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Axon (surname)
Axon is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Annemarie Carney Axon, American judge * David Axon (1951–2012), British astrophysicist * John Axon (1900–1957), English engine driver awarded the George Cross * John Axon (actor) John Axon (10 September 1960 – 25 October 2008) was an English television and stage actor. Axon trained at the Guildhall school of music and drama after briefly training as a graphic designer. He had a small part in Peter Kay's Phoenix Night ... (1960–2008), English actor; grandson of John Axon the engine driver * Rachael Axon (b. 1985), English footballer * William Axon (1846–1913), English antiquary {{surname, Axon English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemarie Carney Axon
Annemarie Axon ( Carney; born March 20, 1973) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Biography She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama and Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law. Immediately upon graduation from law school, she served as a law clerk to Judge Inge Prytz Johnson Inge Prytz Johnson (born December 19, 1945) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Early life and education Born in Svendborg, Denmark, Johnson received a Cer ... of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Prior to beginning private practice, she served as Assistant Vice President of AmSouth Bank and as an associate at the law firm of Edwards and Angell, LLP in Providence, Rhode Island. Immediately before becoming a judge, she was a member of the Birmingham, Alabama la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Axon
David John Axon (1951 – 5 April 2012) was a British astrophysicist specialising in observations of active galactic nuclei. He was a professor at the University of Hertfordshire and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and at the time of his death was Head of the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sussex. Early life David Axon was born in Doncaster in the county of Yorkshire, England, to an English father and Welsh mother. He studied at the University of Durham (Hatfield College), where he earned a BSc in Physics in 1972. In 1978 he completed his Ph.D. at the same institution under the direction of Arnold Wolfendale. He subsequently held research fellowships at the University of Sussex, University College London and the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge. Career In 1983 Axon was appointed to a faculty position at the University of Manchester where he taught Physics and carried out research at the Nuffield Radio Ast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Axon
John Axon GC (4 December 1900 – 9 February 1957) was an English train driver from Stockport (Edgeley Depot) who died while trying to stop a runaway freight train on a 1 in 58 gradient at Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire after a brake failure. The train consisted of an ex-LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48188 hauling 33 wagons and a brake van. Life John Axon was born on 4 December 1900 in Stockport, Cheshire. On leaving school he became an apprentice painter and decorator. In 1919 he joined the London and North Western Railway as a cleaner, later becoming a fireman. From 1921 he was an engine driver, serving with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923, and British Railways after 1948. Accident On the outward trip from Stockport to Buxton on 9 February 1957, Driver Axon had noticed a leak from the supply to the locomotive steam brake and had requested and received fitter's attention at the Buxton depot. On the return trip from Buxton to Stockport, the repair did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Axon (actor)
John Axon (10 September 1960 – 25 October 2008) was an English television and stage actor. Axon trained at the Guildhall school of music and drama after briefly training as a graphic designer. He had a small part in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights series 1 episode 3. He was perhaps best known for his role as the hospital administrator, Nigel Harper, on the ITV1 television series ''The Royal''. Axon played Harper as a recurring role on the show from 2003 until 2005. Other television credits include Prime Suspect, City Central, Lilies and Monsignor Renard. Axon was named after his grandfather, John Axon, an engine driver who was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1957 after he died while attempting to stop his train before it crashed at Chapel-en-le-Frith. His theatre credits included ''Dimas in The Triumph of Love'', which opened at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 2007. He travelled to Hungary in 2008 where he filmed an American television series, ''Kröd Mändoon a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Axon
Rachael Louise Axon (born 9 November 1985) is an English former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who played as a midfielder. She has previously played in Brazil, Norway and America. References External links Rachel Axon profileat Houston Dash 1985 births Living people Footballers from London English women's footballers Women's association football midfielders UAB Blazers women's soccer players Oregon State Beavers women's soccer players Avaldsnes IL players Kolbotn Fotball players Houston Dash players FA Women's National League players USL W-League (1995–2015) players National Women's Soccer League players Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players England women's under-23 international footballers Medalists at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Axon
William Edward Armytage Axon (13 January 1846 – 27 December 1913) was an English librarian, antiquary and journalist for the ''Manchester Guardian''. He contributed to the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' under his initials W. E. A. A. He was also a notable vegetarianism activist. Biography Axon was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. He was best known as an antiquary and a bibliographer, but his interests were extremely varied. As honorary secretary of the Manchester and Salford Sunday Society he took a prominent part in the agitation for the opening of the Manchester libraries on Sunday. Axon had begun life as a boy in the Manchester Reference Library, and was early drawn to literary pursuits. Later he wrote much on the folklore and historical associations of Lancashire and Cheshire, and the antiquaries of these counties made him their president. Besides this, as a member of the English Dialect Society Axon wrote many tales and sketches illustrating the dialect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
