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Chattock (other)
Chattock may refer to People *Richard Samuel Chattock (1825–1906), English painter and etcher *Arthur Prince Chattock (1860–1934), British physicist *John Osler Chattock Hayes Vice Admiral (Royal Navy), Vice Admiral Sir John Osler Chattock Hayes Order of the Bath, KCB Order of the British Empire, OBE Deputy Lieutenant, DL (9 May 1913 – 7 September 1998) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary. Naval c ... (1913–1998), Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary See also * Chaddock (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Samuel Chattock
Richard Samuel Chattock (23 August 1825 – 30 January 1906) was an English printmaker, painter and etcher. Biography Chattock was born in Solihull (then in Warwickshire), the third son of Thomas Chattock, a solicitor. After studying at Rugby School, he too entered the legal profession. However, in the late 1850s he began following his interest in art, exhibiting his work in the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. From 1869 to 1891, he exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts. Chattock often painted rural scenes and architectural subjects. In 1872, he completed his most famous works, sixteen etchings that depict the industrial landscape of the Black Country considered an unusual choice for artists. For each etching, Chattock gave a description of what is being portrayed, and often how the objects in the etchings were used in the industry. While these descriptions tell of the "intense desolation" of the Black Country, due to an industry that "ransacked tsdepths", Chattock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Prince Chattock
Arthur Prince Chattock, FRS (14 August 1860 – 1 July 1934) was a British physicist. Career Chattock was educated at University College School and University College London. After a short time as an electrical engineer for Siemens he returned to University College, London to study under George Carey Foster. In 1885 he succeeded Silvanus P. Thompson at University College, Bristol as demonstrator in Physics. Chattock spent two years (1887-9) in Liverpool with Oliver Lodge where in February 1888 he worked on key experiments towards the understanding of radio waves. Later he returned to Bristol and took up the chair of Physics in 1893. Chattock had to leave the university in 1910 as it struggled with its new university status, the acting head of the physics department role being taken by Arthur Mannering Tyndall. After leaving Chattock became a chicken farmer in Crowcombe, Somerset. But Tyndall invited Chattock back after the war in 1919 where he carried out definitive ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Osler Chattock Hayes
Vice Admiral (Royal Navy), Vice Admiral Sir John Osler Chattock Hayes Order of the Bath, KCB Order of the British Empire, OBE Deputy Lieutenant, DL (9 May 1913 – 7 September 1998) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary. Naval career Educated at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Hayes joined the Royal Navy in 1927. He served in World War II as a Navigation Officer on HMS Repulse (1916), HMS Repulse and survived her sinking by Japanese air attack in December 1941.Obituary: Admiral Sir John Hayes ''The Independent'', 29 September 1998 He then became naval liaison officer to the 2nd Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was present at the surrender of Singapore and in February 1942 and then saw the disintegrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |