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Parkins
Parkins is a surname, and may refer to: *Andrea Parkins, American composer, sound artist and musician *Barbara Parkins (born 1942), Canadian-American actress, singer and dancer * Christopher Parkins (died 1622), English Jesuit turned diplomat and MP *David Parkins (born 1955), British cartoonist and illustrator * George Parkins ( 1576 – 1626), English Member of Parliament *Howy Parkins, American animation director *John Parkins (1571–1640), English merchant and politician * Robert Michael Parkins (died 2005), English fraudster * William Parkins (1925–1969), English cricketer *William H. Parkins, (1836–1894), American architect *Zeena Parkins (born 1956), American musician See also * Parkin (surname) *Perkins Perkins is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon corruption of the kin of Pierre (from Pierre kin to Pierrekin to Perkins), introduced into England by the Norman Conquest. It is found throughout mid- and southern England. Another derivation com ... * Perkin (surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp". Parkins performs on standard harps, several custom electric harps, piano, and accordion. She is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and professor in the Music Department at Mills College. Life and career Born in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, Parkins studied at Bard College and moved to New York City in 1984. Her work ranges from solo performance to large ensembles. Besides standard and electric harps, her work also incorporates Foley, field recordings, analog synthesizers, samplers, oscillators and homemade instruments. She has recorded six solo harp records and recorded and performed with Björk, Matmos, Ikue Mori, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Christian Marclay, Yoko Ono, John Zorn (including in Cobra performances), Chris Cutler, Pauline Oliveros, Nels Cline, Elliott Sharp, Lee Ranald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Parkins
Barbara Parkins (born May 22, 1942) is a Canadian-American former actress, singer, dancer and photographer. Early life Parkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.Parkins biography filmreference.com, retrieved January 26, 2010 At the age of 16, she and her adoptive mother moved to , where she enrolled at Hollywood High School and studied acting, tap, ballet and fencing at the Falcon School, where her mother played the piano. Parkins worked as an usher in a cinema to pay for drama lessons."Actress Barbara Parkins Once Ushered at Movies" by Bob Thomas, '' |
Andrea Parkins
Andrea Parkins is an American composer, sound artist, performer and improvisational musician based in New York City, New York. She is known for her inventive explorations on the electric accordion, generative sound processing, and arrangements of objects and sound. Parkins received a BFA from Tufts University and MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Parkins's work is influenced by the compositional strategies of John Cage and Fluxus and pays homage to musique concrète and 1970s analog synth. Parkins often incorporates electronically processed accordion, customized sound processing, live tape manipulation, analog effects boxes, laptop electronics, acoustic piano, sampling (music), sampling, and amplified objects. Her method and sound were characterized by LA Weekly as: “The big, varied, confidently conceived abstractions Parkins yanks from her squeezebox, laptop, effects devices and maybe piano — cloudy and cranky one minute, surgically sharp the next.†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Parkins
David Alan Parkins (born 2 November 1955) is a British cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for D.C. Thomson, publisher of ''The Beano'' and ''The Dandy''. Now based in Canada, he illustrates children's picture books. Parkins was born in Brighton, but moved to Grantham, Lincolnshire at the age of five. He didn't take up art until sixth form, when he also began drawing caricatures of his teachers. He studied Wildlife Illustration at Dyfed College of Art for a year, before switching to graphic design at Lincoln College of Art, specialising in illustration. Graduating in 1979, he became a freelance illustrator, working on postcards, school textbooks, newspapers and magazines as well as comics. Parkins' first work for ''The Beano'' was on " Billy Whizz" in 1989. He quickly made his mark on the strip and the character, and made several changes, the most notable of these being the introduction of Billy's new lightning bolt tracksuit in May 1992. In 1990, he started to draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parkins
John Parkins (1571–1640) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. Parkins was the son of William Parkins of East Shilvinghampton near Portesham in Dorset. He became a merchant in Dorchester. On 1 October 1619 he became bailiff of the town for the third time. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester but served only for a year. He became bailiff again on 4 October 1624. On 10 July 1625 the ship ''Francis Sandars'' was taken by French pirates and as a result Parkins lost kerseys to the cost of £700. On 6 October 1629 King Charles granted Dorchester a new charter and Parkins became first mayor under this charter. Parkins died at the age of about 69. Parkins married Rachel Chappell of Exeter as his second wife. Of their children, Eleanor married William Whiteway Sir William Vallance Whiteway, (April 1, 1828 – June 24, 1908) was a politician and three time Premier of Newfoundland. Life and career B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parkins
William Richard Parkins (20 August 1925 – 1 November 1969) was an English cricketer. Parkins was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Glenfield, Leicestershire. Parkins made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1950. He made four further first-class appearances in 1950, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the County Championship. In his five matches, he scored 125 runs at an average of 12.50, with a high score of 39. He died at Leicester, Leicestershire on 1 November 1969. References External linksWilliam Parkinsat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...William Parkinsat CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkins, William 1925 births 1969 deaths People from Glenfield, Leicestershire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howy Parkins
Howis "Howy" or "Hawi" or "Howig" Marchind Pollack Parkins now Pollack Parkins is an American animation director who directed on ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and '' Dave the Barbarian'', among others. He is married to director Sherie Pollack now Sherie Pollack Parkins or Sherie Parkins. His partner is Willow Marchind. Filmography *''Rocko's Modern Life'' (animation director) *''Hey Arnold!'' *'' Recess'' *''Rugrats'' *''Lloyd in Space'' *'' Dave the Barbarian'' *''The Emperor's New School'' *''Jake and the Never Land Pirates ''Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' (titled ''Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' for the fourth season and associated merchandise) is an American animated musical and interactive preschool children's television series shown on Disney Junior ...'' *'' The Lion Guard'' (co-executive producer, supervising director, voice of Mbeya) *''Hailey's On It!'' (co-executive producer) References External links * 1967 births Living people American animated fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Parkins
Sir George Parkins (c. 1576 – 23 August 1626) was an English Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Richard Parkins of Bunny, Nottinghamshire and trained in the law at the Inner Temple (1587), being called to the bar in 1598. He succeeded his father in 1603 and was knighted the same year. He was appointed Captain of Walmer Castle for 1601–1609 and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1613–14. He was elected MP for Leicester (UK Parliament constituency), Leicester in 1597. He married Mary, the daughter and heiress of Edward Isham of Walmer Castle, Kent with whom he had 4 sons and 3 daughters. He was succeeded by his son Isham, although his wife's Kent estates went to their daughter Mary. References * 1626 deaths People from Rushcliffe (district) High Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire English MPs 1597–1598 Year of birth uncertain {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Parkins
Sir Christopher Perkins (or Parkins) (1547? – 1622) was an English Jesuit turned diplomat and MP. Life He was educated at Oxford, and graduated B.A. on 7 April 1565; but on 21 October next year he entered the Society of Jesus at Rome, aged 19. According to Charles Dodd, he was among the Jesuits for many years; but gradually he became estranged from them, and while at Venice, perhaps about 1585, he wrote a book on the society; it does not appear to have been published. It took generally favourable view, but seems to have been subsequently thought by the English government likely to prove damaging. About the same time William Cecil visited Rome; Perkins intervened when his religious opinions created a difficult situation. Perkins is said then to have returned with young Cecil, who recommended him to his grandfather Lord Burghley's favour. Return to England In 1587 he was resident at Prague, being described in the government's list of recusants abroad as a Jesuit. There he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Michael Parkins
Robert Peters (born Robert Michael Parkins; 1918–2005, Kettering General Hospital) was a British de-frocked minister, a plagiarist, a conman, and a bigamist In cultures where monogamy is mandated, bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another. A legal or de facto separation of the couple does not alter their marital status as married persons. I ... who married at least eight women. He was dubbed "the Romeo Rev" by the popular press. In 2019 he was the subject of a biography by Adam Sisman titled ''The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking'' (Profile Books). References 1918 births 2005 deaths People from Carlisle, Cumbria English fraudsters British fraudsters Clergy from Cumbria Impostors Bigamists 20th-century English businesspeople {{England-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkin (surname)
Parkin is a surname, and may refer to * Arthur Parkin (born 1952), New Zealand field hockey player * Ben Parkin (1906–1969), British Labour Party politician, MP for Stroud (1945–1950) and Paddington North (1953-69) * Brian Parkin (born 1965), English footballer * Cec Parkin (1886–1943), English cricketer * David Parkin (born 1942), Australian Rules football player and coach * Derek Parkin (born 1948), English footballer * Dante Parkin (1873–1936), South African cricketer * Edmond T. Parkin, Canadian architect * Frank Parkin (born 1931), British sociologist * George Parkin (1903–1971), English footballer * George Robert Parkin, (1846–1922), Canadian educator and author * Gerard Parkin, American chemist and metallurgist * Ian Parkin (1950–1995), British musician (Be-Bop Deluxe) * Jasmin Parkin, Canadian singer and keyboardist (Mother Mother) * Jennifer Parkin, Canadian musician (Ayria) * Joe Parkin, American professional cyclists and author * John Parkin (infome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perkins
Perkins is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon corruption of the kin of Pierre (from Pierre kin to Pierrekin to Perkins), introduced into England by the Norman Conquest. It is found throughout mid- and southern England. Another derivation comes from the Welsh Perthyn, relative or belonging to a particular person or family, and also thought to be the Anglicized form of Peredur, from medieval Welsh. Notable people with the surname *Al Perkins, American guitarist * Annie Stevens Perkins (1868–1911), American writer *Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), American actor * Benjamin Douglas Perkins (1774–1810), American, son of Elisha Perkins, bookseller and propagandist of therapy with "Perkins tractors" * Bill Perkins (other), several people *Bishop Perkins (1787–1866), member of New York State Assembly, later congressional Representative from New York *Bishop W. Perkins (1841–1894), U.S. Representative and Senator from Kansas *Brian Perkins, New Zealander anchor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
