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Mickle
Mickle may refer to: Geographical features *Mickle Fell, mountain in the Pennines, England *Mickle Island, southeast of Flagstaff Point, west of Ross Island, Antarctica *Mickle Mere, nature reserve south of Ixworth in Suffolk, England *Mickle Trafford, village in Cheshire, England Surname * Andrew H. Mickle (1805–63), Mayor of New York from 1846 to 1847 *Charles Mickle, (1849–1910), Canadian politician *Jim Mickle (born 1979), American film director and writer *Kim Mickle (born 1984), Australian javelin thrower *Robert Mickle (1925–2009), American city planner and community leader * Stephan P. Mickle (born 1944), American lawyer and judge *William Julius Mickle (1735–1788), Scottish poet Given name *Arthur William Mickle Ellis (1883–1966), British-Canadian physician, pathologist, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford 1943–1948 * Walter Mickle Smith (1867–1953), civil engineer who worked primarily on U.S. dams and waterway projects *Kathryn Mickle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickle Trafford
Mickle Trafford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mickle Trafford and District, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It includes the area known as Plemstall. The A56 road from Chester to Warrington passes through the village and the Chester-Warrington railway line passes immediately to its east. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Mickle Trafford and District, part of it also went to Guilden Sutton. At the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was 1,822. In 2004 it had been estimated to be 2,140, although the 2001 census recorded 1,831 people. History The name is derived from the Old Norse word ''mikill'' (meaning big or great) and the Old English words ''trog'' (a trough) and ''ford''. The only artifacts found from the prehistoric period are an arrowhead and a worked flake which were found in the nearby settlement of Hoole Village. The arrowhead is dated from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Mickle
Jim Mickle (born 1979) is an American director and writer, known for such films as ''Mulberry Street (film), Mulberry Street'', ''Stake Land'', ''We Are What We Are (2013 film), We Are What We Are'' and ''Cold in July (film), Cold in July''. He also co-developed the SundanceTV series ''Hap and Leonard'', and the Netflix series ''Sweet Tooth (TV series), Sweet Tooth''. Early life Jim Mickle was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1979. Mickle was inspired to become a director after he saw ''Army of Darkness''. He attended New York University and graduated in 2002. He worked as a production assistant and grip on a series of films by first-time directors who had not gone to film school. The experiences were frustrating for him, and he described the films as vanity projects. Mickle prefers directing and editing to writing, and he is attracted to the flexibility and intensity of horror films. Career Mickle and Nick Damici met while working on a student thesis film in 2001. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickle Fell
Mickle Fell is a mountain in the Pennines, the range of hills and moors running down the middle of Northern England. It has a maximum elevation of . It lies slightly off the main watershed of the Pennines, about south of Cross Fell. After Cross Fell, Mickle Fell is the highest Marilyn within the North Pennines designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It is the highest point within the historic county of Yorkshire. It is part of southern Teesdale, which was transferred from the North Riding of Yorkshire to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes under the Local Government Act 1972 (taking effect in 1974). It is thus also the highest point within the current unitary council area of Durham. The highest point in historic County Durham is Burnhope Seat between Teesdale and Weardale. The name of Mickle Fell comes from the Old Norse word ''mikill'' meaning great and ''fell'' (or ''fjall'') meaning mountain or hill. The fell lies in the middle of a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Mickle
Kimberley Mickle (born 28 December 1984) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best of 66.83 m, achieved on 22 March 2014 in Melbourne, was, until 2018, the Australian record. Biography She won the gold medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, fifth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup and sixth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. She also competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. Mickle took the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics reaching a result of 66.60 m (PB) behind Christina Obergföll. In 2014, she won the gold medal at the Commonwealth games with a throw of 65.96 meters. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Mickle failed to advance to the final after dislocating her shoulder during the qualifying round. In September 2016, Mickle signed to play professional Australian rules football for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mickle
Robert W. "Bob" Mickle (1925-2009) was a city planner, community leader, and activist renowned for his contributions to the development and revitalization of communities in Des Moines, Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the .... He was active in his planning career for nearly 40 years, followed by a lifelong commitment to voluntary work which is recognized to have impacted today's city of Des Moines. Among his accomplishments are Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, the skywalks in the downtown area, and the Mickle Center. Bob Mickle was the founding director of Central Iowa Regional Planning Commission from mid-1960s until 1972, and he continued to serve as the director of planning after Joel Gunnells was hired as the executive director of the Commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Julius Mickle
William Julius Mickle (29 September 1734 in Langholm, in Dumfrieshire – 28 October 1788 in Forest Hill) was a Scottish poet. Son of the minister of Langholm, Dumfriesshire, he was for some time a brewer in Edinburgh, but failed. He moved to England where he worked as a corrector for the Clarendon Press at Oxford. In 1771–75 Mickle lodged at the manor house in Forest Hill, Oxfordshire. Mickle had various literary failures and minor successes until, while at Forest Hill, he produced his translation of the '' Lusiad'', from the Portuguese of Luís de Camões. This was a success that brought him both fame and money. In 1777 he went to Portugal, where he was received with distinction. In 1784 he published the ballad of ''Cumnor Hall'', which suggested to Scott the writing of ''Kenilworth Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Warwick District in Warwickshire, England, south-west of Coventry, north of Warwick and north-west of London. It lies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mickle
Charles Julius Mickle (July 22, 1849 in Stratford, Canada West, now Ontario – November 10, 1919 in Minnedosa, Manitoba) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a provincial cabinet minister for three years and on two occasions served as the leader of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Mickle trained as a lawyer and was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1872. He practiced law in Ontario for ten years before moving to Manitoba. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature for the constituency of Birtle in the 1888 provincial election, as a supporter of Liberal Premier Thomas Greenway. He was re-elected in the 1892 campaign and won by acclamation in 1896. In 1889, he married Mary A. Ross. In November 1896, Mickle entered Greenway's cabinet as Provincial Secretary. He held this position until the resignation of the Greenway ministry in January 1900. The Liberals had narrowly lost the election of 1899, although Mickle was re-elected in Birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Mickle Werdegar
} Kathryn Jocelyn Mickle Werdegar (born April 5, 1936) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, serving from June 3, 1994, to August 31, 2017. Biography Werdegar earned her Bachelor of Arts, B.A. with academic honors, honors at the University of California, Berkeley and then attended the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), class of 1962, before completing her Juris Doctor, J.D. degree at the George Washington University Law School, where she graduated as valedictorian of her class. While at Boalt Hall, Werdegar served as editor-in-chief of the ''California Law Review''. In 1961, she married David Werdegar. In 1962, following graduation, she joined the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice working under United States Attorney General, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C. In 1963, after returning to California, she held a series of legal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Mickle Smith
Walter Mickle Smith, Sr. (October 26, 1867 - March 12, 1953) was a civil engineer who worked primarily on U.S. dams and waterway projects. He was a consulting engineer on the construction of the Panama Canal and Panama Canal Locks and later served as design engineer for the New York Board of Water Supply. He spent much of his career with the State of Illinois waterways division and was its chief engineer until his retirement in 1937. Several of his works built in the 1920s and 1930s as part of the Illinois Waterway project are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including portions of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, the Dresden Island Lock and Dam, the Lockport Lock and Power House, and the Marseilles Lock and Dam. Early life and initial career Smith was born October 26, 1867, in Newberry, South Carolina. He received bachelor of science and civil engineering degrees from the Military College of South Carolina. He started his engineering career in 1890 in Chat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickle Mere
Mickle Mere is a 17 hectare nature reserve south of Ixworth in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. This area of open water and wet meadows has diverse bird life such as lapwings, kestrels, little egrets and reed bunting The common reed bunting (''Emberiza schoeniclus'') is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name ''Emberiza'' is from Old German ''Embritz'', a ...s, and mammals include water voles and otters. There is access from Mill Road. References {{Suffolk Wildlife Trust Suffolk Wildlife Trust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur William Mickle Ellis
Sir Arthur William Mickle Ellis, OBE, DM, FRCP, LLD (4 May 1883 – 20 May 1966) was a prominent British-Canadian physician, pathologist, and Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford (1943-1948). Early life Ellis was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 4 May 1883, the son of Dr. William H. Ellis, Professor of Applied Chemistry and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering in the University of Toronto and his wife Ellen Maude Mickle. Early medical career He was educated at Upper Canada College, and the University of Toronto, graduating BA MD in 1908. Ellis's initial academic interest was in laboratory work and after an apprenticeship in the Sociological Laboratories in Toronto, he became demonstrator in pathology at the Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Ellis then became Assistant Resident Physician at the hospital of the Rockefeller Institute, New York City (1911-1914). First World War At the outbreak of the First World War Ellis j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickle Island
Mickle Island is a very small island southeast of Flagstaff Point, close off the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica. It was charted and so named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, led by Ernest Shackleton. The name appears to be capricious or whimsical, "mickle Mickle may refer to: Geographical features *Mickle Fell, mountain in the Pennines, England *Mickle Island, southeast of Flagstaff Point, west of Ross Island, Antarctica *Mickle Mere, nature reserve south of Ixworth in Suffolk, England *Mickle Traf ..." meaning "great." See also * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands References Islands of the Ross Dependency Ross Archipelago {{RossDependency-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
