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Burnett (surname)
Burnett is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French , ''brunette'', which is a diminutive of ''brun'' meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from , a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour. People with the surname * A. J. Burnett (b. 1977), American professional baseball player * Alaina Burnett (b. 1977), Canadian voice actor * Alan Burnett (b. 1950), American television writer-producer * Alex Burnett (born 1987), baseball pitcher * Alexander Burnett (other), several people :* Alexander Burnett of Leys (died 1619), Laird of Crathes Castle :* Alexander Burnett (figure skater) in 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Championships :* Alexander Burnett (politician) (born 1973), Member of the Scottish Parliament :*Alexander Burnett (musician), Australian singer, songwriter and music producer :*Sir Alexander Burnett, 2nd Baronet (died 1663) of the Burnett baronets :*Sir Alexander Burnett, 4th Baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish People
The Scots ( sco, Scots Fowk; gd, Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or ''Alba'') in the 9th century. In the following two centuries, the Celtic-speaking Cumbrians of Strathclyde and the Germanic-speaking Angles of north Northumbria became part of Scotland. In the High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from Scotland. The Latin word ''Scoti'' originally referred to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Burnett
Allan Burnett (12 January 1925 in Glasgow – 10 October 2007 in New Zealand) was a Scottish anarchist activist. He was a member of the Glasgow Anarchist Federation in his youth. When, in 1943, he resisted conscription to the British forces during the Second World War, he was sent to Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison and later to Slateford Prison, Edinburgh as one of 61.000 British conscientious objectors. At his trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court he said that “I refuse to be pitchforked or led into slaughter, like so much human manure, or to be duped into the lunatic butchery of my comrades and fellow workers of other geographical spheres who are like-wise enslaved in a system of organized misery imposed on them by their respective ruling classes.” After his prison sentence he moved to London and spent time in a number of communes. He also travelled to France and Italy. Shortly after his marriage, he moved to New Zealand where he lived for the rest of his life, never returning to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Burnett (British Army Officer)
General Sir Charles John Burnett (30 October 1843 – 10 November 1915) was a British Army officer at the end of the 19th century and during the early years of the 20th century. Military career Burnett was born in St Kilda, Victoria, the son of John Alexander Burnett.Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 79. He was commissioned into the 15th Foot in 1861. He participated in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War of 1873 to 1874, then attended and graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He next saw active service in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878 to 1880. Burnett became assistant adjutant-general in Bombay in 1880 and commanding officer of the Royal Irish Rifles in 1887. He rose to be assistant adjutant-general at Aldershot in 1893. Promoted to major general in 1895, he became General Officer Commanding the Eastern District in 1896 before being posted to British India in 1898, where he was Commander of the Poona District by 1900. He was aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Burnett III
Inspiration is a British-designed and -built steam-propelled car designed by Glynne Bowsher and developed by the British Steam Car Challenge team. Inspiration holds the World Land Speed Record for a steam-powered vehicle on 25 August 2009, driven by Charles Burnett III with an average speed of over two consecutive runs over a measured mile. This broke the and longest-standing land speed record set in 1906 by Fred Marriott in the Stanley Steamer. On 26 August 2009 the car, driven by Don Wales, broke a second record by achieving an average speed of over two consecutive runs over a measured kilometre. The runs were made at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The car is 7.6 m long, 1.7 m wide and weighs 3 tons. It is powered by a two-stage turbine driven by superheated steam from 12 boilers containing distilled water. The boilers are heated by burners which burn Liquid Petroleum Gas to produce 3 Megawatts (10.2 million BTU/hr) of heat. The steam pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Burnett (other)
Charles Burnett may refer to: *Charles Burnett (director) (born 1944), American film director *Charles Burnett (officer of arms) (born 1940), Scottish Officer of Arms *Charles Burnett (RAF officer) (1882–1945), Royal Air Force officer and Australian Chief of the Air Staff * Charles Hiram Burnett Sr., treasurer of the city of Seattle and businessman *Charles Burnett (politician) (1875–1947), New Zealand politician *Charles Burnett (British Army officer) (1843–1910), British Army general *Charles Burnett of the Burnett baronets *Charles Burnett III (died 2018), British land-speed record holder for steam driven vehicle See also *Burnett (surname) Burnett is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French , ''brunette'', which is a diminutive of ''brun'' meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from , a high quality wool cloth originally ... * Charlie Barnett (other) {{hndis, Burnett, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer. Her groundbreaking comedy variety show ''The Carol Burnett Show'', which originally aired on CBS was one of the first of its kind to be hosted by a woman. She has performed on stage, television and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedic roles. She has received numerous accolades including six Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and seven Golden Globe Awards. Burnett was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2013 and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2015. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, her family moved to California where she lived in the Hollywood area. She attended Hollywood High School and eventually studied theater and musical comedy at UCLA. Later she performed in nightclubs in New York City and had a breakout success on Broadway in 1959 in ''Once Upon a Mattress'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Burnett (Scottish Cricketer)
Calvin Gary Burnett (born 23 October 1990) is a Scottish cricketer who made his debut for the Scottish national side in 2011. He is a right-arm pace bowler. Burnett was born in Dundee, and was educated at Arbroath High School. He played for the Scotland under-19s at the 2008 and 2009 editions of the ICC Europe Under-19 Championship. Burnett made his senior Scottish debut in May 2011, at the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. His first-class debut came in June 2013, against Australia A. Later in the year, Burnett was selected in the Scottish squad for a series against Kenya, playing an Intercontinental Cup fixture and a single Twenty20 International A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the .... In the latter game, he took 3/18 from four overs, helping to restrict Kenya to 100/8 fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Burnett (Guyanese Cricketer)
Calvin Brian Burnett (born 24 August 1954) is a former Guyanese cricketer who played for Guyana in West Indian domestic cricket during the late 1980s. Burnett made his first-class debut for Guyana in January 1988, playing against Jamaica in the 1987–88 Red Stripe Cup.First-class matches played by Calvin Burnett – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2016. An bowler and middle-order batsman, he took only a single wicket in his first season, but scored three half-centuries (50 and 52 on debut and 63 against |
Calvin Burnett (artist)
Calvin Burnett (July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Massachusetts - October 8, 2007 in Medway, Massachusetts) was an African-American artist, illustrator and art educator.Macklin, A. D., ''A Biographical History of African-American Artists'', The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, p.13. Calvin Burnett graduated from the Massachusetts School of Art in 1942, and received his MFA from Boston University in 1960. He has taught at a number of institutions in the northeastern United States, including the Massachusetts College of Art and the DeCordova Museum. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States, in galleries and museums including the Smithsonian Institution and the Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown H .... References Boston University College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Burnett (other) (born 1990), Scottish cricketer
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Calvin Burnett may refer to: * Calvin Burnett (artist) (1921–2007), American artist and illustrator * Calvin Burnett (Guyanese cricketer) (born 1954), Guyanese cricketer * Calvin Burnett (Scottish cricketer) Calvin Gary Burnett (born 23 October 1990) is a Scottish cricketer who made his debut for the Scottish national side in 2011. He is a right-arm pace bowler. Burnett was born in Dundee, and was educated at Arbroath High School. He played for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Burnett
Bryan Burnett is a Scottish television and radio presenter, currently best known for his work with BBC Radio Scotland. Burnett began his career at Northsound Radio in Aberdeen, before spending six years with Radio Clyde in Glasgow, where he presented the Top 40 chart show. During the 1990s and early 2000s he presented numerous programmes for Scottish Television, including holiday show ''Scottish Passport'' and game shows '' Passport Quiz'', '' Red Amber Green'' and ''Party Animals.'' For 15 years Burnett presented ''Brand New Country'' on BBC Radio Scotland, earning him the title International Broadcaster of the Year at the 2005 Country Music Association awards in Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the .... He currently presents ''Get It On'' a music requests s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Burnett
Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Kenyon Burnett, (10 March 1913 – 16 September 2011) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who became Air Secretary and served as the last Commander-in-Chief of Far East Command. Early life The grandson of Ernest Burnett, Burnett was born in Hyderabad in India, where his father was principal of Nizam College. He was educated at Charterhouse School,Nicholas Owen meets Sir Brian Burnett Surrey Life, 11 November 2009 and in |
