- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- n. (1866-1944) United States jurist who was the first baseball commissioner from 1920 to 1944 and most famous for restraining corruption in professional baseball
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis — (November 20 1866 ndash; November 25 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922, and subsequently as the first commissioner of Major League Baseball.Personal lifeBorn in Millville, Ohio, to Abraham Hoch Landis… … Wikipedia
Kenesaw Mountain Landis — Kenesaw Mountain Landis, né le 20 novembre 1866 et décédé le 25 novembre 1944, était un juriste américain qui fut juge fédéral de 1905 à 1922 puis commissaire des ligues majeures de baseball de 1920 à … Wikipédia en Français
Kenesaw Mountain Landis — K.M. Landis en 1907. Kenesaw Mountain Landis (20 de noviembre de 1866 25 de noviembre de 1944) fue un jurista norteamericano, que fue juez federal desde 1905 hasta 1922 y primer Comisionado del béisbol de las Grandes Ligas desde 1920 hasta su… … Wikipedia Español
Mountain Landis — may refer to: Mountain Landis record label, American independent music enterprise, based in California (Oakland) and New York (Brooklyn), which gained notoriety in 2006 with release of The Shot Heard Round the World s CD, Ten Songs for Town and… … Wikipedia
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain — (20 nov. 1866, Millville, Ohio, EE.UU.–25 nov. 1944, Chicago, Ill.). Juez federal estadounidense y primer comisionado del béisbol profesional. Su nombre de pila corresponde al de una montaña del estado de Georgia en que su padre había sido herido … Enciclopedia Universal
Landis,Kenesaw Mountain — Lan·dis (lănʹdĭs), Kenesaw Mountain. 1866 1944. American jurist and baseball commissioner (1921 1944) remembered for curbing corruption in professional baseball. * * * … Universalium
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain — born Nov. 20, 1866, Millville, Ohio, U.S. died Nov. 25, 1944, Chicago, Ill. U.S. federal judge and first commissioner of professional baseball. Landis was named for a Georgia mountain where his father had been wounded as a Civil War soldier. He… … Universalium
Landis — is a surname, and may refer to * Bill Landis, American baseball player * Carole Landis, American film actress * Charles B. Landis, U.S. Representative from Indiana * Cullen Landis, American film actor * David Landis, Nebraska politician * Floyd… … Wikipedia
Landis — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Albert Heinrich Landis (1877–1916), Fabrikant und Stifter des Albert Heinrich Landis Fonds Arthur H. Landis (1917–1986), US amerikanischer Schriftsteller Bill Landis (* 1942), US amerikanischer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Landis — es un apellido que puede referirse a: Floyd Landis, ciclista; John Landis, director de cine; … Wikipedia Español
