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Calcutt (other)
Calcutt, Calcott or Callcott may refer to: Places in England * Calcott, Kent * Calcutt, North Yorkshire * Calcott, Shropshire * ''Calcutt'', one of three hamlets comprising Grandborough, Warwickshire * Calcutt, Wiltshire * Calcott's Green, Gloucestershire Company * Calcott Brothers, former motor vehicle manufacturer in Coventry, England People * Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844), British landscape painter * Callcott Reilly (1828–1900), British engineer * David Calcutt (1930–2004), British barrister and public servant * Ernie Calcutt (1932–1984), Canadian sports commentator and radio news director * Florence Callcott (1866–1936), British artist and sculptor, wife of Frederick * Frederick T. Callcott (1854–1923), British sculptor * Helen Calcutt (born 1988), British poet and writer * John Callcott Horsley (1817–1903), English Academic painter of genre and historical scenes, illustrator, and designer of the first Christmas card * John Wall Callcott (1766–1821) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcott, Kent
Calcott is a hamlet in Sturry parish, in the Canterbury District of the English county of Kent. It lies on the A291 road, about north of Sturry and south of Herne Bay Herne Bay is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in South East England. It is north of Canterbury and east of Whitstable. It neighbours the ancient villages of Herne and Reculver and is part of the City of Canterbury local governmen .... References Hamlets in Kent City of Canterbury {{Kent-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callcott Reilly
Callcott Reilly (28 October 1828 – 21 May 1900Institution of Civil EngineersObituary1900.) was a British civil engineer, civil and construction engineer, construction engineer. He is noted for his work on stress (mechanics), uniform stress, as illustrated by reference to bridge building, for which the Institution of Civil Engineers awarded him the Telford Medal in 1865. He played a prominent role in promoting the professional education of engineers and in 1871 became the first Professor of Construction Engineering, Engineering ConstructionCivil Engineering Heritage: London and the Thames Valley, Denis Smithpage 276/ref> at the newly formed Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC) located at Coopers Hill near Englefield Green. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Callcott 1828 births 1900 deaths People from Sheffield People from Englefield Green Engineers from Yorkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Callcott Horsley
John Callcott Horsley RA (29 January 1817 – 18 October 1903) was an English academic painter of genre and historical scenes, illustrator, and designer of the first Christmas card. He was a member of the artist's colony in Cranbrook. Childhood and education Horsley was born in London, the son of William Horsley, the musician, and grand-nephew of Sir Augustus Callcott. His sister Mary Elizabeth Horsley wed the famous British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1836. Horsley was mentored by William Mulready and Augustus Wall Callcot who sent him at age thirteen to study at Dr Henry Sass's academy where he met D.G Rossetti, J. Millais and W.P. Frith; in his biography Horsley recalls Dr Sass as being vain and untalented.The Cranbrook Colony: Fresh Perspectives, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 2010 Following preparatory school Horsley studied painting at the Royal Academy schools where he met Thomas Webster. In 1836 he exhibited ''The Pride of the Village'' (Vernon Gallery) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Calcutt
Helen Calcutt (born 27 March 1988), is a British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... poet, dancer, and choreographer. Writing career Helen was one of the six poets selected to perform at the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony 2022, hosted in Birmingham. Her poem 'Mother, the city', written for the ceremony, was performed as part of its major opening sceneEverything to Everybody, and was heard by over one and half billion people around the globe. Calcutt is the author of three volumes of poetry. Her debut collection 'Sudden rainfall' was published by British publishing house Perdika Press when she was just 23 years old. It was a PBS Choice on publication and became Waterstone's best-selling pamphlet in 2016. Her most recent collection 'Somehow' was published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick T
Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1219–1246), last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty * Frederick the Fair (Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), 1286–1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans Baden * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826–1907), Grand Duke of Baden * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Grand Duke of Baden Bohemia * Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (died 1189), Duke of Olomouc and Bohemia Britain * Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751), eldest son of King George II of Great Britain Brandenburg/Prussia * Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), also known as Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg * Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413–1470), Margrave of Brandenburg * Frederick William, Elector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Callcott
Florence Callcott Florence Newman (1866 – 21 January 1938) was a British sculptor of portrait medallions and medals. Biography Callcott was born in the St James area of central London and studied sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. She first exhibited a work at the Royal Academy in 1890 and then regularly at leading commercial galleries until 1930. Callcott worked in bronze, wax and plaster on a wide variety of subjects. She specialised in creating portrait medallions and showed examples at the Paris Salon in both 1897 and 1904 and at the Royal Academy in 1906 and 1907. In total she showed 21 works at the Royal Academy between 1890 and 1925 and also exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and with the Society of Women Artists The Society of Women Artists (SWA) is a British art body dedicated to celebrating and promoting fine art created by women. It was founded as the Society of Female Artists (SFA) in about 1855, offeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Calcutt
Ernest George Calcutt (November 1, 1932January 10, 1984) was a Canadian sports commentator and radio news director. He worked for CFRA 580-AM in Ottawa, and was the voice for the Ottawa Rough Riders radio broadcasts from 1964 to 1983. He served as a president of the Canadian Football Reporters, and was inducted into both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame. Early life and education Ernest George Calcutt was born on November 1, 1932, in Ottawa, Ontario,; the son of Allan and Doris Calcutt. He grew up in the Centretown neighbourhood of Ottawa, was an altar boy at St Patrick's Basilica and frequented the Ottawa Auditorium as a youth. He played Canadian football and ice hockey as a student at St. Patrick's High School. He later married Pauline LeBlanc and fathered five children. Radio career and community work Calcutt began working for CFRA 580-AM radio part-time in 1961. He also worked with Metropolitan Life Insurance for 12 years, until he jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Calcutt
Sir David Charles Calcutt, QC (2 November 1930 – 11 August 2004) was an eminent barrister and public servant, knighted in 1991. He was the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1985 to 1994. He was also responsible for the creation of the Press Complaints Commission. He is buried in the churchyard of St Beuno's Church at Culbone, Somerset. Early life and education Calcutt was born at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, where his father, Henry, a pharmacist, ran a local high-street chemist's shop. Calcutt was a chorister in the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford whilst attending Christ Church Cathedral School, then went on to Cranleigh School. As an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge he was a choral scholar in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Calcutt was known throughout the 1980s and 1990s for preparing reports and inquiries into various areas of public life. he was asked to produce a report on a fire in the Falkland Islands in which eight people died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Wall Callcott
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (20 February 177925 November 1844) was an English landscape painter. Life and work Callcott was born at Kensington Gravel Pits, a village on the western edge of London, in the area now known as Notting Hill Gate. His first study was music and he sang for several years in the choir of Westminster Abbey. But at the age of twenty he had determined to give up music, became a student of the Royal Academy, and began his artistic career as a painter of portraits under the tuition of John Hoppner. The first picture he exhibited was a portrait of ''Miss Roberts'', and its success at the Royal Academy in 1799 is said to have led to his final choice of painting as a profession. His preference for landscape, including river and coast scenery, soon showed itself, and after 1804 he exhibited nothing but landscapes for many years. The skill of his execution, the elegance of his design, and the charming tone of his works caused his reputation to rise steadily. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutt, North Yorkshire
Calcutt is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ..., England. External links * Villages in North Yorkshire {{Harrogate-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcott Brothers
Calcott was a small English motor vehicle manufacturer based in Coventry. The company began as a bicycle manufacturer in 1886 taking advantage of a boom in the cycling industry at that time. The end of the century brought an end to the cycling boom and the demise of many bicycle manufacturers; however, Calcott managed to continue production and by 1904 was also building motorcycles. Production switched to automobiles in 1913 of which around 2,500 were made. By the early twenties, Calcott was producing 55 cars a week however this was not enough to generate the funds needed for expansion, restricting their automobile manufacturing to a space designed to accommodate bicycle construction. Following the death of chairman James Calcott in 1924 and large financial losses in 1925The motor car industry in Coventry since the 1890s By David Thoms, Tom Donnelly it was acquired by the Singer automobile company in 1926. See also * List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom :''Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gloucester and other principal towns and villages include Cheltenham, Cirencester, Kingswood, Bradley Stoke, Stroud, Thornbury, Yate, Tewkesbury, Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown, Brockworth, Winchcombe, Dursley, Cam, Berkeley, Wotton-under-Edge, Tetbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Fairford, Lechlade, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stonehouse, Nailsworth, Minchinhampton, Painswick, Winterbourne, Frampton Cotterell, Coleford, Cinderford, Lydney and Rodborough and Cainscross that are within Stroud's urban area. Gloucestershire borders Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
