Wharton
Encyclopedia
Academic institutions
- Wharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaWharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaThe Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
- Wharton Center for Performing ArtsWharton Center for Performing ArtsThe Wharton Center for Performing Arts is located in East Lansing, Michigan, USA, on the campus of Michigan State University. It is the home of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, which performs 17 concerts annually...
, at Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
Places
- Wharton, Cheshire, England
- Wharton, CumbriaWharton, CumbriaWharton is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 31. It has a Grade 1 listed house called Wharton Hall and a castle called Lammerside Castle.- External links :...
, England - Wharton, New JerseyWharton, New JerseyWharton is a Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 6,298.What is now Wharton was originally incorporated as the borough of Port Oram by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 26, 1895, from portions of Randolph...
- Wharton, OhioWharton, OhioWharton is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 409 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wharton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
- Wharton, TexasWharton, TexasWharton is a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. The population was 9,237 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wharton County and is located on the Colorado River of Texas just south of U.S...
- Wharton, West VirginiaWharton, West VirginiaWharton is an unincorporated community on the Pond Fork River in Boone County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Wharton lies along West Virginia Route 85. Wharton was named for Joseph Wharton, a large landowner from Philadelphia.-Mining accident:...
- Wharton Township, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaWharton Township, Fayette County, PennsylvaniaWharton Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,145 at the 2000 census. The Uniontown Area School District serves the region....
- Wharton Township, Potter County, PennsylvaniaWharton Township, Potter County, PennsylvaniaWharton Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 91 at the 2000 census.-Geography:In 2000, according to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 61.8 square miles , all of it land...
- Wharton Creek (Unadilla River), a stream in New York state
- Wharton State ForestWharton State ForestWharton State Forest is a state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The largest single tract of land in the state park system of New Jersey, it encompasses approximately of the Pinelands northwest of Hammonton, in Burlington, Camden, and Atlantic counties. The entire park is located within ...
, New Jersey - Mount Wharton, Antarctica
Politicians and diplomats
- Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr.Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr.Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. was an American diplomat, and the first African American diplomat to become an ambassador by rising through the ranks of the Foreign Service rather than by political appointment such as Frederick Douglass...
(1899–1990), American diplomat - Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr. is an American economist, foundation official, university president, and corporate executive who served briefly as United States Deputy Secretary of State during the Clinton Administration.-Biography:...
(born 1926), former United States Deputy Secretary of State - Robert Wharton (Philadelphia)Robert Wharton (Philadelphia)Robert Wharton was the longest-serving Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Wharton was born in Philadelphia, January 12, 1757, the son of Joseph Wharton, a successful merchant. At an early age he left his studies, and was apprenticed to a hatter...
(1757–1834), Mayor of Philadelphia - Thomas Wharton Jr.Thomas Wharton Jr.Thomas Wharton Jr. was a Pennsylvania merchant and politician of the Revolutionary era. He served as the first President of Pennsylvania following the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain....
(1735–1778), Governor of Pennsylvania - Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
and Malmesbury (1648–1715), English Whig politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland - William H. WhartonWilliam H. WhartonWilliam Harris Wharton was an early colonist, political leader and orator in Texas.Wharton was born in Virginia and was raised by an uncle following the deaths of his parents. He graduated from the University of Nashville and was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1826...
(1802–1839), Republic of Texas politician - A C WhartonA C WhartonA C Wharton, Jr. is a Tennessee Democratic politician who is the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. Previously, he served as mayor of Shelby County, the first African-American to serve in that office.-Early life, education, and early career :...
, Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee
Sportspeople
- Alan WhartonAlan WhartonAlan Wharton was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire, Leicestershire and England.-Life and career:Wharton was born in Heywood, Lancashire, England....
(1923–1993), English cricketer - Arthur WhartonArthur WhartonArthur Wharton is widely considered to be the first black professional association football player in the world...
, (1865–1930) Ghanaian-born footballer who played in England - Ben WhartonBen WhartonBen Wharton is an English professional footballer, who plays for Buxton. He plays as striker.Ben started out at Stockport's youth academy and came through the ranks, after he was released at the age of 16 by Stockport he signed a YTS for Rochdale...
, soccer player. - Ken WhartonKen WhartonKenneth Wharton was a British racing driver from England. He began competing in the new National 500cc Formula in his own special, later acquiring a Cooper. Ken participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952 and scored a total of 3 championship points...
(1916–1957), Formula One racing driver - Kenny WhartonKenny WhartonKenny Wharton is an English former professional footballer, who was most recently academy coach for Newcastle United.-Playing career:...
(born 1960), former professional footballer - Louis WhartonLouis WhartonLouis Edgar Wharton, born at Port of Spain, Trinidad on 18 January 1896 and died there on 31 December 1957, played first-class cricket in 12 matches in English cricket in the period from 1920 to 1922...
(1896–1957), West Indian-born English cricketer
Other people
- Edith WhartonEdith WhartonEdith Wharton , was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.- Early life and marriage:...
(1862–1937), American novelist, short story writer, and designer - Gabriel C. WhartonGabriel C. WhartonGabriel Colvin Wharton was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war he was a politician and later resumed his engineering work....
] (1824–1906), Confederate general in the American Civil War - Gabriel Caldwell WhartonGabriel Caldwell WhartonGabriel Caldwell Wharton was born in Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, 13 June 1839 and died in Louisville, Kentucky, 22 February 1887....
(1839–1887), Union lieutenant colonel in the American Civil War - Henry WhartonHenry WhartonHenry Wharton was an English writer and librarian.-Life:He was descended from Thomas, 2nd Baron Wharton , being a son of the Rev. Edmund Wharton, vicar of Worstead, Norfolk. Born at Worstead, Wharton was educated by his father, and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge...
(1664–1695), English writer - John A. WhartonJohn A. WhartonJohn Austin Wharton was a lawyer, plantation owner, and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is considered one of the Confederacy's best tactical cavalry commanders.-Early life:...
(1828–1865), Confederate general during the American Civil War - John F. WhartonJohn F. WhartonJohn Franklin Wharton was a prominent American lawyer and founding partner of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Wharton's work was steeped in the classic era of Broadway theatre; he was an aficionado of the stage from his youth, and his practice as a lawyer developed around a series of...
(1894–1977), American entertainment lawyer - Joseph WhartonJoseph WhartonJoseph Wharton was a prominent Philadelphia merchant, industrialist and philanthropist, who was involved in mining, manufacturing and education...
(1826–1909), prominent Philadelphia merchant, industrialist and philanthropist - Michael WhartonMichael WhartonMichael Wharton was a newspaper columnist who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Simple in the British Daily Telegraph. He began work on the "Way of the World" column with illustrator Michael ffolkes three times a week in early 1957...
(1913–2006) , newspaper columnist who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Simple - Philip Wharton, 4th Baron WhartonPhilip Wharton, 4th Baron WhartonPhilip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton was an English peer.A Parliamentarian during the English Civil War, he served in various offices including soldier, politician and diplomat. He was appointed as the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire by Parliament in July 1642...
(1613–1696), English peer and Parliamentarian during the English Civil War - Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of WhartonPhilip Wharton, 1st Duke of WhartonPhilip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton , powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake, profligate, and alcoholic, was one of the few people in English history, and the first since the 15th century, to have been raised to a Dukedom whilst still a minor and not closely related to the...
(1698–1731), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake - Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton was an English nobleman and a follower of King Henry VIII of England. He is best known for his victory at Solway Moss on 24 November 1542 for which he was given a barony.-Early life:...
(1495–1568), English nobleman - Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 2nd Baron WhartonThomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton was an English peer. He was knighted in 1543 by Seymour-Hertford and married to Anne Radcliffe, elder daughter of Robert first earl of Sussex, in 1547....
(1520–1572), English nobleman - Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
(1648–1715), English nobleman and politician, credited with being the lyricist of Lilliburlero - Thomas Wharton Jr.Thomas Wharton Jr.Thomas Wharton Jr. was a Pennsylvania merchant and politician of the Revolutionary era. He served as the first President of Pennsylvania following the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain....
(1735–1778), American politician and 1st President of Pennsylvania - Thomas Wharton (anatomist)Thomas Wharton (anatomist)Thomas Wharton was an English physician and anatomist best known for his descriptions of the submandibular duct and Wharton's jelly of the umbilical cord.-Life:...
(1614–1673), English anatomist - Thomas Wharton (author) (born 1963), Canadian novelist
- Tiny WhartonTiny WhartonTom "Tiny" Wharton OBE was a Scottish football referee in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Universally and ironically known as Tiny, due to his colossal 6'4" frame, he was one of the most iconic and respected officials of his generation.An engineer by profession, Wharton took up refereeing at the age of 21...
(1927–2005), Scottish soccer referee - William Wharton (author)William Wharton (author)William Wharton , the pen name of the author Albert William Du Aime , was an American-born author best known for his first novel Birdy, which was also successful as a film.-Biography:...
(1925–2008), American novelist - William Wharton (hydrographer)William Wharton (hydrographer)Admiral Sir William James Lloyd Wharton KCB FRS was a British admiral and Hydrographer of the Navy.-Early life:He was born in London, the second son of Robert Wharton, County Court Judge of York. He was educated at Barney's Academy, Gosport and the Royal Naval Academy.-Royal Navy service:He joined...
(1843–1905), British admiral and hydrographer - Baron WhartonBaron WhartonBaron Wharton is a title in the Peerage of England, originally granted by letters patent to the heirs male of the 1st Baron, which was forfeited in 1729 when the last male-line heir was declared an outlaw. The Barony was erroneously revived in 1916 by writ of summons, thanks to an 1844 decision in...
, a title of English nobility