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Teal Swan (born Mary Teal Bosworth; June 16, 1984) is an American spiritual influencer and author. [1] Swan and her teachings are the subject of documentaries and podcasts. Her approach to mental health has been criticized by experts as manipulative and dangerous, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] claims denied by Swan and some of her proponents.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (/ ˈ l ɛ v ɪ t /; July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921 [2]) was an American astronomer. [1] Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote galaxies led to a shift in the scale and understanding of the scale and the nature of the universe. [ 3 ]
Talbert Wesley Swan II (born April 24, 1965) is an American religious leader. He is a prelate in the Church of God in Christ serving as the bishop of the Vermont Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the United States.
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The Swan Silvertones are an American gospel music group that first achieved popularity in the 1940s and 1950s under the leadership of Claude Jeter. [1] Jeter formed the group in 1938 as the "Four Harmony Kings" while he was working as a coal miner in West Virginia , United States. [ 1 ]
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor.He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used to illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.
The Swan River is the source of at least eight shift names, forming the largest swan place-name cluster in Australia: Upper Swan, Middle Swan, Swan Valley, Swan View, West Swan, Swan Estuary, Swan District, and the City of Swan. [22] The Swan Land District is the major cadastral unit of the state, underlying much of the name cluster.
William S. Plumer was born to William and Catharine Plumer (née McAlester) [1] in Greersburg, present day Darlington, Pennsylvania, [2] on July 26, 1802. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Lee University in Virginia) in 1825, received his religious education at Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey, and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church.