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Charles Creighton (other)
Charles Creighton may refer to: * Charles Creighton (physician) (1847–1927), British physician and medical author * Charles Creighton (referee) Charles Edward Creighton (born August 6, 1876 - died July 30, 1949) was an Irish-American soccer referee. Born in Belfast, Ireland, Creighton moved to the United States in his twenties. He was selected to referee the first National Challenge C ... (1876–1949), Irish-American soccer referee * Charles F. Creighton (1863–1907), Attorney General of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1892 * Charles W. Creighton (1885–1947), American politician and lawyer {{hndis, Creighton, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Creighton (physician)
Charles Creighton (22 November 1847 – 18 July 1927) was a British physician and medical author. He was highly regarded for his scholarly writings on medical history but was widely denounced for disputing the germ theory of infectious diseases. Biography Creighton was born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the oldest son of Alexander Creighton and Agnes Brand Creighton. He received a scholarship to attend the University of Aberdeen and received his M.A. in 1867. He then enrolled as a medical student and passed his M.B. and M.S. exams in 1871. After graduation, he studied for a brief time with Karl von Rokitansky in Vienna and Rudolf Virchow in Berlin. He was awarded his M.D. in 1878.Cook, G. C. (2000)''Charles Creighton (1847–1927): Eminent Medical Historian but Vehement Anti-Jennerian'' ''Journal of Medical Biography'' 8 (2): 83-88. After returning from Berlin in 1872, Creighton worked in London as a hospital registrar until his appointment in 1876 as demonstrator o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Creighton (referee)
Charles Edward Creighton (born August 6, 1876 - died July 30, 1949) was an Irish-American soccer referee. Born in Belfast, Ireland, Creighton moved to the United States in his twenties. He was selected to referee the first National Challenge Cup in 1914. He was again in the middle for the 1918 National Challenge Cup, 1927 National Challenge Cup and the first game of the 1931 National Challenge Cup. He also refereed two American Cup championship finals, one in 1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo .... On November 6, 1926, he refereed his only international match, a U.S. win over Canada. External links The Man in the Middle 1876 births 1949 deaths Sportspeople from Belfast Irish emigrants to the United States American soccer referees {{US-footy-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles F
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |