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Litton (surname)
Litton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abram Litton (19th century), American professor of chemistry * Andrew Litton (born 1959), American orchestral conductor * Ashley Litton (born 1983), American beauty queen * Charles Litton Sr. (1904–1972), American engineer and inventor * Chase Litton (born 1995), American football player * Drew Litton (born 1958), American cartoonist * Edward Litton (1787–1870), Irish Member of Parliament (MP) for Coleraine 1837–1843 * Edward Falconer Litton (1827–1890), Irish Member of Parliament for Tyrone 1880–1841 * Greg Litton (born 1964), American baseball player * Henry Litton (born 1934), Hong Kong judge * James Litton, American choral conductor * Jerry Litton (1937–1976), American politician * Marie Litton, stage name of Mary Jessie Lowe (1847–1884), English actress and theatre manager * Martin Litton (environmentalist) (1917–2014), American conservationist * Martin Litton (pianist) (born 1957), British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abram Litton
Abram Litton (May 20, 1814 – September 22, 1901) was an Irish-American chemist and educator. He was Washington University in St. Louis's first professor of chemistry, who served as the acting Chancellor (education), chancellor during 1869–1870. Biography Abram Litton was born in Dublin on May 20, 1814. His family emigrated from Ireland to Nashville, Tennessee when he was three years old. He graduated from the University of Nashville at age 17. In 1839, he moved to Europe to study chemistry. Three years later, he returned to the United States to accept the Professorship of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r .... In 1843, he became professor of chemistry in the St. Louis Medical College. He held that position for fifty y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Litton
Andrew Litton (born May 16, 1959, New York City) is an American orchestral conductor. Litton is a graduate of The Fieldston School. He studied piano with Nadia Reisenberg and conducting with Sixten Ehrling at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, receiving his Bachelor of Music degree and his Master of Music degree from in piano and conducting. He also received lessons in conducting from Walter Weller at the Salzburg Mozarteum and Edoardo Müller in Milan. His early teachers included John DeMaio. The youngest-ever winner of the BBC International Conductors Competition in 1982, he served as Assistant Conductor at Teatro alla Scala and Exxon/Arts Endowment Assistant Conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. under Mstislav Rostropovich (1982-1985), where subsequently he was Associate Conductor (1985-1986). Litton was a participant in the Affiliate Artists Exxon-Arts Endowment Conductors Program. In 2003, he was awarded Yale University's Sanford Medal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Litton
Ashley Renee Litton is a beauty queen from Missouri who held the Miss Missouri USA title in 2004. Miss Kansas Teen USA Litton grew up in Olathe, Kansas and started competing in pageants in that state. She went unplaced in the Miss Kansas Teen USA 2001 pageant and was a semi-finalist in 2002. Miss Missouri USA After graduating from Olathe South High School in 2001, Litton studied Fashion Design and Product Development at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Litton competed in the 2003 Miss Missouri USA pageant and was a semi-finalist. She was also a semi-finalist in 2004, when Shandi Finnessey of Florissant was crowned. On April 12, 2004, Finnessey won the title of Miss USA 2004. The organizers of Miss Missouri USA decided to crown another queen to replace Finnessey and reign for the rest of the year. Litton was selected as the new Miss Missouri USA 2004. She reigned from April until December 2004, when the 2005 Miss Missouri USA pageant took place. Because she never had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Litton Sr
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase Litton
Chase Litton (born October 5, 1995) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Marshall University. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2018. Early years Litton attended Wharton High School in Tampa, Florida. As a senior in 2013, he threw for nearly 2,200 yards and 13 touchdowns. He originally committed to play football for the USF Bulls, but decommitted before his senior year. He then did not sign with any school on 2014 National Signing Day and announced that he would be attending a prep school and that he would reclassify into the class of 2015. However, Litton chose not to attend prep school and instead committed to play football for the Marshall Thundering Herd as a class of 2014 recruit. College career As a freshman in 2015, Litton was not originally the Thundering Herd's starting quarterback, but took over the starting role in the third game of the season. In 11 games, Litton threw for 2,605 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew Litton
Drew Litton (born 1958) is an American cartoonist and one of the last sports cartoonists left in the United States. He is nationally syndicated sports cartoonist though Andrews. Best known for his 25+ years as the creator of the popular ''Rocky Mountain News'' "Win, Lose & Drew" sports cartoon, he currently draws for KUSA 9News, ColoradoSun.com, Andrews McMeel syndicate, ''Colorado Rockies'' magazine and the ''Broncos for Kids'' magazine. His work has been featured on ESPN.com, ''Chicago Tribune'', WGN and ''Sports Illustrated''. He currently resides in Colorado with his wife, Diane and their dogs, Finnegan and Tucker. He publishes a commemorative calendar yearly. Early life Litton was born in El Paso, Texas in 1958. He attended Coronado High school and the University of Texas at El Paso. He moved in 1982 to Denver, Colorado. Cartooning career Litton was first published when he was hired part-time by the '' El Paso Times'' as a copy clerk. By 1979 his cartoons began to appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Litton (1787–1870)
Edward Litton PC (1787 – 22 January 1870) was an Irish Conservative politician. From 1837 to 1843 he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Coleraine, in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Litton was elected to the Parliament at the general election in 1837, regaining for the Conservatives a seat which had been won by the Liberals in 1835. He was re-elected unopposed in 1841, but left Parliament in 1843 to take up an appointment as Master of Chancery in Ireland. Related people Litton's greatgrandson (through his son George and grandson John), Henry Litton, is a retired judge in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt .... His another grandson through George, George So Litton, was the founder of the Litton Mills in Pasig, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Falconer Litton
Edward Falconer Litton (1827 – 27 November 1890) was an Irish barrister and Liberal Party politician. He was briefly Member of Parliament (MP) for Tyrone. Litton was elected to the House of Commons at the general election in October 1880, but left Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ... to take up an appointment as a land commissioner. References External links * 1827 births 1890 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (1801–1922) Irish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1880–1885 Irish barristers Judges of the High Court of Justice in Ireland {{Liberal-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Litton
Jon Gregory Litton (born July 13, 1964) is a former infielder-outfielder in Major League Baseball drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (10th pick) of the amateur draft. He played for the San Francisco Giants (-), Seattle Mariners (), and Boston Red Sox (). Litton was a versatile utility man. The positions he played most often were second base, the outfield, and third base. He also played shortstop, first base, and catcher, and even made one appearance as a pitcher. His personal high for playing time was during the season, when he was in 93 games and made 220 plate appearances. Greg is now divorced with two adult daughters, Morgan and Lauren. On departing baseball Litton worked a with close friend as a jeweler. Soon after, Litton began a professional relationship with Pensacola businessman Quint Studer that led to opportunities as an announcer for the MiLB AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos (a Cincinnati Reds affiliate) and as an inspirational speaker fothe Studer Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Litton
Henry Denis Litton CBE, GBM ( Chinese transliteration: 烈顯倫; born 7 August 1934) is a retired judge in Hong Kong. Early life and education Born into a Eurasian family in Hong Kong, Henry Litton excelled in school during his early years first at the Diocesan Boys' School in Hong Kong and then in England which he was educated at King's College, Taunton and Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated with honours in jurisprudence. His father, John Letablere Litton (1903–1941), served as a gunner in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. He was killed in action on 18 December 1941 defending Hong Kong from Japanese attack, and was buried in Stanley Military Cemetery. His mother Enid Tak-ching Lo-Litton was a tennis player and won thirteen Hong Kong National Championships over a 24-year span. John's maternal uncle was the lawyer Sir Lo Man-kam,x part of a prominent Eurasian family. Litton is linked to the Anglo-Irish / Huguenot Littons' clan from Dublin, whom came via York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Litton
James Litton (December 31, 1934 - November 1, 2022) was an American musician, who directed the American Boychoir from 1985 to 2001, and is widely recognized as one of the leading choral conductors of the day. Overview Dr. Litton conducted choral and orchestral works throughout five continents, and regularly lead workshops and seminars in the United States and abroad. During past seasons he has conducted the Berkshire Choral Festival, at the Tanglewood Music Festival, and at music festivals in Canada, in Prague, Guatemala, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, France, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and South Africa. Dr. Litton was the founder of a number of choral ensembles, including community choruses, college, church and school choirs in West Virginia, Connecticut, Indiana, New York, and New Jersey. He has conducted choral groups, chamber music ensembles, and orchestras in more than 40 recordings, including many American Boychoir CDs on such labels as Angel Records, Philips Recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Litton
Jerry Lon Litton (May 12, 1937 – August 3, 1976) was an American politician from Missouri who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 1976. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran for United States Senate in 1976. Litton won the Democratic primary, however he died in a plane crash while heading to his victory party. Early life Litton was born near Lock Springs, Daviess County, Missouri in a house without electricity. He was national secretary of the Future Farmers of America (1956–1957). He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1961 with a B.S. in Journalism. Litton was president of the University of Missouri Young Democrats and chair of the National Youth for Symington during Stuart Symington's unsuccessful 1960 run for U.S. President. He served as President of the Theta chapter of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. Litton made his fortune raising cattle at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
