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Galpin may refer to: *Galpin Auto Sports, automobile manufacturer. * Galpin Lake, a lake in Minnesota, United States *Galpin Society, a music organization People with the surname Galpin * Alastair Galpin, South African record holder *Alfred Galpin, American composer *Barbara Galpin (1855–1922), American journalist *Ernest Edward Galpin, South African botanist and banker *Francis William Galpin (1858–1945), English cleric and musicologist * Homer Galpin (1871–1941), American lawyer and politician *John Galpin, English cricketer *Max Galpin (born 1935), Australian rules footballer * Shannon Galpin, American trainer *Ted Galpin Edward Thomas William Galpin (4 July 1914 – 3 September 1996) was General Manager (South) of Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers Ltd. from 1962 to 1976 and a director until 1979. Galpin was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galpin Auto Sports
Galpin Auto Sports (or GAS) is an American custom car and automobile repair shop located in Van Nuys which specializes in customizing and remodeling vehicles specifically for their drivers. They also provide specialty parts and accessories. The shop was founded in 1946 by Frank Galpin and later purchased by Bert Boeckmann. Galpin Auto Sports is the car garage featured on MTV's ''Pimp My Ride'' hosted by Xzibit. The show was moved from West Coast Customs to GAS in the 5th and 6th seasons. They also own a second-hand car shop. On site at the main garage is an extensive array of customized cars which can be bought direct from the garage. GAS's work could also be seen on the 2008-2009 television show ''Knight Rider''. They were asked to create the star of the show, a new version of the 2008 Ford Mustang called the ''GT500KR''. "GAS had one week to create the new KITT, and they pulled out all the stops. Six people worked full time to create the ''Mustang'' that would be sent over to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galpin Lake
Galpin Lake is a lake in Hennepin County, Minnesota, in the United States. The northern part of the lake is in Excelsior and the southern part is in Shorewood. Galpin Lake was named for Charles Galpin, a local pastor. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of or more. The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minn ... References Lakes of Minnesota Lakes of Hennepin County, Minnesota {{HennepinCountyMN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galpin Society
The Galpin Society was formed in October 1946 to further research into the branch of musicology known as organology, i.e. the history, construction, development and use of musical instruments. Based in the United Kingdom, it is named after the eminent British organologist and musical instrument collector, Canon Francis William Galpin (1858–1945), who had a lifelong interest in studying, collecting, playing, making and writing about musical instruments. The society's founder members, from the generation who followed in the footsteps of Canon Galpin, were keen to form a society to promote the historical study of all kinds of musical instruments. They included Anthony Baines, Robert Donington, Hugh Gough, Eric Halfpenny, Edgar Hunt, Eric Marshall Johnson, Lyndesay Langwill, Reginald Morley-Pegge, Geoffrey Rendall and Maurice Vincent. Philip Bate was the inaugural chairman of the society and Professor Jack Westrup, Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford , m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alastair Galpin
Alastair Galpin (born 1974, East London, South Africa) is the 2nd biggest Guinness World Records breaker of the 2000s decade, breaking 38 World Records, behind Ashrita Furman. He immigrated to New Zealand in 2002, and says that his career in Record Breaking was inspired when he met champion rally driver, Simon Evans, in Kenya in 1998. World records Alastair Galpin has broken over 85 world records for feats including having the most snails on the face (eight in 10 seconds) and the most rubber-bands stretched over the face (62 in one minute). He also holds the most stamps licked (57 in one minute), loudest clap, and the fastest time to peel and eat three kiwifruit. Galpin is also the holder of the Guinness World Record for the most hugs in one hour in Civic Square, Wellington, New Zealand on 13 July 2007 (624 hugs) and achieved three new Guinness World Records at the Guinness World Records Day 2009 for Champagne-cork spitting, coin blowing, and Malteser (malt ball) spitting. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Galpin
Alfred Galpin (1901–1983) was an American literary academic and musical composer of classical works. He is now best known as a close friend and correspondent of writer H. P. Lovecraft. Life Alfred Galpin was a young prodigy, the son of the banker and inventor Alfred Galpin Jr. (1841–1924) of Appleton, Wisconsin. As a teenager he was mentored by H. P. Lovecraft, who had been alerted to the boy's brilliance by his teacher Maurice W. Moe and his participation in amateur journalism. Lovecraft quickly came to think of Galpin as an honorary "grandson", and nicknamed him "Alfredus"; the two wrote a number of poems for each other and engaged in the Gallomo correspondence circle together. Galpin most notably introduced to Lovecraft the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche, and the fiction of Clark Ashton Smith. In the mid-1920s Galpin went to Paris, where he lived the bohemian student life and married a French woman. He attended the Sorbonne in Paris in 1931–1932, thereafter during the 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Galpin
Barbara Galpin (, Johnson; February 6, 1855 – August 14, 1922) was an American journalist. For twenty-five years Mrs. Galpin was identified with the ''Somerville Journal'', serving as compositor, proof reader, cashier, editor woman's page and assistant manager. Galpin traveled extensively in the United States and Europe, writing books and articles of travel, and lectured much upon this subject. She was the author of several books and contributed to magazines, both prose and poems. She took a vital interest in hospital, charitable, and educational work, and when the Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Legislature provided for a “planning board” in every city of more than 10,000 people, the mayor of the city named her, with six men, on the Somerville board—the first woman in the state to occupy such a position. Galpin was a member of the New England Press Association, Authors' Guild of New York, League of American Pen Women (Washington, D.C.); Boston Authors' Club. Prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Edward Galpin
Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941), was a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species. Numerous species are named after him such as ''Acacia galpinii'', '' Bauhinia galpinii'', ''Cyrtanthus galpinii'', '' Kleinia galpinii'', ''Kniphofia galpinii'', ''Streptocarpus galpinii'' and ''Watsonia galpinii''. He is commemorated in the genus '' Galpinia'' N.E.Br. Nicholas Edward Brown (11 July 1849 in Redhill, Surrey – 25 November 1934 in Kew Gardens, London) was an English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents. He was also an authority on several families of plants, including Asclepiadacea ... as is his farm in the genus '' Mosdenia'' Stent. Early life One of seven sons born in Grahamstown to Henry Carter Galpin, watchmaker and jeweller, and Georgina Maria Luck, Ernest Galpin started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis William Galpin
Francis William Galpin (December 25, 1858 December 30, 1945) was an English cleric and antiquarian musicologist. He was known as a collector of old musical instruments. Life Born in Dorchester, Dorset, Galpin was educated at Sherborne and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied organ under Sterndale Bennett. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1883, became as a recent graduate of that year curate at Redenhall with Harleston in Norfolk; and went on to be a curate at St Giles in the Fields, London. As vicar of Hatfield Regis in Essex during the 1890s, Galpin organised concerts with instruments from his collection, including recorders, lutes and serpents. Subsequently, he was vicar at Witham, and then Faulkbourne. Galpin also served as President of the Essex Archaeological Society. His students included Geneviève Thibault de Chambure. In 1946 the Galpin Society was formed to further his work on musical instruments. Collection In 1916, Galpin sold his collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homer Galpin
Homer Knickerbocker Galpin (December 11, 1871–July 27, 1941) was an American politician and lawyer. Galpin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went to the public schools and took courses in business education. He graduated from the law department of Lake Forest College and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1893. He practiced law in Chicago and was involved with the Republican Party. Galpin served as clerk of the Cook County Board of Review from 189 to 1905. He served in the Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state, State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adop ... from 1905 to 1909. Galpin served on the Illinois Tax Commissio Galpin died at the Grant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois after being ill for a week.'Homer K. Galpin, Former Cook County GOP Leader, Dies After Short Illness,' Freeport Journal-St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Galpin
John George Galpin (13 January 1843 – 5 March 1917) was an English professional first-class cricketer. Galpin was born at Alverstoke in Gosport in January 1843. Described by Haygarth as a "good round-armed bowler and an average batsman", Galpin was engaged as a professional at Exeter College, Oxford in the summers of 1865–1866, 1868 and 1870. In 1867, he was the professional at Gravesend with the Gravesend and Milton Club, and was subsequently engaged by the Buckingham Club from 1868 to 1871, following the conclusion of the cricketing season at Oxford. In 1871 and 1872, he was employed by Uppingham School as their cricket coach, before playing for Birkenhead Cricket Club as their professional from 1873 to 1875. It was in 1875, that Galpin made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Kent at Catford. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1880, making seven appearances. In these, he took 28 wickets at an average of 16.50; he took two five wicket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Galpin
Max Galpin (27 July 1935 – 18 August 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy Football Club, Fitzroy in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * 2015 deaths 1935 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Galpin
Shannon Galpin (born 1974) is an American activist, author, adventurer, and producer of the movie, ''Afghan Cycles''. In 2013, she was named, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Shannon started a US series of mountain biking camps called Strength in Numbers for women in their 20s and 30s who have experienced gender violence, with the belief that "an army of women can change the world." Shannon was runner up for two consecutive years in Elevation Outdoors Magazine's Resident Badass poll, in the Humanitarian category. Life She grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popula .... In 2006, she founded Mountain2Mountain. Works *''Streets of Afghanistan: Bridging Cultures Through Art,'' Photographs by Libero Di Zinno, Hatherleigh Company, Limite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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