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Blenkinsop Lake
Blenkinsop or Blenkinsopp is a surname of British origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur Blenkinsop, (1911–1979), British Labour Party politician and MP * Christopher Blenkinsop (born 1963), Anglo-German musician *Ernie Blenkinsop (1902–1962), English football (soccer) player * Euphemia Blenkinsop (1816-1887), Irish-American religious sister * George Blenkinsop (1822–1904), pioneer in British Columbia, Canada * John Blenkinsop (1783–1831), mining engineer and an inventor *Joseph Blenkinsopp (1927-2022) British-American theologian and Old Testament scholar * Layton Blenkinsop (1862–1942), British Army officer and veterinary surgeon *Tom Blenkinsop (born 1980), British politician * Tommy Blenkinsopp (1920–2004), English footballer *Yvonne Blenkinsop (1938-2022), British safety campaigner Fictional characters: *Bertie Blenkinsop, character in ''The Beano'' comic, one of the softies and enemy of Dennis the Menace. See also *Blenkinsop Castle *Blenkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Blenkinsop
Arthur Blenkinsop (30 June 1911 – 23 September 1979) was a British Labour Party politician. Blenkinsop was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and the College of Commerce, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and became a chartered secretary. At the 1945 general election, Blenkinsop was elected as Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions (1946–1949) and to the Ministry of Health (1949–1951). After losing his seat at the 1959 general election, he became a Newcastle City Councillor in 1961. At the 1964 general election, Blenkinsop returned to Parliament as the MP for South Shields, and held the seat until he stood down in at the 1979 general election. He was President of the Public Health Inspectors Association, a governor of the British Film Institute and vice-president of the Ramblers Association. He became a member of the Medical Research Council in 1965. He died four months after his retirement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Blenkinsop
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as " Chris", "Topher", and sometimes "Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Blenkinsop
Ernest Blenkinsop (20 April 1902 – 24 April 1969) was an English professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender at left back. Regarded as one of the best full-backs of his generation, he began his career with local amateur side Cudworth Village F.C., Cudworth Village. He joined Hull City A.F.C., Hull City in 1921; however, after one year with the club, he signed for Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday, helping the club win promotion to the Football League First Division, First Division before going on to win two Football League titles between 1929 and 1930. He was sold to fellow First Division side Liverpool F.C., Liverpool in 1934 but his spell with the team was severely disrupted by injury. He later finished his professional career with a season at Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City. During his career, he made over 450 appearances in the Football League and also attained 26 caps playing for England national foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Blenkinsop
Euphemia Blenkinsop (April 18, 1816 – March 18, 1887), born Catherine Blenkinsop, also known as Mother Euphemia, was an Irish-born American religious sister and teacher, and ''visitatrix'' (provincial leader) of the Daughters of Charity in the United States, from 1866 to her death in 1887. Early life Catherine Blenkinsop was born April 18, 1816, in Dublin, the daughter of Peter J. Blenkinsop and Mary Kelly Blenkinsop. Her father ran a Catholic publishing house and bookstore in Baltimore. Her maternal uncle was Archbishop Oliver Kelly of Tuam. One of her brothers, Peter J. Blenkinsop, became a Jesuit priest and college president. Her other brother, William Aloysius Blenkinsop, also became a priest. The Blenkinsop family immigrated to the United States in 1826. In 1831, Catherine Blenkinsop entered the Sisters of Charity community in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Sisters of Charity As Sister Catherine Euphemia, she taught in Roman Catholic schools in New York City and Baltimor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Blenkinsop
George Blenkinsop (1822 – 2 June 1904) was a Hudson's Bay Company employee who made important contributions to Canadian history as a pioneer in the British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ... area of the country. References * 1822 births 1904 deaths Businesspeople from British Columbia Hudson's Bay Company people {{Canada-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blenkinsop
John Blenkinsop (1783 – 22 January 1831) was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. He was born in Felling, County Durham, the son of a stonemason and was apprenticed to his cousin, Thomas Barnes, a Northumberland coal viewer. From 1808 he became agent to Charles John Brandling, who owned collieries on his Middleton estate near Leeds and whose family came from Felling. From then until his death, Blenkinsop lived at Middleton Hall on Town Street, Middleton, built in the 17th century as the Brandling family's Middleton home (they used the far more modern Middleton Lodge when visiting from their Tyneside homes). Blenkinsop and the Middleton Railway In 1758 the Brandlings had built a wooden wagonway to carry coal into Leeds, using horse-drawn vehicles, now known as the Middleton Railway. Not all the land traversed by the wagonway belonged to Brandling, and it was the first railway to be authoris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Blenkinsopp
Joseph Blenkinsopp (3 April 1927 – 26 March 2022) was an academic theologian and Old Testament scholar. He was the John A. O'Brien Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. His research focused on the Old Testament Prophets and on the Pentateuch. Life Blenkinsopp studied history at the University of London (Honours B.A.). He then earned an S.S.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Scripture) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 1958 and his doctorate in Hebrew Bible and Semitics from the University of Oxford in 1967. Blenkinsopp taught at Heythrop College, London (1966); Vanderbilt University (1968); Chicago Theological Seminary (1968–69); and Hartford Seminary Foundation (1969-70) before coming to the University of Notre Dame in 1970. He was rector at Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Bethlehem for the year 1978, and was a guest professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 1997-1998. Blenkinsopp served as pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Layton Blenkinsop
Major-General Sir Layton John Blenkinsop (27 June 1862 – 28 April 1942) was a British Army officer and veterinary surgeon. Blenkinsop was the third son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Blenkinsop of the 3rd Dragoon Guards and his wife Elizabeth (née Sandford).Biography, ''Who's Who''Obituary, ''The Times'', 30 April 1942, p.7 His younger brother was Major-General Sir Alfred Blenkinsop of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, and the Royal Veterinary College, where he won the Coleman Medal in 1883. Later that year he was commissioned a veterinary surgeon in the Army Veterinary Department. From 1891 to 1893, he served in India as advising veterinary surgeon to the government of the Punjab and as a professor at the Lahore Veterinary College. He was promoted veterinary captain on 12 September 1893. He was then stationed in Egypt from 1896 to 1899 and was senior veterinary officer of the Sudan expedition of 1898, for which he was menti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Blenkinsop
Thomas Francis Blenkinsop (born 14 August 1980) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland from 2010 to 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was an Opposition Whip under Ed Miliband's leadership from 2011 to 2015. Early life and career Born in Middlesbrough and brought up in Marton, Blenkinsop was educated at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Primary School in Coulby Newham, Newlands School FCJ, and St. Mary's Sixth Form College in Saltersgill. He graduated from Teesside University with a BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and the University of Warwick with an MA in Continental philosophy. Blenkinsop worked as a constituency researcher for Ashok Kumar, Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, from 2002 to 2008. He became a campaign manager for the Community Trade Union in 2008 and continued in the role until his election to Parliament in 2010. Parliamentary career Blenkinsop was selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Blenkinsopp
Thomas William Blenkinsopp (13 May 1920 – 29 January 2004) was an English footballer, who played for Grimsby Town, Middlesbrough and Barnsley. Blenkinsopp signed professional forms with Grimsby Town just before the outbreak of World War II. He made eight appearances in the wartime North-East League for Hartlepool United during the 1939–40 season. He also represented the Football League. He signed for Middlesbrough in 1948 for transfer fee of £12,000. After his professional career ended with Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ..., he went on to play for Blyth Spartans. References 1920 births 2004 deaths Sportspeople from Bishop Auckland Footballers from County Durham Men's association football defenders English men's footballers West Auckl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Blenkinsop
Yvonne Blenkinsop (1938 – 24 April 2022) was a British woman known for her campaign to improve safety in the offshore fishing industry following the 1968 Hull triple trawler tragedy. She became only the third woman in 130 years to be awarded the freedom of the city of Hull in 2018. Early life Yvonne Blenkinsop was born in 1938 and was the oldest of six children. Her father died when she was 16, having had a heart attack whilst at sea on board the fishing trawler ''Loch Melfort''. Blenkinsop subsequently assumed responsibility for looking after the family, her mother being debilitated by a nervous condition caused by the Second World War. Blenkinsop found work as a cabaret singer. Hull trawler tragedy The city of Hull was hit by the triple trawler tragedy in early 1968. The fishing trawler ''St. Romanus'' was thought lost with all 20 hands on 26 January. Shocked by the loss, that same night Blenkinsop – who was then 30 years old – wrote down 27 safety measures that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis The Menace (UK Comics)
''Dennis the Menace and Gnasher'' (originally titled ''Dennis the Menace'' and currently titled ''Dennis and Gnasher)'' is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic book, comic ''The Beano'', published by DC Thomson, of Dundee, Scotland. The comic stars a boy named Dennis the Menace and his Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound Gnasher. The strip first appeared in issue 452, dated 17 March 1951, and on sale from 12 March 1951. It is the longest-running strip in the comic. The idea and name of the character emerged when the comic's editor heard a British music hall song with the chorus "I'm Dennis the Menace from Venice". The creation of Dennis in the 1950s had sales of ''The Beano'' soar. From issue 1678 onwards (dated 14 September 1974), Dennis the Menace replaced Biffo the Bear on the front cover, and has been there ever since. Coincidentally, on 12 March 1951, another comic strip named ''Dennis the Menace (U.S.), Dennis the Menace'' debuted in the US. As a resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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