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Clifton (surname)
Clifton is a surname. People * Clifton (1817 cricketer), English cricketer * Allie Clifton (born 1988), American journalist *Bernie Clifton (born 1936), British comedian * Bill Clifton (born 1931), American musician *Brian Clifton (1934–2020), English footballer who played for Southampton and Grimsby Town *Chad Clifton (born 1976), offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers football team * Chas S. Clifton (born 1951), American academic * Chester Victor Clifton Jr. (1913–1991), Major General in the United States Army * Clifford Clifton (1626–1670), English landowner and politician * Connor Clifton (born 1995), American ice hockey player *Donald O. Clifton (1924–2003), American psychologist *Elmer Clifton (1890–1949), American writer and actor * Flea Clifton (1909–1997), American baseball player * Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton (1579–1618), of Barrington Court, Somerset *Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, (1587–1666), of Nottinghamshire * Sir Gervase Clifton, 2nd B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton (1817 Cricketer)
Clifton may refer to: People *Clifton (surname) *Clifton (given name) Places Australia * Clifton, Queensland, a town **Shire of Clifton *Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong *Clifton, Western Australia Canada * Clifton, Nova Scotia, a rural community *Clifton, a former name of New London, Prince Edward Island *Clifton, a former name of Niagara Falls England *Clifton, Bedfordshire *Clifton, Bristol, a suburb **Clifton Suspension Bridge * Clifton, Cheshire, a location *Clifton, Cumbria, village near Penrith *Great Clifton, Cumbria *Little Clifton, Cumbria *Clifton, Derbyshire * Clifton, Devon, a location * Clifton, Doncaster, village in the borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire *Clifton, Greater Manchester, in the City of Salford *Clifton, Lancashire, village west of Preston *Clifton, Northumberland, a hamlet *Clifton, Nottinghamshire, near Nottingham *North Clifton, Nottinghamshire *South Clifton, Nottinghamshire * Clifton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire *Clifton, York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Clifton
Helen Clifton (née Ashman) (4 May 1948 – 14 June 2011) was a British Salvation Army Commissioner. She spent her childhood in London, connected to the Edmonton Corps of The Salvation Army. She was a teacher before entering the International Training College at Denmark Hill, London, to become a full-time Officer of The Salvation Army. She married the 18th General of The Salvation Army, Shaw Clifton, in 1967. He died in May 2023. She held a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in English language and literature from Westfield College, University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ... and a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London. External linksThe Salvation Army international homepageGeneral Shaw Clifton and Commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Clifton
Phil Clifton is a British television and Sony nominated radio presenter, appearing on MTV (UK and Ireland), Radio X and formerly Channel 4. Career Radio Phil began presenting on Xfm London and Xfm Manchester in 2008. He was later nominated for a ' Sony Rising Star award' for his work on the station. Phil joined Radio X, right across the UK as part of a national relaunch for the station, hosting the evening show on weekdays from 19:00-22:00. He left Radio X in early 2017. Phil later appeared on Hits Radio briefly and joined the presenting team of Virgin Radio UK PRIDE in 2021. Television Clifton has also presented for MTV UK and Ireland, including his regular weekly show ''The Official UK Rock Chart''. Clifton hosted '' Don't Stop Believing Backstage'' for Channel 5, along with an official catch-up show on MySpace. Phil later joined the presenting team on ''Freshly Squeezed'', a music programme shown on Channel 4. Clifton was featured in the Red Pages 'Hot 100 to look out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Clifton
Peter Clifton (1941 – 31 May 2018), was an Australian film director. His most commercially successful work was the Led Zeppelin concert film '' The Song Remains the Same'' (1976). Clifton was born in Sydney and had experience in music film production prior to his involvement with Led Zeppelin, having made a 30-minute cinema short about Australian band The Easybeats' tour of England in 1967, called ''Somewhere Between Heaven And Woolworths'', and also having filmed Jimi Hendrix live in concert. In 1973 he also directed two films of music footage: ''Sound of the City: London 1964–73'' (also known as ''Rock City''), which featured both concert footage and interviews, and '' The London Rock and Roll Show'', which documented a major rock and roll festival held at Wembley Stadium, London, in August 1972. In 1974 he was planning to shoot a reggae film in Jamaica when he was approached by Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant, to complete their concert film. The film had origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Clifton
Pete Clifton is Editor-in-Chief at the Press Association (PA). Prior to the appointment he was Executive Producer for MSN in the UK and former Head of Editorial Development at BBC News. Career Clifton was previously the editor of Ceefax, and before joining the BBC was a news and sports reporter at the ''Chronicle and Echo'' in Northampton, a sports journalist at the Exchange Telegraph national news agency, chief sports sub at the UK's Press Association (PA) and editor of the PA's Teletext service. Clifton was involved in the founding of BBC News Online and also helped set up the BBC Sport website in 2000. He went on to become editor of BBC News Online in 2004, succeeding founding editor Mike Smartt, until he was promoted to head of BBC News Interactive in October 2005 with responsibility for BBC News Online, CBBC Newsround, the Ceefax teletext service, the digital text service, On This Day, BBC's Interactive TV, the Action Network and a variety of news services to mobile phones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Clifton
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton (born Clifton Nathaniel; October 13, 1922 – August 31, 1990) was an American professional basketball and baseball player. He is best known as one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Early life Born in England, Arkansas, Clifton was given the "Sweetwater" nickname as a boy because of his love of soft drinks and his easy disposition. His family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he became an outstanding basketball and baseball player at DuSable High School, graduating in 1942. He attended Xavier University of Louisiana and then served with the United States Army for three years, fighting in Europe during World War II. Early pro sports career After the war, Clifton joined the New York Rens, an all-black professional basketball team that toured throughout the United States. Noted for his large hands, which required a size 14 glove, he was invited to join the Harlem Globetrotters, for whom he played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Clifton
Mark Clifton (1906–1963) was an American science fiction writer, the co-winner of the second Hugo Award for best novel. He began publishing in May 1952 with the widely anthologized story "What Have I Done?". Series About half of his work falls into two series: the "Bossy" series, about a computer with artificial intelligence, was written either alone or in collaboration with Alex Apostolides or Frank Riley; and the "Ralph Kennedy" series, which is more comical, and was written mostly solo, including the novel ''When They Come From Space'', although there was one collaboration with Apostolides. Clifton gained his greatest success with his novel '' They'd Rather Be Right'' (also known as ''The Forever Machine''), co-written with Riley, which was serialized in ''Astounding'' during 1954, and which was awarded the Hugo Award. "Star Bright" Clifton's other most popular short story is "Star Bright," the first of three appearances in Horace Gold's '' Galaxy'' (July 1952), abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Phillips (murderer)
Joshua Earl Patrick Phillips (born March 17, 1984) is an American who was convicted of murder as a child. In November 1998, when he was 14 years old, Phillips killed Maddie Clifton, his 8-year-old friend and neighbor. The following year, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Phillips stated that he killed Clifton to stop her from crying after she was accidentally struck with a baseball while they were playing, and that he feared punishment from his abusive father. Although elements of Phillips's story are disputed, officials who were involved in his prosecution have subsequently expressed contrition over the severity of his sentence. Phillips is eligible for re-sentencing in 2023. Early life Phillips was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on March 17, 1984, to Steve and Melissa Phillips. Steve, a drug addict and alcoholic, was violent towards Phillips and Melissa, who both reported living in fear of him. Steve imposed strict rules on his son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Clifton
Ronald Kyle Clifton (born August 23, 1962) is a former American football linebacker who played 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets. After playing college football for TCU, he was drafted by the Jets in the third round (64th overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft. He led the NFL in solo tackles with 160 in 1985, 174 in 1986 and 162 in 1988. Additionally, he was in the top 10 of NFL solo tacklers in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991. He announced his retirement on February 14, 1997. At the time of his retirement, he was the second-leading tackler in NFL history and remains the Jets' all-time leading tackler. Clifton made 1,484 tackles over the course of his professional career ranking him 10th overall in combined tackles since 1987. Clifton attended high school in Bridgeport, Texas Bridgeport is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,923 in 2020. In 2009, Bridgeport was named by the Texas Legislature as the Stagec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Clifton
Kevin James Clifton (born 13 October 1982) is an English professional dancer and actor who was a professional dancer on the BBC TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', having previously worked as an assistant choreographer. He has also featured on '' Burn the Floor''. He was given the nickname "Kevin from Grimsby" by Sir Bruce Forsyth. On 15 December 2018, Clifton won the sixteenth series of Strictly with his celebrity partner Stacey Dooley, who has been his girlfriend since 2019. He appeared in every year's final from when he joined the show in 2013, with the exception of 2017 and 2019. He announced on 6 March 2020 that he was leaving the show, saying that he wanted to focus on "other areas of his career." Early life Clifton started dancing ballroom and Latin as a child in his home village of Waltham, near Grimsby, taught by his parents, former World Champions Keith and Judy Clifton. He competed nationally and internationally as a child initially partnering his sister Joann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph C
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clifton (other)
John Clifton may refer to: * John Clifton (MP for Stafford) (died 1400), MP for Stafford (UK Parliament constituency) * John Clifton (MP for Nottinghamshire) (died 1403), MP for Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency) * John Clifton (master founder), master founder at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London, 1632–1640 * John C. Clifton (1781–1841), English musical composer *John Clifton (medical physicist) John Stephen Clifton FInstP, FIPEM (April 1930 – 20 January 2023) was a British medical physicist. Early life and education Clifton studied at the University of Southampton, graduating in 1955 and then worked at the Royal South Hants Hospit ... (born 1930) * John Clifton (tennis) *John Talbot Clifton, English landowner and traveller *John Talbot Clifton (MP), English landowner and Member of Parliament {{hndis, Clifton, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |