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McMullen
McMullen is a surname with predominantly Irish origins but also with some Scottish history. It derives from root forenames such as: Maolain, Maelan "Hillock" and Meallain "Pleasant". All of these forenames have over time evolved to the collateral "Son of Maolain", anglicised McMullen. Notable people with the surname include: * Catherine Cookson (1906–1998), English author who published in the United States under her maiden name Catherine McMullen * Curtis T. McMullen (born 1958), American mathematician * James McMullen, (1833–1913), Canadian politician * John McMullen (1832–1883), Irish-born, American Roman Catholic bishop * Mal McMullen (1927–1995), American professional basketball player * Michael McMullen, South Australian architect, designer of Marryatville, South Australia#The Acacias and many other notable buildings in Adelaide * Nathan McMullen (born 1988), English stage and TV actor * Peter McMullen (born 1942), British mathematician * Phil McMullen (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McMullens
McMullen's, known locally as Mac's, is a regional brewery founded in 1827 in Hertford, England. The brewery expanded during the second half of the 19th century by purchasing other breweries and their associated pubs. In 1902 it was the second largest brewery in Hertfordshire. The brewery has occupied several different sites in Hertford and moved to its current location in 1891. There have been several breweries on this site and the current one opened in 2006. As of 2021, members of the 6th generation of the McMullen family are still involved with the business. History McMullen's was founded in 1827 in Back Street (now Railway Street) Hertford by Peter McMullen(1798-1881), the son of an Irish nurseryman. The passing of the Beerhouse Act in 1830 enabled Peter McMullen to open his own beerhouse named after William IV in Mill Bridge, Hertford. The passing of the Beerhouse Act acted as a stimulus to common brewing and led to an increase in the number of breweries in Hertf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McMullen (bishop)
John McMullen (January 8, 1832 – July 4, 1883) was an Irish-born prelate of the bishop of the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1881 to until his death in1883. Biography Early life John McMullen was born in Ballynahinch, County Down, Ireland, to James and Alice (Fitzsimmons) McMullen, and was one of ten children. When he was one year old, his family immigrated to Canada. In 1837 they moved to Ogdensburg, New York, and later to Chicago, Illinois, Chicago. McMullen was educated in the Chicago Public Schools and then in parochial schools. He received his secondary and undergraduate studies at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Chicago, graduating in 1852. McMullen then went to Rome to study at College of the Propaganda and the Pontifical Urbaniana University, Pontifical Urban College, where he received a Doctor of Divinity degree. Priesthood McMullen wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McMullen
Peter McMullen (born 11 May 1942) is a British mathematician, a professor emeritus of mathematics at University College London. Education and career McMullen earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Trinity College, Cambridge, and studied at the University of Birmingham, where he received his doctorate in 1968. and taught at Western Washington University from 1968 to 1969. In 1978 he earned his Doctor of Science at University College London where he still works as a professor emeritus. In 2006 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Contributions McMullen is known for his work in polyhedral combinatorics and discrete geometry, and in particular for proving what was then called the upper bound conjecture and now is the upper bound theorem. This result states that cyclic polytopes have the maximum possible number of faces among all polytopes with a given dimension and number of vertices. McMullen also formulated the g-conjecture, later t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean McMullen
Sean Christopher McMullen (born 21 December 1948 in Sale, Victoria) is an Australian science fiction and fantasy author. Biography McMullen is one of Australia's leading science-fiction and fantasy authors and has written over 70 stories and 17 books. In 2011, his novelette "Eight Miles" was the runner-up in the Hugo Awards. He has won the Analog Reader's Award twice, for "Ninety Thousand Horses" in 2013 and "Tower of Wings" in 2002. His first novel was originally published in Australia as two separate books, '' Voices in the Light'' (1994) and '' Mirrorsun Rising'' (1995). His first internationally published novel was ''The Centurion's Empire'' (1998), which featured a time machine built during the Roman Empire. After this book's success, his first two novels were rewritten and combined for a publication in the US as ''Souls in the Great Machine'' (1999), which, in turn, became the first volume of the ''Greatwinter'' trilogy, a unique mix of the generally anti-genres steampunk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan McMullen
Nathan McMullen (born 13 June 1988) is an actor, known for television roles such as Finn in '' Misfits'' and barman in ''Kelly + Victor''. In 2012, McMullen appeared in the fourth season of '' Misfits'' in the regular role of Finn. McMullen plays the part of Wolf the Elf in an episode of ''Doctor Who''. Career In 2003, at the age of 15, Nathan McMullen was named "Young Comic of the Year" by Liverpool Echo during the Liverpool Comic Festival. More than 300 teenagers aged 14 to 18 competed in the contest for 12 months. For his win, Nathan got 250 pounds in pennies. He studied acting at Liverpool Community College (Now known as The City of Liverpool College) and moved on to study at the Manchester School of Theatre. His first professional roles came in 2010, when he starred in the TV series ''Casualty'' and played Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. In 2011, he started working for the Everyman Theatre, where he starred as Witch 3 and Feanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McMullen
James McMullen (November 29, 1833 – March 18, 1913) was a Canadian politician. Born in County Monaghan, Ireland, the second son of Archibald McMullen and Mary Moorehead, he emigrated to Canada West with his family in 1846 setting near Fergus, Ontario. Educated at the Common School, McMullen was a merchant in Mount Forest, Ontario. He was a director and vice-president of the Georgian Bay and Wellington Railway, a director of the Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway, and a director of the Dominion Life Insurance Company. He was a city councillor and reeve before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Wellington North in an 1880 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in the 1887, 1891, 1896 elections. He was defeated in the 1900 election. McMullen was summoned to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier in 1902 representing the senatorial division of North Wellington. He served until his death in 1913 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998) was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in South Shields (historically part of County Durham), North East England, the setting for her novels. With 104 titles written in her own name or two other pen names, she is one of the most prolific British novelists. Early life Cookson, registered as Catherine Ann Davies, was born on 20 June 1906 at 5 Leam Lane in Tyne Dock, South Shields, County Durham, England. She was known as "Katie" as a child. She moved to East Jarrow, which would become the setting for one of her best-known novels, ''The Fifteen Streets''. The illegitimate child of an alcoholic named Kate Fawcett, she grew up thinking her unmarried mother was her sister, as she was brought up by her gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott McMullen
Scott McMullen (born November 18, 1980) is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the Columbus Destroyers of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Ohio State University. He was also a member of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Professional career McMullen was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ... on April 27, 2004. He was released by the team on June 1, 2004. McMullen signed with the Columbus Destroyers on October 22, 2004. References External linksJust Sports Stats [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil McMullen
Phil McMullen is a British writer and music journalist. He was the founding editor of ''Ptolemaic Terrascope'' magazine from 1989 until 2005, at which time management of the publication was handed over to Pat Thomas in North America. McMullen consequently ran the website named ''Terrascope Online ''and from 2012 onwards founded a hand-crafted letterpress periodical dedicated to music named the ''Terrascopædia''. McMullen also founded the semi-annual Terrastock indie rock festivals which have taken place in North America (and once in London, England) since 1987. In 2013, he curated the first Woolf Music festival. There has also been a series of concerts staged under the name '' Terrascope Audio Entertainments.'' Phil lives in the West of England and in addition to owning and operating ''The Ptolemaic Press'' writes primarily about psychedelic, improvised, experimental rock and folk music. In an interview published in 2005 Nick Saloman of the band The Bevis Frond praised McMullen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal McMullen
Malcolm H. McMullen (August 23, 1927 – April 13, 1995) was an American professional basketball player. He played for two seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Indianapolis Olympians and averaged 4.8 points per game for his career. McMullen was also a golf professional in his post-basketball life and won several tournaments including the Indiana Open in 1974. He was the professional at Kokomo Country Club in Kokomo, Indiana from 1960 to 1992. He was inducted into the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Golf tournament wins *1974 Indiana Open The Indiana Open is the Indiana state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Indiana section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1915 at a variety of courses around the state. ... *1979 Indiana PGA Senior Championship *1980 Indiana PGA Championship, Indiana PGA Senior Championship *1984 Indiana PGA Senior Open *1991 Indiana PGA Senior Championship Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Maoláin
Mac Maoláin Gaelic- Irish surname. Overview Mac Maoláin was a surname borne by a number of unrelated families in Gaelic Ireland, anciently found in Breifne, Mide, Brega, Connacht and Ulster. Now anglicised MacMullan, MacMullen, MacMoylan, McMullen, McMullan, McMellon, and McMullin, this name finds its origins as the collateral form of the root forenames: Maelan (pronounced Moylan); Maolain (pronounced Mullan) and Meallain (pronounced Mellan). The Irish form Mac (pronounced Mec=son of) Maoláin evolved primarily in the provinces of Connacht, Leinster and also in Ulster, where the influx of Scot Irish McMillan who adopted the Irish form McMullen makes separation of the native Irish difficult. Mac Maoláin of Maigh Seóla Maelan mac Cathmogha was king of Maigh Seóla (now part of County Galway) at his death in 848, claimed as an ancestor of the southern Ui Briuin family, though historians such as T. F. O'Rahilly thought the connection fictitious. The townland of Cluain Mhic Mh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marryatville, South Australia
Marryatville is a small suburb about east of Adelaide's central business district, in the local council area of City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. Comprising low- to medium-density housing, two large schools, a church and several shops, it also has two creeks running through it. The first European settler on the land was George Brunskill in 1839, with part of the land purchased and laid out as a village in 1848 by James Philcox. Location The suburb is bounded by Portrush Road in the west, Kensington Road to the north, Tusmore Avenue to the east, and Alnwick Terrace/Romney Road to the south. Along with neighbouring Heathpool to the south and Kensington to the north, it is part of the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters (NPSP) council area, adjoining the City of Burnside suburbs Leabrook and Toorak Gardens on the eastern and western sides. Creeks Both First and Second Creek, both originating in the Adelaide Hills, run through the suburb. First Creek surfaces on the northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
