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Acheson (surname)
Acheson is a surname of Anglo-Scots origin with Norman antecedents. It derives from the pet name Atkin, which is a diminutive of Adam. In Scotland the name is more usually rendered as Acheson, while it is more usually found rendered as Atkinson in England, where it is particularly common in the north. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster and particularly in counties Antrim and Down. A different spelling emerged in Canada, as Atcheson. Some Atkinsons are descended from Planters, although the name was recorded in Ireland before that period. Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region, having been originally spelled Atzinson (with the 'z' being pronounced as 'y', as in ''yet''). People * Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford (1718–1790), Irish peer and politician * Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (1776–1849), British politician * Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet (1688–1748), Irish politician and baronet * Carrie Acheson (1934–202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackstaff Press
The Blackstaff Press is a publishing company in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1971, it publishes printed books on a range of subjects (mainly, but not exclusively, of Irish interest) and, since 2011, has also published e-books. It receives financial support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Irish: ''Comhairle Ealaíon Thuaisceart Éireann'', Ulster-Scots: ''Airts Cooncil o Norlin Airlan'') is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964, as a successor to .... The Blackstaff Press was acquired by the Baird Group in 1995; it was sold to Colourpoint Creative Limited in 2017. References External linksOfficial website{{Authority control 1971 establishments in Northern Ireland Book publishing companies of Northern Ireland Companies based in Newtownards Publishing companies established in 1971 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Acheson (miner)
John Acheson (floruit 1560–1581) was a Scottish goldsmith, mining entrepreneur, and official of the mint. Career He was the son of John Acheson, a denizen or burgess of Edinburgh, and Janet Fisher. This John Acheson, who had been appointed to collect a tax for Regent Arran with Hew Rig of Carberry in 1545, was killed at the battle of Pinkie in 1547. He had obtained lands at "Poikmyln" near Perth. Janet Fisher held these lands in 1566. She had to go to law over a portion of the land held from Scone Abbey, after new legislation was made about leases of church lands. Patrick Hepburn, Bishop of Moray, and Commendator of Scone tried to give the lands to his son Adam Hepburn. Acheson was master coiner in Scottish mint, as was James Acheson, possibly his uncle. He lived in the Canongate of Edinburgh. This was a substantial house where the executor of Arbella Stuart, Thomas Fowler was lodging in 1590 at the time of his death. The Scottish mint Acheson was in Paris in 1553 to eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Acheson
James Acheson (born 13 March 1946) is a British costume designer. He was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and studied at Wimbledon School of Art. He has designed costumes and sets for television, theatre, opera, ballet and film, working in more than 14 different countries. Heroes Acheson's favorite costume designer and inspiration while working on historical films is Italian Piero Tosi. He also has mentioned taking a liking to the work of fellow Oscar winner, American Colleen Atwood, for films such as ''Snow White and the Huntsman''. Acheson applauds Atwood for having a large range of work. Television For BBC Television, where Acheson got his start, he designed the costumes and monsters for 36 episodes of ''Doctor Who'' during the eras of the Third Doctor and the Fourth Doctor, including establishing the costume for the Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker. Upon creating the look for this character, Acheson purchased the wool for what is now known as the Doctor's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Oswald Victor Acheson
Frank Oswald Victor Acheson (27 June 1887 – 25 March 1948) was a New Zealand lawyer and judge of the Native Land Court. Early life He was born in Riverton, Southland, New Zealand on 27 June 1887. He gained his LLB degree at the University of Otago in about 1910, and a LLM degree from Victoria University College in 1913 (both part of the University of New Zealand at the time). Land court Acheson was interested in Māori land tenure and wrote a lengthy essay on the subject in 1913 arguing that Māori had clear customs and practices regarding land amounting to customary law. This essay was in opposition to the prevailing legal opinions at the time. He started work as a clerk at the Native Land Purchase Board in 1914, and became a native land purchase officer in 1918, working in the Hawke's Bay and Wanganui areas. The following year, he became commissioner and a land court judge in the Taranaki-Wanganui area. In 1924 he moved to be land court judge in North Auckland, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest F
Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People * Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor * Ernest, Margrave of Austria (1027–1075) *Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373–1438) * Ernest, Duke of Opava (c. 1415–1464) *Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1482–1553) *Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels (1623–1693) *Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629–1698) *Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (1650–1710) * Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771–1851), son of King George III of Great Britain *Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818–1893), sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha *Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923) *Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1846–1925) *Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) *Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954) * Prince Erns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Goodrich Acheson
Edward Goodrich Acheson (March 9, 1856 – July 6, 1931) was an American chemist. Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, he was the inventor of the Acheson process, which is still used to make Silicon carbide (carborundum) and later a manufacturer of carborundum and graphite. Biography Acheson (1856–1931) was raised in the coal fields of southwestern Pennsylvania. Acheson attended the Bellefonte Academy for three years, 1870–72; this being the totality of his formal education. He left school at the age of 16 to help support his family after his father died, and worked as a surveying assistant for the Pittsburgh Southern Railroad. He devoted his evenings to scientific pursuits—primarily electrical experiments. In 1880 he had the temerity to attempt to sell a battery of his own invention to Thomas Edison and wound up being hired. Edison put him to work on September 12, 1880 at his Menlo Park, New Jersey laboratory under John Kruesi. Acheson experimented on making a conduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Acheson
Sir Ernest Donald Acheson (17 September 1926 – 10 January 2010) was a British physician and epidemiologist who served as Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1991. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Early life Ernest Donald Acheson was born in Belfast on 17 September 1926. His father, Captain Malcolm King Acheson, MC, MD, was a doctor who specialised in public health, and his mother, Dorothy Josephine (née Rennoldson), was the daughter of a Tyneside ship builder. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Brasenose College, Oxford ( MA, DM, Fellow 1968, Honorary Fellow 1991). His elder brother, Roy Acheson (also Merchiston and Brasenose alumnus), is Emeritus Professor of Community Medicine in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Churchill College. Career Acheson studied medicine at the Middlesex Hospital, where he was a Broderip scholar. Having qualified in 1951, he practised at Middlesex Hospital and then entered the Royal Air Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Acheson
Dean Gooderham Acheson (pronounced ; April 11, 1893October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. Secretary of State, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953. He was also Truman's main foreign policy advisor from 1945 to 1947, especially regarding the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He was in private law practice from July 1947 to December 1948. After 1949 Acheson came under partisan political attack from Republicans led by Senator Joseph McCarthy over Truman's policy toward the China, People's Republic of China. As a private citizen in 1968 he counseled President Lyndon B. Johnson to negotiate for peace with North Vietnam. During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, President John F. Kennedy called upon Acheson for advice, bringing him into the executive committee (ExComm), a strategic advisory group. Early life and educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Acheson (mathematician)
David John Acheson (born 1946) is a British applied mathematician at Jesus College, Oxford. He was educated at Highgate School, King's College London (BSc Mathematics and Physics, 1967) and the University of East Anglia (PhD, 1971). He was appointed a Fellow in Mathematics at Jesus College, Oxford in 1977 and became an Emeritus Fellow in 2008. He served as president of the Mathematical Association from 2010 to 2011. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of East Anglia in 2013. His early research was on geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, beginning with the discovery in 1972 of a magnetic 'field gradient' instability in rotating fluids. In 1976, he discovered the first examples of wave over-reflection (i.e. reflection coefficient greater than unity) in a stable system. In 1978 his research focused on magnetic fields and differential rotation in stars, with new results on magnetic buoyancy, the Taylor instability, Goldreich-Schubert instabili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Acheson
Caroline Acheson (; 11 September 1934 – 16 January 2023) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. Career Acheson was born in Tipperary in 1934, daughter of Matt Barlow, Republican activist in the Irish War of Independence. She was educated at the Presentation Convent, Clonmel, the Convent of Mercy, Carlow and the London School of Business Studies. Acheson worked as a company director in the family business before becoming involved in politics. Acheson was elected to South Tipperary County Council in 1974. She was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Tipperary South constituency at the 1981 general election, but lost her seat at the following February 1982 election. Acheson was a sister of former Senator Tras Honan. She was chairperson of the Irish Red Cross Society from 1981 to 1984. Acheson died on 16 January 2023, at the age of 88. Tánaiste and former Taoiseach Micheál Martin paid tribute to her. See also *Families in the Oireachtas There is a tradition in Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet
Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet (26 January 1688 – 8 February 1748) was an Irish politician and baronet. The son of Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father. In 1728, he was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh The High Sheriff of Armagh is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Armagh. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his/her .... Acheson sat in the Irish House of Commons for Mullingar (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Mullingar from 1727 until his death in 1748. Acheson had a personal library of some significance, which he marked with his characteristic early armorial bookplate. He married Anne Savage in 1715, with whom he had the following children: *Nicholas Acheson (b. bef. 1716–1717) *Philip Acheson (b. bef. 1718–1727) *Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford (1718–1790) *Nicola Aches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
