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Charlton (given Name)
Charlton is an English-language masculine given name that may refer to: * Charlton Brooker (born 1971), English satirist commonly known as Charlie Brooker * Charlton Brosius (1876–1956), American Army officer * Charlton Eagle (born 1963), Australian tennis player * Charlton Ehizuelen (born 1953), Nigerian track and field athlete * Charlton Harrison (1881–1951), British civil engineer * Charlton Heston (1923–2008), American actor * Charlton Hill (born 1975), Australian musician * Charlton Howard (born 2003), Australian rapper, singer, and songwriter, known professionally as the Kid Laroi * Charlton Jimerson (born 1979), American baseball player * Charlton Keith (born 1982), American football linebacker * Charlton Laird (1901–1984), American linguist * Charlton Lane (1836–1892), English amateur cricketer known as C. G. Lane * Charlton Thomas Lewis (1834–1904), American lawyer and author * Charlton Mashumba (born 1992), Zimbabwean footballer * Charlton Monypenny (1867 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Brooker
Charlton Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English television presenter, writer, producer and satirist. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the sci-fi drama anthology series '' Black Mirror'', and has written for comedy series such as '' Brass Eye'', ''The 11 O'Clock Show'' and ''Nathan Barley''. Brooker started his career as a cartoonist; he produced adverts for the second-hand video game retailer CeX before becoming a journalist for ''PC Zone.'' He has presented a number of television shows, mostly consisting of satirical and biting criticism of modern society and the media, such as ''Screenwipe'', '' Gameswipe'', ''Newswipe'', ''Weekly Wipe'', and ''10 O'Clock Live''. He also wrote the 2008 horror drama series ''Dead Set''. He has written social criticism pieces for ''The Guardian'' and is one of four creative directors of the production company Zeppotron. Early life Charlie Brooker was born on 3 March 1971 in Reading, Berkshire. He grew up in a relaxed Quaker househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Nesbit
Charlton Nesbit (1775 – 11 November 1838) was a British wood-engraver. Life Nesbit was born in Swalwell in County Durham, the son of a keelman. Nesbit became the wood-engraver Thomas Bewick's apprentice in Newcastle upon Tyne around 1789. During his apprenticeship, he drew and engraved the bird's nest that heads the preface in the first volume of ''A History of British Birds'', and he engraved the majority of vignettes and tail-pieces for ''Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell'', 1795. In 1796, Nesbit engraved a memorial cut to another of Bewick's apprentices, Robert Johnson (1770–1796), from one of that artist's designs, and a little more than a year later, for the benefit of Johnson's parents, a large block after a watercolour by Johnson of a north view of St Nicholas's Church, Newcastle. This print, fifteen inches by twelve, was one of the largest wood-engravings ever attempted in the precise mode of Bewick's shop. Nesbit presented an example of this print to the Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Given Names
English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname, also referred to as a last name. There can be several given names, some of these being often referred to as a second name, or middle name(s). Given names Most given names used in England do not have English derivation. Most traditional names are Hebrew (Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Susan), Greek (Nicholas, Dorothy, George, Helen), Germanic names adopted via the transmission of Old French/Norman (Robert, Richard, Gertrude, Charlotte), or Latin (Adrian, Amelia, Patrick). There remains a limited set of given names which have an actual English derivation (see Anglo-Saxon names); examples include Alfred, Ashley, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Harold and Oswald. A distinctive feature of Anglophone names is the surnames of importa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton (surname)
Charlton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alethea Charlton, British actress * Alex Charlton, American politician * Betty Jo Charlton, American politician * Bobby Charlton, English footballer * Brian Charlton, Canadian politician * Chris Charlton, Canadian politician * Conrad Charlton (1888–1976), Australian radio personality * Daphne Charlton (1909–1991), English artist * Dave Charlton (1936–2013), South African Formula One driver * Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player * Edward Colquhoun Charlton, English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross * Evan Charlton (1904–1984), British artist * Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), British artist * Hall Charlton, English rugby union footballer * Jack Charlton (1935–2020), English footballer and manager * James Charlton (other), multiple people * John Charlton (other), multiple people * Joseph Charlton (born 1997), American football player * Ken Charlton (basketball), America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Young
Charlton Young (born August 15, 1971) is an American college basketball assistant coach at the University of Missouri and the former head coach of the Georgia Southern University Eagles men's basketball team, located in Statesboro, Georgia. He was the head coach of the Eagles from 2009-2013 and was the twelfth coach in the history of the program, replacing Jeff Price. The Eagles were collectively and individually successful during his four seasons as the head coach at the Statesboro, Georgia school. He led the Eagles to a second-place finish in the Southern Conference standings in 2012 as the team earned the second-best turnaround in league history. For his efforts he was honored as the Southern Conference Coach of the Year by multiple publications (including rushthecourt.net) and was a finalist for the Ben Jobe Award which is presented annually to the top Division I minority head coach. Young coached four All-Southern Conference selections including Willie Powers (all-confere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Wong
Charlton Wong Chi Tang (; ; born 23 November 1979) is a former football referee. He officiated in the Hong Kong First Division League The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia. The league was formerly the highest division in Hong Kong until the formation o .... He is now the discipline master and a math teacher of STFA Seaward Woo College Career Hong Kong First Division League matches * 2007–08: 9 matches * 2008–09: 13 matches * 2009–10: 15 matches References FIFA.com - Hong Kong: Referees (cached on 27 November 2010) External links * Hong Kong football referees 1979 births Living people {{HongKong-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Wollaston
Charlton Wollaston (1733–1764) was an English medical doctor, physician to Guy's Hospital from 1762. He was also physician to the Queen's Household. He was a son of Francis Wollaston (1694–1774), and entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1748. He graduated M.B. in 1753, and M.D. in 1758. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756, and was Harveian Orator The Harveian Oration is a yearly lecture held at the Royal College of Physicians of London. It was instituted in 1656 by William Harvey, discoverer of the systemic circulation. Harvey made financial provision for the college to hold an annual feas ... in 1763. Family Wollaston married in 1758 Phyllis Byam. Charlton Byam Wollaston (1765–1840), Assistant Judge Advocate, was their son. Notes 1733 births 1764 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society {{UK-med-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Vicento
Charlton Juan Vicento (born 19 January 1991) is a Curaçaoan footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who plays as a winger for VV Oosterhout and the Curaçao national team. Club career Vicento made his Eredivisie debut for ADO Den Haag on 15 August 2009, starting in a match against FC Twente at the Den Haag Stadion. His first goal came on 24 October 2009, in a match against Sparta Rotterdam. Vicento made a total of 14 appearances in the Eredivisie for the 2009–10 Eredivisie, 2009–10 season, scoring one goal. International career Youth Vicento represented the Netherlands national under-19 football team, Netherlands U-19 team in the qualification rounds for the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. On 14 November 2009, Vicento scored his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Templeman Speer
Charlton Templeman Speer (21 November 1859 – 27 October 1921) also known as Charlton T. Speer was an English composer and spiritualist. Career Speer was born in Cheltenham, he was the son of physician Stanhope Templeman Speer. During the 1870s, William Stainton Moses tutored Speer. He became a successful composer and Professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music. Like his father, Speer was a convinced spiritualist. He joined the London Spiritualist Alliance in March 1884. He married Amy Matilda Hallett in 1887. He died in Sutton, London Sutton is the principal town in the London Borough of Sutton in South London, England. It lies on the lower slopes of the North Downs, and is the administrative headquarters of the Outer London borough. It is south-south west of Charing Cross .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton W
Charlton may refer to: People * Charlton (surname) * Charlton (given name) Places Australia * Charlton, Queensland * Charlton, Victoria * Division of Charlton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales Canada * Charlton, Ontario * Charlton Island, Nunavut England * Hundred of Charlton, a hundred in the Wokingham area of Berkshire * Charlton, Bristol, a village in Gloucestershire near Bristol, demolished in 1949 * Charlton, Hampshire * Charlton, Hertfordshire * Charlton, London, formerly a village, now a district * Charlton, Northamptonshire * Charlton, Northumberland * Charlton, Oxfordshire, a location in Wantage * Charlton, Shropshire, a location * Charlton, Kilmersdon, Mendip district, Somerset * Charlton, Shepton Mallet, Mendip district, Somerset * Charlton, Taunton Deane, Somerset * Charlton, Surrey (formerly Middlesex) * Charlton, West Sussex * Charlton, Brinkworth, Wiltshire * Charlton, Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Spinks
Major-General Sir Charlton Watson Spinks (1877-1959) was a British Army officer who became Sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian Army. Military career Spinks was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17 March 1900. He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 April 1901, and in March 1902 was seconded for service under the Colonial Office, where he was attached to the Northern Nigeria Regiment. He took part in operations in the Kano-Sokoto Campaign in 1903 and operations against the Okpotos in Bassa Province in 1904. After taking part in World War I, he became the last Sirdar of Egypt serving from 1924 to 1937. His predecessor Sir Lee Stack was assassinated while being driven through central Cairo. Among other honours, Spinks was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlton Rafaela
Charlton Rafaela (born 23 July 1977 in Willemstad) is an Antillean sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres. Rafaela is a former track and field athlete of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in San Germán. He graduated in Physical Education at a secondary level and finished his master's degree in sports training and teaching in physical education. Rafaela finished sixth in the 4 x 100 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ... at the 2005 World Championships, together with teammates Geronimo Goeloe, Jairo Duzant and Churandy Martina. Achievements References External links * 1977 births Living people Dutch Antillean male sprinters Sportspeople from Willemstad Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
