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Charles Butler
Charles or Charlie Butler may refer to: Legal profession *Charles Butler (lawyer) (1750–1832), English lawyer and writer *Charles Butler (NYU) (1802–1897), American lawyer and philanthropist * Charles C. Butler (1865 – after 1937), Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court *Charles Henry Butler (1859–1940), American lawyer and Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court * Charles Randolph Butler Jr. (born 1940), U.S. federal judge Sportspeople *Charles Butler (cricketer) (1854–1937), Tasmanian cricketer *Charles Butler (figure skater) (born 1979), American ice dancer * Charles Butler (umpire) (1867-?), American professional baseball umpire * Charles Thomas Butler (born 1932), American bobsledder and Olympic medal winner *Charlie Butler (1897–1963), English footballer *Charlie Butler (Australian footballer) (1881–1945), Australian rules footballer *Charlie Butler (baseball) (1906–1964), Major League Baseball pitcher Other *Charles Butler (author) (born 1963 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Charles Butler
Sir Clifford Charles Butler FRS (20 May 1922 – 30 June 1999) was an English physicist, best known for the discovery of the hyperon and meson types of particles. In later life, Butler was involved in educational policy, serving as director of the Nuffield Foundation and vice-chancellor of Loughborough University. Life Butler was born in Reading on 20 May 1922, the son of Charles Hannington James Butler, a clerk and buyer to a local wholesale grocer, and his wife Olive Pembroke. He attended both Reading School and the University of Reading, becoming both a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy there. He was appointed assistant lecturer in physics at the University of Manchester in 1945, and lecturer in 1947. In the same year he married Kathleen Betty Collins. They had two daughters. He died in Glenfield Hospital, near Leicester on 30 June 1999. Work At Manchester, Butler worked with G. D. Rochester, studying cosmic rays using a cloud chamber. During this researc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Butler (author)
Catherine Butler (born 25 January 1963 in Romsey, Hampshire; formerly Charles Cadman Butler) is an English academic and author of children's fiction. Butler's most important academic work, ''Four British fantasists : place and culture in the children's fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper'' won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (2009) in the Mythopoeic Scholarship category and is in 236 libraries according to WorldCat, and has been reviewed in the standard book review sources and academic journals. Another academic work, ''Teaching Children's Fiction'' is in 148 libraries. Of Butler's fiction, ''Timon's Tide'' is the most widely held and reviewed: over 300 libraries & reviews.'' Voice of Youth Advocates'' June 2000 v23 p123 Among her other fiction, ''Death of a Ghost'', ''The Fetch of Mardy Watt'', ''Calypso Dreaming'', ''The Lurkers'', are each in about 100 libraries and with journal reviews. Other publications Butler's works inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Butler (baseball)
Charles Thomas Butler (May 12, 1906 – May 10, 1964) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Butler played for the Philadelphia Phillies in . In 1 career game, he had a 0–0 record with a 9.00 ERA. He batted right and threw left-handed. Butler was born in Green Cove Springs, Florida, and died in Brunswick, Georgia Brunswick () is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coastline after Sa ..., at the age of 57. External links 1906 births 1964 deaths Philadelphia Phillies players Baseball players from Florida People from Green Cove Springs, Florida Albany Senators players Charlotte Hornets (baseball) players Columbia Senators players Montreal Royals players Wilmington Pirates players Burials at Ferncliff Cemetery {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Salisbury Butler
Charles Salisbury Butler (1812 – 12 November 1870) was a British Liberal Party and Radical politician. Family and early life Born in 1812, Butler was the son of John and Elizabeth Mary (née Butt) Butler. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Kingstone, in 1833 and they had eight children: Charles Edward Kingstone (died 1869); John Banks Meek; Elizabeth Lecesne Kingstone; Emily; Sophia; Frances; Rosa Seldon; and Louisa. Political career Butler was elected Radical MP for Tower Hamlets at the 1852 general election and, joining the Liberal Party upon its formation in 1859, he held the seat until 1868 when he stood down. Other activities Butler was also a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex, City of Westminster and the Liberties of the Tower of London as well as Deputy Lieutenant for the latter. He also held the role of Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of the Liberties of Her Majesty's Tower and of the Court of Lieutenancy of the Tower Hamlets, and Chairman of the Divisional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles S
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ernest Butler
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles E
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daws Butler
Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Auggie Doggie, Loopy De Loop, Wally Gator, Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey, Snooper and Blabber, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson, Peter Potamus, The Funky Phantom and Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!, Hair Bear. Early life and career Butler was born on November 16, 1916, in Toledo, Ohio, the only child of Charles Allen Butler and Ruth Butler. The family later moved from Ohio to Oak Park, Illinois, where Butler became interested in impersonating people. In 1935, the future voice master started as an Impressionist (entertainment), impressionist, entering multiple amateur contests and winning most of them. He had entered them not with the intention of showing his talent, but as a personal challeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Butler, 1st Earl Of Arran
Lieutenant-General Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran (of the second creation), ''de jure'' 3rd Duke of Ormonde (1671–1758) was an Anglo-Irish peer. His uncle Richard was the 1st Earl of Arran of the first creation. The titles were re-created for Charles in 1693. His elder brother, the 2nd Duke of Ormonde, was attainted during the Jacobite rising of 1715, but in 1721 Arran was allowed to buy the estate back. At the death of the 2nd Duke, he succeeded as ''de jure'' 3rd Duke of Ormonde in the Irish peerage but did not claim the title. Birth and origin Charles was born on 4 September 1671. He was the youngest son of Thomas Butler and his wife Emilia. His father was known as Lord Ossory and was heir apparent of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond but predeceased him and so never became duke. His father's family, the Butler dynasty, was Old English and descended from Theobald Walter, who had been appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. Charles's mother was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Butler (beekeeper)
Charles Butler (1571 – 29 March 1647), sometimes called the ''Father of English Beekeeping'', was a logician, grammarist, author, priest (Vicar of Wootton St Lawrence, near Basingstoke, England), and an influential beekeeper. He was also an early proponent of English spelling reform. He observed that bees produce wax combs from scales of wax produced in their own bodies; and he was among the first to assert that drones are male and the queen female, though he believed worker bees lay eggs. Biography Butler was born into a poor family in Buckinghamshire, South East England, but became a boy chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford at the age of eight. At the age of ten, he matriculated, taking his BA in 1584 and his MA in 1587. In 1593, Butler became Rector of Nately Scures in Hampshire in 1593 and in 1595 became also Master at the Holy Ghost School, Basingstoke. He resigned to accept an incumbency at Wootton St Lawrence in 1600 and served that rural post until his death on 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Butler (lawyer)
Charles Butler KC (14 August 1750 – 2 June 1832) was an English Roman Catholic lawyer and miscellaneous writer. Biography Charles Butler was born in London, the son of James Butler, a nephew of Alban Butler. He was educated at Douai. In 1769 he became apprenticed to the conveyancer John Maire, and subsequently (on Maire's death in 1773) to Matthew Duane. In 1775 he set up his own conveyancing practice and entered Lincoln's Inn. He edited, with Francis Hargrave, ''Coke upon Lyttleton'', published in 1775. Peter Bellinger Brodie was one of his students. A 1777 pamphlet supporting naval impressments won him the patronage of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, but Butler withdrew from general political activity to press for Catholic relief. Secretary of the Catholic Committee from 1782, he was appointed by them to draft a new relief bill in 1788: despite controversy within the English Catholic community over the extent to which the Catholic condition should be assimila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Butler (NYU)
Charles Butler (February 15, 1802 – December 13, 1897) was an American lawyer and philanthropist. Biography Charles Butler was born at Kinderhook Landing, Columbia County, New York. He studied law in the office of Martin Van Buren at Albany, and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He became wealthy by accumulating land at the site of Chicago, Illinois and through his investments in railways. It was his accumulation of Illinois land and railway building that helped turn Chicago into a city. He married Eliza A. Ogden in 1825. In 1835, he was one of the founders of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. In 1836, he was appointed to the council of NYU, (where he served as an instructor) and he was a long serving Council President. He was a younger brother of Benjamin Franklin Butler (US Attorney General under Martin Van Buren), and a relative of (both by blood and as an in-law), as well as a business associate of William Butler Ogden, the first mayor of Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
