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George Atkinson (folk Musician)
George Atkinson may refer to: Government and politics *George Atkinson (Surveyor General), Surveyor General of Ceylon appointed in 1805 * George Maitland Atkinson (1860–1940), Canadian politician *George W. Atkinson (1845–1925), American politician, Governor of West Virginia Sports * George Atkinson (1900s footballer) (fl. 1904/5), English professional footballer *George Atkinson (climber) (born 1994), British mountain climber *George Atkinson (cricketer) (1830–1906), English cricketer * George Atkinson (Olympic footballer), represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics * George Atkinson (safety) (born 1947), American football safety and kick returner *George Atkinson III (1992–2019), American football running back and kick returner Other * George Atkinson (convict) (1764–1834), English convict and member of the First Fleet to Australia *George Atkinson (video rental businessman) (1935–2005), American businessman and video rental pioneer * George Francis Atkins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson (Surveyor General)
George Atkinson was the second Surveyor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1805, succeeding J. Johnwil, and held the office until 1811. He was succeeded by Gualterus Schneider Captain Gualterus Schneider (23 November 1772 - 10 September 1841) was the third Surveyor General of Ceylon. He was appointed in 1811, succeeding George Atkinson, and held the office until 1833. He was succeeded by F. B. Norris. Gualterus Schne .... His daughter, Maria Elisabeth, married Joseph Sansoni, the son of Louis Sansoni, the Colonial Postmaster General in 1824. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, George Surveyors General of Ceylon 19th-century Sri Lankan people Year of birth missing Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Maitland Atkinson
George Maitland Atkinson (November 14, 1860 – 1940) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Touchwood in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1908 to 1917 as a Liberal. He was born in Delaware, Canada West, the son of the Reverend Thomas Atkinson and Rachel A. Johnson, and was educated at Manitoba College and Victoria University. He taught school for seven years in Ontario and in the North-West Territories. In 1887, Atkinson married Edith A. Cook. He lived near Wynot, Saskatchewan The Rural Municipality of Emerald No. 277 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 10 and Division No. 4. History The RM of Emerald No. 277 incorporated as a ru .... References Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1860 births 1940 deaths People from Rural Municipality Emerald No. 277, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George W
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. While in his twenties, Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. In 1978, Bush unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball before he was elected governor of Texas in 1994. As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind powered electricity in the nation. In the 2000 presidential election, Bush defeated Democratic incum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson (1900s Footballer)
George Atkinson (fl. 1904–1905) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. Atkinson joined Football League Second Division club Burnley in the summer of 1904 and made his debut for the club in the first match of the 1904–05 season, a 1–4 defeat to West Bromwich Albion on 3 September 1904. He appeared in all of the team's first 14 games of the campaign, with his final match coming on 19 November 1904 against Glossop. Atkinson then failed to report for the following fixture away at Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ..., leaving the team to play with only 10 men. He was never again selected for Burnley and left the club in 1905. References * * English footballers Men's association football wingers Burnley F.C. players En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson (climber)
George Atkinson (born 29 May 1994) is an English climber. At the age of sixteen he became the youngest ever person to complete the Seven Summits Challenge by climbing to the summit of the highest mountain on each of seven continents. He completed the challenge at 08:15 local time on 26 May 2011 when he reached the summit of Mount Everest. Atkinson was 16 years and 362 days old when he completed the challenge which beat previous record holder Johnny Collinson who completed the challenge at 17 years and 296 days old. His record stood for seven months, until it was bested by Jordan Romero, who completed the challenge on 24 December 2011 at the age of 15. Seven Summits Atkinson embarked on a world record attempt to be the youngest person to climb the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents when he was 11 years old. He completed it nearly six years later just a few days before his 17th birthday. He climbed the Mount Kilimanjaro, tallest mountain in Africa first. This w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson (cricketer)
George Robert Atkinson (21 September 1830 – 3 May 1906) was an English cricketer, best known for playing in 62 matches of first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1863 and 1870. Career A professional right arm medium face round arm bowler, he took 165 wickets at 17.17, with a best of 6 for 18 while, as a right-handed late order batsman, he scored 935 runs at 12.63, with a best of 66. He took 32 catches, and bowled with an economy rate of 1.96. After the end of his playing career, he served as an umpire in first-class cricket. 1863 was the first year of first-class cricket, and Atkinson appeared for Yorkshire in 1861 and 1862. He also appeared in first-class cricket for Yorkshire and Durham (1858), the United England Eleven (1859-1869), North of England (1859-1870), The Players (1863), England (1863), Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire (1864) and the United North of England Eleven (1870-1871). He played against 22 Gentlemen of Hampshire for the United Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson (Olympic Footballer)
George Thomas Atkinson (3 September 1893 – 29 May 1967) was an English footballer who represented Great Britain as a center half at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He also played for Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland () is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, northern England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham. Much of the town's early history surro ... throughout his career. References 1893 births 1967 deaths English men's footballers Bishop Auckland F.C. players Olympic footballers for Great Britain Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders People from West Auckland {{England-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson (safety)
George Henry Atkinson II (born January 4, 1947) is an American former professional football player who was a safety and kick returner in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland Raiders from 1968 to 1977. He played college football at Morris Brown. He was a member of the Raiders' Super Bowl XI championship team. Playing career Atkinson started his career in 1968 with the Raiders as a cornerback / kick returner. In fact, his first ever game as a professional player. Facing the Buffalo Bills on September 15, he scored the first touchdown of the game on a punt return for 86 yards. He returned five total punts during the game for 205 yards (along with one kick for 25 yards) in the win. On offense for the season, he returned 36 punts for 490 yards and two touchdowns (all AFL highs) while returning 32 kicks for 802 yards. On defense, he picked four passes off for 66 yards and a touchdown. He would do returns on and off for the next seven yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson III
George Henry Atkinson III (November 29, 1992 – December 2, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2014, and also played for the Cleveland Browns, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Jets. As a rookie with Oakland in 2014, Atkinson began the season on the practice squad until he was activated late in the season and contributed mostly on special teams. He spent most of 2015 on the Raiders' practice squad. Atkinson joined Cleveland in 2016. He played on special teams for all 16 games and also saw time at running back in the season finale. In 2017, Atkinson again tried out with the Raiders, but was released and landed on the practice squad for Kansas City. He spent training camp with the Jets in 2018. Early years Atkinson and his twin brother Josh were born to Michelle Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson (convict)
George Atkinson (1764 – 20 June 1834), also known as George Atkins, was an English convict sent to Australia aboard a ship of the First Fleet. He was a chimney sweeper. Convicted for the theft of clothing and a book from a London boarding-house in 1783, he was sentenced to seven years' transportation and sent to the Australian penal colony of New South Wales where he was put to work on a Norfolk Island farm. On expiry of his sentence Atkinson married and took up careers in farming, law enforcement and as a mariner. In 1811 he purchased a half-share in a seagoing sloop, becoming one of the colony's earliest ship owners. Bankrupted within three years, Atkinson resumed to work as a police constable, night watch and labourer. He died in 1834 and was buried near St James' Church, Sydney. Life in England Atkinson was born in 1764, the son of Henry and Alice Atkinson in London. His baptism was recorded at St Andrew's, Holborn on 26 August 1764.Gillen 1989, pp.13-14 On 3 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Atkinson (video Rental Businessman)
George Atkinson (June 2, 1935 – March 3, 2005), was an American businessman, credited as the father of the storefront video rental store in the U.S. When the first videocassettes became available for the public, he was already in the movie business. Customers in the form of hotels and pizza parlors would rent movie projectors and public domain 8mm movies, and later U-Matic videotape. When VCR's first went on sale in 1975, studios thought they would be a luxury item and that customers would want to buy films to own. Atkinson, however, was the first to see the possibility of a video rental market. (Daily News, December 13, 2002) In December 1977, George Atkinson spent approximately $3000 to buy one Betamax and one VHS copy of each of the 50 available movie titles from Magnetic Video, which were then being sold to the public by direct mail. He announced the availability of the videos for rent in the sports section of a local newspaper, after already advertising "Video for Rent" at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Francis Atkinson
George Francis Atkinson (January 26, 1854 – November 14, 1918) was an American botanist and mycologist.Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435 He was born on January 26, 1854, in Raisinville, Michigan, and died on November 14, 1918. He was the son of Joseph and Josephine Atkinson (née Fish). He studied at Olivet College from 1878 to 1883 and obtained his bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1885. He is best known for his contributions to the fields of mycology and botany. Career He was an assistant professor of entomology and zoology from 1885 to 1886, and associate professor in 1886 to 1888 at the University of North Carolina. He was a professor of botany and zoology at the University of South Carolina from 1888 to 1889 and a botanist at the Experiment Station of the University. From 1889 to 1892 he taught biology at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama; from 1892 to 1893 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
