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Hewitt (name)
Hewitt is both an English surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname In science and technology * Carl Hewitt, American scientist * Charles Gordon Hewitt (1885–1920), Canadian entomologist * Edwin Hewitt (1920–1999), mathematician * Eric John Hewitt (1919–2001), plant physiologist * Geoffrey Hewitt (1934-2019), chemical engineering professor * John Hewitt (herpetologist) (1880–1961), British and South African herpetologist and museum curator * Judi Hewitt, Finnish-New Zealand bio-statistician and soft-sediment benthic ecologist * Paul G. Hewitt (born 1930), scientist * Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921), American electrical engineer and inventor of the first mercury-vapor lamp Soldiers * Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt (1897–1917), First World War Victoria Cross recipient * Henry Kent Hewitt (1887–1972), US Navy admiral * Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer) (1901–1985), Royal Australian Air Force air vice marshal * Captain Peter Hewitt (1720-17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Hewitt
Patricia Hope Hewitt (born 2 December 1948) is an Australian-born British government adviser and former politician who served as Secretary of State for Health from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, she previously served as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 2001 to 2005. Hewitt's political career began in the 1970s as a high-profile left-winger and supporter of Tony Benn, even being classified by MI5 as an alleged communist sympathiser. After nine years as General Secretary of the National Council for Civil Liberties, she became press secretary to Neil Kinnock, whom she assisted in the modernisation of the Labour Party. In 1997, she became the first female MP for Leicester West, a safe Labour seat, in the East Midlands which she represented for thirteen years. In 2001, she joined Blair's cabinet, the first of the 1997 intake of MPs to do so, as President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, before becoming Health Secre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Hewitt
Emma Louise Hewitt (born 28 April 1988) is an Australian singer. Biography Hewitt was the lead singer of the Australian rock band Missing Hours, with whom she released an eponymous debut album in October 2008 through Sony Australia. The band that she formed with her brother Anthony is no longer active; in 2010, she and her brother were based in Europe and writing electronic dance music. Now she's a resident of Miami, FL. Although Hewitt had a musical background in rock music, she released her debut single in 2007 in the field of progressive house: "Carry Me Away" was a collaboration with British DJ Chris Lake. The single reached number 11 in the Spanish singles charts, and number 12 in Finland. The single spent a total of 50 weeks in the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay charts in the United States and reached number 1 in December 2007. After the success of her first single, she became a trance singer, working with several trance artists such as Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Hewitt
Angela Hewitt, (born July 26, 1958) is a Canadian classical pianist. She is best known for her Bach interpretations. Career Hewitt was born in Ottawa, Ontario, daughter of the Yorkshire-born Godfrey Hewitt (thus she also has British nationality) who was choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa. She began piano studies at the age of three with her mother. She earned a scholarship at the age of five. She studied violin with Walter Prystawski, recorder with Wolfgang Grunsky, and ballet with Nesta Toumine in Ottawa. Her first full-length recital was at the age of nine, in The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where she studied from 1964 to 1973 with Earle Moss and Myrtle Guerrero. She then went on to be the student of French pianist Jean-Paul Sevilla at the University of Ottawa. Hewitt has performed around the world in recital and as soloist with orchestra. She is best known for her cycle of Bach recordings which she began in 1994 and finished in 2005—covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt (born February 22, 1956) is an American radio talk show host with the Salem Radio Network and an attorney, academic, and author. A conservative, he writes about law, society, politics, and media bias in the United States. Hewitt is a former official in the Reagan Administration, the former president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, a law professor at Chapman University School of Law, a columnist for ''The Washington Post'' and a regular political commentator on Fox News Channel. Early life Hewitt was born on February 22, 1956 in Warren, Ohio. He is the son of Marguerite (née Rohl) and William Robert Hewitt. He describes himself as "a descendant of both Ulster and the Republic through a green-orange marriage of immigrants from County Down and County Clare". He attended John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Warren, Ohio. He then graduated ''cum laude'' from Harvard University with a B.A. in government in 1978. After leaving Harvard, he worked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Hewitt
Gavin Hewitt (born 1951, Penge, London) is a British journalist and presenter, currently BBC News's News Editor. He was formerly its Europe Editor, a post he held between September 2009 to the autumn of 2014, and became News Editor to cover a wider brief. Early life and education Son of Rev. Thomas Hewitt (died 1964), of Worthing, West Sussex, and Daffodil Anne (died 2007), née Thorne, Hewitt was educated at the independent school St John's School in Leatherhead, Surrey and St John's College, University of Durham where he reported for a live student programme on BBC Radio Durham entitled ''University Termtime''. His sister, Anne, married Rev. Anthony Proctor-Beauchamp, son of Sir Ivor Proctor-Beauchamp, 8th Baronet. Career Prior to his work at the BBC, Hewitt lived in Toronto and worked as a correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Hewitt joined the BBC's ''Panorama'' as a presenter in 1984 and was in East Berlin when the Berlin Wall came down. He conducted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foster Hewitt
Foster William Hewitt, (November 21, 1902 – April 21, 1985) was a Canadian radio broadcaster most famous for his play-by-play calls for ''Hockey Night in Canada''. He was the son of W. A. Hewitt, and the father of Bill Hewitt. Biography Early life and career Born in Toronto, Ontario, Hewitt attended Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto where he was a member of the Toronto chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was a champion boxer in his student years, winning the intercollegiate title at 112 pounds. Hewitt developed an early interest in the radio and as a teenager accompanied his father, W. A. Hewitt, on a trip to Detroit, Michigan to see a demonstration of radio technology sponsored by General Electric. He took a job with Independent Telephone Company, which manufactured radios, and left that job and university when his father—the sports editor of the ''Toronto Daily Star''—told him that the ''Star'' was going to start its own radio station. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Churchman Hewitt
Emma Churchman Hewitt (, Churchman; February 1, 1850 – 1921) was an American author and journalist. She served as associate editor of ''Ladies' Home Journal'' for four years; later of ''Home Magazine'' in Washington, D.C. and ''Leisure Hours'' in Philadelphia. She was also on staff at the Philadelphia (daily) ''Call''. Later, Hewitt was engaged in general literature. She served as president of the Philadelphia Women's Press Association; and was the chairman of the commission on sanitation of the Philadelphia Civic Club. Hewitt was the author of ''Ease In Conversation'', 1887; ''Hints to Ballad Singers'', 18S9; ''The Little Denvers'', 1902; and joint author of ''Queen of the Home'', 1889. She made her residence at 4105 Chester Avenue, Philadelphia. Hewitt died in 1921. Early life and education Emma Churchman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1, 1850. Her parents were John and Lydia (Starr) Churchman. At three years of age, she moved north with her parents, who settled on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Hewitt
Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; anglicized ''Shane/Shayne''), rendered ''John'' in English and Johannes/Johann/Johan in other Germanic languages. The Norman French ''Jehan'' (see ''Jean'') is another version. For notable people named Sean, refer to List of people named Sean. Origin The name was adopted into the Irish language most likely from ''Jean'', the French variant of the Hebrew name ''Yohanan''. As Gaelic has no letter (derived from ; English also lacked until the late 17th Century, with ''John'' previously been spelt ''Iohn'') so it is substituted by , as was the normal Gaelic practice for adapting Biblical names that contain in other languages (''Sine''/''Siobhàn'' for ''Joan/Jane/Anne/Anna''; ''Seonaid''/''Sinéad'' for ''Janet''; ''Seumas''/''Séamus'' for ''Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Hewitt began her career as a child actress and singer, appearing in national television commercials before joining the cast of the Disney Channel series ''Kids Incorporated'' (1989–1991). She had her breakthrough as Sarah Reeves Merrin on the Fox teen drama ''Party of Five'' (1995–1999) and rose to fame as a teen star for her role as Julie James in the horror films ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1997) and its 1998 sequel, as well as her role as Amanda Beckett in the teen comedy film ''Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998). Hewitt's other notable films include '' Heartbreakers'' (2001), ''The Tuxedo'' (2002) and the two ''Garfield'' live-action films (2004–2006). She has starred as Melinda Gordon on the CBS supernatural drama '' Ghost Whisperer'' (2005–2010), Riley Parks on the Lifetime drama series ''The Client List'' (2012–2013), Special Agent Kate Callahan on the CBS crime drama ''Crimin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Charles Hewitt (actor)
Henry Charles Hewitt (28 December 1885 – 23 August 1968) was an English stage, film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... and television actor. He made his stage debut in 1905. Filmography References External links * 1885 births 1968 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{England-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Hewitt
Donald Shepard Hewitt (December 14, 1922 – August 19, 2009) was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating the CBS television news magazine ''60 Minutes'' in 1968, which at the time of his death was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, ''60 Minutes'' was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. Hewitt produced the first televised presidential debate in 1960. Early life Hewitt was born in New York City, New York, the son of Frieda (née Pike) and Ely S. Hewitt (changed from Hurwitz or Horowitz). His father was a Jewish immigrant from Russia, and his mother's family was of German Jewish descent. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
