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Kershaw is an English-language surname deriving from a topographical identifier in the northern dialect of Middle English: ''kirk'' meaning "church" and ''shaw'' meaning "grove". Places named Kirkshaw include Kirkshaw in the parish of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and two hamlets in West Yorkshire. The Kershaw (anciently spelled "Kyrkeshagh") family resided at Town House, Rochdale from the Middle Ages until the early modern period. Notable people with the name include: * Alex Kershaw (born 1966), American Historian * Abbey Lee Kershaw (born 1987), Australian fashion model * Andy Kershaw (born 1959), British radio DJ * Anthony Kershaw (1915–2008), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament 1955 to 1987 * Betty Kershaw (born 1943), British professor of nursing * Billy Kershaw, rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s * Bob Kershaw (died 1998), South African fighter pilot in World War II * Cecil Kershaw (1895–1972), British fencer and rugby union footballer dur ... [...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] |
Fraser Kershaw
Fraser Hart Kershaw Jr. is an American activist from the Virgin Islands in the clean water movement throughout the United States and Latin America. He made his television debut acting as multiple characters in the 2016 televised international feature film ''Behind the Water''. He was a figure in the new industry of filmmaking for the U.S. Virgin Islands. On 26 January 2021, Kershaw was announced as the head coach of the men's soccer program at the Pennsylvania State University, Altoona in the United States. Early life and Fútbol From an early age Kershaw grew up playing under premiere youth teams. Kershaw grew up with the game playing internationally. Throughout his career playing in the United States, The Virgin Islands, Europe and Latin America. Kershaw spent his late teens on the island of St. John, Virgin Islands. On the island, Kershaw would carry a five-gallon tank of drinking water for several blocks up a steep hill in 100-degree heat to his home. His mother worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kershaw
Mary Kershaw is an American museum curator and director. Biography Kershaw studied at the University of Pennsylvania and University College London before being appointed as an assistant curator at Harrogate's museums. She was the curator at the museums service from 1992 to 2003, overseeing redevelopments of the Mercer Gallery, Knaresborough Castle, St Robert's Cave, and the Royal Pump Room Museum. She was appointed the Director of Collections at the newly formed York Museums Trust in 2003. She left this post in 2009 to return to the USA as the director of the New Mexico Museum of Art. In June 2019 she was appointed director of the Museum of Northern Arizona The Museum of Northern Arizona is a museum in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, that was established as a repository for Indigenous material and natural history specimens from the Colorado Plateau. The museum was founded in 1928 by zoologist .... Kershaw is a Fellow of the Museums Association. References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Kershaw
Elizabeth Marguerita Mary Kershaw (born 30 July 1958) is an English radio broadcaster. She is the second longest serving female national radio DJ in the UK (after Annie Nightingale), celebrating 30 years on national BBC Radio in 2017. Career After graduating from the University of Leeds, Liz Kershaw began her media career in Leeds with a music column in the ''Yorkshire Post''. Her brother is fellow broadcaster Andy Kershaw. Her first radio show was in 1981 on Radio Aire where her brother worked for a time. In 1985 she moved to BBC Radio Leeds to present a weekly rock show showcasing local bands. In 1986 her day job with British Telecom saw her move to London to set up "Livewire" a dial-in pop service which superseded ''Dial-a-Disc''. In running this she produced Radio 1 DJs Mike Smith, Janice Long and Dave Pearce before devising her own show for Radio 1 in 1987, ''Backchat'', which won several awards. This was followed by her presenting the Radio 1 ''Evening Show'' and then, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Kershaw
Les Kershaw is the former chief scout and Academy Director for Manchester United. Kershaw studied at Manchester Metropolitan University before being recruited by United manager Alex Ferguson. He had previously acted as a part-time scout for Arsenal. He received an award from the Royal Society of Chemistry in September 2005. Kershaw retired at the end of the 2005–06 season and was replaced as Director of the Academy by Brian McClair. However, he continued to work for United part-time, and was credited with discovering Rafael Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ... and Fábio da Silva. See also * Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy References Living people Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff Year of birth missing (living people) Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Kershaw
Kim Kershaw (born 25 January 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). VFL years Kershaw grew up in Wagga Wagga and started his VFL career at South Melbourne, but only got as high as reserve level.''The Age''"Another 'Hungry' in Tiger line-up" 3 May 1979, p. 36 He was swapped by South Melbourne for Richmond rover Jon Hummel. In 1979 and 1980 he played a total of five senior games for Richmond, as a ruckman. He was traded to Hawthorn during the 1981 VFL season, along with a transfer fee, in return for veteran Alan Martello. His only league appearance for Hawthorn that year came when in round 17, when ruckman Don Scott was unavailable. Scott retired at the end of the season, but Hawthorn then recruited Michael Byrne and Kershaw only played three games in 1982. Williamstown and coaching Kershaw went on play 81 games for Victorian Football Association side Williamstown between 1983 and 1988, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Franklin Kershaw
Joseph Franklin Kershaw (2 May 1884 – 14 October 1917) was an English artist, who studied at the Royal College of Art and painted in watercolours and oils. His career was cut short by his death in action in World War 1. Biography Life J Franklin Kershaw was born in Oldham in 1884, the son of an ironmonger. He was educated at Oldham Technical School, and went on to study for four years at the Royal College of Art in Kensington, London. In 1907, he married Effie Gregory, the daughter of sculptor Thomas Gregory and herself an art teacher. They lived in Fulham while Kershaw studied, and then moved to Milnthorpe in Cumbria. He was a member of the Lake Artists' Society, an organisation which exhibited the work of local Lakeland artists. World War I and Death In June 1916, Kershaw enlisted into the Border Regiment of the British Army, and in August was transferred to 126th Company, Machine Gun Corps. He was posted to France, and following a short period of convalescence from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Joseph Ber Soloveitchik ( he, יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ׳יק ''Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik''; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty. As a '' rosh yeshiva'' of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University in New York City, The Rav, as he came to be known, ordained close to 2,000 rabbis over the course of almost half a century. Rabbinic literature sometimes refers to him as הגרי"ד, short for "The great Rabbi Yosef Dov". He served as an advisor, guide, mentor, and role-model for tens of thousands of Jews, both as a Talmudic scholar and as a religious leader. He is regarded as a seminal figure by Modern Orthodox Judaism. Heritage Joseph Ber Soloveitchik was born on February 27, 1903, in Pruzhany, Imperial Russia (later Poland, now Belarus). He came from a rabbinical dynasty dating back some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kershaw (other) (1915–2008), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament
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John or Jack Kershaw may refer to: * Jack Kershaw (1913–2010), U.S. attorney * Jack Kershaw (footballer) (active 1919–1928), English-born player moved to America * John Kershaw (American politician) (1765–1829), U.S. Representative from South Carolina. * John Kershaw (cricketer) (1854–1903), played for England * John Kershaw (entomologist) (1871–1959), British entomologist who worked in South China * John Kershaw (writer) (active 1964–1994), British screenwriter and script editor * John Anthony Kershaw Sir John Anthony Kershaw (14 December 1915 – 29 April 2008) was a British Conservative MP for 32 years, from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister, World War II cavalry officer, amateur rugby p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kershaw
John Karl Kershaw (October 12, 1913 – September 7, 2010) was an American attorney best known for challenging the official account of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, claiming that his client James Earl Ray was an unwitting participant in a ploy devised by a mystery man named Raul to kill the civil rights leader. Kershaw was also a member of The General Joseph E. Johnston Camp 28 Sons of Confederate Veterans and a Southern secessionist and segregationist who helped found the League of the South. In 1998, Kershaw sculpted a Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue that has drawn wide criticism and mockery by national media. Early life Kershaw was born on October 12, 1913, in Missouri.Martin, Douglas"Jack Kershaw Is Dead at 96; Challenged Conviction in King’s Death" ''The New York Times'', September 24, 2010. Accessed September 25, 2010. He moved to the Old Hickory section of Nashville, Tennessee with his family in his youth. He attended Vanderbilt University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kershaw (entomologist)
John Crampton Wilkinson Kershaw (1871 – 26 August 1959) was a British explorer, naturalist and entomologist who explored and collected in South China and Australia. He was among the first entomologists to successfully rear tachinid parasitoids in quantity for use in biological control. Kershaw was born in Boughton, Nottinghamshire, where his father George was a vicar. Like two of his brothers, Bertram and Sidney, he took an interest in entomology from a young age. He was influenced by David Sharp and Edward Poulton. In 1898 he went to Hong Kong and there he met amateur ornithologist Frederick William Styan and became interested in the birds of the Macao region. He helped Frederick A. G. Muir of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association in entomological studies between 1906 and 1907 to locate parasites of sugarcane pests. In 1906 Kershaw published a book on the ''Butterflies of Hong Kong''. Kershaw continued to work with the sugarcane planters' association and travelled to northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Kershaw
Sir Ian Kershaw (born 29 April 1943) is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's leading experts on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and is particularly noted for his biographies of Hitler. He was the leading disciple of the German historian Martin Broszat, and until his retirement, he was a professor at the University of Sheffield. Kershaw has called Broszat an "inspirational mentor" who did much to shape his understanding of Nazi Germany. Kershaw served as historical adviser on numerous BBC documentaries, notably '' The Nazis: A Warning from History'' and ''War of the Century''. He taught a module titled "Germans against Hitler". Background Kershaw was born on 29 April 1943 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, to Joseph Kershaw and Alice Robinson. He was educated at Counthill Grammar School, St Bede's College, Manchester, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
