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Bodkin (surname)
Bodkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amby Bodkin (), Irish lawyer and duelist * Archibald Bodkin (1862–1957), English lawyer and Director of Public Prosecutions * Christopher Bodkin (died 1572), Irish prelate, Archbishop of Tuam and Bishop of Kilmacduagh * Dominick Dáll Bodkin (died 1740), Irish mass murderer * Edward Bodkin, American underground surgeon arrested in 1998 * J. Alexander Bodkin psychiatrist * John Bodkin (other) * Joseph Bodkin (1902–1950), Australian politician * Matt Bodkin (born 1968), English footballer * Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (1850–1933), Irish MP, author, journalist, newspaper editor, barrister and judge * Matthias Bodkin (1896–1973), Irish Jesuit priest and author, son of the above * Maud Bodkin (1875–1967), British classical scholar * Odds Bodkin (born 1953), pseudonym of an American storyteller, musician, and author * Peter Bodkin (1924–1994), English cricketer * Richard Bodkin, mayor of Galway ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amby Bodkin
Amby Bodkin, Irish people, Irish lawyer and duelist, fl. 1777 - 1795. Background Bodkin was a descendant of The Tribes of Galway and a lawyer on the Connacht circuit. His ancestor was Tomás Bobhdacing, (floruit, fl. 1300). He was a member of the committee who met annually at either Galway or Clonmel to look into the code of dueling. Bodkin was one of the signatories of the Irish ''Code Duello'' which met at the Clonmel summer assizes in the summer of 1777. The Duel At one stage of his career he was counsel for the plaintiff in a case against Sir Ulick Burke of Glinsk (County Galway), Glinsk, County Galway. Burke and his attorney sent Bodkin and his attorney challenges to a duel. In this duel, shots were exchanged on horseback. If this proved ineffective they continued firing; if that too was ineffective swords and daggers were used, either mounted or on foot. The encounter proved bloody, and Bodkin was wounded. However, no fatalities are believed to have occurred. Large cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bodkin
Peter Bodkin (15 September 1924 – 18 September 1994) was an English cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played nine first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1946. See also * List of Cambridge University Cricket Club players References External links * 1924 births 1994 deaths English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Cricketers from the London Borough of Barnet Hertfordshire cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bodkin (New Zealand Politician)
Sir William Alexander Bodkin (28 April 1883 – 15 June 1964) was a New Zealand politician of the United Party, and from 1936, the National Party. Biography Early life Bodkin was born in Queenstown in 1883. Political career He represented the rural Otago electorate of Otago Central from to 1954, when he retired. He was Chairman of Committees from 1930 to 1931. He was Minister of Civil Defence in the War Administration in 1942. In the Holland Ministry of the First National Government, he was Minister of Internal Affairs (1949–1954) and Minister of Social Security (1950–1954). In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, and in 1953 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bodkin (judge)
Sir William Henry Bodkin (5 August 1791 – 26 March 1874) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1847, before becoming a judge. Early life Bodkin was the son of Peter Bodkin from Galway and his wife Sarah. His father's family had long connections with County Galway. He was educated at the Islington Academy and called to the bar in 1826 at Gray's Inn. Career Bodkin initially practised on the Home Circuit, taking mostly criminal cases at the Middlesex, Westminster and Kent Sessions, and in the Central Criminal Court in the Old Bailey. was appointed as a recorder of Dover in 1834. He was elected at the 1841 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Rochester in Kent, winning the seat by a margin of only two votes over the Liberal Party candidate Viscount Melgund. Bodkin was defeated at the 1847 general election as a result of his support for the free trade measures introduced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bodkin
Tom Bodkin is the Design Director at ''The New York Times''. Bodkin, who hails from Great Neck, New York, graduated from John L. Miller Great Neck North High School in 1971. Editor-in-chief of the award-winning school newspaper "Guide Post," he started at The New York Times in the 1980s as an Art Director for the Home Section. His career began at CBS where he worked with Lou Dorfsman. Bodkin is an Assistant Managing Editor and oversees design and layout for the newspaper. His staff include the Art Directors, Designers, Production and Layout desks and he is an important factor in the look and feel of the daily front page. Bodkin also works with his Senior Art Director, Steven Heller. Bodkin was the presiding Design Director during 9-11 and had a large influence on the layout of the front page with the headline 'U.S. Attacked". Bodkin has been responsible for many of the visual projects at the paper, including introducing the Cheltenham typeface and redesigning the A-Section of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bodkin (mayor)
Thomas Bodkin, fl. 1506–1507, was the first member of the Bodkin family to be elected Mayor of Galway. The Bodkins were one of The Tribes of Galway, and a sept of the FitzGerald family. He would be succeeded in office by John Bodkin fitz Richard (1518–1519, died 1523), Richard Bodkin (1610–1611), and John Bodkin fitz Dominick (1639–1640). See also * Matthias McDonnell Bodkin * Thomas Bodkin * Matthias Bodkin Matthias Bodkin aka Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, Jesuit priest and author, 26 June 1896 – 2 November 1973. Bodkin was a son of Matthias McDonnell Bodkin but never used his middle name, to differentiate himself from his father. He served as a Roy ... * Tribes of Galway * Galway References * ''History of Galway'', James Hardiman, Galway, 1820. * ''Old Galway'', Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942. * Henry, William (2002). ''Role of Honour: The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001''. Galway: Galway City Council. * Martyn, Adrian (2016). ''The Tribes of Galway: 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bodkin
Professor Thomas Patrick Bodkin (21 July 1887 – 24 April 1961) was an Irish lawyer, art historian, art collector and curator. Bodkin was Director of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1927 to 1935 and founding Director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham from 1935 until 1952, where he acquired the nucleus of the collection described by ''The Observer'' as "the last great art collection of the twentieth century." Biography Bodkin was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, a nationalist journalist, judge and Member of Parliament. Graduating from the Royal University of Ireland in 1908 he practised law from 1911 until 1916 while collecting art privately, influenced by his uncle Sir Hugh Lane. With the death of Lane in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915 Bodkin was charged with ensuring that Lane's collection of art was displayed in Dublin – a dispute that would only finally be settled in 1957 and about which Bodkin was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresina Bodkin
Teresina Bodkin is a Montserrat teacher and civil servant who became the first woman Speaker of the Legislative Council of Montserrat. Bodkin was born on Montserrat and she worked as a secondary school maths teacher who went on to be Montserrat's Director of Statistics, She held that role for 15 years. On 6 April 2010, Bodkin was selected as the first female Speaker of the island's Legislative Council.Teresina Bodkin caribbeanelections.com. KnowledgeWalk Institute, Retrieved 12 February 2016 Bodkin was supported in this new role by six months of training by former speaker Sir Howard Fergus. During that time Fergus returned to his former role replacing the previous speaker, Joseph Meade. Bodkin served until Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Bodkin
Shane may refer to: People * Shane (actress) (born 1969), American pornographic actress * Shane (New Zealand singer) (born 1946) * iamnotshane (born 1995), formerly known as Shane, American singer * Shane (name), a masculine given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with this name Arts, entertainment, and media Literature and adaptations * ''Shane'' (novel), a 1949 Western novel by Jack Schaefer ** ''Shane'' (film), a 1953 movie based on Schaefer's book ** ''Shane'' (American TV series), a 1966 American television series based on Schaefer's book, starring David Carradine, that aired on ABC Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Shane'' (British TV series), 2004 sitcom written by and starring Frank Skinner * The Shanes (German band), a German rock band * The Shanes (Swedish band), a Swedish rock band Other uses * 1994 Shane, an asteroid * Shane Company, a jewelry store * Shane English School, an English conversation scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bodkin
Richard Bodkin was the mayor of Galway from 1610 to 1611. Bodkin was sworn into office on 29 September 1610. As Galway was granted a new charter on 18 December by James II, Bodkin appears to have been the first mayor to have a sword borne before him. The sword is still property of Galway corporation. The title of bailiff, the mayor's two deputies, was changed to sheriff, the first two being Patrick Martyn and Christopher Bodkin. See also * Tomás Bobhdacing * Thomas Bodkin * John Bodkin fitz Richard * John Bodkin fitz Dominick * John Bodkin * Dominick Dáll Bodkin * Tribes of Galway * Galway References * ''History of Galway'', James Hardiman, Galway, 1820. * ''Old Galway'', Maureen Donovan O'Sullivan Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan was Professor of History at Queens College, Galway (now NUI Galway) from 1914 to 1957. Biography One of ten children, four of whom survived infancy, Donovan was born at Fair Hill Road in Galway on 24 November ..., 1942. * Henry, William ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odds Bodkin
Odds Bodkin (born February 14, 1953) is the pseudonym of an United States, American Storytelling, storyteller, musician, and author who has published a number of spoken and/or musical interpretations of traditional tales, as well as a number of original tales and children's books. "Little Proto's T-Rex Adventure" was awarded the Parents' Choice Award, Parents' Choice Gold Award. Odds and his family live in Bradford, New Hampshire. Bodkin tours both nationally and internationally, appearing at storytelling festivals, schools, universities, theaters and museums. He has performed at the White House and the National Storytelling Festival. Recent Bodkin projects include The Vanishers: The App that Brings Objects to Life, a story-based Alternative Reality Game (ARG) for museums and outdoor places, and Young Hercules: The Legendary Bully, an empathy-awareness program for middle, high school and college students. Under the pseudonym "McKenzie Bodkin", Bodkin's original epic poem ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Bodkin
Sir Archibald Henry Bodkin KCB (1 April 1862''London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812'' – 31 December 1957) was an English lawyer and the Director of Public Prosecutions from 1920 to 1930. He particularly took a stand against the publication of what he saw as 'obscene' literature. Early life and education Bodkin was born in St Pancras, Middlesex, into a noted legal family, the son of William Peter Bodkin and Elizabeth Clowser, and grandson of judge and politician Sir William Henry Bodkin. His father succeeded his own father as chairman of the old Middlesex Sessions and of the Highgate Bench. He was also the nephew of Sir Harry Bodkin Poland, "the greatest criminal lawyer of his day." He was educated at Cholmeley School in Highgate. After completing his schooling, it was originally intended that he should join his brother on a South African farm; to this end, he spent a year working on a farm near Barnsley. However, he had already exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
