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Button (surname)
Button is an English surname. The name is generally held to be occupational, for people involved in making or selling buttons, a word derived from the Old French ''bo(u)ton''. However, other origins are possible. For example, a family which produced three bishops and a baronetcy, see below under William Button, derived their name from the village of Bitton in South Gloucestershire. Notable people with the name include: People: *Angie Chen Button (born 1954), American politician and business executive * Archibald Button (1770–unknown), English cricketer *Arthur Button (1916-1991), British Royal Air Force air vice-marshal *Arthur Button (cricketer) (1815-1870), English cricketer * Brian Button (born 1984), American professional wrestler and bodybuilder best known as Brian Cage *Charles Button (1838–1920), New Zealand lawyer, judge and politician *Craig Button (born 1963), former National Hockey League executive and current analyst for ''NHL Tonight'' *Craig D. Button (1964-1997), ... [...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] |
Ernest Button
Ernest Linton Button was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played representative rugby league (RL) for New Zealand. In doing so he became Kiwi #106. He began his career playing rugby union for the Christchurch rugby club in Christchurch. In 1909 he played for the Canterbury provincial rugby team. After switching to rugby league he played for the City club before representing the Canterbury representative side, and later, moving to the Linwood club. Personal life Ernest Linton Button was born on 8 October 1891. His parents were Louisa Jane Button and Alfred Sampson Button. He had an older brother, Alfred Cleave Hammond (b.1886), and two older sisters, Mary (b.1888) and Minnie Clough (b.1884). Ernest Button married Bertha Freeman on 31 July 1918. She was the daughter of Jacob Freeman and Mary Jane Freeman. The marriage took place while Ernest was back from the war after having fallen seriously ill. He returned to the war 2 months later. On his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Virginia
The attorney general of Virginia is an elected constitutional position that holds an executive office in the government of Virginia. Attorneys general are elected for a four-year term in the year following a presidential election. There are no term limits restricting the number of terms someone can serve as attorney general. Qualifications The position of attorney general is established by Article V, Section 15 of the Constitution of Virginia, and they are elected for four years and serve concurrently with the governor. All candidates for attorney general must be at least thirty years old, a citizen of the United States, and have the same qualifications required of a Virginia Circuit Court judge. Responsibilities The attorney general heads the Office of the Attorney General, also known as the Department of Law. The attorney general and their office have several duties and powers granted by state law. These include: *Providing legal advice and representation in court for the Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Young Button
Robert Young Button (November 2, 1899 – September 1, 1977) served two terms as Attorney General of Virginia, as well as a fifteen years as Virginia State Senator. Button rose through the ranks of the Byrd Organization and became one of its leading members as it ultimately crumbled as a result of the Massive Resistance crisis. Early and family life Born on November 2, 1899, in Culpeper County, Virginia, to John Young Button (farmer and traveling hardware salesman), and his wife the former Margaret Agnes Duncan, Button attended the local public schools and graduated from Culpeper High School in 1917. He then attended the University of Virginia for five years and received an undergraduate and law (LL.B.) degree in 1922. He was a member of the prestigious Raven Society and Order of the Coif. On August 20, 1931, Button married nurse Kathleen Mary Antoinette Cheape (1907–2007), who converted him to the Episcopal Church, and they had a son and a daughter. Career Button became a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Button
Ralph Button (died 1680) was an English academic and clergyman, Gresham Professor of Geometry, canon of Christ Church, Oxford under the Commonwealth, and later a nonconformist schoolmaster. Life He was the son of Robert Button of Bishopstone, Wiltshire, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He proceeded B.A. in 1630; in 1633 the Rector of Exeter, John Prideaux, recommended him to Sir Nathaniel Brent, the Warden of Merton College, for a fellowship in his college. The fellowship was conferred on him, and he became known in the university as a successful tutor. Among his pupils were Zachary Bogan Zachary Bogan (1625–1659) was an English scholar with Biblical interests. He published with the antiquarian Francis Rous the younger, and the alchemist Edmund Dickinson. He argued for parallels between Biblical and ancient Greek literature. He ..., Anthony à Wood, and John Murcot. On the outbreak of the First English Civil War in 1642, Button, who sympathised with the parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Button
Peter Thomas Button (9 October 1929 – 20 November 1987) was a pioneering rescue helicopter pilot in Wellington, New Zealand. Career Button established the firm Capital Helicopters in 1975 and made his aircraft available for use in emergencies. He was a witness of the sinking of the inter-island ferry in 1968, and is thought to have had the idea of a rescue helicopter service as a result of this experience. The hilly terrain of Wellington means that helicopters are often used for building and arboriculture work due to the difficulty of site access, which meant that the pilots at Capital Helicopters were particularly skilled in precision flying, and thus suited to rescue work. Thanks to a sponsorship deal in the early eighties Button was able to dedicate one of his helicopters solely to rescues. Since Button established the service there has been a rescue helicopter service in Wellington, for most of that period under the name of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. In the 1982 Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Button (other) (1922–2010), American solid state physicist
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Kenneth Button may refer to: * Kenneth Button (economist) (born 1948), British transport economist * Kenneth Button (physicist) Kenneth John Button (11 October 1922, Rochester, New York – 30 August 2010, Indialantic, Florida) was a solid-state and plasma physicist. He was the editor-in-chief of the ''International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves'' from its inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Button (other)
John Button may refer to: Politicians * John Button (Australian politician) * John Bolton (Haverfordwest MP) (by 1524–56 or later), or John Button, English politician, MP for Haverfordwest *John Button (1624–1679), English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679 for Lymington * John Button (Parliamentarian) (died 1665), English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1648 for Lymington Others *John Button (artist) (1929–1982), American artist * John Button (campaigner) (born 1944), Western Australian victim of a miscarriage of justice * John Button (racing driver) (1943–2014), British rallycross driver and father of Jenson Button * John Button (soldier) (1772–1861), Canadian soldier (Captain) and founder of the 1st York Light Dragoons *John Button, of the Button baronets The Button Baronetcy, of Alton in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Button
Jimmy Button (born June 14, 1973) is an American former professional motocross racer, born in Phoenix, Arizona. He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1990 to 2000. History * 1992: Jimmy won his first pro race at the Charlotte and Indianapolis rounds of the American Motorcyclist Association, AMA 125 East Region Supercross Series. * 1994: Won the Daytona, Florida, Irving, Texas and Charlotte rounds of the AMA 125 East Region Supercross Series. * 1995: Finished 4th in the 125 List of motocross World Championship results, World Motocross Championships. * 2000: On January 22, Button entered a whoop section of the track at the San Diego round of the 250 cc Supercross Series on his Yamaha YZ426 when he dropped the front wheel and went over the handle bars. The crash broke his neck and caused temporary paralysis. After months of rehabilitation, Button has regained his feeling and movement to live a normal life outside of racing. In July he helped found the Road 2 Recovery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British racing driver. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship when he drove for the Brawn GP team. After his F1 career, he became champion of the 2018 season of the Super GT Series alongside Naoki Yamamoto, with whom he shared a Honda racing car at Team Kunimitsu. Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula 3 International Series, British Formula 3 Championship. He first drove in F1 with Williams Grand Prix Engineering, Williams for the 2000 Formula One World Championship, 2000 season. The following year he switched to Benetton Formula, Benetton, which at the start of the 2002 Formula One World Championship, 2002 season became the Renault in Formula One, Renault team, and then for the 2003 Formula One World Championship, 2003 season he moved to British American Racing, BAR. He finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jen Button
Jennifer Button (born October 15, 1977) is a former female butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ... in Sydney, Australia. Her best result was finishing in fifth place in the women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay event. References * 1977 births Living people Canadian female butterfly swimmers Canadian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Canada Sportspeople from British Columbia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemmy Button
Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a member of the Yaghan (or Yámana) people from islands around Tierra del Fuego, in modern Chile and Argentina. He was taken to England by Captain FitzRoy in HMS ''Beagle'' and became a celebrity there for a period. HMS ''Beagle'' In 1830, Captain Robert FitzRoy, at the command of the first expedition of HMS ''Beagle'', took a group of hostages from the Fuegian people after one of his boats was stolen. Jemmy Button was paid for with a mother of pearl button, hence his name. It is not clear whether his family willingly accepted the sale or he was simply abducted. FitzRoy decided to take four of the young Fuegian hostages all the way to England "to become useful as interpreters, and be the means of establishing a friendly disposition towards Englishmen on the part of their countrymen." He seems to have shown great concern for the four, feeding them before his own officers and crew and intending the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
