Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Belvidere, New Jersey
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Belvidere, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Belvidere include: * [[Donald J. Albanese]] (born 1937), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1976 to 1982<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oWgkAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Donald+J.+Albanese%22+belvidere ''Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1979''], p. 232. Accessed October 15, 2018. "Donald J. Albanese. Rep. Phillipsburg - Assemblyman Albanese was born in Belvidere June 26, 1937."</ref> * [[C. Ledyard Blair]] (1867β1949), [[Investment banking|investment banker]] and [[Yachting|yachtsman]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cNgDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51 ''Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide: Genealogies and Biographies of Citizens of New Jersey with Informing Glimpses Into the State's History, Affairs, Officialism and Institutions''], p. 51. J.J. Scannell, 1917. Accessed October 15, 2018. "Clinton Ledyard Blairβ Peapackβ Banker. Born at Belvidere, N. J.. July 16, 1867; son of De. Witt C. and Mary Anna (Kimball) Blair"</ref> * [[DeWitt Clinton Blair]] (1833β1915), philanthropist and industrialist<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050216085310/http://www.warrenlib.com/warrenlib/local_history/blair.htm The Blair Estate], Warren County Library System, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 16, 2005. Accessed October 15, 2018. "It was in 1865 that Kleinhans built the D. C. Blair House. It acquired that name because Kleinhans sold it to the prominent DeWitt Clinton Blair in 1867."</ref> * [[Charles W. Buttz]] (1837β1913), member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[South Carolina]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001202 Charles W. Buttz], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed February 3, 2011.</ref> * [[Dan Gray (American football)|Dan Gray]] (born 1956), former NFL [[defensive tackle]] who played for the [[Detroit Lions]] in 1978<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrayDa20.htm Dan Gray], [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]. Accessed December 19, 2018. "Born: January 29, 1956 (Age: 62-324d) in Phillipsburg, NJ... High School: Belvidere (NJ)"</ref> * [[Henry S. Harris]] (1850β1902), former U.S. Member of Congress<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000869 Henry Schenck Harris], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed September 3, 2007.</ref> * [[Don Hume]] (born 1938), former [[NASCAR]] driver who competed in 15 [[Nextel Cup Series|Winston Cup]] events<ref>[https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Don_Hume Driver Don Hume Career Statistics], Racing-Reference.info. Accessed October 15, 2018. "Home: Belvidere, NJ"</ref> * [[Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician)|Joseph Johnson]] (1785β1877), former member of Congress and [[Governor of Virginia]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000155 Joseph Johnson], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed June 14, 2007.</ref> * [[John Patterson Bryan Maxwell]] (1804β1845), politician who represented [[New Jersey]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1837 to 1839 and again from 1841 to 1843<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000268 Maxwell, John Patterson Bryan, (1804 - 1845)], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed October 15, 2018. "studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Newark, N.J.; moved to Belvidere, Warren County, N.J.; for a while was editor of the Belvidere Apollo"</ref> * [[William McMurtrie]] (1851β1913), chemist who served as president of the [[American Chemical Society]]<ref>Egolf, Roger A. [http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/bulletin_open_access/v30-1/v30-1%20p41-50.pdf "The History Of Chemical Education At Lafayette College"], ''[[Bulletin for the History of Chemistry]], Volume 30, Number 1 (2005). Accessed October 15, 2018. "The first Ph.D. in chemistry was awarded in 1875 to William McMurtrie. McMurtrie, born on March 10, 1851 in Belvidere, New Jersey, was a 1871 Lafayette graduate in mining engineering who spent the 1871-1872 year as a chemistry graduate student."</ref> * [[Don Reitz]] (1929β2014), ceramic artist, recognized for inspiring a reemergence of [[salt glaze pottery]] in the United States<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/arts/design/don-reitz-who-made-dirt-and-salt-into-art-dies-at-84.html "Don Reitz, Who Made Dirt and Salt Into Art, Dies at 84"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 29, 2014. Accessed October 15, 2018. "Donald Lester Reitz was born on Nov. 7, 1929, in Sunbury, Pa., and reared in Belvidere, N.J."</ref> * [[Ernest Schelling]] (1876β1939), [[pianist]], [[composer]], [[conducting|conductor]] and [[music director]] who was the conductor of the [[Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]] from 1935 to 1937<ref>Boehm, Mary Louise. [http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1801024 "Schelling, Ernest Henry"], ''[[American National Biography]]''. Accessed October 15, 2018. "Schelling, Ernest Henry (26 July 1876β08 December 1939), pianist, composer, and conductor, was born in Belvidere, New Jersey, the son of Felix Emmanuel Schelling, a physician and musician from St. Gall, Switzerland, and the English-born Rose White Wilkes of Philadelphia."</ref> * [[Melville Amasa Scovell]] (1855β1912), chemist<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3zYOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA242 ''National Cyclopaedia of American Biography''], p. 242. J. T. White, 1916. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Scovell, Melville Amasa, scientist and educator was born at Belvidere, N. J., Feb. 26, 1855, son of Nathan S. and Hannah (Aller) Scovell."</ref> * [[George W. Scranton]] (1811β1861), former member of Congress and founder of the city of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000191 George Whitfield Scranton], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed June 14, 2007.</ref> * [[Chris Wylde]] (born 1976), actor and comedian<ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/22/nyregion/in-person-hide-those-children-a-jersey-guy-s-on-tv.html "In Person; Hide Those Children. A Jersey Guy's on TV."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 22, 2001. Accessed August 26, 2013. "On Aug. 5 at 11:30 p.m., ''The Chris Wylde Show Starring Chris Wylde,'' a 24-year-old who grew up as Chris Noll in Belvedere{{sic}}, Verona and Allendale, will premiere as the first late-night show on the cable network Comedy Central."</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Belvidere, New Jersey
(section)
Add topic