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Eaton (surname)
Eaton is an English surname, and may refer to: Academics and scientists * Alfred Edwin Eaton (1845–1929), English clergyman and entomologist * Amos Eaton (1776–1842), American scientist and educator, whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is Eaton * Daniel Cady Eaton (1834–1895), American botanist * Elon Howard Eaton (1866–1934), American ornithologist, scholar, and author * Hezekiah Hulbert Eaton (1809-1832), American botanist and educator * Jerry P. Eaton (1926–2004), American geologist * Nathaniel Eaton (1610–1674), first schoolmaster of Harvard College * Suzanne Eaton (1959–2019), American scientist and academic Arts * Andrew Eaton (born 1960), British film producer * Brando Eaton (born 1986), American film and television actor * Charles Warren Eaton (1857–1937), American landscape artist * Chris Eaton (Canadian musician), Chris Eaton (born 1971), Canadian musician * Cleveland Eaton (1939–2020), American jazz double bassist * David Eaton (composer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Edwin Eaton
Alfred Edwin Eaton (1845 - 1929) was an English clergyman and entomologist. He served as the vicar of Shepton Montague in Somerset. His main interests among insects were the Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ... and Ephemeroptera. References 1845 births 1929 deaths English entomologists 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Eaton
Gerald Eaton (born November 22, 1971) is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and music producer, also known by his stage name Jarvis Church. Career Eaton is the lead singer for the R&B-pop group The Philosopher Kings, which reached its peak popularity in the 1990s. During the group's ten-year hiatus, Eaton began a solo career, releasing the album ''Shake It Off'' in 2002 under the stage name Jarvis Church, derived from two parallel streets in Toronto, Ontario. The Philosopher Kings subsequently reunited and released a new album in February 2006. In 2008 he released his second solo album called ''The Long Way Home''. In 2012 he released his third solo album ''The Soul Station Vol 1: The Songs of Sam Cooke, A Tribute'', and in 2015 continued with his second in a series of albums spotlighting the music of soul singers called ''The Soul Station Vol 2: The Songs of Curtis Mayfield, A Tribute''. As a producer, in 1999 he discovered Nelly Furtado at the Honey Jam showcase in Toronto, Onta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyatt Eaton
Wyatt Eaton, baptised Charles Wyatt Eaton, (May 6, 1849June 7, 1896) was a Canadian-American portrait and figure painter, remembered as one of the founders of the Society of American Artists. Biography Born in Philipsburg, Quebec, Lower Canada, Eaton was a student of the National Academy of Design, New York, studying with Samuel Colman, Daniel Huntington and others. In 1872, he moved to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Jean-Léon Gérôme. During this time, he made the acquaintance of Jean-François Millet at Barbizon, and was also influenced by his friend Jules Bastien-Lepage to believe that his art should focus on rural life. After his return to the United States in 1876, he painted a series of portraits of American poets for the ''Century'' magazine which were engraved by Timothy Cole (Eaton`s portrait of him is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario). He became a teacher in the Cooper Institute, and opened a studio in New York City but retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Eaton (writer)
Winnifred Eaton (August 21, 1875 – April 8, 1954) was a Canadian author and screenwriter of Chinese-British ancestry. Publishing prolifically under a number of names, most predominantly, the pseudonym Onoto Watanna, she was one of the first North American writers of Asian descent to publish fiction in English. Biography Eaton was the daughter of an English merchant, Edward C. Eaton (1839 – 1915), and a Chinese performer, Achuen "Grace" Amoy (1846 – 1922). The two married in Shanghai in 1863 but relocated to England a year later. Over the next few years, the Eaton family moved back and forth from England to New York several times before finally relocating permanently to Montreal in 1872, where Winnifred was born. The Eaton family was large; Winnifred was the eighth of 12 children who survived infancy. Edward Eaton struggled to support the family, who moved frequently from one lodging to the next. Nonetheless, the children were raised in an intellectually stimulating envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Eaton (guitarist)
William Eaton is a New Age guitarist and luthier, known for building unique instruments, particularly harp guitars. Eaton is currently the director of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. In 2015, Eaton was conferred the Governor of Arizona Arts Award. Eaton lives in Sedona, Arizona. Biography In 1971 Eaton lived in Tempe, Arizona, where he was trying to sell guitars he had built. He met John Roberts, a luthier from Phoenix, who would later found the Roberto-Venn school. His interaction with Roberts sparked his interest in building guitars, and a short while later he built a guitar in Roberts' shop. Eaton went on to complete an MBA at Stanford University in 1975. He returned to Tempe after this, and accepted a position as instructor at the newly established Roberto-Venn school. He designed his first harp guitar in 1976, which he called a 26-string guitar. Based on a standard guitar design, it had extra strings stretched over the body. Many of his instruments have been featured i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Eaton
Shirley Jean Eaton (born 12 January 1937) is an English actress, author and singer. Eaton appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and gained her highest profile for her iconic appearance as Bond Girl Jill Masterson in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'' (1964), which gained her bombshell status. Eaton also had roles in the early ''Carry On'' films. Preferring to devote herself to bringing up a family, she retired from acting in 1969. Eaton came out of retirement in 1999 to release her autobiography titled ''Golden Girl'', which was a bestseller, and has released three more books throughout the 2000s. Early life Eaton was born on 12 January 1937 in Edgware General Hospital, Middlesex, and brought up in the suburb of Kingsbury. She attended Roe Green Primary School on Princes Avenue, and although living close to both Kingsbury County Grammar School and Tylers Croft Secondary Modern School, won a place at the Aida Foster Theatre School, a specialist d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Eaton
Sally Eaton (born April 6, 1947) is an American Wiccan high priestess, liturgist, singer and actress, whose credits include creating and playing the role of Jeannie in the Broadway and off-Broadway stage productions of the musical ''Hair'', and acting in Doric Wilson's plays ''Now She Dances!'' and ''Street Theater''. Life and career Eaton was born in Illinois. She is a professional actress and singer, best known for her performances in the original Broadway cast of the musical ''Hair'' and its original cast album; she later sang the blues professionally. As a member of Doric Wilson's theater company TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence) in the 1970s, she acted in Wilson's plays ''Now She Dances!'' and ''Street Theater''. After her time on Broadway, in the mid-1970s Eaton migrated to the San Francisco Bay Area, becoming a third degree priestess in New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn. She practiced in the West Coast craft tradition and the California revival of the Ordo Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Eaton
Pearl Eaton Levant (August 1, 1898 – September 10, 1958) was an American Broadway performer, actress, choreographer, and dance supervisor of the 1910s and 1920s. Early life and career Eaton was born in Washington, D.C., and was the daughter of Charles Henry Eaton. She began attending dance lessons in Washington D.C., along with her sisters Doris and Mary, at a young age. In 1911, all three sisters were hired for a production of Maurice Maeterlinck's fantasy play '' The Blue Bird'' at the Shubert Belasco Theatre in Washington. While Eaton had a minor role in the show, it served as her introduction to the world of professional theatre. After ''The Blue Bird'', in 1912, the three Eaton sisters and their younger brother Joe began appearing in various plays and melodramas for the Poli stock company. They quickly gained reputations as professional, reliable, and versatile actors, and were rarely out of work. In 1915, all three sisters appeared in a new production of ''The Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Eaton
Meredith Hope Eaton Gordon (sometimes credited as Meredith Eaton-Gilden; born August 26, 1974) is an American actress. She is tall, and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress". She is known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on the CBS television series ''Family Law'' (in which she was the first female with dwarfism to fill a regular role in an American prime time series), for her recurring role as Bethany Horowitz on the ABC series '' Boston Legal'', and for her lead role as Matilda "Matty" Webber on the CBS series ''MacGyver''. Early life Eaton was born on Long Island, New York, to a clinical social worker mother and an administrative law judge father. She attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where she was an active member of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority; she graduated in 1996 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies, minoring in theater. In June 2007, she was named by Hofstra University as their Alumnus of the Month. She later earned a mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Emily Eaton
Mary Emily Eaton (27 November 1873 – 4 August 1961) was an English botanical artist best known for illustrating Britton & Rose's ''The Cactaceae'', published between 1919 and 1923. Life Mary Emily Eaton was born on 27 November 1873 in Coleford, Gloucestershire. She attended private schools in London and received formal tuition in art at the Taunton School of Art, also attending classes at the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, and the Chelsea Polytechnic. She worked for a time as a painter of Worcester porcelain, before going to Jamaica in 1909 to visit her siblings. During her two-years stay, she began painting detailed studies of butterflies and moths. In June 1911 Eaton left for New York City, where she would remain until January 1932, employed by The New York Botanical Garden. Among other duties, she was the principal illustrator for the Botanical Garden's journal '' Addisonia'', painting over three-quarters of the 800 plates. She was the principal illustrator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Eaton
Mary Eaton (January 29, 1901 – October 10, 1948) was an American stage actress, singer, and dancer in the 1910s and 1920s, probably best known today from her appearance in the first Marx Brothers film, ''The Cocoanuts'' (1929). A professional performer since childhood, she enjoyed success in stage productions such as the ''Ziegfeld Follies''. She appeared in another early sound film, ''Glorifying the American Girl'' (1929). Her career declined sharply during the 1930s. Biography Early life and career Eaton, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, began attending dance lessons in Washington, DC, along with her sisters Doris and Pearl, at the age of seven. In 1911, all three sisters were hired for a production of Maurice Maeterlinck's fantasy play '' The Blue Bird'' at the Shubert Belasco Theatre in Washington, D.C. While Eaton had a minor role in the show, it marked the beginning of her career in professional theatre. After ''The Blue Bird'' ended, in 1912, the three Eaton sisters a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
