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Calthrop (weed)
Calthrop may refer to: * (1878–1937), English author, illustrator * Donald Calthrop (1888–1940), English film actor * Everard Calthrop (1857–1927), British railway engineer and inventor * Gladys Calthrop (1894–1980), British artist and set designer * Guy Calthrop (1870–1919), British railway administrator and brother of Everard See also * Caltrop, a weapon used against cavalry * Calthorpe (other) Calthorpe may refer to: People * Calthorpe (surname) Places *Calthorpe Broad, Norfolk, England *Calthorpe, Norfolk, England *Calthorpe, Oxfordshire, England Other uses *Calthorpe cars, made in England up to 1928 *Baron Calthorpe, extinct title i ... * Calthrop (weed), toxic weed References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Calthrop
Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatre, London. His first film was '' The Gay Lord Quex'' released in 1917. He starred as the title character in the successful musical '' The Boy'' in the same year. He then appeared in more than 60 films between 1916 and 1940, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He died in Eton, Berkshire from a heart attack while he was filming ''Major Barbara'' (1941). According to Ronald Neame in his autobiography, some shots in the final film had a stand-in playing Calthrop's role (from the back) and a piece of dialogue was recorded using an unnamed person who impersonated Calthrop's voice. He was the nephew of dramatist Dion Boucicault. Selected filmography * ''Altar Chains'' (1916) * ''Masks and Faces'' (1917) - Lovell * '' The Gay Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everard Calthrop
Everard Richard Calthrop (3 March 1857 – 30 March 1927) was a British railway engineer and inventor. Calthrop was a notable promoter and builder of narrow-gauge railways, especially of narrow gauge, and was especially prominent in India. His most notable achievement was the Barsi Light Railway, but he is best known in his home country for the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway. Calthrop has been described as a "railway genius".Bennett, Paul ''Pickled Passengers – The Narrow Gauge number 219''. Narrow Gauge Railway Society. Later in life he took an interest in aviation, patenting some early designs for parachutes. Early life and career Calthrop was born on 3 March 1857, the eldest son of farmer Everard Calthrop. He had six brothers, one of whom was Sir Guy Calthrop, general manager of the London & North Western Railway. The family lived at Deeping Fen, Lincolnshire, where Calthrop was born, and later at Sutton in the Isle of Ely. Calthrop was educated at Uppingham S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys Calthrop
Gladys Edith Mabel Calthrop (''née'' Treeby; 29 March 1894 – 7 March 1980) was an artist and leading British stage designer. She is best known as the set and costume designer for many of Noël Coward's plays and musicals. Life and career Calthrop was born in Ashton, Devon, the daughter of Frederick Theophilus Treeby and his wife Mabel. She was educated at Grassendale School, Southbourne, West Sussex. Her parents sent her to a finishing school in Paris, and she returned married to Army captain Everard E. Calthrop, from Norfolk. The couple had a son, Hugo, whose care Calthrop entrusted mostly to her mother. He was later killed in Burma Campaign. She was soon separated from her husband (she had lesbian relationships thereafter) and studied art at Slade School of Fine Art. Calthrop was introduced to Noël Coward by Mrs. Astley Cooper while on holiday in Italy in 1921.Hoare, Philip. ''Noël Coward, A Biography''. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. , pp. 85–86"Mrs Gladys Calthrop – Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Calthrop
Sir Calthrop Guy Spencer Calthrop, 1st Baronet (26 March 1870 – 23 February 1919) was a British railway manager. Biography Born in Uppingham, Rutland, his brother was Everard Calthrop, railway engineer. He entered the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) as a Cadet at the age of 16 in 1886. In 1892 he was appointed outdoor assistant to the Superintendent of the Line at Euston railway station, Euston, and in 1894. In 1901 he became personal assistant to Sir Frederick Harrison (railway manager), Frederick Harrison. However, in 1902 Calthrop left the LNWR to take up a position as General Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway, and in 1908 was promoted to General Manager. In 1910 Calthrop left Britain to become General Manager of the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway. In 1913 Calthrop returned to Britain and the LNWR, where he was appointed General Manager of the LNWR in succession to Robert Turnbull (railway manager), Sir Robert Turnbull in 1914. During the First World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caltrop
A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's foot'' Battle of Alesia'' (Caesar's conquest of Gaul in 52 BC), Battlefield Detectives program, (2006), rebroadcast: 2008-09-08 on History Channel International (13:00-14:00 hrs EDST); Note: No mention of name caltrop at all, but illustrated and given as battle key to defend Roman lines of circumvallation per recent digs evidence.) is an area denial weapon made up of two or more sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable base (for example, a tetrahedron). Historically, caltrops were part of defences that served to slow the advance of troops, especially horses, chariots, and war elephants, and were particularly effective against the soft feet of Camel cavalry, camels. In modern times, caltrops are effective when used against wheeled vehicles with pneumatic tires. Name The modern name "caltrop" is derived from the Old Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calthorpe (other)
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Calthorpe may refer to: People * Calthorpe (surname) Places *Calthorpe Broad, Norfolk, England *Calthorpe, Norfolk, England *Calthorpe, Oxfordshire, England Other uses *Calthorpe cars, made in England up to 1928 *Baron Calthorpe, extinct title in the Peerage of England *Calthorpe Clinic, abortion clinic in England * Calthorpe F.C., defunct football club from Birmingham, England See also *Gough-Calthorpe family *Calthrop Calthrop may refer to: * (1878–1937), English author, illustrator * Donald Calthrop (1888–1940), English film actor * Everard Calthrop (1857–1927), British railway engineer and inventor * Gladys Calthrop (1894–1980), British artist and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calthrop (weed)
Calthrop may refer to: * (1878–1937), English author, illustrator * Donald Calthrop (1888–1940), English film actor * Everard Calthrop (1857–1927), British railway engineer and inventor * Gladys Calthrop (1894–1980), British artist and set designer * Guy Calthrop (1870–1919), British railway administrator and brother of Everard See also * Caltrop, a weapon used against cavalry * Calthorpe (other) Calthorpe may refer to: People * Calthorpe (surname) Places *Calthorpe Broad, Norfolk, England *Calthorpe, Norfolk, England *Calthorpe, Oxfordshire, England Other uses *Calthorpe cars, made in England up to 1928 *Baron Calthorpe, extinct title i ... * Calthrop (weed), toxic weed References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
