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Saxtons River Village Historic District
Saxton can refer to: Places United States * Saxton, Kentucky, USA * Saxton, Missouri, USA * Saxton, Pennsylvania, USA ** Saxton Nuclear Generating Station * Camp Saxton Site, Port Royal, South Carolina, USA Other places * Saxton, North Yorkshire, England, UK * Saxton, New Zealand, a suburb of Nelson ** Saxton Oval, a cricket ground * Saxton River, a river in Marlborough Region, South island, New Zealand * Saxton Ridge, Antarctica People Surname * Alexander Saxton (1919–2012), American historian and novelist * Christopher Saxton (c. 1540–c. 1610), English cartographer * Jad Saxton (born 1979), American voice actress * Jim Saxton (born 1943), congressman from New Jersey * Joseph Saxton (1799–1873), American inventor * Robert Saxton (born 1953), British composer * Ron Saxton (born 1954), Oregon politician * Rufus Saxton, (1824–1908) American general * Tommy Saxton (born 1983), English rugby league footballer Titles * Saxton baronets, a title in the baronetage of Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxton, Kentucky
Saxton is an unincorporated community and coal town in Whitley County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ..., United States. References Unincorporated communities in Whitley County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky {{WhitleyCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jad Saxton
Jad Saxton (, born September 27) is an American voice actress and ADR Director who works for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Early life Her name is an acronym of her parents' names, Jimmi and David, and is pronounced "Jayd". She grew up with a good singing voice, which eventually led to her first voice role in '' Sasami: Magical Girls Club'' as Eimi Mori, and her first major voice role was Masako Hara in '' Ghost Hunt''. She graduated summa cum laude from Texas Wesleyan University Texas Wesleyan University is a private Methodist university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1890 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The main campus is located in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth. Its mascot is th ... with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2005. Filmography Anime Films Video games References External links Official agency profile * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saxton, Jad Living people American video game actresses American voice actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxton Hale
''Team Fortress 2'' is a 2007 multiplayer first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' Mod (video gaming), mod for ''Quake (video game), Quake'' and its 1999 remake, ''Team Fortress Classic''. The game was released in October 2007 as part of ''The Orange Box'' for Windows and the Xbox 360, and ported to the PlayStation 3 in December 2007. It was released as a standalone game for Windows in April 2008, and updated to support Mac OS X in June 2010 and Linux in February 2013. It is distributed online through Valve's digital retailer Steam (service), Steam, with Electronic Arts managing retail and console editions. Players join one of two teams—RED and BLU—and choose one of nine character classes to play as in game modes such as capture the flag and King of the Hill (game), king of the hill. Development was led by John Cook and Robin Walker (game designer), Robin Walker, the developer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saxton Group
The Saxton Group is the one of the largest franchisees of the restaurant McAlister's Deli McAlister's Deli is an American chain of fast casual restaurants founded in 1989 in Oxford, Mississippi, by retired dentist Dr. Don Newcomb. There are currently over 500 locations in 29 states. The menu includes deli sandwiches, "giant spuds" .... It owns and operates more than 80 locations in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The growing company continues to expand with plans to open an additional 6-10 locations annually. The Saxton Group is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and currently employees more than 3,500 employees at its McAlister's Deli locations and corporate office. History Founded in 1982 by Kelly Saxton, The Saxton Group began in Jackson, Mississippi as a franchisee of Mazzio's Pizza. Between 1982 and 1999, The Saxton Group helped to expand the Mazzio's Pizza brand by opening more than 50 locations throughout Mississippi, as well as Arkansas and Texas. In 2004, Saxton turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Saxton
Thomas Saxton (born 3 October 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the York City Knights in Kingstone Press League 1, usually as a , but also as a or . He has previously played for the Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № 791), Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and the Salford City Reds in the Super League. Also he has represented England A-Team and England Academy. Saxton played for Hull in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final from the interchange bench in their victory against the Leeds Rhinos. He played for six seasons with the Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship (rugby league), Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rover ... before moving to Halifax in 2015. In November 2016 he signed for York having joined the club on-loan earlier in the year. Genealogical inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Saxton
Rufus Saxton (October 19, 1824 – February 23, 1908) was a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions defending Harpers Ferry during Confederate General Jackson's Valley Campaign. After the war he served as the Freedmen's Bureau's first assistant commissioner. Early life Saxton was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, to Jonathan and Miranda Saxton. Saxton appointed his friend, author and abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson, colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first official black regiment. Rufus Saxton figures prominently in Higginson's book '' Army Life in a Black Regiment'' (1870). On the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Higginson and Saxton were both presented with engraved silver ceremonial swords by the freedmen. Namesake The Saxton School established to educate African Americans in Charleston was named for him. Battery Barlow-Saxton at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Saxton
Ronald L. Saxton (born 1954) is an American lawyer, business person, and Republican politician in Oregon. He has run twice for Governor of Oregon, losing in the 2002 primary election, and winning the Republican nomination in 2006, but losing in the general election. Early life and career Saxton was born and raised in Albany, Oregon. He graduated from Albany High School in 1972, earned a bachelor's degree from Willamette University in 1976,Ron Saxton. ''The Oregonian'', October 15, 2006. Page A10 and a juris doctor at from University of Virginia School of Law in 1979. Saxton helped to co-found the Ater Wynne law firm in 1990.Law, Steve. Oregon governor's race party profile: Republicans. ''Statesman Journal'', April 23, 2006. From 1990 to 2000 he served as the chairman of the firm. Political career Portland Public Schools In 1997, Saxton was elected to the Portland Public Schools (Oregon), Portland Public Schools Board serving through 2001, and served as its chair from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Saxton
Robert Saxton (born 8 October 1953 in London) is a British composer. Biography Robert Saxton was born in London and started composing at the age of six. He was educated at Bryanston School. Guidance in early years from Benjamin Britten and Elisabeth Lutyens was followed by periods of study at Cambridge and Oxford Universities with Robin Holloway and Robert Sherlaw Johnson respectively, and also with Luciano Berio. Saxton won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in the Netherlands at age 21. In 1986, he was awarded the Fulbright Arts Fellowship to the USA, where he was in residence at Princeton and an assistant to Oliver Knussen at Tanglewood. In 1995 he co-directed the composers' course on Hoy, with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. He has directed the composers' course at Dartington International Summer School on several occasions and was artistic director of Opera Lab. He has also been a regular member of the BBC TV 4 (digital) Proms broadcasting commentary team and was a memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Saxton
Joseph Saxton (March 22, 1799 – October 26, 1873) was an American inventor, watchmaker, machinist, and photographer from Pennsylvania. A daguerrotype taken by Saxton in 1839 is the oldest known photograph taken in the United States. Early life Joseph Saxton was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and first entered as an apprentice to a watchmaker when he was twelve years old. Saxon was the son of a Mr. Saxton, a mechanic, and Elizabeth Ashbaugh, daughter of John Ashbaugh Sr. Career Philadelphia In 1817, aged 18, Joseph Saxton moved to Philadelphia, where he found employment as a watchmaker, engraver, and apprentice in the machine shop of Isaiah Lukens. During this time, he made his first inventions: a machine for cutting the teeth of marine chronometer wheels and an escapement and compensating pendulum for clocks. He also helped Lukens with the construction of a clock for the newly rebuilt steeple of the Independence Hall. In 1884, an anecdote about Saxton's apprenticeship was pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Saxton
Hugh James Saxton (born January 22, 1943) is an American politician from New Jersey. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he represented parts of Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington, Ocean County, New Jersey, Ocean, and Camden County, New Jersey, Camden counties in the United States House of Representatives from 1984 to 2009. Before entering Congress, he served in the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly. Saxton is currently a Director Emeritus on the board of New Jersey-based energy equipment and systems company Holtec International. Life Born in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, he attended East Stroudsburg State College (now East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) and Temple University. He then pursued a career as an elementary public school teacher and small business owner. Saxton served in the New Jersey General Assembly (the lower chamber of the New Jersey Legislature) from 1976 to 1981 and in the New Jersey Senate from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Saxton
Christopher Saxton (c. 1540 – c. 1610) was an English cartographer who produced the first county maps of England and Wales. Life and family Saxton was probably born in Sowood, Ossett in the parish of Dewsbury, in the West Riding of Yorkshire in either 1542 or 1544. His family subsequently moved to the hamlet of Dunningley near Tingley in the parish of Woodkirk where the Saxton name is recorded in 1567. It is speculated that Saxton may have attended the predecessor school to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield and also speculated that he was a student at Cambridge University but neither is corroborated. It is most likely that John Rudd, the vicar of Dewsbury and Thornhill, a keen cartographer passed his skills to Saxton. Saxton married and had three children. Robert, born in 1585, was his father's assistant in 1601 and drew a map of Snapethorpe in Wakefield when it was surveyed by his father. Robert was commissioned to survey Sandal Magna in 1607. Christopher Saxton die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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