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Batchelor (surname)
Batchelor is a long established surname in England and Scotland, but the name has Anglo-Norman roots, and may also refer to a person in the glassmaking trade°. Some famous Batchelors: * Anna Batchelor, British physician * C. D. Batchelor (1888–1977), American cartoonist * Casey Batchelor (born 1984), English glamour model and reality TV star * Charles Batchelor (1845–1910), American inventor and associate of Thomas Alva Edison * Claude Batchelor (born 1929), United States Army soldier * Daniel Bacheler, also variously spelt Bachiler, Batchiler or Batchelar, (1572-1619), English lutenist and composer * David Batchelor (other) * Edward A. Batchelor (1883–1968), American sportswriter * Erica Batchelor (born 1933), British figure skater * Gary Batchelor, Canadian soccer player * George Batchelor (1920–2000), Australian mathematician and fluid dynamicist * Horace Batchelor (1898–1977), British businessman * Jeff Batchelor (born 1988), Canadian snowboarder * Jo ... [...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] |
Horace Batchelor
Horace Cyril Batchelor (22 January 1898 – 8 January 1977) was an English gambling advertiser. He was best known during the 1950s and 1960s as an advertiser on Radio Luxembourg. He advertised a way to win money by predicting the results of football matches, sponsoring programmes on the station. His spelling out of Keynsham, a town in western England where he operated, made it famous. The "Famous Infra-Draw Method" Batchelor sponsored programmes on Radio Luxembourg to promote his "Famous Infra-Draw Method", a system that he claimed increased the chances of winning large sums on the football pools. Before the National Lottery started in 1994, the "Pools" was the only way to win large sums for a small stake. Listeners were asked to submit their stakes to Batchelor, who then determined how the stake was placed. He was paid only if the bet won. Infra-draw was thus not dependent on his predictive talent for its financial success. Advertising on Radio Luxembourg Radio Luxembour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
