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Elgin (name)
Elgin is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Catherine Elgin (born 1948), American philosopher *Duane Elgin (born 1943), American author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist *Dwayne Elgin (born 1976), Guyanese-born Sint Maartener cricketer *Michael Elgin (born 1986), professional wrestler *Michail Elgin (born 1981), Russian tennis player *Mike Elgin (born 1983), offensive guard for the New England Patriots *Sarah Elgin, American biochemist and geneticist *Suzette Haden Elgin (1936-2015), science fiction author and linguist Given name First name *Elgin Baylor (1934–2021), American basketball player, coach and executive *Elgin Cook (born 1993), American basketball player *Elgin Davis (born 1965), American football player *Elgin Gates (1933–1988), American hunter and firearms technician *Elgin James, American filmmaker and musician *Elgin Lessley (1883–1944), American cinematographer Middle name *Horace Elgin Dodg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzette Haden Elgin
Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins; November 18, 1936 – January 27, 2015) was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction constructed languages. Her best-known non-fiction includes her ''Verbal Self-Defense'' series. Life Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins was born in 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri. She attended the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in the 1960s, and began writing science fiction in order to pay tuition. She gained a PhD in linguistics, and was the first UCSD student ever to write two dissertations (on English and Navajo). She created the engineered language Láadan for her '' Native Tongue'' science fiction series. A grammar and dictionary was published in 1985. She supported feminist science fiction, saying "women need to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin Lessley
Elgin Lessley (also credited as Lesly, Lessly, and Leslie) (June 10, 1883 - January 10, 1944) was an American hand-crank cameraman of the silent film era—a period of filmmaking when virtually all special effects work had to be produced inside the camera during filming. Though Lessley worked earlier with Roscoe Arbuckle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and later with Harry Langdon, he is best known for the groundbreaking effects he produced with Buster Keaton, who dubbed him "the human metronome" for his ability to crank consistently at any requested speed. Lessley's most striking effects were in ''The Playhouse (film), The Playhouse'' (1921) and ''Sherlock Jr.'' (1924). In ''The Playhouse'', through use of a specially shuttered lens and repeated back-cranking and re-cranking, Lessley allowed Keaton to appear as up to nine characters simultaneously, interacting with one another. In ''Sherlock Jr.'', Lessley's careful positioning of camera and actor in various locations produced the effe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin James
Elgin James is an American filmmaker, musician and a former member of Friends Stand United (FSU), a Boston, Massachusetts area group in the early 1990s which has been classified by several law enforcement agencies as a gang. James left FSU in 2007, and the following year was announced as a fellow for the Sundance Screenwriters lab. He directed the film '' Little Birds'' in 2009, which was released shortly before James was arrested on historical charges relating to his activities with FSU, for which he was sentenced to one year in prison. Since his release from prison, James has co-written the 2016 film ''Lowriders'', and co-created the TV series ''Mayans M.C.''. Early life After a short time in orphanages and foster homes, James (who is of mixed race) was raised by civil rights activists on a rural farm in the Northeast. With a crop of marijuana in the backyard and alcohol and drug abuse in the house, James formed strong anti-drinking and anti-drug beliefs, which later led him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
