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Dicken
Dicken may refer to: * Dicken, St. Gallen, a hamlet in Neckertal, St. Gallen, Switzerland *a type of silver coin of the 15th to 18th centuries, viz. "thick" silver coins minted based after the Italian fashion of the silver Testone introduced in the 1470s. First used in Switzerland (Berne 1482), in the 17th century minted throughout the Holy Roman Empire most often with the denomination of a third of a gulden *an English surname (from Dick) and given name ** Dicken Ashworth (born 1946), English actor ** Dicken Schrader (born 1973), Colombian-American video artist ** Dicken or Jeff Pain, British musician with Mr Big See also * Dickens (other) * Dickon * Dickin Medal, a UK award honouring the work of animals in war * Diken Diken is a town and a nagar panchayat in Neemuch district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickens (other)
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer and social critic. Dickens may also refer to: People *Dickens (surname) *Dickens family, descendants of John Dickens, including his son Charles Dickens Places * Dickens (crater), a crater on Mercury ;Canada *Dickens, Vancouver, British Columbia, a small neighbourhood in East Vancouver ;United Kingdom *Dickens Heath, village in the borough of Solihull, West Midlands ;United States *Dickens, Iowa (population 202 at the 2000 census), a city in Clay County *Dickens, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Allegany County *Dickens, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Dickens, Nebraska, an unincorporated community in Lincoln County *Dickens, Texas (population 332 at the 2000 census), a city in Dickens County *Dickens County, Texas (population 2,762 at the 2000 census) Arts, entertainment, and media *''Dickens (TV miniseries)'', 2002 PBS miniseries *''Dickens in America'', 2005 BBC television documentary * Dickensian (TV series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicken Schrader
Dicken Schrader (born December 4, 1973) is a Colombian-American creative director, director, video artist and musician. He is most noted for his YouTube viral videos featuring himself and his two children, Milah and Korben, performing cover versions of Depeche Mode songs using an old keyboard and various toys and household items as instruments, under the name DMK. Schrader and his children are featured in the film ''Spirits in the Forest'', directed by Anton Corbijn. Early life Schrader was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He is the son of María Eugenia Forero and Christian Schrader, Dean of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University School of Advertising. Since early age, he showed interest in video production and animation. He graduated from Liceo Boston high school in 1991, and was immediately drafted into the National Army of Colombia, where he served as part of the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula. In 1993 Schrader moved to Miami, Florida, to study journalism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Big (UK Band)
Mr Big were a British pop rock band, active in the 1970s and 1990s. They were formed by Jeff Pain (aka Dicken) and best known for their 1977 Top 5 hit, "Romeo". The band was originally active from 1972–78 and then for a second period from 1990–98. Biography The members of Mr Big had been playing together since the late 1960s, under the name 'Burnt Oak'. They first played under the name, 'Mr Big', in 1972, at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London, when the manager billed them as Mr Big instead of Burnt Oak. The manager refused to change it, so it stuck for the rest of the band's career. In 1974, the band signed to Epic Records, releasing three singles, none of which made a significant breakthrough, but which did lead to appearances on '' Lift Off'', a TV pop show presented by Ayesha Brough. In 1975, Bob Hirschman, then manager of Mott the Hoople, took over as the band's manager. Their first album, ''Sweet Silence'', was released on EMI, to greater acclaim than their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicken Ashworth
Dicken Ashworth (born 18 July 1946) is an English actor. Career Ashworth's film credits include ''King of the Wind'', ''Force 10 from Navarone'', ''Tess'', ''Krull'' and '' Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''. On television, Ashworth played Alan Partridge in ''Brookside'' from 1983 to 1985, Jeff Horton in ''Coronation Street'' from 1992 to 2000 and Duke Woods in ''Emmerdale'' from 2007 to 2008. Other television credits include ''Grange Hill'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Minder'', ''Blake's 7'', ''The Chinese Detective'', ''Doctor Who'', ''C.A.T.S. Eyes'', ''The Bill'', ''Boon'', ''Inspector Morse'', '' Dangerfield'', ''Keeping Up Appearances'', '' Heartbeat'' and '' Where the Heart Is''. Ashworth appears in the video to the Pretenders Pretenders are an English–American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard (name)
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickin Medal
The PDSA Dickin Medal was instituted in 1943 in the United Kingdom by Maria Dickin to honour the work of animals in World War II. It is a bronze medallion, bearing the words "For Gallantry" and "We Also Serve" within a laurel wreath, carried on a ribbon of striped green, dark brown, and pale blue. It is awarded to animals that have displayed "conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Units". The award is commonly referred to as "the animals' Victoria Cross". Maria Dickin was the founder of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), a British veterinary charity. She established the award for any animal displaying conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilst serving with British Empire armed forces or civil emergency services. The medal was awarded 54 times between 1943 and 1949 – to 32 pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, and a ship's cat – to acknowledge actions of gallantry or devotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Coin
Silver coins are considered the oldest mass-produced form of coinage. Silver has been used as a coinage metal since the times of the Greeks; their silver drachmas were popular trade coins. The ancient Persians used silver coins between 612–330 BC. Before 1797, British pennies were made of silver. As with all collectible coins, many factors determine the value of a silver coin, such as its rarity, demand, condition and the number originally minted. Ancient silver coins coveted by collectors include the Denarius and Miliarense, while more recent collectible silver coins include the Morgan Dollar and the Spanish Milled Dollar. Other than collector's silver coins, silver bullion coins are popular among people who desire a "hedge" against currency inflation or store of value. Silver has an international currency symbol of XAG under ISO 4217. Origins and early development of silver coins The earliest coins in the world were minted in the kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor around 600 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guldengroschen
The ''Guldengroschen'' or ''Guldiner'' was a large silver coin originally minted in Tirol in 1486, but which was introduced into the Duchy of Saxony in 1500. The name "''Guldengroschen''" came from the fact that it has an equivalent denomination value in silver relative to that of the '' goldgulden'' (60 ''kreuzer''). In the latter years of the 1470s and early years of the 1480s Sigismund of Austria issued decrees that reformed the poor state of his region's coinage by improving the silver fineness back to a level not seen in centuries (.937 pure) and created denominations larger than the ubiquitous, but fairly low valued ''Groschen'' of 4 to 6 ''Kreuzer'' that were in use. In 1484, small numbers of "half ''guldengroschens''" valued at 30 kreuzer were issued. This was a revolutionary leap in denomination from the smaller pieces, and surpassed even the large '' testones'' of Italy which were the highest weight coins in use. Finally, in 1486 the full sized ''guldengroschen'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickon
Dickon is an English masculine given name. The name "Dickon" is derived from the old English name for Richard. Unlike Richard, Dickon is rarely shortened to Dick or Dickie, as it is already commonly considered a short form of the same name. The first recorded literary reference to the name is of a painting of King Richard III entitled Dickon of York. Marjorie Bowen used that nickname to title her historical novel ''Dickon'' (1929). People by the name Dickon * Dickon Edwards (born 1971), London-based indie pop musician, writer, critic, DJ and online diarist * Dickon Tolson (born 1973), British actor * Dickon Hinchliffe, British composer and former member of Tindersticks Fictional characters * Bart Dickon, a British comic strip character frequently appearing in the magazine ''The Chap'' in the late 1990s * Dickon Sowerby, one of the main characters in the novel ''The Secret Garden'' (1910) by Frances Hodgson Burnett * Dickon, an invisible servant to witch Mother Rigby in ''Feather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
