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Maxwell (surname)
Maxwell is a Scottish surname, Scottish surname, a habitational name derived from a location near Melrose, Scotland, Melrose, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. This name was first recorded in 1144, as ''Mackeswell'', meaning "Mack's spring (or stream)" (from the Old English ''well[a]''). The surname ''Maxwell'' is also common in Ulster, where it has, in some cases, been adopted as alternate form of the surname ''Miskell''. The surname ''Maxwell'' is represented in Scottish Gaelic as ''MacSuail''. People *Ally Maxwell (born 1965), Scottish football goalkeeper *Andrew Maxwell (born 1974), Irish stand-up comedian *Anna Maxwell (1851–1929), American nurse *Augustus Maxwell (1820–1903), American politician *Bernadine Maxwell (died 1988), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player *Bill Maxwell (1882–1917), Australian rules footballer *Billy Maxwell (born 1929), American golfer *Brian Maxwell (1953–2004), Canadian athlete and founder of PowerBar *Brookie Maxwell (1956–2015) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Surname
Scottish surnames are surnames currently found in Scotland, or surnames that have a historical connection with the country. History The earliest surnames found in Scotland occur during the reign of David I, King of Scots (1124–53). These were Anglo-Norman names which had become hereditary in England before arriving in Scotland (for example, the contemporary surnames ''de Brus'', ''de Umfraville'', and ''Ridel''). During the reigns of kings David I, Malcolm IV and William the Lion, some inhabitants of Scottish towns were English and Flemish settlers, who bore English and continental personal names, with trade names and sometimes nicknames. One of the earliest sources for surnames in Scotland is the Ragman Roll. This document records the deeds of homage pledged by Scots nobles to Edward I, King of England in 1296. The surnames recorded within are for the most part very similar to those found in England at around the same date, consisting of local, patronymic and occupational name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Maxwell
Carman Griffin Maxwell (December 27, 1902 – September 22, 1987) was an American animator and voice actor. Maxwell was born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and later moved to Kansas City, Missouri. He began his career at Walt Disney, where Maxwell, along with Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and Friz Freleng, was part of the unit that eventually broke away from Disney to form the nucleus of what later became the Warner Bros. animation studio (under contract with Leon Schlesinger). Besides animating for Harman-Ising, Maxwell also performed the voice of their most famous creation, Bosko. Maxwell was also later a production manager in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio was an American animation studio operated by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) during the Golden Age of American animation. Active from 1937 until 1957, the studio was responsible for producing animated shorts to a ..., working there as late as 1953. External links * American a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Maxwell (attorney General)
Edwin Maxwell (July 16, 1825 – February 5, 1903) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Maxwell served as Attorney General of West Virginia in 1866 and was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from 1867 until 1872. He was elected to the West Virginia Senate (1863–1866; 1886–1893) and the West Virginia House of Delegates (1893–1895; 1903). Maxwell was born in 1825 in Weston, Virginia (present-day West Virginia) and raised on a farm until the age of 21. Despite his father's plans for him to become a carpenter, Maxwell studied jurisprudence under his uncle Lewis Maxwell, a U.S. Representative. Maxwell was admitted to the bar in 1848, and relocated to West Union, where he served two terms as the Commonwealth's attorney for Doddridge County. In 1857, Maxwell moved to Clarksburg and established a law partnership with Burton Despard, which was later joined by Nathan Goff, Jr. He was resolute in his su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Maxwell (actor)
Edwin Maxwell (9 February 1886 – 13 August 1948) was an Irish character actor on in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently cast as shady businessmen and shysters, though often ones with a pompous or dignified bearing. Prior to that, he was an actor on the Broadway stage and a director of plays. Early life Maxwell was a native of Dublin. Career In the late 1920s, Maxwell directed and acted in plays with the New York Theater Guild Repertory Company. From 1939 to 1942, Maxwell served as the dialogue director for the films of epic director Cecil B. DeMille. Maxwell appeared in four Academy Award-winning Best Pictures: '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930), ''Grand Hotel'' (1932), ''The Great Ziegfeld'' (1936) and '' You Can't Take It with You'' (1938). Filmography * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1929, film debut) as Baptista * '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930) as Mr. Bäumer (uncredited) * '' Top Speed'' (1930) as J.W. Rollins (uncredited) * ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Maxwell
Edward Maxwell (31 December 1867 – 14 November 1923) was a prominent Canadian architect. Life and career The son of Edward John Maxwell, a lumber dealer in Montreal, by his marriage to Johanna MacBean, Maxwell graduated from the High School of Montreal at the age of fourteen and was apprenticed to the firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in Boston. In 1891, the firm was instructed to design a new building for the Montreal Board of Trade. Maxwell returned home to Montreal to supervise its construction, helped by having good relations with influential members of the Board. In 1892, the jeweller Henry Birks hired Maxwell to design a new store in Montreal's Phillips Square. Maxwell also designed several stations and hotels for the Canadian Pacific Railway, including the West Vancouver station (1897) and the McAdam station (1900). In 1899, he designed a country house for Louis-Joseph Forget at Senneville, Quebec, a good example of his domestic work. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Maxwell (other) (1900–1967), British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge
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David Maxwell may refer to: * David Maxwell (academic) (born 1944), president of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa * David Maxwell (historian) (born 1963), Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University * David Maxwell (musician) (1943–2015), American blues pianist * David Maxwell (politician) (born 1943), Iowa state representative * David Maxwell (rower) (born 1951), British rower * David Maxwell (printer), English printer * David Farrow Maxwell (1900–1985), president of the American Bar Association See also * David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, (29 May 1900 – 27 January 1967), known as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe from 1942 to 1954 and as Viscount Kilmuir from 1954 to 1962, was a British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge who combine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corty Maxwell
The following is a list of major league baseball umpires. The list includes umpires who worked in any of four 19th century major leagues (American Association, National Association, Players' League, Union Association), one defunct 20th century major league (Federal League), the currently active Major League Baseball, or either of its leagues (American League, National League) when they maintained separate umpiring staffs. __NOTOC__ Major League Umpires Key denotes umpires who were former major league players denotes umpires who were ''active'' players (emergency substitutes) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X *''None'' Y Z References External links All-time umpire rostervia MLB.com Complete list of MLB umpiresvia Retrosheet Umpire cardsfrom Sporting News via Retrosheet {{Major League Baseball Umpires navbox Umpires *List Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantia Maxwell
Constantia Elizabeth Maxwell (1886–1962) was an Irish historian who became the first woman to join Trinity College Dublin as a Professor. Early life and education Maxwell was the daughter of Scottish ophthalmic surgeon Patrick W. Maxwell and Elizabeth Maxwell née Suckling. She was born in Dublin where her father had accepted a position in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in 1884. She had one sister and one brother. Her sister Euphan became the first woman ophthalmic surgeon in Ireland, succeeding her father at the Eye and Ear Hospital. Her brother was killed in the First World War. Maxwell was educated in Scotland, coming back to Trinity College, Dublin for her undergraduate education. She was among the first cohort of female students admitted to Trinity College which opened its doors to women in 1904. She was a brilliant student and graduating at the top of her class in History and Political Science in 1908. She spent a year at Bedford College, London making valuabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Maxwell (politician)
Colin Maxwell (born 1943) is a Scottish-born former educator and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Turtleford Turtleford is a town in the rural municipality of Mervin No. 499, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Turtleford is located on Highway 26 near the intersection / concurrency with Highway 3 and Highway 303. The nearest large communiti ... from 1982 to 1990 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Progressive Conservative. He was born in Tillicoultry and was educated at the Scottish School of Physical Education, the Jordanhill College, Jordanhill College of Education and the University of Regina, where he received a Bachelor of Education, BEd. In 1966, he married Cherry Harvey and came to Canada soon afterwards. Maxwell taught elementary school, lectured at university and was a high school principal. He also served as mayor of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, Spiritwood. Maxwell served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Col Maxwell
Colin Maxwell (1917–2001) was an Australian international rugby league footballer whose career ran from the 1930s to the 1950s. He was a centre for the Australian national team in one Test in 1948 in which he captained the side. Club career Born in Lismore in northern New South Wales he played for Bowraville and Coffs Harbour and in Country representative sides. He joined Wests Newcastle in 1938. He came to Sydney in 1940 for one season with the St George Dragons. After World War II he played for the Western Suburbs Magpies for a season, then returned to Newcastle to captain-coach Wests Newcastle in 1946-47 before another two Sydney seasons with the Magpies in 1948–49. War service He spent three years from 1942 -1945 in the RAAF as a leading aircraftmen and appeared in a number of armed forces rugby league exhibition matches. Representative career 1948 was the sole year of Maxwell's controversial representative career. His only state appearance for New South Wales ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chenoa Maxwell
Chenoa Maxwell (born November 16, 1969) is an American actress and photographer. Career Maxwell is best known for her starring role in the 1997 romantic comedy ''Hav Plenty'' and as the recurring character Lena Turner on the hit UPN sitcom '' Girlfriends''. Maxwell starred in docu-reality show ''Love In The City'' on OWN, Oprah Winfrey Network. Maxwell has also appeared in the WB sitcom ''For Your Love'' and in the 2002 film ''G'', a modernized, loosely-based adaptation of ''The Great Gatsby'' starring Richard T. Jones and Blair Underwood, and directed by Christopher Scott Cherot. She appeared in R&B singer Joe's video, ''What if a Woman''. She also had a cameo in the infomercial for 'Yoga Booty Ballet'. Maxwell also appears frequently as a guest expert on WEtv’s ''Growing Up Hip-Hop''. In 2006, she moved to London to study photography. Her first solo art exhibit, ''Introspection: India'', ran for one month at the Papillion Institute of Art in Los Angeles in March 2011. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Maxwell
Charles Richard Maxwell (born April 8, 1927) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox (1950–52, 1954), Baltimore Orioles (1955), Detroit Tigers (1955–62) and Chicago White Sox (1962–64). Career overview Maxwell was an agile left fielder who led all American League outfielders in fielding percentage in 1957 (.997) and 1960 (.996). He had only one error in both years. He was also one of the top power hitters in baseball during his peak years with the Detroit Tigers from 1956 to 1960, finishing four times among the league leaders in home runs. Maxwell was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1956 and 1957. He batted and threw left-handed, and was listed as tall and . Maxwell's nicknames included "The South Paw From Paw Paw," (given by the Detroit Tigers announcer Van Patrick because of Maxwell's unusually-named hometown of Paw Paw, Michigan), "Smokey," "Sunday Charlie", an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
