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Pickett (other)
Pickett is an English surname. It is a variant form of Pigott. Notable people with the surname include: *Adarius Pickett (born 1996), American football player *Albert J. Pickett (1810–1858), American historian * Allison Deforest Pickett (1900–1991), Canadian entomologist *Allistair Pickett (born 1973), Australian rules footballer * Bill Pickett (1870-1932), American cowboy and rodeo performer * Bob Pickett (American football) (1932–2010), American football player * Bobby Pickett (1938–2007), American singer * Brad Pickett (born 1978), British mixed martial arts fighter *Byron Pickett (born 1977), Australian rules footballer * Carroll Pickett (1933–2022), American Presbyterian minister *Carson Pickett (born 1993), American women's soccer player * Charles E. Pickett (1866–1930), American politician from Iowa *Cindy Pickett (born 1947), American actress *Cody Pickett (born 1980), Canadian football player * Cornelius A. Pickett (1902–1990), American politician and Mayor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigott (surname)
Pigott and Piggott are English surnames. The Pigott Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Derivation and variants The name Pigott / Piggott is derived from Picot. The latter is recorded as a given name in the Domesday Book, but its origin is not clear. It may stem from the Germanic or Old English ''pic'', a sharply pointed hill, being applied to residents living near such a feature, or could have been used for a tall, thin person as ''pic'' could mean a sharp or pointed tool. William Camden suggested a derivation from Old French ''picote'' meaning pock-marked, freckled. in ''A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances'' by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Pickett (musician)
James Founty (August 31, 1907 – August 16, 1967), better known as Dan Pickett, was an American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. He recorded fourteen tracks for Gotham Records in 1949, several of which have been issued more recently. AllMusic noted that "Pickett had a distinctive rhythmic style and unique phrasing that makes his records compelling decades after his release". For many years, blues researchers failed to firmly establish Pickett's identity. With continuing diligence and the discovery of a contact made regarding royalty payments, more information emerged. Biography Pickett was born in Pike County, Alabama. In 1949, he traveled to Philadelphia, where he recorded fourteen songs, ten of which were released by Gotham Records as five 78-rpm singles the same year. The other tracks, along with alternate takes of those issued, were unreleased for decades. Unusually for the time, the recordings were made on a master tape and were of better ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Weston Pickett
Lucy Weston Pickett (January 19, 1904 – November 23, 1997) was a Mary Lyon Professor and Camille and Henry Dreyfus Chair in Chemistry at Mount Holyoke College. Her research on X-ray crystallography and ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy of organic molecules received numerous honors and was supported by grants from the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation and the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society. Early life Pickett was born on January 19, 1904, in Beverly, Massachusetts, to Lucy Weston, a former school teacher and elementary school principal, and George Ernest Pickett, a former seaman. She had one brother, Thomas Austin Pickett, who also became a chemist. Both Lucy and Thomas led similar academic and professional lives, while still holding a close relationship. Education Lucy W. Pickett attended high school in Beverly and later entered Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1921 and graduated in 1925. Lucy plann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keri Pickett
Keri Pickett (born in 1959, Charleston, S.C.) is an American photographer, author and filmmaker. Pickett's work "pulls subjects from the edges of public awareness to the center of the frame". Pickett was first exposed to photography as a child through her figure-skater/photographer uncle Roy Blakey and years later, as an adult, she made a film about his life. She got her first camera when she was 8. However, it wasn't until she took photography classes at what was then-Moorhead State and began working in the darkroom that she realized her passion."I was hooked right away," she said. "I mean that was it: alchemy, the science, the magic. And I think I could have been a fine journalists had I never gone in to the art department," she said. "And I think my eye and my sentiment would have been very much the same, but my brain was very much shaped in the art department." Education Pickett graduated with a B.A. degree in photography from Moorhead State University in Minnesota with minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Pickett
Kenneth Shane Pickett (born June 6, 1998) is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh, where he won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was a Heisman Trophy finalist as a senior. He was selected by the Steelers in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. Early years Pickett was born on June 6, 1998, in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, New Jersey. He attended Ocean Township High School. Pickett led the Ocean Township Spartans to the New Jersey Central Group III semifinal game as a junior, leading his team to a 9–2 record. 247Sports ranked Pickett as the No. 23 overall high school football player in New Jersey in his senior year. During his career, he passed for 4,670 yards with 43 touchdowns and rushed for 873 yards and 17 touchdowns. He originally committed to play college football at Temple University, but changed his commitment to the University of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Pickett
Justin Pickett is an actor best remembered for his role in the Channel 4 situation comedy ''Desmond's''. For six seasons he played the role of Sean Ambrose, son of the barber in whose eponymous shop the comedy is set, situated in the heart of Peckham. Pickett appeared in an episode of the spin-off series '' Porkpie'' in 1995. From 2005 to 2007, Pickett had the recurring role of Chez Williams in the ITV1 police drama ''The Bill''. Theatre credits include the role of Edward in Charles Smith's ''Sentence Deferred'' at the Rosemary Branch Theatre in 2000. Since 2004 he has served as musical director for Afterglow blu, a company promoting live music events in the Greater London area. He has also played drums in a soul-jazz band.''Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Pickett (painter)
Joseph Pickett (1848–1918) was an American Naïve painter. Biography Pickett was born in 1848 in New Hope, Pennsylvania. His father, Edward Pickett, had moved to New Hope in 1840 to repair one of the canal locks there and stayed to become a boatbuilder. Joseph worked a variety of jobs throughout his life, including carpenter, shipbuilder, carny, and storekeeper. He operated shooting galleries in the carnival and opened one of his own in Neshaminy Falls, Pennsylvania. He married around the age of 45 and left the carnival to open a general store. He only started painting at this later stage in his life. He was known to paint local scenes in his hometown of New Hope. His art was not discovered by the public until the 1930s. He was buried at Hulmeville Cemetery in Hulmeville, Pennsylvania Hulmeville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,003 at the 2010 census. History The Hulme family name, originally DeHoulme, is of Norman origin, dating from William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pickett (other)
John Pickett may refer to: *John Pickett (businessman) (born 1934), American businessman and ice hockey team board chairman * John Pickett (baseball) (1866–1922), American baseball player * John Coleman Pickett (1896–1983), American federal judge * John Pickett (canoeist) (born 1951), American sprint canoeist *John A. Pickett John Anthony Pickett CBE DSC FRS One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 21 April 1945) is a British chemist who is noted for his work on insect pheromones. Pickett is Professor ... (born 1945), British chemist * John S. Pickett Jr. (1920–2014), American legislator and judge {{hndis, Pickett, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Pickett (politician)
Joseph C. "Joe" Pickett (born December 6, 1956) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in January 2019. Pickett represented the 79th District, which encompasses part of El Paso County. Political career Pickett started his political career as a City Council member for the City of El Paso, Texas, defeating the incumbent in 1991. He served on the City Council until he was elected to the position of State Representative for the 79th District in 1994. He served with three House Speakers (Pete Laney, Tom Craddick and Joe Straus and three governors: (George W. Bush, Rick Perry and Greg Abbott). In June 2015, Pickett was named by ''Texas Monthly'' magazine as one of the "Worst Legislators of 2015," referencing an incident during a House Transportation Committee meeting where Pickett had another member of the legislature removed. There was a suspicion of the improper registration of witnesses on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Pickett
Jay Harris Pickett (February 10, 1961 – July 30, 2021) was an American actor. Early life and education Pickett was born in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in Caldwell, Idaho. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in acting at Boise State University and his Master of Fine Arts in acting from the University of California, Los Angeles and appeared in numerous theatrical productions at both schools. Career Pickett's television appearances include in the miniseries ''Rags to Riches'', and roles on such series as ''China Beach'', ''Mr. Belvedere'', '' Dragnet'', ''Jake and The Fatman'', ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Perry Mason'', and '' Matlock''. In 1997, Pickett originated the role of Frank Scanlon, a dedicated paramedic and substitute teacher and the complicated older brother of Joe Scanlon, on the ABC Daytime drama ''Port Charles''. In 2006, Pickett substituted for actor Ted King in the role of Lorenzo Alcazar on the soap opera ''General Hospital'', the parent series of ''Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Taylor Pickett
Janet Taylor Pickett (born August 13, 1948) is an American artist. Pickett's mixed media works are inspired by her life experience as an African American woman. Early life and education Janet Taylor Pickett was born in 1948 in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in fine art. She also studied art at the Vermont Studio Center, Parsons School of Design, and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Career Taylor Pickett works in various mediums including sculpture, installation, painting, assemblage, and collage. Her work is inspired by her life as an African American woman and informed by her 30 years teaching at Essex County College in New Jersey. In her own words, "My Blackness is a declarative statement in my work.” Taylor Pickett was one of the artists whose work was exhibited in the 1986 group show ''Progressions: Cultural Legacy'' at MoMA PS1. Kamala Harris is a patron of Taylor Pickett's work. One of the artist's pieces was display ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalen Pickett
Jalen Pickett (born October 22, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Siena Saints and the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference. He is a graduate of SPIRE Institute and Academy, an Olympic training center in Geneva, Ohio. High school career Pickett played high school basketball for the Aquinas Institute in Rochester, New York. In his junior season, he led his team to a New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class AA championship while earning most valuable player (MVP) honors. As a senior, Pickett averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, reaching the Class AA Federation Final. He played for the Albany-based program City Rocks on the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) circuit and was teammates with five-star recruit Isaiah Stewart. Playing for the City Rocks, Pickett led the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League in player effic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
