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Gimson is a surname which may refer to: *John Gimson (1983), Olympic silver Medalist *Alfred C. Gimson (1917–1985), English phonetician *Andrew Gimson (born 1958), British political journalist and writer *Christopher Gimson (1886–1975), English cricketer and colonial administrator *Ernest Gimson (1864–1919), English furniture designer and architect *Sir Franklin Gimson (1890–1975), British colonial administrator in Ceylon, Hong Kong and Singapore * Robert Gimson (born 1986), former American football running back *Sally Gimson, British Labour Party politician *Samson Gimson (born 1964), Singaporean professional golfer See also *Gimson (cycles), Catalan bicycle and motorcycle brand *Gimson and Company Gimson and Company were founded in 1840 by Josiah and Benjamin Gimson on Welford Road in Leicester. The company were listed as Engineers, Ironfounders, Boiler Makers & General Machinists. They later moved to Vulcan Works, Vulcan Road, Humberstone ..., British steam engine man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gimson
John Gimson (born 11 March 1983) is an Olympic Silver Medallist and two time World champion in sailings Mixed multihull Olympic discipline. He lives in Congleton. In 2020 he became world champion in the Nacra 17 World Championship with partner Anna Burnet. They were selected for the British Olympic team and gained silver medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics. A veteran by the standards of many, John Gimson has forged a career in various formats of sailing and followed up success in the lead-up to Tokyo alongside Anna Burnet with silver in the Nacra 17 class at the 2020 Games. The duo won the 2020 Nacra 17 World Championship plus silver medals at the 2019 European Championships, World Cup Final and the Olympic test event. Gimson's youth career yielded silver medals at the World and European Championships and his CV also features a 2013 Americas Cup appearance, as well as eight years racing keelboats. Gimson joined Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in 2012 as their training partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred C
Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album ''Music to Be Murdered By'' Business and organisations * Alfred, a radio station in Shaftesbury, England *Alfred Music, an American music publisher *Alfred University, New York, U.S. *The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia People * Alfred (name) includes a list of people and fictional characters called Alfred * Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899), or Alfred I, a king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons Places Antarctica * Mount Alfred (Antarctica) Australia * Alfredtown, New South Wales * County of Alfred, South Australia Canada * Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario * Alfred Island, Nunavut * Mount Alfred, British Columbia United States * Alfred, Maine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Gimson
Andrew Gimson (born 1958) is a British political journalist. Gimson formerly wrote the parliamentary sketch for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and has written a novel entitled ''The Desired Effect'', as well as books about Boris Johnson, British monarchs and British Prime Ministers. In November 2011 he was succeeded as sketch writer on ''The Daily Telegraph'' by Michael Deacon. Gimson is a former pupil of Uppingham School where he attended West Bank House. He briefly worked in the Conservative Research Department in 1983 before starting his journalism career at ''The Spectator'', commentating on public affairs. He is married to Sally Gimson (formerly Sally Malcolm-Smith), who stood in the South Leicestershire constituency as an unsuccessful candidate for the Labour Party in the May 2010 general election. Books *''The Desired Effect'' (1991) *'' Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson'' (2006) * ''Gimson's Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066'' (2015) *''Gimson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Gimson
Christopher Gimson (24 December 1886 – 8 November 1975) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator. Biography Gimson was born in Leicester, where the Gimson family was prominent. Christopher is said to have been exceptionally tall, so that his uncle Ernest Gimson made a special 7ft single oak bed for him.C Gimson 1955-56 Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society He was educated at and . He played cricket for |
Ernest Gimson
Ernest William Gimson (; 21 December 1864 – 12 August 1919) was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers". Today his reputation is securely established as one of the most influential designers of the English Arts and Crafts movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Early career Ernest Gimson was born in Leicester, in the East Midlands of England, in 1864, the son of Josiah Gimson, engineer and iron founder, founder of Gimson and Company, owner of the Vulcan Works. Ernest was articled to the Leicester architect, Isaac Barradale, and worked at his offices on Grey Friars between 1881 and 1885. Aged 19, he attended a lecture on 'Art and Socialism' at the Leicester Secular Society given by the leader of the Arts and Crafts revival in Victorian England, William Morris, and, greatly inspired, talked with him until two in the morning, after the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Gimson
Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (10 September 1890 – 13 February 1975) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Singapore from 1946 to 1952. Gimson assumed the post of the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in December 1941. However, his appointment was interrupted by the Battle of Hong Kong. He became a prisoner of war when then Governor Sir Mark Young surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army on Christmas Day 1941. After spending more than three years in Stanley Internment Camp as an internee, Gimson was freed in August 1945, upon the Liberation of Hong Kong. He formed a short-lived provisional government and briefly declared himself "acting governor", but this administration was soon replaced when Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt established the military government following in September. Gimson was the first Governor of Singapore from 1946 to 1952 and reinstalled the civil administration in Singapore. During his governorship, he witnessed the establishment o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gimson
Robert Gimson is a former American football running back for the Carnegie Mellon Tartans ( Division III) of the University Athletic Association. One of only four 1,000-yard rushers in his school's history, having surpassed the 1,000-yard mark twice. He is 4th on the Tartans' career rushing list (2712). Robert set numerous records as a three-time 1st Team All Conference Selection, including longest rush (90 yards), single season yards per carry (6.7) and career yards per carry (5.7).details of the citation Currently married to Kimberly Gimson a renowned flutist. References 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Bloomfield, New Jersey Players of American football from Essex County, New Jersey American football running backs Carnegie Mellon University alumni {{collegefootball-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Gimson
Sally Gimson (née Malcolm-Smith) is a British Labour Party politician, ex-councillor in the Highgate ward of Camden Council. Career Gimson graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1987 with a degree in Modern Languages, before training as a journalist. Until her election to Camden Council she was Head of Public Policy at Victim Support, and she was previously Director of Communications at the Family and Parenting Institute. Sally Gimson was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in the South Leicestershire constituency in the 2010 General Election. She served in the council cabinet as the chief of adult health and social care until she challenged Council leader Sarah Hayward losing by 24 votes to 15, subsequently returning to the backbenches. On 27 October 2019 Gimson was selected by Bassetlaw Constituency Labour Party to be their prospective parliamentary candidate for the next general election, although she did not end up contesting that position in December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson Gimson
Samson Gimson (born 22 January 1964) is a Singaporean professional golfer. Gimson played on the Japan Golf Tour from 1993 to 1997, winning once. Career Gimson won the gold medal at the 1989 Southeast Asian Games. Amateur wins *1986 Hong Kong Amateur *1987 Hong Kong Amateur, Sentosa Invitational, Desaru Amateur *1989 Singapore Amateur, Pahang Open Amateur, Perak Amateur Open, Selangor Amateur Open, Southeast Asian Games (gold medal) Professional wins (9) PGA of Japan Tour wins (1) Other wins (8) *1990 Singapore PGA Championship *1991 Langkawi TDC Tour, Sarawak TDC Tour, Johor TDC Tour, Labuan TDC Tour, Tiger Beer Open *1998 Anderson Consulting Champions of Champions, Emirates PGA Singapore Championship Team appearances Amateur *Eisenhower Trophy (representing Singapore): 1988 Professional *World Cup (representing Singapore): 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimson (cycles)
Gimson was a Spanish bicycle and motorcycle brand, manufactured in Figueres by Gimbernat Hermanos S.R.C. in two distinct stages: the first in 1930 (producing a total amount of six ) and the second from 1955 to 1982. History Beginnings Early 20th century, Pierre Gimbernat i Batlle, a renowned clockmaker from Perpignan, obtained the license of distribution for French manufacturer Automoto for the Province of Girona. Gimbernat moved to Figueres, where he founded a small shop at 17th Sant Pau street. At first, he sold and repaired clocks and bicycles, also importing and selling bicycle spare parts. After some time, he decided to sell all this material and parts under his own brand, which he named Gimson. Brand name Gimson was an acronym for Gimbernat and Sons, a name that included Pierre Gimbernat and his three children: Pierre, Antoine and Françoise. A few years later they changed the business name to Gimbernat Hermanos, SRC. The company was always a family business. The ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimson And Company
Gimson and Company were founded in 1840 by Josiah and Benjamin Gimson on Welford Road in Leicester. The company were listed as Engineers, Ironfounders, Boiler Makers & General Machinists. They later moved to Vulcan Works, Vulcan Road, Humberstone Road, Leicester. Expansion Between 1876 and 1878 a new works, Vulcan Foundry, was developed beside the Midland Railway mainline. The site covered three and a half acres, the foundry shop was 180 ft by 62 ft. It had a workforce of 350 men and all lifting was done with steam hoists and travelling cranes. Products Stationary steam engines, passenger and goods lifts, boot and shoe machinery, agricultural machinery. Preserved steam engines Woolf compound rotative beam pumping engines; * Four of 1885 at Claymills Pumping Station, Burton on Trent. Claymills Pumping Station trust site * Four of 1891 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
