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Akroyd
Akroyd is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Annette Beveridge (née Akroyd; 1842–1929), British Orientalist * Bayly Akroyd (1850–1926), English cricketer * Edward Akroyd (1810–1887), English manufacturer * Joe Akroyd, English loudspeaker manufacturer * Swainson Akroyd (1848–1925), English cricketer See also * Aykroyd * Ackroyd * Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine, named after its inventor Herbert Akroyd Stuart and the manufacturer Richard Hornsby & Sons, was the first successful design of an internal combustion engine using heavy oil as a fuel. It was the first to use a s ... References {{surname, Akroyd English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Akroyd
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Akroyd (1810–1887), English manufacturer, was born into a textile manufacturing family in 1810, and when he died in 1887, he still owned the family firm. He inherited "James Akroyd & Sons Ltd." from his father in 1847, and he became the owner of one of the country's largest worsted manufacturers. He established mills at Haley Hill in Halifax and then at Copley, two miles or so to the south. He proved to be a very successful businessman, and his firm made him very prosperous. At Haley Hill, not far from his mills, he extended a large mansion, Bankfield, and then went to live there. Akroyd was well read and concerned about the fortunes of Halifax and the terrible social conditions that grew out of the industrial revolution. He funded and supported a local allotment society and many institutions for the working classes, a school for child labourers, a workers' pension scheme, several churches (he was a staunch Anglican) and a cemetery. He founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornsby-Akroyd Oil Engine
The Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine, named after its inventor Herbert Akroyd Stuart and the manufacturer Richard Hornsby & Sons, was the first successful design of an internal combustion engine using heavy oil as a fuel. It was the first to use a separate vapourising combustion chamber and is the forerunner of all hot-bulb engines, which are considered predecessors of the similar Diesel engine, developed a few years later. Early internal combustion engines were quite successful running on gaseous and light petroleum fuels. However, due to the dangerous nature of petroleum and light petroleum fuel, legal restrictions were placed on their transportation and storage. Heavier petroleum fuels, such as kerosene, were quite prevalent, as they were used for lighting, but posed specific problems when used in internal combustion engines: Oil used for engine fuel must be turned to a vapour state and remain in that state during compression. Furthermore, the combustion of the fuel must be powerf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayly Akroyd
Bayly Nash Akroyd (27 April 1850 – 24 November 1926) was an English first-class cricketer and tennis player. Cricket career Akroyd was born at Streatham in April 1850 and was educated at Radley College. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Surrey in 1872 against Nottinghamshire at The Oval, with him making a further appearance in that season against Kent at the same venue. The following season he made a single first-class appearance for the Surrey Club against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, before also making four first-class appearances in that season for Surrey. He later made a final first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent in 1879 at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells. Akroyd made a total of eight appearances in first-class cricket, scoring a total of 129 at an average of 8.60, with a high score of 30. For Surrey he scored 108 runs at an average of 9.00. Tennis career In addition to playing first-class cricket, Akroyd als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Beveridge
Annette Susannah Beveridge (née Akroyd) (1842–1929) was a British Orientalist known for her translation of the '' Humayun-nama'' and the '' Babur-nama''. Background and education Annette Akroyd's father William Akroyd was a Unitarian industrialist associated with the establishment of the Bedford College, London in 1849, where she completed her study in 1863. Works in India In October 1872, she sailed for British India. Around 1875, she was involved in a public controversy with Keshub Chandra Sen, an Indian philosopher and social reformer who attempted to incorporate Christian theology within the framework of Hindu thought. Akroyd was shocked by her discussions with him and felt that Sen, who spoke up for women's education in England, was a typical Hindu obscurantist back home in India, trying to keep knowledge from the minds of women. This dispute spilled into the native press and had its impact on the Bethune School. Akroyd was also dismayed with Sen's associates such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swainson Akroyd
Swainson Howden Akroyd (13 November 1848 – 5 December 1925) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Streatham, Surrey, and was educated at Radley College. Akroyd made his first-class debut for Surrey in 1869 against Oxford University at The Oval, and was captain of Surrey in 1869 and 1870. He made his highest first-class score of 87 against Sussex in 1872. He played 33 first-class matches between 1869 and 1878, scoring 930 runs at an average of 17.22. For Surrey he played 23 matches, scoring 622 runs at an average of 15.55. He died in Marylebone, London on 5 December 1925. His brother Bayly Akroyd also played first-class cricket. References External links Swainson Akroydat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Akroyd
Joe Akroyd is best known for his work at Royd Loudspeakers Co. Ltd. (commonly known as Royd Audio) a small low volume Hi-Fi loudspeakers manufacturer that was based in Telford, Shropshire, 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 b .... Royd Audio was founded in 1980 and finally closed in 2004, when Joe Akroyd retired. Before Royd Audio Prior to starting Royd Audio, Joe Akroyd worked for Goodmans in the early 1960s, where he contributed to the Maxim mini monitor and the Audiom and Axiom bass drivers. In 1970, Joe Akroyd joined Wharfedale, where he was involved in the manufacture and design of the Denton, Linton, Melton, Triton, Doredale loudspeakers. During the mid-1970s Joe Akroyd joined Decca, in their newly reorganized Speaker department. However in 1979, Racal bough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ackroyd
Ackroyd is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Ackroyd (born 1948), English rugby league footballer * Albert Akroyd, English rugby league player * Alfred Ackroyd (1858–1927), English cricketer * Anthony Ackroyd (born 1958), Australian comedian, speaker and writer * Archibald Ackroyd (1897–1968), English cricketer * Barry Ackroyd (born 1954), English cinematographer * Christa Ackroyd (born 1957), British journalist and broadcaster * Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (1892–1973), Lord Mayor of London 1955–56 * David Ackroyd (born 1940), American actor * Harold Ackroyd (1877–1917), British Army medical officer, awarded the Victoria Cross * Haughton Ackroyd (1894–1979), English footballer * Heather Ackroyd, British visual artist, of Ackroyd & Harvey * Jack Ackroyd (1926–1992), Canadian chief of police and civil servant * Jane Ackroyd (born 1957), English sculptor * Jenny Ackroyd (1950–2004), English vascular surgeon * John Ackroyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aykroyd
Aykroyd is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dan Aykroyd (born 1952), Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter and musician; brother of Peter * James P. Aykroyd (1810−1835), early American composer, music teacher, musician * Peter Aykroyd (1955−2021), Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter and musician; brother of Dan * William Aykroyd, 1st Baronet OStJ (1865−1947), English woollen and carpet manufacturer See also * Aykroyd Baronets * Ackroyd * Akroyd Akroyd is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Annette Beveridge (née Akroyd; 1842–1929), British Orientalist * Bayly Akroyd (1850–1926), English cricketer * Edward Akroyd (1810–1887), English manufacturer * Joe A ... {{surname, Aykroyd 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] |
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