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Dimmock Line
Dimmock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dimmock, West Virginia * Arthur Dimmock MBE D.Arts (1918–2007), English writer on deaf matters *Charlie Dimmock (born 1966), English gardening expert and presenter *Dimmock v Secretary of State for Education and Skills, case concerning the use of Al Gore's documentary ''An Inconvenient Truth'' *Haydn Dimmock * Jessica Dimmock (born 1978), documentary photojournalist based in New York City *Jimmy Dimmock (1900–1972), footballer who scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1921 FA Cup Final *Peter Dimmock (1920–2015), pioneering sports broadcaster of British television during its formative years in the 1950s See also * Dimock (other) *Camden Town Murder The Camden Town murder was a murder which took place in Camden Town, London in 1907. Robert Wood, an artist, was tried for the murder of prostitute Emily Dimmock and acquitted after a defence by Edward Marshall Hall. Januszczak, Waldemar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimmock, West Virginia
Dimmock is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ..., United States. The community most likely was named after the local Dimmock family. References Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia {{FayetteCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Dimmock
Arthur Frederick Dimmock D.Arts (15 July 1918 – 25 November 2007) was an English writer, journalist and historian. Early life Arthur Dimmock was born to Eleanor Dimmock on 15 July 1918, in Whitley Bay, Northumberland. He became deaf after a bout of meningitis during early childhood. Eleanor Dimmock learned the manual alphabet to educate him at home. She had interpreted radio shows and his favourite football matches, which led to Dimmock becoming a voracious reader. This subsequently helped him acquire a command of English surpassing his hearing peers by the time he was seven. It had also allowed him to acquire a command of French and Latin. He never spoke English as he found it "irrelevant". He preferred finger-spelling as his means of communication. ''The Scotsman'': Obituary of A.F. Dimmock In 1925, Dimmock enrolled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Dimmock
Charlotte Elouise Dimmock (born 10 August 1966) is an English gardening expert and television presenter. She was a member of the team on ''Ground Force'', a BBC gardening makeover programme, airing from 1997 to 2005. Since then, Dimmock has presented numerous TV shows in the UK and US, including ''The Joy of Gardening, Charlie's Garden Army'' and most recently ''Garden Rescue''. Early life and education Dimmock attended Wellow Primary School and the Mountbatten School in Romsey, Hampshire. Her father Terry was a merchant seaman, and her mother Sue ran her own clothes shop. Dimmock's love of gardening began at an early age – she enjoyed spending time in the garden as a child (gravitating towards the family pond), and helping her grandfather in his vegetable patch. At junior school she had gardening lessons through the spring and summer terms. As a teenager, Dimmock had a weekend and holiday job at a local garden centre called Mill Water Gardens in Romsey. When she was at s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimmock V Secretary Of State For Education And Skills
''Dimmock v Secretary of State for Education and Skills'' was a case heard in September–October 2007 in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, concerning the permissibility of the government providing Al Gore's climate change documentary ''An Inconvenient Truth'' to English state schools as a teaching aid. The case was brought by Stewart Dimmock, a lorry (HGV) driver and school governor from Kent, England, a father of two sons who attend a state school. Dimmock has twice stood as a local election candidate for the New Party and received backing for the case from Viscount Monckton, the author of the New Party's manifesto."Please, sir – Gore's got warming wrong" Jonathan Leake, Environment Editor, '' |
Haydn Dimmock
Frederick Haydn Dimmock Member of the Order of the British Empire, MBE (15 December 1895 – 26 April 1955) was a British Scouting and science fiction magazine editor, writer of children's literature and supporter of the Boy Scouts Association. Early life Haydn Dimmock was born in Luton in Bedfordshire and began his education at Enfield Town, Enfield, which was then in Middlesex. Dimmock's first encounter with Scouting came in 1909, when a schoolmaster gave him a copy of an early edition of Scouting magazine (The Scout Association)#The Scout (1908-1966), ''The Scout'', which he was told was better than "the trash which I so very often have to confiscate".Gordon, Alan and Brooks, Peter (editors), ''75 Years of Scouting: A history of the Scout Movement in words and pictures'', The Scout Association (1982), ISSN 0263-5410 (p. 58) Dimmock was immediately enthralled, and finding that there was no local Scout troop, started his own Patrol#Scouting, patrol. Shortly afterwards, his pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Dimmock
Jessica Dimmock (born June 23, 1978) is a documentary photojournalist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York City. Her body of work, ''The Ninth Floor'', documented the lives of a group of young heroin users over the course of several years. Education and career Dimmock is a 2005 graduate of the program in documentary photography and photojournalism at the International Center of Photography. She shoots regularly for the ''New York Times Magazine'', ''Fortune'', ''Newsweek'' and other U.S. magazines. She has been profiled in ''New York'' magazine, ''Aperture'', ''Photo District News'', and the ''British Journal of Photography''. She is a member of VII Photo Agency. She began her "Ninth Floor" project in late 2004 in Manhattan. A drug dealer noticed her camera, approached her on the street, and invited her to take photographs of him. He led Dimmock to a building in the Flatiron District, where Dimmock spent eight months photographing the approximately 30 heroin addicts who sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Dimmock
James Henry Dimmock (5 December 1900 – 23 December 1972) was a footballer who scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1921 FA Cup Final. He played as an outside left and became the fans' favourite with his mazy runs and trickery, and also won three caps for England. Early years Dimmock was born in Edmonton on 5 December 1900 where he attended Montague Rd School. He played junior football for Park Avenue and Gothic Works before signing as an amateur for Tottenham Hotspur in 1916. During the First World War, he played for Clapton Orient and Edmonton Ramblers. Dimmock served as a gunner in the First World War with the Royal Field Artillery. Professional career Dimmock turned professional with Tottenham Hotspur in May 1919, and his first match was at Lincoln City on 4 October. He holds a unique place in the history of Tottenham Hotspur by being the only player in the club's history to play 400 league games and score 100 league goals. He also remains (at 20 years 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dimmock
Peter Harold Dimmock, Royal Victorian Order, CVO, Order of the British Empire, CBE (6 December 1920 – 20 November 2015) was a British sports broadcaster and senior television executive during the formative years of the medium in the 1950s. He was the first host of the BBC's long-running ''Grandstand (BBC), Grandstand'' and of the ''BBC Sports Personality of the Year'' awards. Early life and career Born in London, Dimmock attended Dulwich College and a finishing establishment in France. At the outbreak of Second World War, war he joined the Royal Army Service Corps, a territorial unit. He was called up only two months later to serve in France during the Dunkirk evacuation, retreat from Dunkirk. In March 1941 he was allowed to transfer into the Royal Air Force and qualified as a Pilot Officer. Then in 1943 he became a flying instructor on Tiger Moth and Miles Magister trainers with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. In February 1944 he was appointed as a staff officer at the Air Minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimock (other)
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Dimock can refer to: *Dimock, South Dakota *Dimock Township, Pennsylvania *Dimock (surname) See also: *Dymock, Gloucestershire, home of the … *Dymock poets The Dymock poets were a literary group of the early 20th century who made their homes near the village of Dymock in Gloucestershire, in England, near to the border with Herefordshire. Significant figures and events The 'Dymock Poets' are genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |