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Ekins Point
Ekins may refer to: ;People *Bud Ekins (1930-2007), American stuntman *Charles Ekins (1768-1855), Royal Navy officer *Dave Ekins (b. 1932), American off-road racer * George Ekins (1871-?), English footballer *Jeffery Ekins (d. 1791), English clergyman * Joe Ekins (b. 1924), British army soldier *Paul Ekins (b. 1950), British academic and economist ;Ships *, a British frigate that served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 See also *Eakins * Ekin *Ekins Island Ekins Island is an uninhabited island within the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It lies in Norwegian Bay, north of Devon Island, and is also south of Cornwall Island, separated by Belcher Channel. Table Island is located about to ... * George Ekins Browne {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Ekins
James Sherwin "Bud" Ekins (May 11, 1930 – October 6, 2007) was an American professional stuntman in the U.S. film industry. He is considered to be one of the film industry's most accomplished stuntmen with a body of work that includes classic films such as '' The Great Escape'' and ''Bullitt''. Ekins, acting as stunt double for Steve McQueen while filming ''The Great Escape'', was the rider who performed what is considered to be one of the most famous motorcycle stunts ever performed in a movie. He was recognized for his stunt work by being inducted into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame. Ekins was also an accomplished off-road motorcycle racer in motocross and enduro events, and helped pioneer the sport of desert racing. He was inducted into the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1980, and the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. Motorcycle racing career Born in Hollywood, California, Ekins began riding off-road motorcycles daily in the hills above his Hollywood home. As a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ekins
Admiral Sir Charles Ekins Order of the Bath, GCB (1768 – 2 July 1855) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, the French Revolutionary Wars, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and rose to the rank of Admiral (Royal Navy), admiral. Life Ekins was the son of Dr. Jeffery Ekins, dean of Carlisle, and nephew of Dr. John Ekins, dean of Salisbury (1768–1809), and was born presumably at Quainton, Buckinghamshire, where his father was then rector. He entered the Royal Navy in March 1781, on board the 74-gun , under the command of the Hon. Keith Stewart. In ''Berwick'' he was present at the Battle of Dogger Bank (1781), Battle of Dogger Bank on 5 August 1781, and afterwards went with Captain Stewart to , which was one of the fleet under Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Lord Howe that relieved Gibraltar in 1782. After continuous service on the Mediterranean and home stations for the next eight years, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 20 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Ekins
David Lawrence Ekins (born May 20, 1932) is an American off-road motorcycle racer who pioneered the sport of desert racing in the 1950s. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2001. Motorcycle racing career Born in Los Angeles, California, Ekins followed his brother and fellow Motorcycle Hall of Fame member, Bud Ekins, into motorcycle racing. He and his brother honed their riding skills by riding the dirt trails in the hills above their Hollywood, California home. Ekins' riding skill earned him sponsored racing motorcycles from factories such as; Velocette, Zundapp, Honda, Harley-Davidson and Bultaco. Ekins became one of the first American riders to use Honda motorcycles in desert races, helping usher in the era of lightweight, smaller-displacement off-road motorcycles. In the late 1950s, most desert racers preferred heavy, ungainly, British parallel twin cylinder motorcycles. He competed in many of the most prestigious West Coast off-road races aboard motorcycle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ekins
Frederick George Ekins (9 September 1871 — 1960) was an English footballer. Career Ekins started his career with two local teams; first New Brompton Rovers, and then Chatham. In 1891 he joined Football League side Derby County, where he spent two years before moving to Burton Swifts. After two seasons with Burton, he was transferred to Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ..., of the Southern League. Two years later, Luton Town were elected to the Football League, and Ekins spent two more seasons with them before retiring. (registration & fee required) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekins, George 1871 births Sportspeople from Gillingham, Kent English men's footballers English Football League players Southern Football League players Derby County F.C. pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffery Ekins
Jeffery Ekins D.D. (died 1791) was an English churchman, Dean of Carlisle Cathedral from 1782. Life He was a native of Barton-Seagrave, Northamptonshire, where his father, the Rev. Jeffery Ekins, M.A., was rector. He received his education at Eton College. In 1749 he was elected to King's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a fellowship. He graduated B.A. in 1755 and M.A. in 1758. In early life he was the close companion of Richard Cumberland. On leaving university he became one of the assistant masters of Eton College, where he was tutor to Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle. Subsequently he was chaplain to the Earl of Carlisle when lord-lieutenant of Ireland. He was inducted to the rectory of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, 30 March 1761, on the presentation of his father. In 1775, resigning Quainton, he was instituted to the rectory of Morpeth, Northumberland, on the presentation of the Earl of Carlisle; and in February 1777 he was instituted to the rectory of Sedgefield, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Ekins
Joseph William Ekins (15 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a British soldier. He gained recognition for his action as a British Army tank gunner in France during World War II, in which Ekins destroyed four German tanks near Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil in a day, including three Tiger I tanks (numbers 312, 009 & 314). One of his opponents on that day, 8 August 1944, was the German tank commander Michael Wittmann; whether Ekins fired the round that destroyed Wittmann's Tiger is disputed.Lord Boardman letter to Radley-Walters, 13 June 1999 Ekins died on 1 February 2012. Operation Totalize During Operation Totalize the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry and elements of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division reached the French village of St. Aignan de Cramesnil during the early morning of 8 August 1944. While B Squadron stayed around the village, A and C Squadrons moved further south into Delle de la Roque wood. C Squadron moved to the east side of the woods and the understrength A Squadr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ekins
Professor Paul Ekins OBE (born 1950) is a British academic in the field of sustainable economics, currently co-director of the UK Energy Research Centre. He is a former member of the Green Party. Political career Ekins was a prominent member of the Green Party UK (now the Green Party of England and Wales) in the 1970s and 1980s. He left in 1986 after controversy over reforms he and others were promoting to streamline Green Party structures. This group, known as "Maingreen", was seen as a forerunner of the moves to reform the party's internal structures by a later group known as Green 2000.Wall, Derek, ''Weaving a Bower Against Endless Night: An Illustrated History of the Green Party'', 1994 Career after politics Ekins has been a prominent green academic in the field of sustainable economics. He has also worked as a consultant. In 1996, he set up Forum for the Future with Sara Parkin and Jonathon Porritt. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eakins
Eakins is an English surname. People with this name include: *Dallas Eakins (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey defenseman and head coach *Jim Eakins (born 1946), American basketball player *John Eakins (1923/4–1998), Canadian politician *Peter Eakins (born 1947), Australian rules footballer *Susan Macdowell Eakins (1851–1938), American artist, wife of Thomas Eakins *Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), American artist See also *Eakin Eakin is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bruce Eakin, Canadian ice-hockey player * Chris Eakin, British newsreader *Cody Eakin, Canadian ice-hockey player *Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American economist * Harvey Eakin, forme ... {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekin
Ekin is a unisex Turkish given name. And may refer to: Given name *Ekin Deligöz, German politician of Turkish descent *Ekin Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actor *Ekin Tunçay Turan, Turkish stage actress and translator *Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, English actress and television personality Surnames *Hirose Kinzō also known as Ekin, Japanese painter *Tom Ekin, Irish politician Places *Ekin, Indiana Ekin is an unincorporated community in Hamilton and Tipton counties, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Ekin was named for General Ekin by James McKee. McKee built the first frame house in Ekin, which was used as a store. McKee sold his prope ... {{surname Turkish unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekins Island
Ekins Island is an uninhabited island within the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. It lies in Norwegian Bay, north of Devon Island, and is also south of Cornwall Island, separated by Belcher Channel. Table Island is located about to the northeast. References External links Ekins Islandin the Atlas of Canada The Atlas of Canada (french: L'Atlas du Canada) is an online atlas published by Natural Resources Canada that has information on every city, town, village, and hamlet in Canada. It was originally a print atlas, with its first edition being publishe ... - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
