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Crighton
Crighton is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Cameron Crighton (born 1992), British actor * Crighton Porteous or Crichton Porteous, (1901–1991), British writer *David Crighton FRS (1942–2000), British mathematician and physicist * Hec Crighton (1900–1967), Canadian football coach * Michael Crichton or Michael Crighton, (1942–2008), American author, producer, director, and screenwriter See also * * Craigton (other) *Creighton (other) *Creightons *Crichton (other) * Croughton (other) * The Admirable Crichton * Kryten Kryten is a fictional character in the British science fiction situation comedy ''Red Dwarf''. The name ''Kryten'' is a reference to the head butler in the J.M. Barrie play ''The Admirable Crichton''. Originally referred to as a Series III mech ... {{surname de:Crighton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Crighton
David George Crighton, FRS (15 November 1942 – 12 April 2000) was a British mathematician and physicist. Life Crighton was born in Llandudno, North Wales, where his mother, Violet Grace Garrison, had been sent because of the bombing of London during the Second World War. He did not become interested in mathematics until his last two years at Watford Grammar School for Boys. He entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1961 and started lecturing at Woolwich Polytechnic (today University of Greenwich) in 1964, having completed only his bachelor's degree. A few years later he met John Ffowcs Williams and started to work for him at Imperial College London, while simultaneously studying for his doctorate (awarded in 1969) at the same place. In 1974, he was appointed as a research fellow in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. However, he never took up this post, but instead accepted the chair in applied mathematics at the University of Leeds, which he he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Crighton
Cameron Crighton (born 9 September 1992 in Greenock, Scotland) is a British actor, he has had small guest parts on various television shows and portrayed Kevin Smith on Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Career Crighton had small television and film roles in his early career, mainly on an episodic basis. In 2005 he appeared in an episode of ''Broken News'' as Calley Quin. In 2010 Crighton revealed he had done some work on the film '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. He was later cast in soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as Kevin Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant '' Kevan'' is anglicized from , a .... Before Crighton's first scenes aired, his storyline was publicised by the media, who described it as an odd alien storyline. Crighton expressed his delight to be joining a show that was widely known and stated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hec Crighton
Hector Naismith Crighton (April 2, 1900 – April 17, 1967) was a Canadian football coach. He coached 35 seasons of high school Canadian football, and he also rewrote the rule book in 1952. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1986. The Hec Crighton Trophy, given each year to the outstanding CIS Cis or cis- may refer to: Places * Cis, Trentino, in Italy * In Poland: ** Cis, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central ** Cis, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north Math, science and biology * cis (mathematics) (cis(''θ'')), a trigonome ... football player, is named after him. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Crighton, Hec Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Sportspeople from Toronto 1900 births 1967 deaths Coaches of Canadian football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creighton (other)
Creighton may refer to: Places Canada * Creighton, Saskatchewan * Creighton, Simcoe County, Ontario * Creighton Mine, a mine in Greater Sudbury, Ontario * Creighton Mine, Ontario South Africa * Creighton, KwaZulu-Natal United States * Creighton, Florida * Creighton, Missouri * Creighton, Nebraska * Creighton, Pennsylvania * Creighton, South Dakota * Creighton Township, Knox County, Nebraska Education * Creighton Preparatory School, Omaha, Nebraska * Creighton University Creighton University is a private Jesuit research university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2015 the university enrolled 8,393 graduate and undergra ..., Omaha, Nebraska * Fortismere School, north London, England, formed from Creighton School and Alexandra Park School Other uses * Creighton (name), a given name and surname * Creightons, a British manufacturer of consumer goods * 10046 Creighton, a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crighton Porteous
Leslie Crichton Porteous (1901–1991) was a writer (writing under the name of Crichton Porteous) of fiction and non-fiction – books, articles and short stories – many of them about life in the Peak District of northern England, and often set in specific Peak locations (''Toad Hole'' and ''Broken River'', for example, are set in the Derwent Valley). Born in Leeds, Porteous grew up near Manchester, but spent a lot of time in the Peak during holidays as a child, and later moved to live there, firstly to Combs, Derbyshire, near Chapel-en-le-Frith, and later to Darley Dale, near Matlock, where he lived until his death, aged 89. As a boy, Crichton Porteous had a great interest in reading and writing, and from the age of fourteen he kept a daily journal; these journals later proved a useful reference for his work. After working on farms he moved into newspapers, working his way up to become assistant editor of the Northern Daily Mail. As a freelance writer, his first book, ''Farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. His novels often explore technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and scientific background. Crichton received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1969 but did not practice medicine, choosing to focus on his writing instead. Initially writing under a pseudonym, he eventually wrote 26 novels, including: '' The Andromeda Strain'' (1969), ''The Terminal Man'' (1972), '' The Great Train Robbery'' (1975), '' Congo'' (1980), ''Sphere'' (1987), '' Jurassic Park'' (1990), '' Rising Sun'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craigton (other)
Craigton can refer to: * Craigton, Angus, a village in Angus, Scotland *Craigton, East Dunbartonshire, an area of Milngavie, Scotland *Craigton, Glasgow, a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland **Craigton (ward) Cardonald (Ward 4) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. It was created in 2007 as Craigton and returned four council members using the single transferable vote system. The same name and boundaries were used in the 2012 elections. Fo ..., an electoral ward of the Glasgow City Council * Craigton, Highland, a village in Highland, Scotland * Craigton, Stirling, a hamlet in Stirling, Scotland {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creightons
Creightons Plc is a manufacturer of consumer goods headquartered in Peterborough, United Kingdom, whose shares are listed on the FTSE Fledgling Index. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England, United Kingdom. , the total market value of all companies trading on LSE was £3.9 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St P ... in 1987. It manufactures and markets personal care and beauty products for the consumer and trade market. References External links * {{Authority control Manufacturing companies established in 1975 Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Cambridgeshire 1975 establishments in England Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crichton (other)
The name Crichton () originates as the name of * Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland, which is also the site of * Crichton Castle Places and institutions It can also refer to: In Dumfries * Crichton Campus, Dumfries, part of the University of Glasgow and other institutions * Crichton Royal Hospital, part of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary * Crichton F.C. Dumfries football club Outside Scotland * Crichton Park, Nova Scotia, a neighborhood in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada * Crichton College, a Christian liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee, United States * Crichton Street Public School, an elementary school in the New Edinburgh neighborhood of Ottawa, Canada * Crichton, Alabama, a suburb of Mobile, Alabama, United States, and the home of the Crichton Leprechaun * Crichton, Louisiana, an unincorporated community, United States * Crichton, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community in Canada * Crichton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community, United States Real peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croughton (other)
Croughton may refer to: * The village of Croughton, Northamptonshire Croughton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, about southwest of Brackley. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 992. The village is on the B4031 road about above sea level, on the south side of ..., England * The hamlet of Croughton, Cheshire, England * The airbase of RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire, England {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Admirable Crichton
''The Admirable Crichton'' is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie. Origins Barrie took the title from the sobriquet of a fellow Scot, the polymath James Crichton, a 16th-century genius and athlete. The epigram-loving Ernest is probably a caricature of the title character in Oscar Wilde's ''The Importance of Being Earnest''. The plot may derive from ''Robinson's Eiland'', an 1896 German play by Ludwig Fulda. In this, "a satire upon modern super-culture in its relation to primal nature", a group of Berlin officials (including a capitalist, a professor and a journalist) are shipwrecked on an island, where a secretary, Arnold, becomes the natural leader of the group. The contemporary critic Arthur Bingham Walkley, however, viewed the connection as merely a rumour: "I feel quite indifferent as to its accuracy of fact". Characters Synopsis Act One Act one is set in Loam Hall, the household of the Earl of Loam, a British peer, with Crichton being his butler. Loam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kryten
Kryten is a fictional character in the British science fiction situation comedy ''Red Dwarf''. The name ''Kryten'' is a reference to the head butler in the J.M. Barrie play ''The Admirable Crichton''. Originally referred to as a Series III mechanoid, he is later described as a 4000 Series, or Series 4000. In their original plan for the series, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor had specified that there would be no aliens and no robots. Following the success of the first appearance by the Kryten character, Naylor convinced Grant to bring him back. In the character's first appearance, originally only intended as a one-off, Kryten was played by actor David Ross but the popularity of the character meant that Kryten was introduced as a regular in Series III. The intention was to bring Ross back to play the role, but he was not available at the time and the position was filled by actor Robert Llewellyn. David Ross later returned to voice Talkie Toaster in the series IV episode "White Hole" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
