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Charles Turner (other)
Charles Turner may refer to: Politicians American *Charles E. Turner (politician) (1886–1936), American real estate developer and mayor of Dallas, Texas *Charles H. Turner (attorney) (1936–2018), U.S. Attorney for Oregon *Charles Henry Turner (U.S. Representative) (1861–1913), U.S. Representative from New York *Charles W. Turner (attorney) (1846–1907), Adjutant General of Montana * Charles Turner Jr. (1760–1839), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts *Chuck Turner (1941–2019), Boston councilor British * Charles Turner (MP) (1803–1875), MP for Liverpool, South Lancashire and South West Lancashire * Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Warham (1666–1738), British Member of Parliament for King's Lynn, 1695–1738 *Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Kirkleatham (c. 1727–1783), British Member of Parliament for York, 1768–1783 *Sir Charles Turner, 2nd Baronet (1773–1810), British Member of Parliament for Hull, 1796–1802 Canadian *Charles Turner (Canadian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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] |
Charles Turner (English Composer)
Charles Turner (1907 – 1977) was an English composer and part-time spy, who took the last recorded British pre-World War II photographs of Adolf Hitler. Born in the early 1900s, Turner's life changed when his father died and his godfather Henry Pelham, 7th Duke of Newcastle took care of the young boy. Turner attended Worksop College, the public school endowed by the Duke of Newcastle. He gained a place at Cambridge university to study music. In the late 1920s into the 1930s he became a broadcast composer and fluent German speaker. In 1934 Turner made the first of a series of annual visits to the Wagner festival in Bayreuth in Bavaria. In 1938 the British secret service MI5, convinced war was imminent, needed to urgently examine and assess the German threat. Approached by mutual friend Alan Angles, later of the War Office and Directorate of Ministry of Aircraft Production, Turner was recruited to infiltrate Hitler's entourage at the 1939 Bayreuth Festival. Registered as a gues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Turner (bishop)
Charles Henry Turner (14 January 184213 July 1923) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Islington from 1898 to 1923. Charles Henry Turner was educated at Highgate School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained by Harold Browne, Bishop of Ely, in 1868, he was appointed Curate of Godmanchester then Chaplain to the Bishop of London. Afterwards he was Vicar of St Saviour's, Fitzroy Square in 1874, transferring to St George in the East, Shadwell five years later. Appointed to be Rural Dean of Stepney in 1897, he was ordained to the episcopate the following year. He was consecrated a bishop on the Feast of St Barnabas 1898 (11 June), at St Paul's Cathedral by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury. He served as Bishop suffragan of Islington, with responsibility for North London, which had hitherto been under the Bishops suffragan Bedford and then of Stepney. Turner was simultaneously Rector of St Andrew Undershaft. He died on 13 July 1923,The Times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Turner (British Army Officer)
Major-general Charles Turner (?11 March 1826) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. Career Turner became an ensign in the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot on 21 October 1795. After promotion to lieutenant, he saw service in Ireland and captured the Irish revolutionary Napper Tandy. Refusing to accept the reward offered for Tandy's capture, on 8 June 1803 the British government instead presented Turner with a Company in the Royal African Corps. He became a major in the Royal West India Rangers and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 28 May 1807. During the Peninsular War, Turner lost an arm at the Siege of Badajoz and retired on half-pay on 25 December 1818. Turner was awarded the Portuguese Commander of the Order of the Tower and Sword and the Turkish Order of the Crescent. Sierra Leone Following the death of incumbent governor Charles MacCarthy in 1824 in the First Anglo-Ashanti War (1823-1831), Turner was commissioned as Captain-general and appointed as G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Turner (footballer)
Charles J. Turner (born 30 November 1910, date of death unknown) was an Irish soccer international footballer. Biography Turner was a centre half and was capped 10 times for the Republic of Ireland at senior level. Turner was signed by Leeds as a twenty-one-year-old from Stalybridge Celtic in May 1933 but played mainly in the reserves before transferring to Southend United in June 1935. He made 99 league appearances at Southend before leaving for West Ham United during the 1937–38 season. He only made 11 league appearances for the Hammers before joining Hartlepool United at the beginning of the 1939–40 season. The Second World War intervened, however, before he ever got to play for Hartlepool. After the war, he moved back to Ireland where he was made player-coach of Waterford in the League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Turner (Canadian Football)
Charlie Turner (born December 12, 1944) is a former offensive lineman who played twelve seasons the Canadian Football League. He won two Grey Cups for the Edmonton Eskimos and another one with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award The Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award is annually awarded to the best offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. The two nominees for the award are the Leo Dandurand Trophy winner from the East Division, and the DeMarco-Becket Memor ... in 1975. References 1944 births Living people American players of Canadian football Canadian football offensive linemen Edmonton Elks players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Ohio Bobcats football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players {{offensive-lineman-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Turner (water Polo)
Charles Turner (born 3 September 1952) is an Australian water polo player. He represented Australia as a member of the Australia men's national water polo team at three Olympics: 1976 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics and Head Coach of the Australian team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He later became a sport administrator working for the New South Wales Institute of Sport. Personal Charles has two children named Francesca and Harry. Turner was born in Ardrossan in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on 9 September 1953. He later moved to Adelaide, South Australia. He has a brother, Michael Turner (water polo), Michael Turner, who also represented Australia in water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics. He is tall and weighs . Charles’ favourite niece is Grace. Water polo Player Turner became a member of the South Australia state representative team in 1968. He later joined the New South Wales representative team. In 1970, he was a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Turner (English Cricketer)
Charles Turner (11 March 1862 – 20 May 1926) was an English cricketer and British Army officer. Turner's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born in Gringley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire and died at Thatcham House, Thatcham, Berkshire. Cricket Turner made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Nottinghamshire in 1886. He played a further first-class match in 1886 against Sussex, before making a final appearance in 1889 against Middlesex. He scored 33 runs in his 3 matches, at a batting average of 6.60, with a high score of 17. He took 3 wickets with the ball, coming at 39.66 runs a piece, with best figures of 1/16. Personal life Prior to playing cricket, Turner was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Turner was a proficient sketcher and reporter, as reported by his commanding officer on 29 November 1882. The same year he served in the Egyptian campaign. The following year he undertook training at the School of Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Turner (Australian Cricketer)
Charles Thomas Biass Turner (16 November 1862 – 1 January 1944) was a bowler who is regarded as one of the finest ever produced by Australia. Among his accomplishments were: * taking 283 wickets in the English season of 1888 for 11.27 runs each. This tally was 69 wickets ahead of Ted Peate's 1882 record, and has been bettered only by Tom Richardson in 1895 and Tich Freeman in 1928 and 1933. * taking 314 wickets in all matches in 1888. * taking 106 wickets in twelve matches in the Australian season of 1887–88 – a record for any bowler in Australia * taking 17 wickets for 50 runs against An England Eleven at Hastings in 1888. Of these 17, 14 were bowled, two lbw and one stumped. * being the first Australian bowler to reach 100 wickets in Test matches. * his 12 for 87 against England in his record season of 1887–1888 is still the best bowling analysis for a Test at the SCG. * the only bowler to take 50 wickets in their first six Test matches. Turner was born in Bathu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Turner (engineer)
Charles William Oakey Turner (27 January 1901 – 18 May 1994) was a notable New Zealand mechanical and civil engineer, engineering administrator and consultant. He was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1901. In 1953, Turner was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. In the 1963 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a pe .... References External links Photos young 1901 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henry Turner (zoologist)
Charles Henry Turner (February 3, 1867 – February 14, 1923) was an American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist, known for his studies on the behavior of insects, particularly bees and ants. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Turner was the first African American to receive a graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati and most likely the first African American to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago. Being a black man in the eighteen hundreds he was a victim of racism. He spent most of his career as a high school teacher in Sumner High School in St. Louis. Biography Personal life Charles Henry Turner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 3, 1867. Notably, his birth came two years after the end of the Civil War. He was born to parents Thomas Turner, a church custodian, and Addie Campbell, a nurse. He married Leontine Troy in 1886. They had three children; Henry Owen Turner (1892–1956), Louise Mae Turner (1892,1894-?), and Darwin Romanes Turner (1894–1983). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Turner (musician)
Charles Henry Turner (May 26, 1936 – May 19, 2006) was an American jazz trumpeter. Turner performed with Frank Sinatra for eight years, as well as Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Ralph Flanagan, Harry James, Charlie Spivak, Count Basie and many other great musicians of the 20th century. In a career spanning over thirty years, he played lead trumpet for jazz bands, Las Vegas show bands, and Los Angeles studio Orchestras. Biography Charles Henry Turner was born to Charles Rodgers Turner and Norma (Durrance) Turner in 1936. Growing up in rural Bunnell, Florida as an only child, Charlie showed exceptional talent at an early age. After picking up the trumpet at 10 years of age he progressed rapidly as he played in junior high and high school bands. During his Bunnell High School years he also began to visit Florida State University, and played in FSU's Summer Band Camp Program until he graduated from Bunnell High in 1953. Charles officially enrolled in Florida State University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
