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Aitch (surname)
Aitch is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Iain Aitch, English writer, journalist, and artist *Matt Aitch Matthew Alexander Aitch Jr. (September 21, 1944 – April 4, 2007) was an American professional basketball player who played one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Early life Aitch was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents ... (1944–2007), American basketball player {{surname, Aitch English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Surname
English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname, also referred to as a last name. There can be several given names, some of these being often referred to as a second name, or middle name(s). Given names Most given names used in England do not have English derivation. Most traditional names are Hebrew ( Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Susan), Greek ( Nicholas, Dorothy, George, Helen), Germanic names adopted via the transmission of Old French/Norman (Robert, Richard, Gertrude, Charlotte), or Latin (Adrian, Amelia, Patrick). There remains a limited set of given names which have an actual English derivation (see Anglo-Saxon names); examples include Alfred, Ashley, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Harold and Oswald. A distinctive feature of Anglophone names is the surnames of im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Aitch
Iain Aitch is an English writer, journalist and artist who lives in London. He is the author of the travel book '' A Fête Worse Than Death,'' a humorous first person journey through an English summer, and ''We're British, Innit,'' a humorous lexicon about Britain. He has contributed to at least ten more titles. He writes articles for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Daily Telegraph'' and has also written for a diverse selection of magazines, including ''Dwell'', '' Bizarre'', ''Dazed'' and '' The Idler''. Aitch was born in Margate, Kent and has written extensively about the area and its people. In 2011, he undertook a residency with the newly opened Turner Contemporary Turner Contemporary is one of the UK’s leading contemporary art galleries. Celebrating Margate’s connection with the painter J.M.W. Turner (1775 – 1851), an artist who believed that art could be an agent of change, its year-round exhibition ... gallery, creating a photographic exhibit that was shown in the Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Aitch
Matthew Alexander Aitch Jr. (September 21, 1944 – April 4, 2007) was an American professional basketball player who played one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Early life Aitch was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents Matthew Sr. and Viola (née Kinder) Aitch. He attended Maplewood Richmond Heights High School in Maplewood, Missouri, where he led the team to three straight conference championships as a center. College career Aitch was not academically eligible to play NCAA Division I basketball so he enrolled at Moberly Junior College where he played for two seasons and grew to . John Benington, the head coach for the Saint Louis Billikens, had recruited Aitch as a high school student and received notice from a Moberly instructor that Aitch had improved his grades and could enrol. He had not committed to a school when Benington was appointed as head coach of the Michigan State Spartans and was convinced to follow him there. Aitch averaged 16.3 points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |