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Beckett (other)
Beckett is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Beckett (1950–79), American animator, special effects artist and teacher, worked on ''Star Wars'' *Alex Beckett (born 1954), Scottish footballer *Allan Beckett (1914–2005), British civil engineer *Andy Beckett (born 1969), British journalist and historian *Ann Beckett (1927–2002), Irish pioneer of occupational therapy *Arnold Beckett (1920–2010), British pharmacist, academic, and expert on doping in sport * Barry Beckett (1943–2009), American musician *Beatrice Beckett (1905–1957), the first wife of the British statesman Anthony Eden *Bernard Beckett (born 1967), New Zealand writer of fiction for young adults * Billy Beckett (1915–1998), English footballer *Bob Beckett (1936–2019), former Canadian ice hockey centre *Charles Beckett (cricketer) (1794–1838), English first-class cricketer *Charles Beckett (politician) (born 1958), American politician *Charles Edward Beckett (1849–1925), br ... [...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] |
