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Corbett Tops
Corbett may refer to: * List of Corbetts (mountains), 222 mountains in Scotland between , with prominence over * Corbett, Oregon, a community in the United States * Corbett Award, US award for athletics administrators * Corbett (surname), people with the surname ''Corbett'' * Corbett family, a family named ''Corbett'' * Corbett Price (born 1950/1951), an American political donor and health care business and financial consultant See also * * Corbet, the old English or Anglo-Norman spellings of Corbett or Corbeau * Corbet (surname) * Courbet (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Corbetts (mountains)
This is a list of Corbett mountains in Scotland by height. Corbetts are defined as Scottish mountains between in height with a prominence over ; solely imperial measurement thresholds. The first list was compiled in the 1920s by John Rooke Corbett, a Bristol-based climber and Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") member, and was published posthumously, after his sister passed it to the SMC, in the 1953 edition of ''Munro's Tables''. Corbetts are the next category down from the Munros and Munro Tops in terms of height (e.g. below the threshold), but their explicit prominence threshold of , ensure they are material peaks. By definition, all Corbetts, given their prominence, are Marilyns. The SMC keeps a list of Corbetts. , there were 222 Corbetts in Scotland. 21 of these 222 Corbetts have a prominence that exceeds the P600 threshold of , which would class them as "Majors". The highest Corbett, Beinn a' Chlaidheimh, at is just below the threshold for a Munro, a status it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbett, Oregon
Corbett is an unincorporated community on the Columbia River in eastern Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Historic Columbia River Highway (a.k.a. Crown Point Highway) between the Sandy River and Crown Point. Corbett was named for prominent pioneer Senator Henry W. Corbett. Senator Corbett purchased a farm in the area in 1885. After several name changes, the post office in the area was named "Corbett" in 1895. Corbett's ZIP Code is 97019. Corbett School District runs the Corbett School and the Corbett Charter School. Notable people * Julius Meier, politician * Billy Oskay, musician * Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album '' Horses''. Called the "punk poe ..., politician * Fritz Springmeier, author * Dave Stief, football player * Jeff Lucas, Navy SEAL Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbett Award
The James J. Corbett Memorial Award is a US award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). It is presented "to the collegiate administrator who through the years has most typified Corbett's devotion to intercollegiate athletics and worked unceasingly for its betterment." The award is named after former LSU Tigers, Louisiana State University athletics director and first president of the NACDA, Jim Corbett (athletic director), James J. Corbett. It has been presented annually since 1967. Winners The following individuals have won the Corbett Award. References {{Reflist College sports trophies and awards in the United States Awards established in 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbett (surname)
Corbett is an English-language surname. It is derived from the Anglo-Norman French, Middle English, and Old French ''corbet'', which is a diminutive of ''corb'', meaning "raven". The surname probably originated from a nickname referring to someone with dark hair or a dark complexion like a raven's. The surname was brought to England from Normandy, and spread to Scotland in the 12th century,. and into northern Ireland in the 17th century.. This webpage cites . Early instances of the name are ''Corbet'' in Shropshire, recorded in ''Domesday Book'' in 1086; ''Corbet'' in Shropshire, recorded in the Assize Rolls of Worcestershire in 1158; and ''le Corbet'' in Oxfordshire, recorded in the '' Eynsham Cartulary'' in 1323. Variations of the surname include: ''Corbet'', and ''Corbitt''.. Corbett is sometimes an Anglicised form of the Irish surnames ''Ó Corbáin'' and ''Ó Coirbín'', which mean "descendant of ''Corbán''" and "descendant of ''Coirbín''", respectively.. This webpage cites . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbett Family
The Corbet family is an English family of Anglo-Norman extraction that became one of the most powerful and richest of the landed gentry in Shropshire. They trace their ancestry to two barons found in the 1086 Domesday Book and probably derive from the Brioton and Essay region, near Sées in Normandy. The name Corbet derives from the Anglo-Norman word ''corb'', meaning "crow", matching the modern French ''corbeau''. Variants of the name include: Corbet, Corbett, Corbitt, Corbit, Corbetts, Corbete, Corben and possibly the variant of Corbin. It has cognates in other languages: the Spanish name ''Cuervo'', for example, which generally means a raven or rook. The underlying derivation is from the Latin word ''corvus'', crow. Generally it is thought to be a jocular reference to a person who was thought to resemble a crow: in hair colour, tone of voice or shape of nose. However, the Scandinavians believed that a raven on the battlefield was a beneficial omen and ensured victory. Furtherm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbett Price
Corbett Price (born ) is an American political donor and health care business and financial consultant. Since the 1980s, Price has formed businesses that purported to improve health care services and operations. His endeavors have billed millions of dollars in expenses to local governments while his firms have been removed from multiple contracts after the institution fell into bankruptcy. Early life and education Price earned a master's degree from Ohio State University. Operations Price has founded and operated various companies involved in health care management. He was CEO of Quantix Health Capital, LLC, a health care financial advisory firm. He also serves as CEO of Kurron Capital, LLC, a health care private equity firm, and is the founder and chairman of Kurron & Co. Inc., a management consulting firm for health care. Price also served as a senior executive at HCA Healthcare and as chairman and CEO of Health Risk Management. Dimensions Healthcare In 1985, Price was working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbet
Corbet () is a small village and townland (of 618 acres) in County Down, Northern Ireland, 5 km east of Banbridge. It is situated in the civil parish of Magherally and the historic barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half. It lies within the Banbridge District. It had a population of 107 people (39 households) in the 2011 Census. (2001 Census: 95 people) Places of interest *Corbet Lough is a reservoir and important angling lake with the 70 acre trout fishery controlled by Banbridge Angling Club. Facilities at the Lough include a boating dock and jetty and numerous fishing stands. *The River Bann also flows nearby. The Great Northern Railway Corbet railway station was on the extensive Great Northern Railway (Ireland) system. The station was opened on 1 March 1880. The station closed on 2 May 1955. This action took place under the Ulster Transport Authority, cutting Newcastle, County Down Newcastle () is a small seaside resort town in County Down, Northern Ireland, which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbet (surname)
Corbet is a surname, and may refer to A * Alexander Steven Corbet (1896–1948), British chemist and naturalist. * Andrew Corbet (1522–1578), English Protestant politician of the mid-Tudor and early Elizabethan periods * Andrew Corbet (1580–1637), English politician B * Brady Corbet (born 1988), American actor C * Charles-Louis Corbet (1758–1808), French sculptor * Christian Cardell Corbet (born 1966), Canadian painter and sculptor * Clement Corbet (c. 1576–1652), English jurist D * Denys Corbet (1826–1909), Guernsey poet E * Edith Corbet née Edenborough (1846–1920), Victorian landscape painter * Edward Corbet (died 1658), English clergyman, member of the Westminster Assembly F * Freda Corbet (1900–1993), British politician G * St George Corbet Gore (1849–1913), English army officer and Surveyor General of India H * Henry Corbet (1820–1878), English agricultural writer, editor of the weekly ''The Mark Lane Express Agricultural Journal'' J * Jean-Charles Corbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
