp
Seaman Asahel Knapp Seaman Asahel Knapp (1833-1911), American educator and agricultural pioneer, was the founder of the Farmers Cooperative Work Division of the Department of Agriculture. Seaman Knapp was born at Schroon Lake, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1833. He graduated from Troy Academy in 1853... Read more
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shellback, a slang name given to an old sailor during the days of sail; in theory one who has been at sea for so long there has been time for barnacles to grow on his back. It was originally employed in a slightly derogatory sense to indicate an old seaman who was old-fashioned and had failed to... Read more
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ordinary seaman, the lowest rating on board British ships. Boys were rated ordinary seamen and began their man's time on board at the age of 18, normally being rated ABs, or able seamen, at the age of 21. The abbreviation for this rank in the Royal Navy is ‘OD’, probably derived from... Read more
Nellie Bly Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman Journalist and reformer Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known as Nellie Bly (1864-1922), gained fame at the end of the nineteenth century for her investigative reports of abusive conditions in the cities of Pittsburgh and New York. Her writing style was marked by... Read more
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landsmen, or landmen, a rate given in the British Navy during the days of sail to men without any naval training who served on board warships. In theory they were volunteers since, because they did not use the sea as a profession, they enjoyed immunity from impressment. But during the 18th century... Read more
Harry Bridges Harry Bridges
Harry Bridges (Alfred Renton Bridges), 1901-90, American labor leader, b. Melbourne, Australia. Arriving (1920) as an immigrant seaman in San Francisco, he became a longshoreman and militant labor organizer. Bridges led (1934) the West Coast maritime workers' strike, which expanded into an abortive... Read more

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