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Cotton (surname)
Cotton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, derived from place names such as Coton, Cottam and Cotham, which in turn are named for the Old English word ''cot'' meaning cottage or hut, and as an (unrelated) French surname, from the diminutive of ''cotte'', meaning coat of mail. Notable people with the surname include: Athletes *Amy Cotton (born 1980), Canadian judoka * Coby and Cory Cotton (born 1987), co-creators of Dude Perfect * Craig Cotton (1947–2013), American football player *Fran Cotton (born 1947), rugby footballer of the 1970s and 1980s * Harold Cotton (cricketer) (1914–1966), Australian cricketer *Harold Cotton (ice hockey) (1902–1984), Canadian ice hockey player *Henry Cotton (golfer) (1907–1987), English golfer * James Cotton (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player * James Cotton (gridiron football) (born 1978), American football player *Jeff Cotton (American football) (born 1997), American football player *Jharel Cotton (born 1992), American baseball player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Cotton
Amy Cotton (born 22 January 1980) is a judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's half heavyweight division (-78 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She represented Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Cotton was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at the age of fourteen and was told that if she continued, she would most likely have serious health complications by the age of 21. Cotton continued to train and is a two time Olympian. She now lives in Saskatchewan. See also * Judo in Canada * List of Canadian judoka This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high ''dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ... References External links * * 1980 births Living people Canadian female ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Cotton
Gene Cotton (born June 30, 1944 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American pop and folk singer-songwriter. He is best known for his four ''Billboard'' top 40 entries during the years 1976–1978. In the UK, he is most famous for the song "Me and the Elephant," which failed to make the top 40 best sellers, but was an airplay hit. History Cotton has been a resident of Leiper's Fork, Tennessee since the late 1970s. Between the late 1990s and mid 2000s, Cotton scaled back his career as a singer and songwriter and spent much of his savings on a legal battle against the construction of Interstate 840 which surrounds Nashville, which substantially delayed the completion of the route and led to a partial redesign of one section. Cotton, the father of two adopted children and one biological child, has devoted himself to helping the underprivileged of his area by motivating them in their studies and activities through a program called Kids on Stage (KOS). KOS brings in Nashville artists to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton–Mouton Effect
In physical optics, the Cotton–Mouton effect is the birefringence in a liquid in the presence of a constant transverse magnetic field. It is a similar but stronger effect than the Voigt effect (in which the medium is a gas instead of a liquid). The electric analog is the Kerr effect. It was discovered in 1905 by Aimé Cotton and Henri Mouton, working in collaboration and publishing in . When a linearly polarized wave propagates perpendicularly to a magnetic field (e.g. in a magnetized plasma), it can become elliptized. Because a linearly polarized wave is some combination of in-phase X and O modes, and because X and O waves propagate with different phase velocities, there is elliptization of the emerging beam. As the waves propagate, the phase difference (δ) between EX and EO increases. See also * Cotton effect The Cotton effect in physics, is the characteristic change in optical rotatory dispersion and/or circular dichroism in the vicinity of an absorption band of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Effect
The Cotton effect in physics, is the characteristic change in optical rotatory dispersion and/or circular dichroism in the vicinity of an absorption band of a substance. In a wavelength region where the light is absorbed, the absolute magnitude of the optical rotation at first varies rapidly with wavelength, crosses zero at absorption maxima and then again varies rapidly with wavelength but in the opposite direction. This phenomenon was discovered in 1895 by the French physicist Aimé Cotton Aimé Auguste Cotton (9 October 1869 – 16 April 1951) was a French physicist known for his studies of the interaction of light with chiral molecules. In the absorption bands of these molecules, he discovered large values of optical rotator ... (1869–1951). The Cotton effect is called ''positive'' if the optical rotation first increases as the wavelength decreases (as first observed by Cotton), and ''negative'' if the rotation first decreases. A protein structure such as a bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimé Cotton
Aimé Auguste Cotton (9 October 1869 – 16 April 1951) was a French physicist known for his studies of the interaction of light with chiral molecules. In the absorption bands of these molecules, he discovered large values of optical rotatory dispersion (ORD), or variation of optical rotation as a function of wavelength ( Cotton effect), as well as circular dichroism or differences of absorption between left and right circularly polarized light. Biography Aimé Cotton was born in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain on 9 October 1869. His grandfather was director of the École normale (teachers' college) of Bourg, and his father, Eugène Cotton, was a mathematics professor at the college of Bourg, the institution where physicist André-Marie Ampère began his career. Aimé's brother Émile Cotton was a mathematician and academician. Aimé Cotton attended a lycée (high school) in Bourg and then the special mathematics program at the Lycée Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. He entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Cotton
Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician, attorney, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator for Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. Cotton was elected as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district in 2012 and to the Senate at age 37 in 2014, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor. Early life and education Thomas Bryant Cotton was born on May 13, 1977, in Dardanelle, Arkansas. His father, Thomas Leonard "Len" Cotton, was a district supervisor in the Arkansas Department of Health, and his mother, Avis ( Bryant) Cotton, was a schoolteacher who later became principal of their district's middle school. Cotton's family had lived in rural Arkansas for seven generations, and he grew up on his family's cattle farm. He attended Dardanelle High School, where he played on the local and regional basketball te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Baronets
There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Cotton, all in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2008. The Cotton Baronetcy, of Conington in the County of Huntingdon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the antiquary Robert Cotton, who also represented five constituencies in the House of Commons. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Great Marlow, St Germans and Huntingdonshire. The third and fourth Baronets both represented Huntingdon and Huntingdonshire in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1752. The Cotton Baronetcy, of Landwade in the County of Cambridge, was created in the Baronetage of England on 14 July 1641 for John Cotton. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge. The third Baronet represented Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and Marlborough in the House of Commons. The fourth Baronet was Member of Parliament for St Germans, Marlborough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bell Cotton
Robert Bell Cotton (June 8, 1859 - 1917) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Alcorn County, from 1911 until his death. Biography Robert Bell Cotton was born on June 8, 1859, in Tippah County, Mississippi, to James Madison Cotton and Martha Ellen (Bell) Cotton. He married Eldora Wiggs in 1885. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Alcorn County, in 1911 in a special election to choose the successor of W. T. Bennet and served in the 1911 session. He was re-elected to the House in 1911 and 1915. He was a Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic .... He died in Alcorn County, Mississippi, in 1917, and was replaced by J. R. Hill. References 1859 births 1917 deaths Democratic Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cotton (diplomat)
Paul Charles Cotton (27 March 1930 – 16 July 2022) was a New Zealand public servant, diplomat and journalist. He served as List of High Commissioners from New Zealand to Samoa, High Commissioner to Samoa from 1975 to 1977, non-resident List of High Commissioners from New Zealand to Tonga, High Commissioner to Tonga from 1975 to 1976, ambassador to Greece from 1980 to 1983, and List of ambassadors of New Zealand to the Philippines, ambassador to the Philippines from 1984 to 1988. Early life and family Paul Charles Cotton was born in Lower Hutt on 27 March 1930, the son of Hilda Mary Josephine Cotton (née Gibbons) and geologist Sir Charles Cotton (geologist), Charles Cotton. He was educated at Hutt Valley High School, and then Christ's College, Christchurch, Christ's College from 1944 to 1947. Cotton studied at Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University College, graduating with a Master of Arts with third-class honours in 1953, and then the London School of Economi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris Cotton
Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was born on a farm in Warren, New Hampshire, and was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He was the son of Henry Lang and Elizabeth (née Moses) Cotton. While in college, he served as a clerk to the New Hampshire State Senate. He also served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1923 as one of the youngest legislators in history. He became a lawyer after attending George Washington University Law School and practiced law in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Career Cotton was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives again in 1943, and served as majority leader that year and as Speaker from 1945 to 1947. In 1946, Cotton was elected to the United States House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George W
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. While in his twenties, Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. In 1978, Bush unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball before he was elected governor of Texas in 1994. As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind powered electricity in the nation. In the 2000 presidential election, Bush defeated Democratic incum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton (June 9, 1930 – June 10, 2018) was an American civil rights activist, who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and a member of the inner-circle of one of its main organizations, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As the SCLC's Educational Director, she was arguably the highest ranked female member of the organization. Early life and education Cotton was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on June 9, 1930, as Dorothy Lee Foreman. Her mother, Maggie Pelham Foreman, died when she was 3 years old. That left her and her three sisters to be raised by their father, Claude Foreman, a tobacco factory and steel mill worker, with only a third-grade education. Life was a daily struggle in their southern segregated rural town.Oral Histories, Civil Rights History Project: Dorothy Cotton, Civil Rights Activist, UNC Chapel Hill, July 25, 2011. Cotton's father would frequently beat Cotton and her three sisters. Cotton said, "I recall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
