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Catto (other)
Catto may refer to: Places * Cairn Catto, a prehistoric monument in Aberdeenshire, Scotland * Catto, Switzerland, a village in the Swiss municipality of Quinto, Ticino People * Charles Catto (1934–2006), ice hockey director of player personnel and general manager * Charles Gray Catto (1896–1972), American flying ace in World War I * Edoardo Catto (1900–1963), Italian professional footballer * Filipe Catto (born 1987), Brazilian singer, instrumentalist, composer, illustrator, and designer * Graeme Catto (born 1945), Scottish doctor, president of the General Medical Council * Harry Catto (1865–1912), American Negro league baseball outfielder * Henry E. Catto Jr. (1930–2011), American businessman and ambassador * Jamie Catto (born 1968), British singer/songwriter * Jeremy Catto (1939–2018), British historian * Malcolm Catto, English drummer and record producer * Max Catto (1907–1992), English playwright and novelist * Octavius Catto (1839–1871), American civil r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairn Catto
Cairn Catto is a Neolithic long cairn near the village of Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973. Description Cairn Catto is located southeast of Longside, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site is four miles north-west of Cruden Bay, to the west of the minor road between the A952 and the A950. The existing monument measures . It consists of several mounds of pink-granite stones of great length. The southwest end of the cairn has been robbed. Several holes have been discovered on the southeastern edge of the cairn. The Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead houses two stone axes that were found at Cairn Catto in 1885. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973. See also * Longman Hill * Morris Wells * Skelmuir Hill Skelmuir Hill is a landform in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This is the location of a trig point or official government survey marker. Skelmuir Hill is the sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Catto
Malcolm Catto is an English drummer and record producer. He is the co-founder and producer of the English psychedelic/jazz/experimental music group The Heliocentrics. They have so far released four of their own albums but have also issued collaborations with DJ Shadow, Mulatu Astatke, Lloyd Miller, Orlando Julius and Melvin Van Peebles. Apart from his work with The Heliocentrics, Catto has taken part as a drummer in many projects including MRR-ADM, Madlib, DJ Shadow Joshua Paul Davis (born June 29, 1972), better known by his stage name DJ Shadow, is an American DJ, songwriter and record producer. His debut studio album, '' Endtroducing.....'' was released in 1996. Biography Early years (1989–1995) DJ Sh ..., Connie Price and the Keystones, Quantic, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Redback, J. Rocc, M. Chop and The Poets of Rhythm. He has also previously released a solo album under the name Popcorn Bubblefish on the Mo Wax label in 2001. Along with all The Heliocentric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cato (other)
Cato typically refers to either Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger, both of the Porcii Catones family of Rome. It may also refer to: People Ancient Romans * Porcii Catones, a plebeian family at Ancient Rome * Cato the Elder (Cato Maior) or "the Censor" (Marcus Porcius Cato 234–149 BC), Roman statesman ** Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus, son of Cato the Elder by his first wife Licinia, jurist *** Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 118 BC, died in Africa in the same year --> *** Gaius Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 114 BC ** Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus, son of Cato the Elder by his second wife Salonia, (born 154 BC, when his father had completed his eightieth year) *** Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Salonianus and father of Cato the Younger **** Cato the Younger (Cato Minor) "Cato of Utica" (Marcus Porcius Catō Uticēnsis 95–46 BC), politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic, remembered for his lengthy conflict with Gaius Julius Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catt (other)
Catt or CATT may refer to: People *Alfred Catt (1833–1919), Australian parliamentarian * Anthony Catt (1933–2018), English cricketer *Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947), American women's suffrage leader *Helena Catt, New Zealand public servant and academic *Ian Catt ( fl. 1990s), British record producer and musician *Mike Catt (born 1971), English rugby player *Nathan Catt (born 1988), English rugby union player Acronyms * Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, at the University of Maryland * Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement, an economics research organisation at the University of Pau, France * China Academy of Telecommunications Technology, a Chinese institute * Combined Arms Tactical Trainer, a British Army training installation * New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications, at Polytechnic Institute of New York University See also * Sidney J. Catts (1863–1936), American politician * Catto (other) * Cat * Kett KET ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Catto
Baron Catto, of Cairncatto in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. The only hereditary peerage newly conferred during the reign of King Edward VIII, the barony was created on 24 February 1936 for the businessman, banker and public servant, Sir Thomas Catto, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Peterhead, on 5 July 1921. the titles are held by his grandson, the third baron, who succeeded his father in 2001. Barons Catto (1936) * Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto (1879–1959) * Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (1923–2001) *Innes Gordon Catto, 3rd Baron Catto (b. 1950) The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother the Hon. Alexander Gordon Catto (b. 1952) The heir presumptive's heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William D
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto
Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto CBE PC (15 March 1879 – 23 August 1959) was a Scottish businessman and later Governor of the Bank of England. Early life and education Catto was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, to William and Isabella Catto. His father, a shipwright, had moved to Newcastle to find work, but died less than a year after Thomas was born and the family returned to their hometown of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. They later moved back to Newcastle and Catto won a scholarship to Heaton School (later Rutherford College of Technology). Shipping At the age of fifteen, Catto joined the Gordon Steam Shipping Company as a clerk. In 1898 he became secretary to William Horwood Stuart, managing partner of F. A. Mattievich & Co, based in Batumi and Baku, Russia. In 1904 he was offered the management of the new London office of MacAndrews & Forbes, an American firm with interests in the East, one of whose partners was David Forbes, a fellow Scot with whom he had become friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto
Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (14 January 1923 – 3 September 2001), was a British banker and businessman. Educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, Catto in 1948 joined merchant bank Morgan Grenfell & Co. (where his father had previously been a partner) after four years service in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. He was appointed a director in 1957 and chairman of the bank in 1974. He became chairman of the group holding company, Morgan Grenfell Holdings, in 1979.Burk, p. 241 Other directorships held included Yule Catto & Co plc (from 1960, Chairman from 1971 until 23 May 2000) and Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd. Arms Notes ;Citations ;References * Further reading *Richard Roberts‘Catto, Stephen Gordon, second Baron Catto (1923–2001)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', online edn, Oxford University Press, Jan 2005 External linksYule Catto & Co plc {{DEFAULTSORT:Catto, Stephen 1923 births 2001 deaths People educated at Et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Catto
Sally Catto is general manager for programming at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. .... Catto has explained the balancing act she and her colleagues must tread, in choosing productions to fund that help preserve a Canadian identity. In a profile in '' Playback magazine'' Catto described how her team had a mandate to take risks, when taking CBC programming in a new direction. The profile offered the recently broadcast ''Book of Negroes'' miniseries as an example of the success of this new initiative. Prior to joining the ''CBC'' Catto worked as a lawyer, and as a literary agent. Prior to taking on responsibility for all programming Catto was a producer for several well-reviewed series, including ''Intelligence'' and '' Murdoch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavius Catto
Octavius Valentine Catto (February 22, 1839 – October 10, 1871) was an educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist in Philadelphia. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored Youth, where he had also been educated. Born free in Charleston, South Carolina, in a prominent mixed-race family, he moved north as a boy with his family. After completing his education, he went into teaching, and becoming active in civil rights. He also became known as a top cricket and baseball player in 19th-century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A Republican, he was shot and killed in election-day violence in Philadelphia, where ethnic Irish of the Democratic Party, which was anti-Reconstruction and had opposed black suffrage, attacked black men to prevent their voting for Republican candidates. Early life Octavius Catto was born free, as his mother was free: Sarah Isabella Cain was a member of the city's prominent mixed-race DeReef family, which had been free for decades and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Catto
Maxwell Jeffrey Catto (29 July 1907 – 12 March 1992) was born Mark Finkell in Manchester, England and was an English playwright and novelist. Writing career Catto wrote adventure novels and dramas for more than four decades and also wrote under the pseudonym Simon Kent. Ten of his works were adapted for film, the most notable of which was the novel ''The Killing Frost'', which became Carol Reed's 1956 film ''Trapeze''. Although he was a holder of a degree in electrical engineering from Manchester University, Catto began writing novels and plays in the late 1930s. After a stint in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Catto returned to writing fiction. Exotic settings and fast-paced action were the trademarks of his novels, defying categorization into any one genre, instead blending elements of many popular literary styles. Much of his work has been translated into other languages. Works Novels under his own name * ''River Junk'' – Arthur Barker, 1937 * ''The Hairy Man'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Catto
Robert Jeremy Adam Inch Catto (27 July 1939 – 17 August 2018) was a British historian who was a Rhodes fellow and tutor in Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford, where he was also senior dean. Catto was a Brackenbury Scholar in History at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated with first-class honours. He held a master's degree (M.A.) and a doctorate (D.Phil.) From 1964 to 1969 he was employed as a tutor at Hatfield College, Durham. During this time he became acquainted with Mark Lancaster and Bryan Ferry, who were then art students in nearby Newcastle. His research interests lay in the politics and religion of later medieval England. In a piece in ''The Spectator'' to commemorate his retirement in June 2006, Alan Duncan MP described him as "the quintessential Oxford don ... if one were to devour C. P. Snow, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Porterhouse Blue, there is a smattering of Catto in each."Duncan, Alan (10 June 2006)The don who embodies Oxford ''The Spectator'' (volume 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
