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Martin Elias Peter Seligman (/ ˈ s ɛ l ɪ ɡ m ə n /; born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of well-being and positive psychology . [ 1 ]
The Seligman Commercial Historic District is a historic district in central Seligman. [11] The historic district is along historic Route 66 in town, which was designated a historic highway by the state of Arizona in 1978. [12] The Seligman Commercial Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [10]
Joseph Seligman (November 22, 1819 – April 25, 1880) was an American banker and businessman who founded J. & W. Seligman & Co. He was the patriarch of what became known as the Seligman family in the United States and related to the wealthy Guggenheim family through Peggy Guggenheim's mother Florette.
In the early 20th century, the firm backed the construction of the Panama Canal.In this period, J.& W. Seligman & Co. Inc. underwrote the securities of a variety of companies, participating in stock and bond issues in the railroad and steel and wire industries, investments in Russia and Peru, the formation of the Standard Oil Company, and shipbuilding, bridges, bicycles, mining, and a variety ...
Isaac Newton Seligman (July 10, 1855 – September 30, 1917) was an American banker and communal worker. Early life.
He was born Isaak Seligmann in Baiersdorf, Erlangen-Hochstadt, Kingdom of Bavaria, to David Isaak Seligman and Fanny Steinhardt.He was the youngest of eight brothers, [2] all of whom emigrated to America and became involved in running various branch offices of the merchant banking house J. & W. Seligman & Co., co-founded in Manhattan, New York City in 1846 by Isaak's elder brothers, James and ...
Joel Seligman (born January 11, 1950) is an American legal scholar and former academic administrator. He served as the 10th president of the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York, from 2005 to 2018. Seligman is also one of the leading authorities on securities law in the United States. Seligman stepped down from his presidency in 2018 ...
Charles Gabriel Seligman FRS [1] FRAI (né Seligmann; 24 December 1873 – 19 September 1940) was a British physician and ethnologist. His main ethnographic work described the culture of the Vedda people of Sri Lanka and the Shilluk people of the Sudan .