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Halton (surname)
Halton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Halton (1893–1971), English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross * Anthony Halton, a fictional character in 1937 film ''Angel'' * Brian Halton (1941–2019), New Zealand organic chemist * Charles Halton (1876–1959), American film actor * Charles Halton (public servant) (1932–2013), Australian public servant * David Halton (born 1940), Canadian reporter of CBC News * Immanuel Halton (1628–1699), English astronomer and mathematician * Jane Halton (born 1960), Australian public servant * John de Halton also called John de Halghton (died 1324), English priest, Bishop of Carlisle 1292–1324 * John Halton (1491–1527/1530), English Member of Parliament * Kathleen Tynan, (1937–1995), Canadian-British journalist, author and screenwriter *Mary Halton (1878–1948), American physician and early IUD researcher. * Matthew Halton (1904–1956), Canadian television journalist * P. W. Halton (1841–1909 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Halton
Albert Halton VC (1 May 1893 – 24 July 1971) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details Halton was born in Warton near Carnforth, Lancashire. He was 24 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), British Army during the First Battle of Passchendaele of First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 12 October 1917 near Poelcapelle, Belgium, after the objective had been reached, Private Halton rushed forward about 300 yards under very heavy fire and captured a machine-gun and its crew which was causing heavy losses to our men. He then went out again and brought in 12 prisoners, showing the greatest disregard for his own safety and setting a fine example to those round him. After the war Halton was an ironworker until his retirement in 1961, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel (1937 Film)
''Angel'' is a 1937 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and Frederick Lonsdale. It was adapted by Guy Bolton and Russell Medcraft from the play ''Angyal'' by Melchior Lengyel. The music score was by Frederick Hollander, Werner R. Heymann and John Leipold with additional music by Gioacchino Rossini from ''The Barber of Seville''. The cinematography was by Charles Lang and the costume design by Travis Banton. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Melvyn Douglas with Edward Everett Horton, Laura Hope Crews and Herbert Mundin. Plot The story describes a love triangle initiated by Maria, Lady Barker ( Dietrich), the wealthy but neglected wife of Sir Frederich Barker (Marshall), a top-level British diplomat. Although her life is luxurious and Frederick loves her, he has been neglecting her in favor of pursuing his busy diplomatic career. One day, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Halton
Brian Halton (9 March 1941 – 23 February 2019) was a New Zealand organic chemist. He is noted for his investigation of highly strained and fused aromatic compounds, and was also active as an historian of chemistry. Early life, family and education Born in Accrington, Lancashire, England, on 9 March 1941, Halton was the only child of John Henry Halton and Mary (May) Halton (née Robinson). He contracted bovine tuberculosis as a young child and consequently missed two years of his early education. Later he attended St Joseph's College, Blackpool, and St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath. After winning a state scholarship, Halton studied chemistry at the University of Southampton, graduating Bachelor of Science, BSc(Hons) in 1963. He went on to complete a PhD supervised by Richard Cookson at the same institution in 1966. His two-part thesis was titled ''Part I: Addition reactions of a methyleneaziridine. Part II: Conformational aspects of cyclotriveratrylene derivatives''. Halton move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Halton
Charles Halton (March 16, 1876 – April 16, 1959) was an American character actor who appeared in over 180 films. Life and career Halton trained at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made his Broadway debut in 1901, after which he appeared in about 35 productions during the next 50 years. From the 1920s, Halton's thinning hair, rimless glasses, stern-looking face and officious manner were also familiar to generations of American moviegoers. Whether playing the neighborhood busybody, a stern government bureaucrat or weaselly attorney, Halton's characters tried to drive the "immoral influences" out of the neighborhood, foreclose on the orphanage, evict the poor widow and her children from their apartment, or any other number of dastardly deeds, all justified usually by "...I'm sorry but that's my job." Among his highest-profile roles were Mr. Carter, the bank examiner in Frank Capra's ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946), the Polish theatre producer Dobosh in Ernst Lubits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Halton (public Servant)
Charles Christopher Halton (4 March 193216 October 2013) was a senior Australian public servant. Life and career Charles Halton was born on 4 March 1932 in Yorkshire, Northern England. As an engineer in England in the 1950s and 60s, Halton was associated with the development of the Concorde and the guidance system of the Bristol Bloodhound. Gough Whitlam appointed Halton Secretary of the Department of Transport in 1973, and Halton and his family moved to Canberra from Canada where they had lived since 1969. The Halton family stayed in Canberra, with Charles Halton appointed to further senior positions in the Australian Public Service, as Secretary of the Department of Defence Support (1982-84), as Chairman leading a taskforce on Youth Allowance Administration (1984–85) and as Secretary of the Department of Communications (1986–87). Awards Charles Halton was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Halton
David Halton (born Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, 1940) is a Canadian reporter. Until his retirement in June 2005, he was the senior correspondent in Washington for CBC News. Biography Halton was born in Beaconsfield, England in 1940. His father Matthew Halton, was a war correspondent for the CBC Radio during World War II and died when David was 16 years old on December 3, 1956. The senior Halton had a big influence in David's career choice. His sister Kathleen Tynan was the second wife and biographer of the English theatre critic Ken Tynan. David Halton joined CBC in 1965, and has spent time as a foreign affairs correspondent in: * Paris correspondent 1965-1968 * Moscow correspondent 1968-1969 * London * Quebec * Middle East * Vietnam 1970s * Ottawa 1978-1991 * Washington, D.C. 1991-2005 Before moving to Washington, Halton was the chief political correspondent in Ottawa for the CBC. He retired in June 2005, although he still acts as a special contributor on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immanuel Halton
Immanuel Halton (1628–1699) was an English astronomer and mathematician, an associate of John Flamsteed. Life He was born at Greystoke in Cumberland on 21 April 1628, the eldest son of Miles Halton of Greenthwaite Hall; Timothy Halton has been identified as probably a younger brother. Halton was educated at Blencowe grammar school in Cumberland, became a student at Gray's Inn, and then entered the service of Thomas Howard, 23rd Earl of Arundel. He transacted on his behalf affairs of importance in Holland, and on his return to England accepted and kept for twenty years the post of auditor of his household, involving duties connected with commissions and arbitrations. In 1660 the successor of his patron made him a grant of part of the manor of Shirland in Derbyshire; he came to reside at Wingfield Manor in the same county early in 1666, and purchased some of the adjacent lands from the Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk on 28 May 1678. Halton put up sundials at Wingfield M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Halton
Sarah Jane "Jane" Halton (born 4 January 1960) is a former senior Australian public servant, current global health leader and former casino board member. She was the head of the Department of Health between January 2002 and June 2014, and the head of the Department of Finance from 2014 to 2016. She has held senior board roles with ANZ Bank, Clayton Utz, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Crown Casino. She was the Independent Chair of COTA Australia ( Council on the Ageing) beginning December 2017. In 2020, she was appointed to the Morrison government's National COVID Commission. Halton has held concurrent roles within the gambling and casino industry at the same time she has held senior roles within global health organizations - including the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). She held these conflicting roles despite IHME estimates that "''gambling-related burden of harm was 2.5 times m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John De Halton
John de Halton (died 1324), also called John de Halghton, was an English priest and Bishop of Carlisle from 1292 to 1324. Life Little is known of Halton's background, but he attended Oxford University.Summerson "Halton, John" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was a canon (priest), canon and cellarer in Carlisle Cathedral.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Carlisle: Bishops'' He was elected bishop on 23 April 1292, and consecrated on 14 September 1292.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 235 He was not enthroned until January 1293, however, because after his consecration he was with King Edward I of England in Scotland. He was present at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Berwick when Edward decided that the throne of Scotland should go to John Balliol. Halton spent much of the time between 1292 and 1295 in Scotland, for Pope Pope Nicholas IV, Nicholas IV had appointed Halton to collect th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Halton
John Halton (by 1491 – 1527/1530) of Lincoln, England was an English Member of Parliament. He was appointed sheriff of Lincoln for 1513–14 and Mayor of Lincoln for 1522–3. In 1517 he gained the rank of Alderman, an honour he kept until his death. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincoln ... in 1523. He was married with 3 sons and 2 daughters. References 15th-century births 16th-century deaths English MPs 1523 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Tynan
Kathleen Jeannette Halton Tynan (January 25, 1937 – January 10, 1995) was a Canadian-British journalist, author, and screenwriter. Early life Halton was the daughter of Canadian war correspondent Matthew Halton (1904–56) and Jean Campbell (1906–2001), and the sister of television journalist David Halton. She attended Oxford University before working for ''Newsweek'', ''The Observer'', and ''The Sunday Times'' in London. In 1967, she gave up her career in journalism to marry theatre critic Kenneth Tynan (1927–80). She had previously been married to Oliver Gates; that marriage ended in divorce. Kenneth Tynan was married when the couple's relationship began.Buck, Joan Juliet"Obituary: Kathleen Tynan", ''The Independent'', January 11, 1995. Last accessed March 11, 2009. She also had a subsequent relationship with Franco-Swiss director Barbet Schroeder (born 1941). Work She published a novel, ''The Summer Aeroplane'', in 1975. The novel was later adapted into the film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Halton
Mary Gertrude Halton (1878–1948) was an American Pathology, pathologist, Gynaecology, gynecologist, Obstetrics, obstetrician, women's health activist, and Women's suffrage, suffragist. She fought to publish research on early intrauterine device (IUD) technology, in order to further the legalization of birth control in the United States. She was the first women appointed to the Harvard Medical School faculty. Early life and education Mary G. Halton was born in 1878 in San Francisco, California, she was the daughter of Mary Gunn Halton and Dr. Richard J. Halton. Her father was born in Dublin, Ireland. She attended the University of California, and later Stanford University's Stanford University School of Medicine, Cooper Medical College, graduating on June 5, 1900, with her medical degree. Career After graduation she worked as a Pathology, pathologist at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital (San Francisco, California), St. Luke's Hospital, and Southern Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
